Spelling List 31

Grade 5 Spelling List 31 1. probability 2. outcomes 3. conducting 4. random 5. sample 6. experiment 7. certain 8. impossible 9. unlikely 10. predict 11. repeat 12. equally 13. winning 14. explain

Spelling List 29

Grade 5 Spelling List 29  

1. solid
2. liquid

3. gases

4. evaporate

5. condensation

6. sublimation

7. freeze

8. melting

9. chemical

10. physical

11. reversible

12. oxygen

13. buoyancy

14. solubility

No Grade 6 Spelling this week due to EQAO testing. 

Spelling List 28

Grade 5
1. fraction 2.numerator 3.denominator 4. proper 5.improper 6.quarter 7. half 8. whole 9.equivalent 10. sixth 11.eighth 12.fifth 13.ninth 14.twelfth

Grade 6
1. numerator 2. denominator 3. ratio 4. percent 5. equivalent 6. situation 7. advance 8. inequality 9. calculation 10. valuable 11. equation 12. disagree 13. relating 14. guessing 15. two-digit 16. hundredths

Spelling List 26

Grade 5 and 6 have the same first fourteen words:

1.metaphor 2. alliteration 3. simile 4. poetic 5. completed 6. device 7. literary 8. descriptive 9. comparison 10. situation 11. figurative 12. idiom 13. phrase 14. interesting

Grade 6 only - 15. vibrant 16. literally

Spelling List 25

Grade 5

1. can't  2. won't  3. it's  4. I'm  5. she's  6. they're 7. haven't 8. couldn't 9. weren't 10. didn't 11. hadn't  12. you're 13. we'd 14. that'll

Grade 6

1. I've  2. he'd  3. she'll  4. we've  5. that'd  6. who's  7.  shouldn't  8.  mightn't  9. aren't  10. mustn't  11.  what're  12.  why'd  13. how'd  14.  what'll 15.  that's  16. o'clock

Spelling List 24

Grade 5

1. pyramid 2. prism 3. vertex 4. sketch 5. square 6. rectangular 7. attributes 8. triangular 9. between 10. identical 11. detail 12. cube 13. dimension 14. standard

Grade 6

1. polyhedron 2. isometric 3. sketches 4. structures 5. cubic 6. vertices 7. visualize 8. surface 9. prism 10. diagram 11. precision 12. symmetry 13. hexagonal 14. pyramid 15. platform 16. included

Group Novel Study: Week Two

1. Read the assigned pages of your novel.
2. Do 40 points of "Spelling Counts" activities in your spelling notebook.
3. Summarize the main events of the section you have read in your language notebook.
4. Answer the assigned questions in your language notebook.
5. Complete both sides of the Verbs worksheet.
6. Complete the Character Cell Phone - Text It! activity. Do the rough copy in your in your language notebook and the final copy on the sheet provided. 

Have everything ready for Friday morning when you will meet with your group members to discuss this week's work. 

        

Tiger Rising Novel Study

Group Novel Study March/ April 2014

Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo

A. Read the following pages each week. Please resist the temptation to read ahead. We will be doing some predicting and inferring during our class discussions.  Questions should be answered based only on what has been read up to that point in time.

Novel	Week One Mar 17 –21		Week Two Mar 24 –28	Week Three Mar 31 – Apr 4	Week Four Apr 7 - 11
The Jacket		Pg 1-25	Pg 25 - 43-	Pg 44 - 70	Pg 71-89
Tiger Rising		Pg 1-25	Pg 26 – 55	Pg 56 – 86	Pg 87 - 116
The White Giraffe		Pg 1 - 45	Pg 46 – 86	Pg 87 – 134	Pg 135 -181
No Such Thing as Dragons		Pg 1 – 46	Pg 47 – 96	Pg 97 – 153	Pg 154 - 208
The Witches		Pg 1 – 49	Pg 50 – 93	Pg 94 – 146	Pg 147 - 186

Spelling list words

Week One – List 20 nouns	Week Two –  List 21 verbs	Week Three – List 22 adjectives	Week Four- List 23 adverbs
1.       building	1.       catch	1.  beautiful	1.  quickly
2.       discovery	2.  pretend	2.  bony	2.  carefully
3.       suitcase	3.  carving	3.  skinny	3.  finally
4.       breath	4  drumming	4.  impossible	4.  purposefully
5.       scalp	5.  whistle	5.  lacy	5.  loudly
6.       chapel	6.  swooping	6.   fierce	6.  unfairly
7.       tongue	7.  coughed	7.  endangered	7.  suddenly
8.       knuckles	8.  sculpted	8.  purple	8.  lightly
9.       tissue	9.  buried	9.  rotten	9.  miraculously
10.   forehead	10.  worried	10. perfect	10. normally
11.   frescoes	11.  shrugged	11.  heavy	11.  smoothly
12.   silence	12. ignored	12. gentle	12.  bravely

B. Spelling Counts – earn forty points per week by doing the spelling activities

C. Summarize each week’s reading in your own words.  Include all important events. Leave out minor details.

D. In your language notebook, answer the questions in the back of your novel.  Include the page number when giving evidence from the text.  

Week One Mar 17 –21

Week Two Mar 24 –28

Week Three Mar 31 – Apr 4

Week Four Apr 7 - 11

Questions (page 91 -92)

1, 2, 3, Wanted Poster

5, 6, 7

8, 9,

4, 10, 11, Portrait

* Create a “Wanted Poster” for the tiger.

