Happy New Week!

I am overwhelmed by the speed at which this school year is already travelling. It has nearly been three weeks and we have already done so much! Before I get to the homework, I want to remind you that the monies for the Art supplies are due on Friday, August 30, 2013. For those of you who have already sent in your funds, Thank you! I will be sending you a receipt for the money by no later than Friday. IMPORTANT: Monies for the 6th Grade Camping trip is coming due soon! Please begin sending in the payments for the trip. The total cost is $100. Final details to come within the week.

Homework for today is as follows:

Bible:

Look up and Study Memory Verse for Friday's test-- Isaiah 9:6
Look up the Definition of the word promise.

Spelling:

5th and 6th Grades--

We are working with words that have the Long and Short /e/ sounds. The letter combinations of /ea/, /ee/, or /e/ at the beginning of a word make the Long /e/ sound. The exceptions are words with /ie/ as in priest or /ea/ as in sweater or weapon. The combination /ie/ also normally would have the Long /i/ sound as in pie or die. Another exception is the Long /e/ sound made by /i/ or /ii/ as in ski or skiing. Be aware of which words and sounds use which vowel combinations.

1. agree
2. credit
3. heavy
4. feature
5. Genesis
6. redeem
7 weapon
8. priest
9. sweater
10. beneath
11. shepherd
12. Kentucky
13. release
14. ideally
15. freezer
16. Elizabeth
17. eastern
18. beatitude
19. Egypt
20. skiing

Challenge: squint, prophet, avalanche, parched, Bethlehem

7th and 8th Grades:

Students must complete vocabulary tiles worksheet (#3).

We are working with words that contain prefixes that denote the negative or the opposite of something(dis-, non-, un-). The best method of study is to look for the root words within each word (e.g. unshaken-- the root word is "shake", or discredit--the root word is credit)and take each word piece by piece. Some of the words have several syllables and it will be difficult to try to just spell them head on. Break the words into their distinct parts and then put them back together.

1. disability
2. nonappearance
3. unshaken
4. disobedience
5. noninvolvement (also seen as non-involvement)
6. nonconforming
7. deceased
8. dissatisfaction
9. undefeated
10. disclaimer
11. nonpoisonous
12. dehydrate
13. nondenominational
14. discredit
15. unfortunately
16. nonentity
17. disgraceful
18. deplete
19. nonrefundable
20. disregard

Challenge words are Olympics, furlough, enthusiastic, turmoil, and chauffeur.


Word work for this week (for Grades 5th through 8th):

Monday: Write Spelling words three times each for each missed word from the pre-test.
Tuesday: Define all the Spelling words and Challenge words in the list.
Wednesday: Write a sentence with each Spelling word and Challenge word.
Thursday: Spelling pre-test. Please remember to call out the words to your students and let them write the words out just as they would in Friday's Spelling test. Check for missed words and study those words. Please sign and return the pre-test.

Also, please don't forget to initial the homework notebook as they are held responsible for what is or is not in them.