June 1st-June 5th

Parents,

Unfortunately, I have made yet another mistake.  (I know this is extremely surprising!)  D-Track has one less week to test than previously thought.  Therefore, we will meed to start testing THIS week.  We will begin with the 5th Grade Core Language Arts Test tomorrow, June 2nd.  We will continue with the science and math portions of the test next week. If you'd like, students may bring snacks (enough for the entire class) to eat during the testing.  I feel it relaxes those who have testing anxiety, in that it helps the students look forward to testing instead of dreading it.  You can send the snacks this week and next.

As a result of ALL of the testing along with other end-of-year activities (assemblies) that will be occurring, parent volunteers will NOT be needed to run shared reading groups for the rest of the school year.  I appreciate all that you've done to assist me, your child, and the other students in my class this year.  As a parent of a child in school, I've found the value of being involved in your own child's education.  I feel it's the one consistently motivating reason for a child to try to do well in school.  And I thank you for your involvement.

Spelling Assignment:  7 Times Each (cursive) & Coordinating State (i.e. Salt Lake City, Utah)

Spelling--Capitals

1.  Albany

2.  Atlanta

3.  Annapolis

4.  Augusta

5.  Austin

6.  Baton Rouge

7.  Bismarck

8.  Boise

9.  Boston

10. Carson City

11. Charleston

12. Cheyenne

13. Columbia

14. Concord

15. Denver

16. Des Moines

17. Dover

18. Frankfort

19. Harrisburg

20. Hartford

21. Helena

22. Honolulu

23. Indianapolis

24. Jackson

25. Jefferson City

Watson's Vocabulary

1.  Nazi

2.  Untouchable

3.  Accent

4.  Traitor

5.  Buster

6.  Welfare

7.  Chihuahua

8.  Squares 

9.   Permanent

10. Tolerate

11. Highness

12. Mourning

UPCOMING EVENTS

June 1st Take state outline HOME to type.

June 2nd-4th  Language Testing

June 4th  Tri-fold Due--working in class

June 8th-12th Science & Math Testing

June 12th  Typed Report Due--Typed at HOME

June 22nd Floats Due--Done at HOME

June 22nd-24th State Oral Presentations--No food please

June 25th  State Fair, Young Author's Night, & Carnival

June 29th  Auction--THANK YOU Mr. Anglin

June 30th  Awards Assembly

July 1st Field Day

July 2nd Last Day--Full Day of School

May 18th - May 22nd

Civil War Vocabulary

Ghost Cadet
profound
flatered
wheelwright
tunic
tentatively
rebuke
skeptically
fervently
impertinence
alumni
adjunct
ballad

Miles' Song
wheelwright
supped-look up sup
livery
addled
kinfolk
robust
eluding
bounty
auctioneer
vacated
hastened
haltingly

Across Five Aprils
forays
gangrenous
insignia
curt
earnestness
egotism
inept
wan
highfalutin
rhetorically
bereft
vexed

State Spelling
1. Alabama
2. Alaska
3. Arizona
4. Arkansas
5. California
6. Colorado
7. Connecticut
8. Delaware
9. Florida
10. Georgia
11. Hawaii
12. Idaho
13. Illinois
14. Indiana
15. Iowa
16. Kansas
17. Kentucky
18. Louisiana
19. Maine
20. Maryland
21. Massachusetts
22. Michigan
23. Minnesota
24. Mississippi
25. Missouri

UPCOMING EVENTS
Please note that the auction will be held on the LAST monday before the school-year ends.

May 21st Poetry Books Due

May 25th Memorial Day

May 29th State Outline (Draft) Due

June 4th Tri-fold & Pamphlet Due

June 8th-12th Language & Science Testing

June 12th Typed Report Due--Done at home

June 15th-18th Math Testing & Make-up

June 22nd Floats Due--Done at home

June 22nd-24th State Oral Presentations--No Food

June 25th Carnival / State Fair / Young Author's Night

June 29th Auction

June 30th Awards Assembly

July 1st Field Day

July 2nd Last Day--Full Day

May 4th - May 8th

Students have been assigned to read one of the following Slavery/Civil War historical fiction books. They will be reading and completing vocabulary from these books for the next three weeks.

