Week 10/29/2011 Edit | Settings | Delete Reading: The Emperor's Silent Army Amazing Words - paleontologists, extraction, quarry, tomb, explanation, replica, formation, vestige, penetrated, craftsmen Vocabulary Words- approximately, divine, excavated, mechanical, pottery, restore, superstitious, terra cotta Concepts - suffixes (-ful, -ly, -al), main idea and details, Latin roots Words with Latin Roots Spelling List: suspend pendant conductor novel productive numeral reserve numerous preserve pending pendulum deduction novelty numerator reservoir appendix induct innovative impending conservatory Challenge Words: aqueduct, perpendicula As a reminder, the Creative Spelling Lessons are always due on the Thursday before the final test. WKCE Testing again this week and Club Day is on Wednesday (kids that have fallen behind in there work will be attending the Study Club and spend the afternoon trying to get things done and turned in for credit. There is a dance this Friday. Refer to the flier that was sent home on Friday. 6th Grade Weekly Note October 22, 2012 Due to the time given to the WKCE Test Mrs. Ernst and I have made some changes to next week. We will be flip-flopping some history and sciences times to create an equal time frame for all the students. Below is the general idea and we will be helping them with this change. Please make sure the kids are well rested and fed so that they can hit these tests out of the park! WKCE Testing Schedule for 6th grade 1.Tuesday Reading Test (40min.) 9:00AM(No AM History Class) 2. Wednesday Reading (40min) 9:00AM (No PM History Class) 3. Thursday Math (55 min) 9:00AM (9th hour split of 20 min) 4. Tuesday Math (55min) 9:00AM (split block) 5. Thursday Math (5omin) 9:00AM (split block) Reading: The Universe Vocabulary: intrigued, celestial, orb, constellations, observatories, black hole, cosmic, quasars, nebula, aurora borealis, astronomers, galaxy, particles, collide, compact, collapse Spelling List: Multisyllabic Words ~ possibility, linear, ridiculous, calculator, competitive, organization, individual, correspondent, optimistic, enthusiastic, satisfactory, simultaneously, encyclopedia, sophisticated, curiosity Concepts: Main Idea and Details, Monitor and Clarify, Greek and Latin Roots, Regular and irregular Nouns Kief 6th Grade
Weekly Update October 8, 2o12 Reading: Hachiko: A Loyal Dog Amazing Words: dependable, notable, dedication, uncompromising, conscientious, salvation, substantial, salvation, advocate, symmetry, commitment Concepts: Word: suffixes, fact and opinion, imagery, setting Vocabulary: ruff, fixed, morsel, nudge, quietly, vigil, stooped, furious Spelling list: country’s countries’ countries its ours theirs hers library’s libraries’ libraries niece’s nieces’ nieces crow’s crows witness’s witnesses’ witnesses secretary’s secretaries’ Challenge Words: communities, communities’, Chequamegon, April Fools’ Day Pretest on Tuesday – get a 100% and don’t have to do post test on Friday!! Progress Reports are due Oct. 9, 2012 and it is important that the kids are getting their daily work done and turned in for grading. Please check websites, parent portal and your child’s agenda if you have questions. Also, email or call if you have other concerns. We are keeping track of a lot of students and it is helpful if you work with us about your child so that things don’t get away from them. WKCE Testing window is Oct. 23 – Nov. 23 this year. Rest and eating right will be especially important for the success on these tests. Ann M. Kief [email protected] |
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