Self-Starter: Under "Notes and QuickWrites" in your composition book, list all the emotions you can think of. Select one and write at least a half-page about a time you felt that emotion.
1. Spelling Test on "fore-"
Vocabulary/Spelling #5 Test on January 5, 2012
Prefix to study: fore- which means front (or before)
1. forehead (no extra credit)
2. forecast -- casten "contrive." Contrive = find out, imagine So forecast means to "find out or imagine before"
3. forethought -- thought is from Old English: "cause to appear to oneself.” So forethought means to "cause to appear to oneself before"
4. forefront -- (no extra credit) Note: Something at the forefront stands out, projects, or comes first.
If you are absent for today's test, get with me right away to take it before the end of the term.____________________
2. Receive words for the next test.
Next test: Vocabulary/Spelling #6 Test on January 11, 2012 Suffix to study: -er, -or which means one who, that which (noun)1. farmer
2. baker
3. dancer
4. teacher
5. author
6. doctor
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3. We read from The Giver -- If you were absent, see the folders at the back of room for a copy, or ask me for the question packet.
The Giver
A1 page 125 to (Students are reading chapters 17, 18, and 19 on their own and answering questions in a packet.)
A2 page 130 to (Students are reading chapters 17, 18, and 19 on their own and answering questions in a packet.)
A3 page 126 to (Students are reading chapters 17, 18, and 19 on their own and answering questions in a packet.)
A4 page135 to (Students are reading chapters 17, 18, and 19 on their own and answering questions in a packet.)
Reminders:
If you have not taken or finished the November/December Book-of-the-Month Assessment, you need to come in this week to finish it.
2. Receive words for the next test.
Next test:
2. baker
3. dancer
4. teacher
5. author
6. doctor
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3. We read from The Giver -- If you were absent, see the folders at the back of room for a copy, or ask me for the question packet.
The Giver
A1 page 125 to (Students are reading chapters 17, 18, and 19 on their own and answering questions in a packet.)
A2 page 130 to (Students are reading chapters 17, 18, and 19 on their own and answering questions in a packet.)
A3 page 126 to (Students are reading chapters 17, 18, and 19 on their own and answering questions in a packet.)
A4 page135 to (Students are reading chapters 17, 18, and 19 on their own and answering questions in a packet.)
Reminders:
If you have not taken or finished the November/December Book-of-the-Month Assessment, you need to come in this week to finish it.