Upcoming Events:
May 18th Assembly
May 21st Poetry Books Due--Working in class on this
May 25th Memorial Day--No school
May 29th State Outline (Draft) Due--Working in class on this
June 4th Tri-fold & Pamphlet Due--Working in class on this
June 8th-12th Language & Science Testing
June 12th Typed Report Due--TYPED @ HOME
June 15th-18th Math Testing & Make-up Testing
June 22nd Floats Due--DONE @ HOME
June 22nd-24th State Oral Presentations--NO FOOD
June 25th State Fair/Young Author's Night/School Carnival
June 30th Awards Assembly
July 1st Field Day
July 2nd Last Day--Full day of school.


Miles' Song
pgs. 1-72
gravelly
relished
billowed
peculiar
tolled
spat
grapple
shards
hullabaloo
expound
jarring
guffawed

Ghost Cadet
pgs. 1-55
cadet
ranting
zany
wistful
sullenly
vanquish
culvert
perplexed
fleeting
arrogant
mustered
disarray

Across Five Aprils
pgs. 1-66
burlap
paralysis
chinch
furor
amiable
aloof
tumult
oratory
blithely
ironclad
tedium
wastrel

Weather Words Spelling
1. humidity
2. temperature
3. forecst
4. atmosphere
5. pollution
6. Celsius
7. Fahrenheit
8. meteorologist
9. prediciton
10.thermometer
11.overcast
12.precipitation
13.thunderhead
14.cirrus
15.velocity
16.cumulus
17.long-range
18.wind-chill
19.flurries
20.nimbus
21.frostbite
22.evaporation
23.seasonal
24.barometer

Yay for Mr. Anglin!  Our local professional auctioneer came in before we went off-track and did our auction for us.  It was a blast!  Also, a big thanks goes out to our great parents, because we had some awesome items brought in to auction away.  Here are some pics to remind us how fun we had!  Thanks again, Mr. Anglin!  Our next auction will be Monday, June 29th.  

4/6-4/8

Weekly Events

April 6th-April 8th 

Parents & Students,

     Because it's a short week, there will be NO spelling this week.  For Mrs. Palmer's class we will begin to write our poetry books.  We will also be reading more about westward expansion and completing vocabulary all together.  There will be NO quizzes, tests, or homework for Mrs. Palmer unless you have work that needs to be made-up, OR if you would like to practice for our class spelling bee on Tuesday.  No parent volunteers will be needed this week.  Thank you for all you do!

     On Monday, April 13th we will be having an auction.  We will be having our local professional auctioneer, Mr. Anglin auctioning off many school supplies, hand-held electronic games, books, and treats.  It would be EXTREMELY helpful, as well as fun if we could have students bring in additional items to be auctioned off (i.e. soda, candy, posters, etc.,...).  Most students have earned upwards of about $300 dollars over the last two months to participate in the auction.  It would be greatly appreciated if you would send items in ASAP.

Thank you!

Pioneer Girl Vocabulary

1.  claim

2.  convinced

3.  discouraged

4.  fertile

5.  heifer

6.  homestead

7.  immigrants

8.  prairie

9.  sod

10.  memoir

11.  livery stable

12.  locusts

Upcoming Events & Due Dates

Tues., April 7th  Reaction Time Chemistry  Workshop

Class Spelling Bee

Thurs., April 9th-12th Spring Break

Mon., April 13th  Auction (10:30-11:45)

Fri., April 17th  Game-Day--For those that aren't missing ANY assignments.

