6th Grade Weekly Update
Mrs. Kief Spelling List: Latin Roots ~ vis, spect, don, cur •vision, visible, visor, visitor, visionary, visibility •revise, provision, supervisor •suspect, prospective, inspector, introspection •spectator, spectacle, spectacular, •donate, donor, donation •pardon •current •excursion, concur, recur, occurrence Reading: Don Quixote and the Windmills Vocabulary: feudal, fortress, chivalry, legendary, adventurer, diversion, envision, dreamt, sorcerers, bewitched, lance, misfortune, quests, renewed, renowned, resound, squire Common Core Targets: Author’s Purpose; Prefixes re-, mis-; Modifiers History: Read and Notes continue on Ancient Rome Chapters 13-15; create a Report Card Project for a Roman Leader and begin to review information for a test on this material. Save the Dates: 5/19 Band, 5/22 Concert, 5/25 High School Graduation, 5/28 Baseball Day, 5/29 Transition Day (5th graders and 8th graders), 6/6 Awards Day and 8th Grade Graduation, & 6/7 Early Release/Last Day **I will be gone on different school events on the following days 5/24 and 5/31 to 6/5** Reading Unit 6
Don Quixote and the Windmill Retold and adapted by Eric A. Kimmel Common Core: Author’s Purpose, Prefixes re-, mis-, modifiers Vocabulary: feudal, fortress, chivalry, legendary, adventurer, diversion, envision, dreamt, sorcerers, bewitched, lance misfortune, quests, renewed, renowned, resound, squire Spelling List: Suffixes –ary, -ery, -ory bakery scenery temporary surgery inventory directory pottery discovery imaginary machinery nursery voluntary honorary satisfactory introductory advisory bribery secondary bravery anniversary accessory vocabulary World History ~ Chapter 13, 14, 15 Roman Empire Project : Create a report card for one of the leaders mentioned in Chapter 14, Section 5 Elements of Project: 1. School Name (make one up) 2. Student Name (leader) 3. Teacher Name (you) Grading Process: 1. Leadership Skills 2. Problem Solving Abilities 3. Treatment of Others 4. Contribution to History Comments: 1. You will need to justify your grade with a two or three sentence explanation. You may use any format you want as long as it is done neatly with no mistakes. (computer created or homemade) |
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