Wednesday, September 19, 2012

REMINDER

Tomorrow (9/20) is picture day at school! Please send the picture form with money back with your child tomorrow. I have included a reminder sticker in their planner.

Today's Work

Planner 9/19
Language Arts: Common errors sheet, Fact vs. Opinion sheet, Homonym story writing

Spelling: Practice your spelling list

Math: 1-11 Persuasive/Misleading Graphs

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Homework Tuesday 9/18

Language Arts: Possessive Nouns, What's a pale pail?(homonymn writing)

Spelling: Word Sort (syllables)

Math: 1-10 Packet (Area and Perimeter)

Social Studies: Finish civilization projects! These will be presented tomorrow.

Another super day in 6B!

Monday, September 17, 2012

Planner 9/17

Today's Planner
  • Language Arts: vocabulary sheet, proofreading for spelling, singular and plural nouns
  • Spelling: Write spelling words in planner
  • Math: 1-9 Circle Graph Study Link
  • Writing: Finish rough draft

Week 5 Spelling & Vocabulary

Spelling- This week we are working on spelling words that are homophones (words that are spelled differently, but sound the same). I have included a "hint" next to the word, to help you understand the meaning, and study!
  1. waist (where your belt goes)
  2. waste (too much)
  3. patience (calm)
  4.  patients (seen by a doctor)
  5. rite (ceremony/tradition; rite of passage)
  6. right (fair/just; appropriate)
  7. write (you write in your writing class)
  8. muscle (a muscle gets bigger when you weightlift)
  9. mussel (a type of shellfish)
  10. principal (Mrs. Merriweather)
  11. principle (standard; honesty is an important principle)
  12. summary (brief statement that presents the main points)
  13. summery (pertaining to summer)
  14. sight (seen with the eyes)
  15. site (place of activity)
  16. cite (make a reference to)
  17. stationary (staying in one place)
  18. stationery (writing materials)
  19. coward (person who is scared)
  20. cowered (flinch/recoil from danger)
Vocabulary
  • predominantly
  • tendency
  • welfare
  • credit
  • aspect
  • aptly
  • tension
  • parallel
  • innovation
  • genuinely