LITERATURE & HISTORY: February 6-10, 2012

Happy Super Bowl Sunday!

I hope you all have your popcorn and snacks and are ready to watch the big game. That means you've studied your spelling and vocabulary for tomorrow's test and read Chapter 9 in WOBBP, right?

This week, we'll continue to read The Witch of Blackbird Pond, as well as some information about the Quakers and why they were persecuted by others in the New England Colonies. In History, we'll finish investigating the theories about the Lost Colony of Roanoke, and move on to the Jamestown Colony--1607, and England's first PERMANENT colony in the New World, though it was almost wiped out by starvation and wars with the Native Americans.

Your new spelling words and reading assignments are below. Your spelling/vocabulary test will be next Monday, February 13.

Enjoy the Game!

LITERATURE Assignments from The Witch of Blackbird Pond

For MONDAY, February 6: Spelling Test; You should have read Chapter 9 and written in your Reader's Journals. Begin working on writing spelling words 3 times each in cursive--due on Thursday.

For TUESDAY, February 7: Read Chapters 10 & 11 and write in Reader's Journal.

For WEDNESDAY, February 8: No classwork today--Field Trip to the Rodeo

For THURSDAY, February 9: Read Chapter 12 and write in Reader's Journal. Spelling words written 3 times each in cursive are due. Study for Quiz over Chapters 9-12.

For FRIDAY, February 10: Read Chapters 13 & 14 and write in Reader's Journal.

For MONDAY, February 13: Study for Spelling Test; Read Chapters 15 & 16 and write in Reader's Journal.

SPELLING WORDS/VOCABULARY for TEST on Monday, February 13 You will have to spell the word correctly; then match it with its definition. These also need to be written 3 times each in cursive.

1. indentured--being bound to another person as a worker for a specific time

2. employer--a person who hires another person to work for him or her

3. plantation--a large farm or estate on which crops are raised

4. nonchalance--the characteristic of seeming to be carefree or unconcerned

5. wraith--an apparition or ghost

6. vanity--excessive pride or conceit

7. tremulous--marked by trembling or shaking

8. coarse--rough

9. incredulous--disbelieving or doubtful

10. monotonous--repetitiously dull; repeated notes on the same pitch

Reminders...

1. Tomorrow (Friday, 2/3) is the 100th day of school! Students may wear free dress to celebrate. They are also encouraged to bring pennies to add to the bulletin board display at the front of the school.

2. Next Wed. K-5th grade will be taking a field trip to the rodeo. Students need to bring a lunch in a disposable bag and may wear jeans and boots with a school shirt. Those who stay for EC need to bring tennis shoes to change into after school. Please return the permission slips that will go home today and let us know if you are available to drive. We will be returning from the rodeo about 2 pm.

3. Mark your calendars for Friday, Feb. 17 and make plans to attend CCS's Pennies from Heaven Gala at 7 pm.

LITERATURE & HISTORY: January 30-February 3

This week, we begin our study of the British colonies (finally!) and begin the novel, The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Class time will be used for reading and doing research. You will have homework every night, so make note of the assignments below. Your spelling words are taken from WOBBP and your test will be on Monday, February 7. There will be no book report for this novel because we will be doing so much other reading for history. You will have to write in a Reader’s Journal after every chapter of WOBBP, which will count as a project grade for that book.

For TUESDAY, January 31: Finish reading Chapters 1 and 2 in WOBBP, and complete your Reader’s Journal (instructions on attached sheet).

For WEDNESDAY, February 1: Read Chapters 3 & 4 in WOBBP, and complete your Reader’s Journal for these chapters. You will have a 4 chapter quiz Wednesday morning (Chapters 1-4), and your spelling words, written 3 times in cursive, will be due.

For THURSDAY, February 2: Read Chapters 5 & 6 in WOBBP, and complete your Reader’s Journal for these chapters.

