6th Grade Zoo Field Trip Information

• Bring a sacked lunch (no lunch boxes please)
• Bring a small snack to eat before we enter the zoo (no sodas or candy)
• Bring a book or word games for the trip
• NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES
• Bring money if you want to go to the gift shop
• Bring a camera if you to take pictures

***YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR THINGS***

We will be leaving no later than 8:05 tomorrow, and we will arrive back at IAH at 3:00.  Please be punctual.  Thanks!  We are looking forward to a great time!

5th and 6th Grade ELA & Reading 10/29 - 11/2

5th Grade

• ELA - Grammar quiz covering lessons 4-7 on Wed. Oct. 31st
• Reading - We will return to the Treasures program & take regular reading assessments on Fridays
• Where the Red Fern Grows  projects are due Mon. Oct. 29th
• Spelling - None this week

6th Grade

• ELA - Grammar quiz covering lessons 4-6 on Wed. Oct. 31st
• Reading - We will begin reading Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbit
• Spelling - None this week

**Please remember that our field trip to the Birmingham Zoo is Thursday, November 1st.  If you haven't turned in your child's permission slip yet, please do so ASAP.
**School will dismiss today (Oct. 25th) at 12:00 Noon

5th Grade Where the Red Fern Grows Book Report Options

This past week we finished reading Where the Red Fern Grows. I offered 3 options for book reports, and the children voted to do 2 of them. Oddly enough, all of the boys picked the same one, and all of the girls picked the same one. :) (I love these kids!) Anyhow, below are the directions for both book report options that were chosen.  All projects are due on Monday, October 29th. 

Collage/Painting the Coleman Home as Depicted in Chapter II

Materials:

• 1/2 sheet of white poster board
• paints (any kind is acceptable, but no markers)
• pencils (to initially sketch your picture)
• magazine or pictures from the Internet (must be in color) that depict the Coleman's Ozark Mountain home
• glue
• scissors

Directions: You will not use all of the materials listed above to do your project. For instance, if you choose to do the painting you will not need the magazine pictures, glue, or scissors. Read Chapter II carefully and creatively illustrate the "movie that you see in your mind". You can also look on the Internet for pictures of the Ozark Mountains in Oklahoma (where the story was set) for inspiration. You will need to put your name, date, and subject in the upper right hand corner of your poster (just like we do in class). I would also like for you to give a title to your poster. Be creative and neat - it counts!


Raccoon Poster

Materials:

• 1/2 size sheet of white poster board
• picture(s) of raccoons in their natural habitats
• pencils
• markers
• scissors
• glue
• information about the Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, habitat, and diet of raccoons

Directions: You should use all of the materials listed above for your project, as well as the Internet and books for research. Your poster must include at least 1 picture of a raccoon in its natural habitat and all of the information listed next to the seventh bullet above. You will need to put your name, date, and subject in the upper right hand corner of your poster (just like we do in class). I would also like for you to give a title to your poster. Be creative and neat - it counts!

6th Grade Spelling List 7

1. enthralled
2. embarrassment
3. pennant
4. regulation
5. grouchy
6. resemblance
7. inscribed
8. postmarked
9. Chicago
10. Illinois
11. Indiana
12. Vermont
13. knickers
14. fallow
15. palettes
16. photographs
17. pasture
18. colonel
19. alliteration
20. simile

Assignments:  Please note the 5th grade spelling assignments noted below.  The assignments are the same for 6th grade.

5th Grade Spelling List 7

1. berserk
2.blood-curdling
3. caress
4. churring
5. cleaved
6. disembowel
7. entrails
8. feeble
9. foliage
10. impact
11. jugular
12. legend
13. lithe
14. petrified
15. predatory
16. scourge
17. sinews
18. wavered

Assignments:  1.) Write each word 3 times.  2.) Define each word, and find its part of speech. 
3.)  Write sentence containing each word.  4.) Create your own word search and solve it.

Science and Math happenings through 10/18

6th grade cell projects were a great success!  5th grade dragonfly projects are due by Thurs., Oct. 18.

5th grade will test next Wednesday on Math Ch. 2--division and Friday on Science Ch. 2.

6th grade will test next Tuesday on Math Ch. 2--fractions and Friday on Science Ch. 2.

6th Grade Study Guides

The children are bringing home 2 study guides today - social studies and grammar.  Both tests are on Thursday.  The social studies study guide is due tomorrow, so we can check it together in class.  The grammar study guide is not due tomorrow, but I have encouraged them to begin it.  We will work on it in class tomorrow.  Also, science projects are due to Mrs. Stone tomorrow.** 

Mrs. Hill

6th Grade Social Studies

We are continuing our study of Reconstruction after the Civil War.  Our next test will be Thursday, October 11th.  Study guides will go home on Tuesday.

5th and 6th grade Reading and ELA, 10/8 - 10/12

6th Grade

• Reading - We are returning to the Treasures reading program.  Vocabulary Skill: antonyms/analogies, Comprehension Skill: main idea and details, Test on Friday
• Grammar - We will complete Unit 2 (nouns), and take the test on Thursday.

5th Grade

• Reading - We will continue reading Where the Red Fern Grows, and take a comprehension quiz on Wednesday.  Our weekly vocabulary test will be Friday.
• Grammar - We will complete Unit 2 (nouns), and take the test on Thursday.

Special Event - We are planning to view a live interview with author J.K. Rowling on Thursday, October 11th, at 11:00 a.m.  The 5th and 6th graders will eat lunch in Mrs. Hill's classroom while watching the live web cast.