WEEK OF DEC. 8-12

READING:  Seeing Stars

GENRE:  expository text tells about real people, things, or events.

VOC.
1.  dim - somewhat dark, without much light
2.  gas - a substance that is neither a liquid nor solid and that has the ability to expand indefinitely or an airlike substance
3.  gigantic - very large, tall, or bulky
4.  ladle - a large spoon with a long handle
5.  patterns - arrangements or designs
6.  shine - to give off light
7.  temperature - the degree of heat or coldness or amount of heat

SKILL:  graphic sources (text structure)
GRAMMAR:  subject-verb agreement

SPELLING: 
clock
large
page
mark
kitten
judge
crack
edge
pocket
brake
change
ridge
jacket
badge
orange
freckles
pledge
Kentucky
kingdom
advantage

WEEK OF DEC. 1-5

READING:  Pushing Up the Sky  BY:  Joseph Bruchac

GENRE:  drama, or play, is a story meant to be acted out for an audience

VOC. 
1.  antlers - bony, branching growths on the head of a male deer, elk or moose or horns
2.  imagined - made a picture or idea of something in your mind or made up
3.  languages - human speech, spoken or written, of different groups or countries or types of speech
4.  narrator - the person who tells a story or speaker
5.  overhead - over the head; on high; above
6.  poked - pushed with force against someone or something or pushed with finger

GRAMMAR:  main/helping verbs
SKILL:  literary elements

SPELLING:
unhappy
recall
disappear
unload
mistake
misspell
dislike
replace
mislead
disagree
rewrite
unroll
unknown
dishonest
react
recycle
unfortunate
discourage
uncomfortable
mispronounce

WEEK OF NOV. 17-21

READING:  How Do You Raise a Raisin?  BY:  Pam Munoz Ryan

GENRE:  Expository Text

SKILL:  Draw Conclusions

VOCABULARY:
1.  area - a space used for a special purpose
2.  artificial - made of humans, not nature
3.  grapevine - a woody vine on which grapes grow
4.  preservative - a substance used to keep foods from spoiling
5.  proof - anything that can be used to show that something is real or true
6.  raise - to lift
7.  raisin - a dried grape

SPELLING:
let's
he'd
you'll
can't
I'd
won't
haven't
hasn't
she'd
they'll
when's
we'd
should've
wasn't
didn't
they'd
would've
could've
needn't
you've

REMINDERS:
* Thursday, Nov. 20 - fall festival @ 5:00-7:30. Hope to see everyone there.
*Friday, Nov. 21 - play at school ($5.00), Wear your Alabama/Auburn "stuff"
*Thanksgiving Break, Nov. 24-28.  :)