Thursday, April 14, 2016

5th Grade Study Guide: April 18th-22nd Spelling Words: Describe Description Nature Natural Televise Television Apply Application Compete Competition Divide Division Beauty Beautiful Collide Collision Multiply Multiplication Bounty Bountiful Exception Explanation Ambassador Delegate convention Reading Vocabulary Honors- glory, reputation, or credit for fine or heroic acts Contraption- an odd or puzzling device or gadget Edition- the total of all copies of a book published at the same time and printed from the same plates Repeal- to cancel Suspended- hung by a support from above Treaty- a formal agreement between two or more countries in reference to peace or other matters

Monday, April 4, 2016

5th Grade Study Guide: April 4th-8th Spelling Words: Quiet Trial Fuel Poem Diet Nucleus Cruel Indian Fluid Violin Museum Dial Ruin Influence Triumph Violent Theater Liar Leotard Koala Journey Obstacle Accomplishment Desperate calm Reading Vocabulary Vast- of very large size; enormous; huge Rigging- the arrangement of sails and related gear on a ship Furl- to roll up and fasten Beams- long, horizontal pieces of wood or metal shaped for use, as in the frame of a building or ship Huddle- crowded or nestled together Settlement- an area newly settled by people; a colony Lurked- lay hidden; stayed out of sight

Thursday, March 24, 2016

5th Grade Study Guide: March 29th-April 1st Spelling Words: Slogan Radar Minutes Honest Second Virus Shadow Humor Salad Eleven Closet Model Volcano Private Balance Radio Basis Decent Fanatic Novel Diary Textbooks Calculated Superior centuries Reading Vocabulary Dispute- to argue about something Nonchalantly- in a cool indifferent way Loftily- in a haughty, overbearing manner Sorrowfully- in a grief-stricken, anguished, or regretful manner Adjusted- adapted or changed to improve or work better

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

5th Grade Study Guide: February 22nd-26th Spelling Words: Pretty Service Thunder Blanket Effort Fellow Subject Perhaps Attach Entire Chimney Tunnel Effect Suspended Challenge Pretzel Survive Pillow Hunger College Determined Autobiography Disease Eternal Composition The Next two weeks we will be reading: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe This Weeks Reading Homework assignments: Monday- chapters 4and5 Tuesday chapters 7 and 8 Wednesday- chapters 10 and 11 Thursday- chapters 13 and 14

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Fifth Grade Homework for the Week of February 22-26, 2016 Read story Study reading vocabulary Study and write spelling words 1-13 three times each Read AR book Tuesday Read story Study reading vocabulary Study and write spelling words 14-25 three times each Read AR book. Wednesday Study for practice spelling test Read AR book Thursday Read story for test tomorrow Study reading vocabulary for test tomorrow Study spelling words for test tomorrow Read AR book

Thursday, February 11, 2016

5th Grade Study Guide: February 16th-19th Spelling Words: Prevent Program Predict Project Pretend Process Prefer Promise Previous Protect Property Propose Precede Proceed Pronunciation Professional Pretest Preview Proclaim Progress Ceramic Opponent Aquarium Resources Acquaintance Reading Vocabulary Words: Graffiti- drawings or writing scrawled or painted on a public surface, such as the wall of a building Obnoxious- very unpleasant or offensive Campaign- an organized series of activities designed to obtain a definite result Endorse- to give approval or support to someone Residence- place where one lives

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Fifth Grade Homework for the Week of February 16-19, 2016 Read story Study reading vocabulary Study and write spelling words 1-25 three times each Read AR book Study unit 12 vocab. Wednesday Study for practice spelling test Read AR book Thursday Read story for test tomorrow Study reading vocabulary for test tomorrow Study spelling words for test tomorrow Read AR book Study unit 12 vocab. for test tomorrow

Friday, February 5, 2016

5th Grade Study Guide: February 8th-12 2016 Spelling Words: Review Week Admirable Customer Tourist invisible Useless Unusual Interrupt Review Demand Disease Reliable Uncomfortable Details Discuss Careless Available Dentist Librarian Income Unless Respect Interview Excitable Refrigerator