Track-off Day

March 30th-April 3rd

UPCOMING EVENTS:

April 7th  Class Spelling Bee

Chemistry Workshop

April 9th-12th Spring Break

April 17th  Track-off Day

Choose State

Game Day

Spelling #27

carve

barber

armor

argument

apartment

arch

harbor

departure

harmony

harmonica

guitar

carpenter

regard

scarlet

marvel

marble

marvelous

partner

salami

guard

naive

barter

jargon

marshal

Vocabulary

custom

determination

extended

inherited

raid

reputation

respect

travois

coup stick

"wasicun"

"tiyospaye"

"mitakola"

(The above words in quotes are ONLY found in the reading anthology.  Students will need to read the assigned story to find out what the meanings are.)

March 9th - March 13th

Weekly Events

Parents, please make sure that your student is keeping up with the writing of his/her twisted fairy tale. The revised handwritten draft of your student's story is due this Thursday. We are working VERY hard to finish them by this time, but they will need to be brought home occasionally throughout the week to have you help edit. If you have questions, please don't hesitate to call or write a note in the planner.

UPCOMING EVENTS
Thurs., March 12th Revised Draft (handwritten) DUE
Fri., March 13th Spelling Test
Vocabulary Quiz
March 18th Min's and Genre Assignment DUE
March 19th Twisted Fairy Tale Typed Draft DUE
March 25th & 26th Parent/Teacher Conferences
March 27th Twisted Fairy Tale--Entire Story DUE
April 9th-10th Spring Break

Spelling Lesson #23
1. breath
2. breathe
3. choose
4. chose
5. dairy
6. diary
7. lose
8. loose
9. quiet
10. quite
11. accept
12. except
13. weather
14. whether
15. all ready
16. already
17. desert
18. dessert
19. cloths
20. clothes
CHALLENGE
21. density
22. destiny
23. moral
24. morale

James Forten Vocabulary
1. abolitionists
2. apprentice
3. assisted
4. captives
5. conflict
6. dread
7. encouraged
8. enslavement
9. influential
10. privateers
11. tacking
12. dexterity

March 2nd-March 6th

Upcoming Events & Due Dates
Fri., March 6th Twisted Fairy Tale--Rough Draft Due (yellow packet)
Thurs., March 12th Twisted Fairy Tale--Revised Draft Due (handwritten pages)
Wed., March 18th Minutes & Genre Due
Thurs., March 19th Twisted Fairy Tale--Typed Draft Due (saved on disk)
Wed., March 25th P/T Conferences
Thurs., March 26th P/T Conferences
Fri., March 27th Twisted Fairy Tale--Entire story w/drawings DUE

*Please check here ofte, as due dates may need to be changed.

Spelling Lesson #22
1. all right
2. good night
3. applesauce
4. backpack
5. bathrobe
6. chessboard
7. farewell
8. flashlight
9. passport
10.roommate
11.tablecloth
12.thunderstorm
13.typewriter
14.weekday
15.weekend
16.old-fashioned
17.tie-dye
18.brand-new
19.cross-country
20.roller-skates
CHALLENGE
21.lipstick
22.handbook
23.secondhand
24.roller coaster

Vocabulary
1. arming
2. drilling--look up base word
3. seams
4. skittish
5. peered
6. rebels
7. fierce
8. just
9. kin
10.skirmish
11.Tory
12.loyalist

2/23-2/27

Welcome Back!!! I am actually REALLY excited to be back and hope you are, as well. We are continuing on with the Revolutionary War in Social Studies and Reading. We will also be working extensively on our twisted fairy tales for Student Treasures. Remind students that for spirit day on Friday, students can dress up as pirates! AAAARRRRGGGGHHH!!! Eye patches will be given out to all students.

Spelling
ordinary
support
perform
formal
chorus
forward
sword
orchestra
wharf
chalk
coarse
course
course
laundry
audience
auditorium
saucers
daughter
awful
crawl
CHALLENGE
notorious
brawn
audible
balk

Vocabulary
ewers
porringers
engraved
bookplates
sentries
steeple
volley
green-not the color
succession
foundry
doodling
sheathing

1/20-1/23

Game Day is Friday, Jan. 23rd
Make sure reading minutes are in to participate!

