Tommy sets a screen!

Tommy sets a screen!
Logan drives the lane!

Monday, March 28, 2011

5th/6th Grade Spelling Words: Test on Tuesday, April 5th

5th/6th Grade Spelling Words.  Next Test is Tuesday, April 5th  
often              spent              section           wouldn’t       their              
first                 every             cattle              choose           dead              
already          teeth              usually           they’re          a lot
sense              heavy             animal’s        evening         its       
ring                 spread           there              strange          similar
(I realize we have had many of these before, but the Sitton
Spelling Program says these are the words we must study.)
BONUS WORDS:   (These are words that a few of my students
selected.)                militiamen                admiration              
determination         representatives       distinctions              
Pennsylvania           Massachusetts        independence

Friday, March 18, 2011

7th Graders Religion Projects are due March 25th

The 7th grade students have been working on their World Religion projects for the past 2 weeks.  Each student chose one religion to study.  Then each student had to research and complete an intake form answering 13 questions about their chosen religion. 

After completing the 13 questions each student must make a poster analyzing one interesting aspect of the religion they selected.  These should all be completed by March 25th.

5th/6th Grade Spelling Test is Tuesday, March 22nd & History Quiz is March 24th.

Here are the words for the next 5th/6th grade spelling test: 

their     rather       a long (as in "a long way")       brown      people    learn    family    

only    sense    should    money    thick    spread    water    because     again 

business    mouth    clean    control    without    evening    nearly    plateau

Bonus Words:  circumference    Chihuahua    civilization    revolution   

earthquake    tsunami    irrigation    domesticated

History Quiz  The 5th/6th graders have been studying colonial America (1740 - 1769) for the past week.  They have been taking notes, and they'll have a quiz on Thursday, March 24th.