Sunday, October 14, 2012

Ms. Zwolinski 5th Grade Reading 10/15


October 15th, 2012

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful fall break! The end of the quarter is here and all grades will be entered on Tuesday. Parent-teacher conferences will be on Friday, October 19th. They will be held in the gym and they are first come, first serve. 

Students also received several pieces of their graded work today. Please check in with your scholar to see their grades. You can also check parent portal to see the most recent grades. 

News and Upcoming Events
  • Please make sure that all scholars are coming to school in uniform. This includes tie, button down blue shirt, and dress shoes. Demerits will be given for Dress Code Violations.
  • Word study quiz on Thursday due to no school on Friday
  • Parent-Teacher conferences on Friday, October 19th. No school for students. Their reading log will be due on Monday for two days worth of reading.
Reading
  • We are continuing with the Character unit. We will be starting a new novel entitled Holes by Louis Sachar. 
  • We will be sharing out projects on Forged by Fire and going over the MAP break packets in small groups during class. 
Word Study Words 

VOCABULARY WORDS WITH THE PRE-FIX “anti” Which means against, opposite, opposed to (an action, attitude or policy, counteracting.

  1.  antiviolence
  2.   antibiotic
  3.   antidote
  4.   antitheft
  5.  antigravity
  6. antisocial
  7. antifreeze
  8.  anticruelty
  9.  antibacteria
  10.  anti democracy
  11.  anti-terrorism
  12.  anti-trust
  13. antipollution
  14. antifungal
  15.  antiseptic


Writing
  • In writing, we are going to take break from starting a new unit and review how to write an extended response in our weekly scholar letters. These letters will be due once a week and should incorporate the extended response skills that we are learning. 
Homework
  • The reading log is due Monday, Wednesday and next Monday. 
  • Word study-definitions, ABC order, sentences, and study for quiz on Thursday
  • Study for word study quiz on Friday
Please let me know if you have any questions! Have a wonderful week. 

Ms.Zwolinski


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