Friday, August 31, 2012
Vocabulary for Because of Winn-Dixie
Vocabulary for next week with the part of speech needed for some of the definitions. (This is all of the words. These words are
due next Friday, Sept 7.)
Reading Homefun will only be 3 worksheets in the packet. (One of the worksheets will have an X through it. This is the one to skip! Unless you really want to work on it.)
- dramatic
- fit (n)
- tearing (v)
- roundabout
- abiding
- typhoid
- lozenge
- melancholy
Reading Homefun will only be 3 worksheets in the packet. (One of the worksheets will have an X through it. This is the one to skip! Unless you really want to work on it.)
Grandparents' Day at Campus School
- Next Friday (Sept. 7) is Grandparents' Day at Campus School. It will be different from the past years. Your child's grandparent(s) are invited to Family Gathering that morning (8am) and then breakfast immediately following in our classroom-Room 103.
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Please sign up on the wiki below to help make our grandparents feel special!http://campus-school.wikispaces.com/space.template.Grandparents+Day
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For Grandparents' Day, please arrange for your child's grandparent(s) to only stay in the classroom for Family Gathering & Breakfast.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Vocabulary for Because of Winn-Dixie
Vocabulary for next week with the part of speech needed for the definition. (This is all of the words. We reduced the list to eight words. These words are due next Friday, August 31.)
- snuffled (v)
- palmetto (n) -as in a palmetto tree
- prideful (adj.) the arrogant definition
- installment plan (n)
- drooped (v)
- rely (v)
- barreling (online it says its the slang definition) Example: "He went barreling through the crowd."
- pathological (adj). the habitual definition
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Vocabulary homefun Starts Next Week
Each child has a set of index cards with each required vocabulary word already written in the middle.
In the top left corner, your child must look up the word and write the definition from a dictionary (online dictionaries are fine). (The words that have multiple meanings are listed below.)
In the top right corner, write a sentence using the word that shows you understand it. (Underline the word.)
In the bottom left corner, draw a picture representing the word.
In the bottom right corner, write a synonym OR write the meaning of the word in your (as in your child)'s own words.
Turn in by Friday morning.
Multiple definition words: (These are not all of the words. These are just the ones I found online with multiple meanings)
admit: (use the confess definition)
constellation: (use the group of stars definition)
display: (use the noun definition)
judge: (use the verb defintion)
misssionary (use the noun defintion)
nudge: (use noun definition)
produce: (use the noun defintion)
In the top left corner, your child must look up the word and write the definition from a dictionary (online dictionaries are fine). (The words that have multiple meanings are listed below.)
In the top right corner, write a sentence using the word that shows you understand it. (Underline the word.)
In the bottom left corner, draw a picture representing the word.
In the bottom right corner, write a synonym OR write the meaning of the word in your (as in your child)'s own words.
Turn in by Friday morning.
Multiple definition words: (These are not all of the words. These are just the ones I found online with multiple meanings)
admit: (use the confess definition)
constellation: (use the group of stars definition)
display: (use the noun definition)
judge: (use the verb defintion)
misssionary (use the noun defintion)
nudge: (use noun definition)
produce: (use the noun defintion)
Monday, August 13, 2012
Presentation Night 2012-2013
Below is the presentation for our class. Please review or bookmark for access to with any future questions.
Thank you all for coming!
Friday, August 3, 2012
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