LITERATURE for Week of December 12-16

Well, me mateys. . .

We've just about reached the end of the rope in Jim's story. Just a few more chapters to go.

You won't have a spelling test this week. Your reading assignments are below for our last 3 chapters. Remember, you are to read Chapters 29-31 over the weekend (December 10-11) and be ready to discuss those chapters in class on Monday. You also have your last spelling test of the semester on Monday, December 12.

Monday--we'll read Chapter 32 in class. HOMEWORK: Read Chapters 33 and 34 for our last discussion over Treasure Island on Tuesday.

During the rest of the week, we will be watching the film of Treasure Island, and getting on a National Geographic Kids website where you can be a virtual pirate!

Be working on your Book Report over this novel. These are due on FRIDAY, December 16--no exceptions!

Have a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!

December Outreach Update

Thank you for your generous gifts for Rebecca, our adopted foster child. Between 4th and 5th grad, so far, she will be receiving arts sets, board games, an MP3 player, book, and a Barbie doll. Below is her updated wish list of items that have not been donated. All (unwrapped) gifts need to be at school by Wednesday.

Christmas Wish List for Rebecca (female, age 9)
Favorite Color: Pink

Clothing sizes (childrens):
8 Pants
10-12 Shirt/Blouse
10-12 Jacket
3 Shoes

Other ideas: Pillow Pet, American Doll and American Doll Cat Costume, Books

December 5-9: Bible/Science/Latin II

Bible: Jesus Turns the Water Into Wine (John 2:1-12)

• Memory verse--John 2:11-12
• Test on Friday

Science: Life in the Desert

• Monday--desert plants and ecosystems; research plants that survive by dormancy
• Friday--share research about plant dormancy; "Desert" episode from Planet Earth

Latin II: 2nd declension neuter nouns

• Tuesday--chapter 7 worksheet due + ch. 7 quiz

LITERATURE: December 5-9

It's been an exciting week with our mates on the Hispaniola! The story is only going to get more exciting from now on, too. If you want to read the prayer of a REAL pirate, Sir Francis Drake (who sailed for Queen Elizabeth I), just click on the link below.

http://acts17verse28.blogspot.com/2010/09/pirates-prayer.html

You will have your spelling test over last week's words this Monday, December 5. YOU NEED TO BE WORKING ON YOUR BOOK REPORT AT HOME! Don't put this off--be working on it little by little so that your last week before the Christmas Holidays begin is calm and fun. Your report is DUE on Friday, December 16.

Below are your reading assignments for this week, and your new spelling list for a spelling test on Monday, December 12.

Monday, December 5	Quiz over Chapters 13-16 Read Chapter 17	Read Chapters 18 & 19 (pp. 150-164) Work on Book Report
Tuesday, December 6	Quiz over Chapters 17-19 Read Chapter 20	Read Chapters 21 & 22 (pp. 173-192) Work on Book Report
Wednesday, December 7	Quiz over Chapters 20-22 Read Chapter 23	Read Chapters 24 & 25 (pp. 200-214) Work on Book Report
Thursday, December 8	Quiz over Chapters 23-25 Read Chapter 26	Finish Chapter 26 Read Chapters 27 (pp. 215-235)
Friday, December 9	Quiz over Chapters 26-27 Read Chapter 28	Read Chapters 29-31 (pp. 250-277) Work on Book Report

SPELLING WORDS for MONDAY, DECEMBER 12

Those words with * must be written with their definitions.

1. dislodge

2. apparition*

3. circuit

4. marooned*

5. ammunition

6. assailant

7. demolish

8. particular

9. cavalier*

10. enclosure

11. consciousness

12. bulwark*

December Outreach Project

Our outreach project for December is to provide gifts for four foster children in Bell County. 3rd-5th grade classes have been assigned 9-year-old Rebecca. You will find her wish list below. Money to go toward purchasing an item on the list is also a giving option. Gifts need to be unwrapped and at school by next Wednesday, December 7. Thank you for giving as you are able!

Christmas Wish List for Rebecca (female, age 9)

Favorite Color: Pink

Special Interest: Board games

Clothing sizes (childrens):
8 Pants
10-12 Shirt/Blouse
10-12 Jacket
3 Shoes

Dream Gift: MP3 player with headphones

Other ideas: Pillow Pet, Hi Ho Cherries (board game), American Doll and American Doll Cat Costume, Books, Drawing/Art sets

Nov. 28-Dec. 2: Bible and Science and Latin II

Bible: This week our story is Jesus Calls Andrew and Simon Peter found in Luke 5:1-11. The memory verse portion is Luke 5:8-10. The test will be given on Friday--remember to practice the memory verse a little each day.

Science: We will learn how animals that live in extreme climates survive. On Monday we'll experiment with blubber gloves to understand how an animal's body fat aids in its survival.

Latin II: This week we begin chapter 7, which will focus on 2nd declension neuter noun endings.

LITERATURE: November 28-December 2

We are about to embark upon a great adventure--one of the greatest in fiction literature! This week, we begin to read Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. You will be thrilled and chilled at what the narrator, Jim, encounters as he finds himself with Captain Long John Silver looking for pirate treasure. I think this is a book you will put in your top 10!

Tomorrow, you will get a packet that will guide you through the whole novel, and will help you

decide on the way you want to present your book report over this novel.

The reading assignments are below, as well as our spelling words. The spelling test will be on Monday, December 5, with several words you will need to be able to also define. As you read each day in class and each evening, I want you to take notes. This will help you greatly as you read for comprehension and to better remember the details of the plot and the characters you will "meet." You will also do better on your daily quizzes!

So, get ready to sail land-lubbers!

SPELLING/VOCABULARY for Test on Monday, December 5

* signifies that you must learn and be able to write the definition for this word

1. connoisseur *

2. seafaring

3. abominable *

4. annoyance

5. villainous

6. assize *

7. shoulder

8. peculiar

9. fierce

10. trinket *

Date	In Class	HOMEWORK
Monday, November 28	Read Chapter 1	Read Chapters 2 & 3 (pp. 12-29) Work on Book Report
Tuesday, November 29	Quiz over Chapters 1-3 Read Chapter 4	Read Chapters 5 & 6 (pp. 39-55) Work on Book Report
Wednesday, November 30	Quiz over Chapters 4-6 Read Chapter 7	Read Chapters 8 & 9 (pp. 67-82) Work on Book Report
Thursday, December 1	Quiz over Chapters 7-9 Read Chapter 10	Read Chapters 11 & 12 (pp. 91-105) Work on Book Report
Friday, December 2	Quiz over Chapters 10-12 Read Chapter 13	Read Chapters 14,15,16 (pp. 117-143) Work on Book Report