LITERATURE & HISTORY February 11-15

Good Sunday, Students!

I have missed you and will be back tomorrow.  My husband is doing very well since his procedure, and we appreciate your thoughts and prayers.

This will be a fun week!  We will be finishing our Gala Project, and taking it for a spin around the neighborhood for some photo ops!  Ash Wednesday is this week, with Chapel at 12:00 noon instead of Wednesday morning.  Thursday is Valentine's Day.  Our party will be from 12:00-12:45 in the Math/Science room downstairs.  And we will be theorizing about Roanoke, the Lost Colony, and learning about how to write a Character Sketch and create a costume out of fabric.  Where else could all of these things happen but at CCS?

Your weekly schedule can be linked to here, and below, are your other assignment handouts for this week.
WOBBP Quote #5--Done in class Monday
WOBBP Quote #6--Done in class Thursday
Character Journals Chapters 13-16--Due Tuesday, 12
Character Journals Chapters 17-21--Due Tuesday, 19
How to Write a Character Sketch with Rubric for Book Report
Making Clothes for your Doll

Roanoke Research Packet
America Unearthed film notes and theory

Your new spelling and vocabulary words for a test on Tuesday, February 19 are below.
You will need to spell the words correctly and match them with their definitions.
For extra credit, you can use the words in a sentence that deals with WOBBP.

1.  abate = to lessen in amount, to diminish

2.  arduous = difficult to do

3.  concoction = a combination of ingredients

4.  docile = easy to teach

5.  flouting = openly disregarding (as in a law or rule)

6.  gaunt = thin and bony, haggard

7.  infidel = heathen or pagan

8.  magistrate = a justice of the peace or judge

9.  poultice = a hot, soft, moist mass of an herb or medicine that is placed on an open wound or sore

10.  rue = to wish undone; to regret

11.  serenity = tranquility or calmness

12.  sundry = various

13.  taut = tightly stretched or tense

14.  treadle = a foot pedal, as on a spinning wheel

15.  vigil = a watchful staying awake during the night

VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY

Dear Parents and Students,

It appears that I spoke too soon regarding the Valentine Party.  We are having one!

Since I will be out the remainder of the week, there won't be much time to put up a sign-up sheet.
Would you mind sending me an e-mail  letting me know what you would like to bring, and what you would prefer the students eat for lunch?


I don't know many of the details yet--when our party begins,when they will eat lunch--but I did get the message
that Mrs. Lin won't be fixing hot lunches that day.  So we need:


CUPS, NAPKINS, PLATES for 9 people

LUNCH food--we can take up 5$ per child and order out, or several parents can provide something lunchy--let me know what you would prefer

DRINKS--no sodas, but Gatorade would be great

DESSERT--a small cake, cupcakes, brownies, or heart shaped cookies

Thanks for helping, and I'm sorry for the late notice and misinformation!

Jill

Bible: Feb. 4-8

Memory Verse: Matthew 4:18-22

While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

Monday: Jesus calls Andrew and Simon Peter- introduction to Jesus calling his first disciples. Reading cards and corresponding worksheet. We will then read from the Gospel of Matthew and find facts that are mentioned in the bible passage that are not on our cards.

Wednesday: 8:00 AM Chapel, come early!!!! We leave shortly afterward for the Rodeo! Wear "rodeo friendly" footwear.

Friday: Disciple Fishing Game

LITERATURE & HISTORY February 4-8, 2013

Happy Superbowl Sunday!  I hope you are enjoying this  beautiful weather, and that your team wins!

This week, we will be continuing to read The Witch of Blackbird Pond and will study The Lost Colony of Roanoke.  It is fascinating and very mysterious!

Below, you can link to this week's schedule of assignments, as well as many of the handouts you will be getting this week.  Don't forget to study for tomorrow's spelling test.  Tomorrow, you will also receive your 4 week progress report, which needs to be signed and returned to me by this Friday.  You will also get a "newsletter" to give to your parents about upcoming events.

This week's assignment schedule
Reading Logs for February 1-14
Questions for Chapter 36 & 37  in History book
Roanoke Research Packet
Article What Happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke?
Article What Happened to the Lost Colony? (theories)
Character Journals for Chapters 13-16
Character Journals for Chapters 17-21
What is a Husking Bee?
The Connecticut Charter
Quote for WOBBP 3 Chapters 10-11
Quote for WOBBP 4 Chapters 13-14

Your spelling words and vocabulary for this week are below.

SPELLING and Vocabulary for TEST on Monday, February 11

Learn to spell these words, and be able to match each with its correct definition.

1.  allotted = assigned or apportioned

The students were each allotted five minutes to present their reports.

2.  arrogant = haughty or prideful

The young man was arrogant to his servants.

3.  banished = sent away

Hannah and her husband were banished because they were Quakers.

4.  blithely = carefree or heedless

The girl blithely ignored the way the community felt about her.

5.  constable = policeman

The constable kept the prisoner in a cage in his yard.

6.  cordial = warm and genuine

Mercy was always cordial to visitors.

7.  decorum = proper polite behavior

The judge expected decorum in his court.