For FRIDAY, February 3: Read Chapters 7 & 8 in WOBBP, and complete your Reader’s Journal for these chapters. You will have a 4 chapter quiz Friday morning (Chapters 5-8), and your spelling words written as your favorite character’s name are due.

For MONDAY, February 6: Read Chapter 9 in WOBBP, and complete your Reader’s Journal for this chapter. Be ready for your spelling and vocabulary test.

SPELLING/VOCABULARY List for Test on Monday, February 7—you will have to be able to recognize the definitions on a matching spelling test.

1. placating = calming or pacifying someone

2. aghast = showing sudden dismay or amazement

3. indulgent = kind or lenient often to the point of spoiling someone

4. timorous = fearful or timid

5. tactless = to be without manners, or say something that might offend others

6. condescend = to look down upon others, to patronize

7. conspicuous = easy to see, obvious

8. hypocrite = a person who pretends to be what he or she is not

9. dubious = causing or feeling doubt about something

10. auspicious = of good omen, favorable

11. inexorable = cannot be influenced or persuaded

12. sepulcher = a vault for burial, a grave or a tomb

January 30-February 3: Bible/Science/Latin II

Bible: 12 Apostles Appointed (Mark 3:1-14)

• Monday: memory verse Mark 3:13-14; cpl. worksheet
• Wednesday: Chapel; play questions game with apostle cards
• Friday: Test + memory verse; play questions game with apostle cards


Science: Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion

• Monday: work on final draft of Newton’s Laws paragraphs
• Friday: final draft of Newton's Laws paragraphs DUE; share Newton’s Laws paragraphs with class


Latin II: Magnus, a, um declension, predicate adjectives, predicate nominatives

• Tuesday: compose examples of Pattern A, B, and C sentences
• Thursday: Chapter 12 quiz

HISTORY and LITERATURE: January 23-27

Happy Sunday, Students!

This week, there will be no new spelling list. We are going to spend the week zooming through the last part of our unit on the conquistadores and explorers of New Spain (see map above for their holdings.) We will follow that with a very short unit on the French Explorers, and try and get to the British colonies by the beginning of February, next week.

There will also be no literature unit or novel to read yet. You still need to be reading on your own each night at home at least 30 minutes. Your Reading Log will be due on Friday (and last week's is due tomorrow.)

There will be some reading homework on Thursday night, and over next weekend from your History textbook. You will have "notes" to take as you read.

Tomorrow, you will have a spelling test over last week's words, and the Mayan feast at lunch time! The menu includes real recipes from the Maya, Aztec, and Inca cultures! I think you'll like it!

January 23-27: Bible/Latin II/Science

Bible: Miracles, Healings, and Parable (Matthew 13:1-23)
• Monday
o Memory verse: Matthew 13:11-13
o IN CLASS: #113 worksheet
• Wednesday
o Chapel
o IN CLASS: #113 Project 2
• Friday
o IN CLASS: #113 Test + memory verse due


Latin II: Magnus, a, um declension (ch. 12)
• Tuesday
o Begin learning ch. 12 vocab + predicate adjectives
• Thursday
o Practice Pattern A, B, and C sentences
o IN CLASS: write ch. 12 vocab 3X each


Science: Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion
• Monday
o Complete 3rd Law experiment and sheet, as needed
o Complete crossword puzzle, as needed
• Wednesday
o DUE: 2nd Law experiment sheet corrections
o IN CLASS: Write a paragraph for each of Newton’s laws, explaining it in your own words and citing examples of it in everyday life
• Friday
o DUE: 3 paragraphs about Newton’s Laws
o Planet Earth day!

Gala Project

Hello, Parents,

I am including several pictures (also posted on our Facebook site) from the leather working session Mr. Carter had with the 5th graders this morning at school. We all learned so much and had fun!

The students will be creating the decoration for a leather belt and a leather purse to auction at the Gala on February 17. They will get to emboss the leather and even help dye it!

If you haven't yet contributed $10 for these supplies, please send that to school by Friday if possible. If you write a check, make it out to "Robert Carter."

Thank you!