1. Self-Starter: Word Sort
2. Test on the prefix bi- 3. Correct test and receive the assignment for your next test.
Vocabulary/Spelling #2 Test on November 18
Suffixes to study: -able and -ible which both mean capable of
and are used to create adjectives.
Words to learn for the spelling test:
1. agreeable 3. edible
2. expandable 4. visible
5. audible
Extra Credit: Be able to tell what part of speech each of these is. Hints: They are all the same part of speech. What part of speech do -able and –ible make?
edible means “capable of being eaten”
visible means “capable of being seen” (extra credit -- Related words include vision and video.)
audible means “capable of being heard” (extra credit -- Related words include audience and audio.)4. Read from The Giver and discuss the Book-of-the-Month assessment --
See the tab for Book-of-the-Month and/or
October/November Book-of-the-Month
4. The Giver -- Distopian FictionA1 to page 14
A2 to page 8, page break
A3 to page 8 , page break
A4 to page top of 8
Reminders and Make-Up Work
Paragraph Make-Up Assignment
November Book Orders are still available.Hints on popular books for this year's gift-giving from Scholastic: http://oomscholasticblog.com/2011/11/we_predict.html
November/December Book-of-the-Month: Distopian Fiction
Our assessment will be on December 9.