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     CLASSROOM CONNECTION 

Volume12  Issue 24  

February 8, 2010   

Inf ormation for Students and Parents 

School will be closed next week for the Mardi Gras holidays.            

4TH GRADE

 

                     SPELLING WORDS

 

theory – triumph – anchored – attraction   competition – coordination – dedicated –    discussion – elegant – erupted – features – function – governor – hurricane –   irresistible - lunging – meteor – navigation - original – predator

 

 

            HOMEWORK

  

  Spelling 

 Mon.- Wed.  Study spelling words for test on

                          Thurs.

Mon.               Write each word twice

 Tues.              Write words from easiest to most

                         difficult

Wed.              Take written pretest and write each

                         misspelled word 5 times.

 

 

Language

Thurs.             Review metaphor, simile, hyperbole

                        & personification for quiz on Friday.

                         Be able to identify and create each

                         type of figurative language.

 

Simile –          Comparison using “like” or “as”

                       She is as silly as a monkey.

 

Metaphor – Comparison without using “like”

                      or “as”.

                      The frozen river was a mirror of ice.

 

Hyperbole – Exaggeration

                      I ate so much I thought my stomach

                      would burst.

 

Personification –  Giving human characteristics to

                          nonhuman things.

                        The kite hopped from tree to tree in                 

                        the wind.

       

     

 

      

 

                        

5th Grade

 

                       SPELLING WORD

 

childish – joyous – energetic – bluish –  

   pleasant – basic – humorous – stylish – cubic

   dramatic – marvelous – famous – 

   adventurous – vacant – dangerous – radiant

   vigorous – foolish – mysterious - selfish

 

   

            HOMEWORK

 

Spelling 

 Mon.-Wed    Study spelling words for test on Thurs.

Mon.              Write each word twice

Tues.                Write spelling words from easiest to

                           most difficult

Wed.               Take written pretest and write each

                         misspelled word 5 times.

 

Reading/Language

Mon.-Thurs.       Work on Science Article.  Be prepared

                              for presentation on Friday.

                    

 

 

 6th Grade

 

          

         veterinary – understanding – hilarious –

    transfusion – exclamation – glamorous

    intermediate – sanitary – inadequate

    nonpoisonous – exception –bibliography

    instruction –  – inaccurate –  activities

    intercept – affectionate – outrageous

    appreciation -  exposure

 

                                           HOMEWORK

Spelling 

Mon. –Wed.  Study spelling words for test on Thurs.

Mon.              Write each word twice

 Tues.              Write words from easiest to most difficult                            

 Wed.              Take written pretest and write each

                          misspelled word 5 times.

 Reading

  Tues.                Read “Prometheus”.  Listen to your inner

                           conversation.  Write down your comments                       & questions.      

                            

 Wed.                Read “Orpheus and Eurydice”  Listen to

                           your inner conversation.  Write down your

                           comments and questions.             

Thurs.               Study myths for test on Friday.