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Fifth Grade Homework for the Week of February 8-12, 2016 Monday Study and write spelling words 1-13 three times each Read AR book Tuesday Study and write spelling words 14-25 three times each Read AR book Wednesday Study for practice spelling test Read AR book Thursday Study spelling words for test tomorrow Read AR book

Thursday, January 28, 2016

5th Grade Study Guide: February 1st-5th 2016 Spelling Words: Discuss Deduct Dismissed Develop Disease Discount Disturb Details Demand Determined Depressed Defense Disappointing Discouraged Disadvantage Demonstrated Defeat Descent Disappear Disconnect Distract Decision Deliver Distressed distribute Reading Vocabulary Terms Flexibility- the ability to bend or twist without breaking Migrant- moving around to find work, especially in harvesting crops Timid- fearful or shy Thrived- progressed toward a goal Scholarship- money awarded to a student to help pay for his or her education Devote- to give up one’s time to an activity Apprentice- a person who works for another to learn a skill

Friday, January 22, 2016

5th Grade Study Guide: January 25th-29th 2016 Spelling Words: remove interview repeat interrupt respect interfere represent relocate international review interpret interstate remarkable intermediate intersection recommended interject intervene resource remained interdependent interconnect recognize reassure recede Reading Vocabulary Terms errands- short trips to carry out tasks, often for someone else produce- vegetables and fruits grown for sale pawnshop- a place where personal goods are exchanged for money loans gravelly- harsh, rough as in the sound of a voice numerous- very many international- relating to, between, or like two or more nations

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Fifth Grade Homework for the Week of January 25-29, 2016
Read story
Study reading vocabulary
Study and write spelling words 1-13 three times each
Read AR book

Tuesday
Read story
Study reading vocabulary
Study and write spelling words 14-25 three times each
Read AR book

Wednesday
Study for practice spelling test
Read AR book

Thursday
Read story for test tomorrow
Study reading vocabulary for test tomorrow
Study spelling words for test tomorrow
Read AR book


Monday, January 11, 2016

Fifth Grade Homework for the Week of January 19-22, 2016

Tuesday
Read story
Study reading vocabulary
Study and write spelling words 1-25 three times each
Read AR book
Study unit 10 vocabulary

Wednesday
Study for practice spelling test
Read AR book
Study unit 10 vocab.

Thursday
Read story for test tomorrow
Study reading vocabulary for test tomorrow
Study spelling words for test tomorrow
Read AR book
Study unit 10 for vocab. test tomorrow


Thursday, January 7, 2016

Fifth Grade STUDY GUIDE:  January 11th-15th2016
SPELLING WORDS

engineer
dentist
librarian
director
customer
pioneer
counselor
tourist
scientist
visitor
investigator
senator
astronomer
character
refrigerator
guardian
commander
physician
politician
leader
historian
performer
volunteer
disaster
spectator


Reading Vocabulary
patron- a person of wealth or influence who supports an artist or writer
shareholder- a person who owns part of a business
critical- apt to judge severely or form unfavorable opinions
lavish- extremely showy, expensive, or abundant
congested- crowded; too full
adornment- decoration; ornament; something that beautifies a person or thing

dismantle- take apart

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Fifth Grade STUDY GUIDE:  January 5th-8th
SPELLING WORDS

capable
careless
desirable
admirable
restless
available
debatable
tasteless
helpless
senseless
priceless
useless
reliable
undeniable
excitable
believable
bottomless
comfortable
dampness
understandable
decorations
reciting
memorized
tongue
precious

Reading Vocabulary
undeniable-  plainly true or too good to be denied
rations-limited amounts of something people can have
brooded- thought deeply in a worried manner
concocted- made up; devised
despair- the heavy feeling when all hope is lost
homestead- to settle, improve, and eventually own land given by the U.S. government

perch- a place to sit or stand that is higher than its surroundings
Fifth Grade Homework for the Week of  January 11-15, 2016

Monday
Read story
Study reading vocabulary
Study and write spelling words 1-13 three times each
Read AR book

Tuesday
Read story
Study reading vocabulary
Study and write spelling words 14-25 three times each
Read AR book

Wednesday
Study for practice spelling test
Read AR book

Thursday
Read story for test tomorrow
Study reading vocabulary for test tomorrow
Study spelling words for test tomorrow

Read AR book