* Draw and colour a portrait of either Sistine or Rob. Label your portrait with evidence from the text.  

The Jacket Novel Study

Group Novel Study March/ April 2014

The Jacket by Andrew Clements

A. Read the following pages each week. Please resist the temptation to read ahead. We will be doing some predicting and inferring during our class discussions.  Questions should be answered based only on what has been read up to that point in time.

Novel	Week One Mar 17 –21		Week Two Mar 24 –28	Week Three Mar 31 – Apr 4	Week Four Apr 7 - 11
The Jacket		Pg 1-25	Pg 25 - 43-	Pg 44 - 70	Pg 71-89
Tiger Rising		Pg 1-25	Pg 26 – 55	Pg 56 – 86	Pg 87 - 116
The White Giraffe		Pg 1 - 45	Pg 46 – 86	Pg 87 – 134	Pg 135 -181
The Witches		Pg 1 – 46	Pg 47 – 96	Pg 97 – 153	Pg 154 - 208
No Such Thing as Dragons		Pg 1 – 49	Pg 50 – 93	Pg 94 – 146	Pg 147 - 186

Spelling list words

Week One – List 20 nouns	Week Two –  List 21 verbs	Week Three – List 22 adjectives	Week Four- List 23 adverbs
1.       period	1.       loading	1.  pretty	1.  probably
2.       kitchen	2.  smiled	2.  boring	2.  twice
3.       imagination	3.  felt	3.  short	3.  later
4.       hallway	4  offered	4.  terrible	4.  squarely
5.       secretary	5.  zipped	5.  quiet	5.  exactly
6.       phone	6.  trying	6.   quick	6.  practically
7.       grandma	7.  pouring	7.  fresh	7.  actually
8.       fireworks	8.  remember	8.  detailed	8.  sideways
9.       bandanna	9.  melted	9.  dirty	9.  angrily
10.   earrings	10.  carrying	10. wrong	10. early
11.   bucket	11.  browsing	11. prejudiced	11.  instinctively
12.   baseball	12.  choosing	12. hooded	12.  especially

B. Spelling Counts – earn forty points per week by doing the spelling activities

C. Summarize each week’s reading in your own words.  Include all important events. Leave out minor details.

D. In your language notebook, answer the questions in the back of your novel.  Include the page number when giving evidence from the text.  

Week One Mar 17 –21

Week Two Mar 24 –28

Week Three Mar 31 – Apr 4

Week Four Apr 7 - 11

Questions (page 91 -92)

1, 2, 3, Wanted Poster

4, 5, 6,

7, 8, 9

12, 13, 14, Portrait

* Create a “Wanted Poster” for the missing jacket.

* Draw and colour a portrait of either Phil or Daniel. Label your portrait with evidence from the text. 

The White Giraffe Novel Study

Group Novel Study March/ April 2014

The White Giraffe by Lauren St John

A. Read the following pages each week.  Please resist the temptation to read ahead. We will be doing some predicting and inferring during our class discussions.  Questions should be answered based only on what has been read up to that point in time.

Novel	Week One Mar 17 –21		Week Two Mar 24 –28	Week Three Mar 31 – Apr 4	Week Four Apr 7 - 11
The Jacket		Pg 1-25	Pg 25 - 43-	Pg 44 - 70	Pg 71-89
Tiger Rising		Pg 1-25	Pg 26 – 55	Pg 56 – 86	Pg 87 - 116
The White Giraffe		Pg 1 - 45	Pg 46 – 86	Pg 87 – 134	Pg 135 -181
The Witches		Pg 1 – 46	Pg 47 – 96	Pg 97 – 153	Pg 154 - 208
No Such Thing as Dragons		Pg 1 – 49	Pg 50 – 93	Pg 94 – 146	Pg 147 - 186

Spelling list words

Week One – List 20 nouns	Week Two –  List 21 verbs	Week Three – List 22 adjectives	Week Four- List 23 adverbs
1.       antelope	1.       infected	1.  comical	1.  gradually
2.       prospect	2.  learned	2.  magnificent	2.  dramatically
3.       guardian	3.  performed	3. bizarre	3.  slightly
4.       orphanage	4  crept	4.  suspicious	4.  trustingly
5.       safari	5.  aching	5.  incredible	5.  actually
6.       cauldron	6.  sparkling	6.   creepy	6.  initially
7.       minors	7.  tolerate	7.  massive	7.  seriously
8.       aura	8.  snatched	8.  hideous	8.  wonderfully
9.       sanctuary	9.  paused	9.  metallic	9.  suddenly
10.   theory	10.  scurried	10.  tranquil	10.  certainly
11.   buffalo	11. recognized	11. sinister	11.  politely
12.   cheetah	12.  quivered	12. juicy	12.  heroically

B. Spelling Counts – earn forty points per week by doing the spelling activities

C. Summarize each week’s reading in your own words.  Include all important events. Leave out minor details.

D. In your language notebook, answer the questions in the back of your novel.  Include the page number when giving evidence from the text.  

Week One Mar 17 –21

Week Two Mar 24 –28

Week Three Mar 31 – Apr 4

Week Four Apr 7 - 11

Questions(back of book)

1, 5, 7, WantedPoster

2, 8, 10, 3

4,9,12

11,14,15, Portrait

* Create a “Wanted Poster” for the white giraffe.

* Draw and colour a portrait of either Martine or Tendai. Label your portrait with evidence from the text.