Homework:

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Thank you to all for the teacher's luncheon.

It was wonderful!

Excel Math: finish excel

Reading: read for 20 min. work on book talks

Language Arts: grammar verb test Friday (look at the reading/ LA webpage)

Spelling:

Math:

Science: none

Ecology: None

Spanish:

 Please Bring:

 P.E. Uniforms Monday and Thursday

Recorders for Music on Wednesday

Library Books on Wednesday

*For more information about any of the subjects we are studying, please choose from the side bar.

Spelling Words: 5/5 - 5/9

1. making                              11. thinking
 
2. biting                                 12. entered
 
3. diving                                13. opened
 
4. hiking                                14. passing
 
5. skated                               15. safekeeping
 
6. prized                               16. pastry
 
7. shaking                            17. Olympic
 
8. skating                             18. inventors
 
9. hiding                               19. contestants
 
10. shining                          20. money


Vocabulary Words: 5/5 - 5/9

1. cobble: a person who makes or repairs shoes (p.48)
 
2. mended: repaired (p.48)
 
3. recognizing: identifying people we know or previously saw (p.49)
 
4. safekeeping: so as to be protected or safe (p.51)
 
5. workbench: a strong table used for working (p.51)
 
6. treasure: items of great value (p.52)

Spelling Words: 5/12-5/16

1. berries                              11. dollars
 
2. bunnies                            12. horses
 
3. guppies                            13. sleeves
 
4. hobbies                            14. cowboys
 
5. pennies                            15. britches
 
6. puppies                            16. current
 
7. ponies                             17. regular
 
8. babies                              18. permanent
 
9. donkeys                          19. privilege
 
10. families                          20. Egypt


Vocabulary Words: 5/12 - 5/16


1. blacksmith: a person who makes objects from iron, which is heated and then hammered to the desired shape (p.58)

2. collecting: getting payment for a debt (p.58)

3. decent: proper: respectable; acceptable to the community (p.60)

4. volunteered: offered to do (p.61)

5. determined: firm and unwilling to change; stubbornly continuing as planned (p.62)