8.  devious = not straightforward, shifty or crooked

The men thought up a devious scheme for taking the Charter.

9.  gnarled = twisted or knobby

Hannah’s hands were gnarled from years of hard work.

10.  hapless = unlucky

The hapless young men were caught breaking windows.

11.  ingenious = clever or inventive

There have been many ingenious inventors in our history.

12.  papist = a Roman Catholic sympathizer

The Puritans accused many others of being papists.

13.  precarious = dangerous or risky

Kit knew that going to Hannah’s was a precarious decision.

14.  tryst = an appointed meeting

The Sons of Liberty agreed on a tryst to throw the tea overboard.

15.  unorthodox = not orthodox; not conforming to the usual beliefs

Kit is one of the most unorthodox characters in the novel.

Math Jan. 28-Feb. 1

Fourth and Fifth Grade

Monday - Intro centers and projects for the week, multiplication review, Cumulative Test 11A
Project - Feeding a Family for a Week - Due February 19

Fourth Grade
Tuesday - Lesson 59 Subtracting a Fraction from 1
Wednesday - Lesson 60 Finding a Fraction to Complete a Whole
Thursday - Investigation 6 Line Graphs
Friday Cumulative Test 12A

Homework Due Friday Daily Math Warmups Lessons 23-26, 43-46

Fifth Grade
Tuesday - Lesson 60  Polygons
Wednesday - Lesson 61  Adding Three or More Fractions
Thursday - Lesson 62  Writing Mixed Numbers as Improper Fractions
Friday - Cumulative Test 12A

Homework Due Friday Daily Math Warmups Lessons Lessons 67-74

LIT & HISTORY January 28-February 1, 2013

Hello, Students!

This week, we begin a new novel and one of my favorites since I first read it back in the day:  The Witch of Blackbird Pond.  It will usher us into the Thirteen Colonies of the British.  It is a great study in character development, so each of you will be choosing (at random) one of the main characters from the novel to follow throughout your reading.  You will also be creating a Colonial-style doll that will look like and be dressed like your character.  I will be teaching you to sew with a needle and thread, and with a sewing machine, so this will be a fun and exciting unit--even for you, boys!  Just think, you'll always be able to sew on your own buttons from now on!

This week, you will have homework again--the reading and journals  that you aren't able to finish in class will be done each night at home.  You will have a quiz every 4 chapters of the book, and in between, will be asked to respond in writing to one of the book's quotations.  So read carefully!

Your reading logs will be due this Friday, as usual, and you may count your class time reading so long as you are all quietly reading during class.  If  you can't get your reading done at school, you can't count that time.  You can count any reading on The Witch of Blackbird Pond that you read at home on your reading log.

Also due on Friday, February 1, is your permission slip for the Rodeo at the Bell County Expo (the trip is on Wednesday, February 6.)  We do need parent volunteers to drive and chaperone, and you will be bringing a sack lunch that day to eat while on the field trip.

This Friday is the 100th day of school!  We're over the half-way point.  If you know for certain whether you will be attending CCS in the fall or not, please let us know.  It is important for us to know how many of you will be returning so that teachers can be hired and curriculum planned and ordered.  Thank you!

Below are links to your work this week, and your spelling and vocabulary list is below.
See you tomorrow!

This week's schedule of assignments
Grammar for Monday
Grammar for Tuesday
Grammar for Wednesday
Grammar for Thursday
Grammar for Friday
Intro to The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Colonial Dolls
Character Journal for WOBBP Chapters 1-4
Character Journal for WOBBP Chapters 5-8
Character Journal for WOBBP Chapters 9-12
WOBBP Quote for Writing #1
WOBBP Quote for Writing #2
Rubric for Map It Out (map is not available online)

SPELLING and Vocabulary for TEST on Monday, February 4

Learn to spell these words, and be able to match each with its correct definition.

1.  aloof = reserved and apart

2.  chagrined  =  embarrassed or humiliated

3.  constraint  =  repression of behavior or feelings

4.  deft  =  skillful

4.  dour  =  stern or forbidding

5.  frippery  =  showy or gaudy

6.  gaudy  =  cheaply showy, as in dress

7.  grotesquely  =  strangely or in a distorted way

8.  haughtily  =  in a proud or arrogant manner

9.  incredulous  =  doubting or skeptical

10.  monotonous  =  having little variation

11.  nonchalance  =  showing indifference

12.  punctilious  =  very exact and careful

Bible Jan. 28-Feb. 1

Don't forget your homework that is due to me on Monday:

1. Events leading to Christ's baptism Mobile

2. Ministry of Jesus keyword and picture worksheet

Memory Verse:

The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. If you worship me, it will all be yours.”

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.

Luke 4:5-8

Monday: Temptation of Christ, reading from reading cards, then complete corresponding worksheet. We will then create a "Word of God" heart for our bible bulletin board about keeping God's word in our hearts at all times as Jesus did.

Friday: Read Luke 4:1-13 from our bibles about the Temptation of Christ and complete the worksheet. We will then read Genesis 3 about Adam and Eve's temptation and compare the similarities between their's and Christ's temptation in the Gospels.