Reminder!

Literature festival is on Wed! Please remember to send a lunch and a back pack with your child. They will be responsible for carrying their own lunch.

Unit 21 Spelling

Unit 19 Spelling

1. lately
2. settlement
3. watchful
4. countless
5. steadily
6. closeness
7. calmly
8. government
9. agreement
10. cloudiness
11. delightful
12. noisily
13. tardiness
14. forgetful
15. forgiveness
16. harmless
17. enjoyment
18. appointment
19. effortless
20. plentiful
Challenge
suspenseful
merciless
seriousness
contentment
suspiciously

Supplies Needed!!!

We are down to a ration of pencils.  I am giving students 2 a week until I run out, from my emergency stash.  I strongly  suggest that you make sure your child has pencils they can stash in their lockers.

We are also in need of dry erase markers (we have 5 to last the rest of the year), and highlighters.  As we start test preparation we will be using even more of the dry erase markers and highlighters.  Thank you for your generous donation to our class.

In other news:

Students turned in their Arbor Day posters yesterday.  We had several really good ones this year! They worked very hard on this.

On Thursday the students will be introduced to the DARE program.  This is a program that is done all over the state.  What is unique about our program is that students have the opportunity to go to DARE camp this summer after finishing the program.  We are the only town in the entire state that does this.  We are very thankful for all of the sponsors that make this happen.

Spelling test is this Friday as usual.  Time got away from me so we did not do an in class pretest. I encourage you to test your child and help them with the spelling words they are having difficulty on.

If you have not scheduled a conference please do so now! I will be calling on Friday to let you know what is left. Click on the sentence and it will take you to the google calendar so you can see what is available. 


Next Tuesday is the wax museum during the lunch hour.  Last year, if your child attended Garfield, they were statues.  This year they get to go and hear all about it.  It is always exciting to see what this group has learned or tells about that previous years didn't mention.

On next Wednesday is picture day! We WILL be taking a class picture that day! (Oh joy I'll be exactly 1 month away from having Flint.  It will be a fun class picture for sure!)

Conference week is the 13-16th.  Valentines day party will be on the 14.  This is the last party your child will have.  No holiday parties in Middle and High School.  I'm game for making it as special as possible.

Unit 18 Spelling

1. duties
2. earlier
3. loveliest
4. denied
5. ferries
6. sunnier
7. terrifi ed
8. abilities
9. dirtier
10. scariest
11. trophies
12. cozier
13. enemies
14. iciest
15. greediest
16. drowsier
17. victories
18. horrifi ed
19. memories
20. strategies
Challenge
unifi ed
dictionaries
boundaries
satisfi ed
tragedies

Unit 17 Spelling

1. tiring
2. borrowed
3. freezing
4. delivered
5. whispered
6. losing
7. decided
8. amazing
9. performing
10. resulting
11. related
12. attending
13. damaged
14. remarked
15. practicing
16. supported
17. united
18. expected
19. amusing
20. repeated
Challenge
assigned
entertaining
operated
rehearsing
donated

Unit 20 Spelling

1. salsa
2. mattress
3. tycoon
4. burrito
5. bandana
6. tomato
7. poncho
8. dungarees
9. lasso
10. patio
11. siesta
12. cargo
13. vanilla
14. tsunami
15. iguana
16. plaza
17. caravan
18. hammock
19. pajamas
20. gallant
Challenge
mosquito
cathedral
alligator
tambourine
sombrero

Spelling List For Jan. 20th

1. scrubbed

2. listening

3. stunned

4. knitting

5. carpeting

6. wandered

7. gathering

8. beginning

9. skimmed

10. chatting

11. shrugged

12. bothering

13. whipped

14. quizzed

15. suffering

16. scanned

17. ordered

18. totaled

19. answered

20. upsetting

Challenge

compelling

deposited

occurred

threatening

canceled

Happy New Year

A ton of exciting things are happening in fifth grade!  I'm sorry that the blog hasn't been updated in awhile.  I posted this weeks spelling words earlier today.  They are also already up on spellingcity.com.

Today a packet and letter went home about postcards.  We are asking students to fill out addresses and bring them back.  You have no obligation to buy.  Students will get a prize just for filling out their postcards. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.

This week my class has Mrs. Campbell for Science.  They will have her for 2 more weeks.   We are currently working on test preparation for State Assessments.  Please be on the look out for reading test examples to come home.  You can go over these with your child to continue to help them prep for state assessments.  Please also continue to work with your child on their multiplication facts!

I am currently working on my Master's Degree.  I graduate in May!  (I'm very excited. I have learned a ton of different activities to do with your children.)  The class I am currently taking is called Action Research.  I have to do a research study and write a huge paper about it.  I sent home today 10 letters asking for some of your children to participate in this study.   The study is about using multiplication and finding strategies to help remember the basic multiplication facts.  I need to signed permission slip by Friday.  I am going to try and email each of the parents that I sent letters home to.  This way they know to be on the look out for it.

The box tops competition is in full swing!  Please make sure your child is turning in their box tops to our room.  Put their name on the bag that has their  name on it. 

Spelling test is this Friday.

On Monday, January 16th there is no school. 

On January 20th we will have the school wide spelling bee.  On Thursday, January 12 we will have a class spelling bee.  On Friday, January 13 we will have a fifth grade bee.  The top 4 spellers will then go on to compete for the school spelling bee. 

We just got word that Day at the K is scheduled for 17th.  This is after school has ended for the year.  So we are looking into other field trip opportunities. 

Friday, January 27th there is no school. 

We do have our c-section to have Flint scheduled for March 8th.  I am planning on working up until March 7th.  Dawn Rumford will be my long term sub.  She will finish out the year with the kids.  I will be back in periodically to say hi. Bringing the baby of course.  I will be there for 5th grade graduation.

Spelling Words for January 13th

Spelling list for Unit 15 January 13th.


formal
whistle
label
puzzle
legal
angle
normal
needle
angel
pupil
struggle
level
local
bicycle
channel
global
stumble
quarrel
article
fossil

Challenge words:

identical
vehicle
mineral
colonel
artificial