Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen Chapters 10-19 Vocabulary: gluttonous, delirium, roiled, bile, relinquish, redemption, writhed, haphazard, charred, flitting, rivulets, gunwales, ingenuity, irked, chuffs, torrents, reverently, quarry, vaulted, gorge, awning Spelling Words:The Schwa Sound different, sentence, American, brilliant, substitute, opinion, material, complete, jewelry, dramatic, instance, communicate, hesitate, elementary, vitamin, ingredients, invitation, discipline, lasagna, desperate,inhabitant, ferocious, orangutan, sympathetic infinity Common Core State Standards: Compare and Contrast, Story Structure, Unfamiliar Words, Subject-Verb Agreement Save the Dates: Monday, October 26 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K 6:00pm Regular Board Meeting at Glidden Tuesday, October 27 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K 8:15am Picture Retakes Wednesday, October 28 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K Thursday, October 29 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K 7th & 8th Gr. Band Trip to Music Convention in Madison Friday, October 30 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K 7th & 8th Gr. Band Trip to Music Convention in Madison 2:15pm Elementary Parade of Costumes in Commons Saturday, October 31 Sunday, November 1 Touching Spirit Bear Ben Mikaelsen Spelling Words: Final Syllable Patterns ancestor, hospital, grumble, sponsor, superior, escalator, encounter, shoulder, skeleton, forbidden, appetizer, identical, abandon, governor, endeavor, outspoken, durable lengthen, cinnamon, interior, interpreter, bachelor, accelerator, acquittal, misdemeanor Common Core Standards: Graphic Sources, Summarizing, Great and Latin Roots, suffixes: -ian, -ant, -ent, -ist , past/present/future tenses Vocabulary: defy, feign, bizarre, meager, cough, shrouded, banishment, conjure, spew, grimace, skiff, brandish, trawler, mosey, muted, dawdle, sullenly, chafe, composure, incessant, ricochet, ashen, solitary, teem Reading Chapters 3 to 10 v Points to discuss at home: v At.`oow – explain what it is and ask if your family has an item that is passed down from generation to generation. v Healing Circle – what is the purpose of this Circle and what would you and your parents hope that the offender and victim would learn during this time? v What are some things you would be willing to eat if you are stranded on an island and have lost your ability to hunt game? v On a scale of 1-5 with one being sure survival and 5 being death where would you rank Cole. What makes you believe this? How does your response compare to where your parents would rank him. *** EXTRA CREDIT: Please share your parent’s thoughts with the class by completing the google form, and submit their responses with the class. Save the Dates:Monday, October 19 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K Tuesday, October 20 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K Wednesday, October 21 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K 6:00pm Annual Meeting and Budget Hearing at Park Falls Thursday, October 22 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K 11:30am Gr. 3 Protective Behavior Lessons 12:00pm 4YK Protective Behavior Lessons 12:25pm 5YK Protective Behavior Lessons 12:45pm Gr. 1/2 Protective Behavior Lessons 5:00pm Spaghetti Supper & Bake Sale at Glidden 7:00pm Middle School Fall Band & Choir Concert at Glidden Friday, October 23 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K 12:15pm Gr. 3 Protective Behavior Lessons 12:45pm Gr. 1/2 Protective Behavior Lessons 1:20pm 5YK Protective Behavior Lessons Saturday, October 24 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K Sunday, October 25 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K 6th Grade Update Novel Unit #1 Week #1 Touching Spirit Bear written by Ben Mikaelsen Vocabulary: detention center, circle justice, Tlingit, juvenile delinquent, healing contract, banishment, convicted, probation, victim, guilty plea, depositions, survival, sincere Common Core Standards: cause and effect, important ideas, unfamiliar words, appropriate Phrasing and punctuation cues, voice, subject and object pronouns Reading Chapters 1 and 2: Ø Points to discuss at home: Ø Main Characters: Cole, Garvey, Edwin and Cole’s Parents Ø Theme: Circle Justice ~ a type of healing justice system Ø Ask your parents: If they had a child that was as out of control as Cole, would they be willing to allow him/her to spend one year on an Island alone. Why or why not? Ø EXTRA CREDIT: Please share your parent’s thoughts with the class by completing the google form, and submit their responses. Spelling words: hydrant, chronic, archive, synonym, antonym, democracy, hydrogen, aristocrat, dehydrate, chronicle, hydroplane, chronology, archaic, homonym, synchronize, hydraulic, archaeology, anarchy, hydroelectric, bureaucracy, hydrophobia, chronological, aristocracy Monday, October 12 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K Tuesday, October 13 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K Wednesday, October 14 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K Thursday, October 15 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K Friday, October 16 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K Saturday, October 17 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K 10:00am GADC Meeting in Commons Sunday, October 18 PALS Testing for Grades 4K-K 1:00pm Gr. 7 & 8 Performance Practice for Madison at Park Falls 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 cott 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
Friday, October 2 PALS Testing for Grades 1-2 2:00pm Fire Truck Visit for Gr. 5K-3 Saturday, October 3 PALS Testing for Grades 1-2 Sunday, October 4 PALS Testing for Grades 1-2 Monday, October 5 PALS Testing for Grades 1-2 Tuesday, October 6 PALS Testing for Grades 1-2 3:30pm Middle School Intermediate Band Practice at Glidden Wednesday, October 7 PALS Testing for Grades 1-2 8:15am Heavy Metal Tour at NTC Phillips Campus for 8th Grade 9:00am 5K-Gr. 3 Field Trip to Copper Falls Thursday, October 8 PALS Testing for Grades 1-2 9:00am Eye Screening 4K-3 3:30pm Middle School Intermediate Band Practice at Glidden 6:00pm Special Board Meeting at Park Falls Friday, October 9 PALS Testing for Grades 1-2 Saturday, October 10 PALS Testing for Grades 1-2 |
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