Happy New Week! May 11- May 15, 2015

Good Afternoon Parents and Students!

We are winding down to the close of the school year and there is still work to do. Seventh and Eighth Grades are on their Class Trip for the next three days and 5th through 6th Grades will be with me for those days. There will be no math homework through Wednesday. There are Spelling words for this week and corresponding Spelling Homework. I will post the words below.

In Science students must read Chapter 4: Lesson 2 on how energy flows in an ecosystem. Please have students read from page 133 and answer the questions found on page 145. This homework is due tomorrow, May, 12, 2015. Students should also record vocabulary words in their Science notebooks to study for the test next Tuesday. May 19, 2015.

In Social studies we have been learning about native American peoples of the West and are currently learning about the Native Alaskans. Students are currently working on a final project for Chapter 4 (Learning about some of the major Alaskan tribes in the Tundra),  and have partnered with another student to either create a video or PowerPoint Presentation. Students will incorporate the use of green screen in the videos or embedding videos for PowerPoint. Please check in with your students to see what they are working on currently. The three tribes to choose from are Inuit, Inupiat/Inupiaq, Tlingit (Kling-IT). Students doing videos must have a script in order to move on to the next part (recording).
Students may include any prop they would like to use in their video and should make sure that any presentation (video or PowerPoint) has the following: Information about the Tundra, information about how tribes live (lifestyle--nomadic or  hunter-gatherers or home dwellers/foods eaten/belief systems/family structure/types of homes and government/education), and any cool FACTS they would like to include. Please remember to cite your sources (tell where you got your information) and no copy and paste unless you are using a quote from the site). This project is an in-school project, but students may certainly work on what they need from home. The assignment is due next Wednesday, May 20, 2015.

Spelling word work this week is as follows: Monday-ABC Order, Tuesday-Define Spelling Words, Wednesday-Spelling words 5 times each, Thursday-Spelling Pre-test signed by tester. Here are this week's spelling words:

1.	argument
2.	curtsy
3.	marvelous
4.	perjury
5.	furnace
6.	cartilage
7.	pertinent
8.	circular
9.	cardinal
10.	miserable
11.	perception
12.	millionaire
13.	circumference
14.	margarine
15.	affirmation
16.	South Carolina
17.	harmonica
18.	Jeremiah
19.	purchase
20.	carnival

Happy New Week May 4-8, 2015

Happy New Week Parents and Students!

The end of the school year is approaching. We have lots of activities yet to come. Please encourage your students to remember that they are still in school and the school rules must be adhered to strictly.  Remember tomorrow's field trip to Legoland. Students may wear jeans/capris/ long shortsand their school P.E. Uniform shirts or a navy t-shirt (if they do not have a school shirt). Spelling words have been given and students are required to do word work this week. Remember word work is as follows: Monday--Spelling words 5 times each, Tuesday--Define all spelling words, Wednesday--use each word in a sentence, Thursday-- Spelling pre-test. Here are this week's lists:

5th and 6th:

1.	label
2.	rival
3.	cruel
4.	finally
5.	ordinal
6.	barrel
7.	weasel
8.	recital
9.	parallel
10.	laurel
11.	tunnel
12.	spiritual
13.	diagonal
14.	material
15.	electrical
16.	spaniel
17.	rational
18.	funnel
19.	exceptional
20.	channel

7th and 8th:

1.	academic
2.	academy
3.	hostel
4.	hostile
5.	continual
6.	continuous
7.	principal
8.	principle
9.	bazaar
10.	bizarre
11.	oases
12.	oasis
13.	explain
14.	explanation
15.	concentrate
16.	concentration
17.	eminent
18.	imminent
19.	prosecute
20.	prosecution

5th and 6th:

Happy New Week! April 27-May 1, 2015

Good week Parents and Students! We have a lot of activities coming up over the next two weeks. All monies for the school trip to Legoland were due Monday, If you have not paid by today you and your child or children must pay the price at the gate. Student projects were very nice and students will bring those home today. Don't forget the K-8 Spring Cafe Art Show being hosted in the gymnasium this Thursday at 6:00 p.m. There will be food, fun and prizes! Come see your child's creativity on display. 

This week's homework:

Spelling 5-8:

1.	hasten
2.	quarter
3.	senior
4.	monitor
5.	cannon
6.	popular
7.	unspoken
8.	character
9.	golden
10.	processor
11.	moisten
12.	forgotten
13.	congratulation
14.	altogether
15.	escalator
16.	administer
17.	accordion
18.	unfasten
19.	surrender
20.	elevator

1.	transferring
2.	elation
3.	megastructure
4.	rapport
5.	construction
6.	sensational
7.	transports
8.	fertilize
9.	relate
10.	sensitivity
11.	conferences
12.	reconstructing
13.	structure
14.	differently
15.	opportunities
16.	sensitizing
17.	instructional
18.	unstructured
19.	relatively
20.	destruction