Spelling
throne
telescope
propose
lone
microphone
suppose
telelphone
grown
thrown
snowy
blown
loan
approach
groan
poetry
noble
solar
plateau
bureau
although
nomadic
gloat
poultry
reproach

Journey
reeds
mortified
wigwam
merriment
militia
succotash
brimming
hardtack
persecution
coalition
maize
fledgling (adj.)

Winter
coo
pulpit
vicious
laurel
imposed
riots
punitive
tyranny
skirmish
retaliate
prevail
motley

George
gait
formidable
taunted
console
patriots
Tory
stout
awestruck
vague
solemnly
unruly
mature

Sign
chickadee
stockade
ladle
gleeful
solemn
caribou
manitou
content
plunder
beseech
prowess
typhus

1/12-1/16

WEEKLY EVENTS:

Tues., Jan. 13th  Boys Maturation 2:00 p.m.

Wed., Jan. 14th  Girls Maturation 2:00 p.m.

Thurs., Jan. 15th  Reading Minutes Due

Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Michels switching times

Spelling

1.  ecology

2.  demolish

3.  comic

4.  astonish

5.  closet

6.  omelet

7.  molecule

8.  impossible

9.  forgotten

10. moccasins

11. octopus

12. tonsils

13. opposite

14. proper

15. probably

16. operate

17. honesty

18. honor

19. knowledge

20. equality

Challenge

21. allot

22. optimist

23. qualification

24. ferocity

Vocabulary

Journey to a New World

providence

abode

halyards

rancor

lief

salable

preened

rive

adz

pipkin

disconcerting

tansy

Winter of Red Snow

brigades

bayonet

bleak

pewter

shad

chaplains

perjury

ragamuffins

shilling

devotee

console

azaleas

George Washington's Socks

scow

howitzers

expedite

tyrannical

beseech

scourge

phlegm

incredulous

brusque

forsooth

daft

untamed

Sign of the Beaver

muskrat

squaw

retorted

wary

disdainful

cascades

wigwam

crude

sinew

chagrin

ghastly

genial

1/5-1/9

Welcome back everyone!  I hope you had a great break!  Thanks so much for the gifts.  It was extremely thoughtful of all of you!  The majority of parents wanted to keep the "Weekly Events" sheets the same, however I will still continue to post the spelling and vocabulary words each week on this blog.  

For the next three weeks your child has chosen to read one of four different books relating to Colonial America.  His/Her group will have their own vocabulary words to define and will be tested on THEIR words on Friday.   

Also, students must remember that spelling and vocabulary is now to be done in CURSIVE!  

Spelling

1.  skeletons

2.  culture

3.  region

4.  society

5.  evidence

6.  adapted

7.  environment

8.  primitive

9.  excavation

10. climate

11. identify

12. scientists

13. artifacts

14. fragile

15. ceremonies

16. behavior

17. resources

18. woven

19. nature

20. influence

CHALLENGE

21. anthropologist

22. populate

23. colonize

24. archaeologist

A Journey to a New World

gales

innards

privies (n)

sieve

founder (v)

abated

awl

florid

pert

shoal

crook--not a person

cantankerous

The Winter of Red Snow

heartsore:  (adj) to feel badly

patriots

sleet

trilling

fifes

tricorn: (n) a three sided hat worn in the 1700's.

plait

lye

tripe

naught

ajar

hearth

George Washington's Socks

verge

muster

indignant

vast

brandish

tautness

hilt

tarry

ragtag

haggard

haversack

vexed

The Sign of the Beaver

blunderbuss

mite (n)--not the bug

rueful

proprietor

passel

rungs

bellowing

breechcloth

earnest

adz

noose