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.