Reading-"Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street"-442-455
Read the story each night, and the test will be given on Thursday.

Vocabulary-hiatus, embarked, unimaginable, extravagant, gourmet, throng, precarious
Study the words daily, and the test will be given on Thursday.

Spelling-  Study the words daily, complete homework, and the test will be given on Friday. (All homework is due on Friday.)
M- Write each word 3x each.
T- Use each word in a correct, complete sentence.
W- Study
Th-  Use at least half of the spelling words in a description of your neighborhood or community. 
1.  accountant                                   11.  dependent
2.  applicant                                      12.  indulgent
3.  attendant                                      13.  insistent
4.  defiant                                          14.  urgent
5.  mutineer                                       15.  auctioneer
6.  expectant                                      16.  accompanist
7.  hesitant                                         17.  artist                                   
8.  quadrant                                        18.  cellist
9.  resistant                                         19.  technician
10.  servant                                         20.  novelist

Grammar-  Daily Oral Language worksheets will be completed and checked in class.  These are to be used as a study guide for the quiz on Friday.

Social Studies-  Chapter 8
M-  Lesson 3-Read pages 278-281, and answer questions 3-7.
T-  Lesson 4-Read pages 286-289, and answer questions 3-7.
W-  Students will complete the Chapter 8 open-book test.
Th-  Students will work to complete the Chapter 8 in-class project.
F-  Complete the Chapter 8 project.

Reading-"The School Story"-404-423  Read the story each day, and the test will be given on Friday.

Vocabulary-  Study the words each day, and the test will be given on Friday.
tempted, insights, essence, indication, proposed, instinct, baffled

Spelling-Study words each day, and the test will be given on Friday.  Complete the homework practice, and turn it in on Friday before the test.
Tuesday-  Write the words 3x each.
Wednesday-Study
Thursday-Use each word in a correct, complete sentence.
1.  inactive                                         11.  illegal
2.  inaccurate                                     12.  illiterate     
3.  irregular                                        13.  illegible
4.  irrelevant                                      14.  inaction
5.  ineffective                                    15.  independent
6.  imbalance                                     16.  invalid
7.  immature                                      17.  indefinite
8.  impatient                                      18.  injustice
9.  imperfect                                      19.  irreplaceable
10.  impossible                                  20.  impolite

Language- Complete the daily D.O.L. which will be checked and corrected in class.  This is the study guide for the quiz to be completed on Friday.

Social Studies-Chapter 8 260-291
Tuesday-Lesson 1 Read 262-267 and answer questions 3-7.
Wednesday-Lesson 2-Read 270-273 and answer questions 3-7.
Thursday-Lesson 3-Read 278-281 and answer questions 3-7.
Friday-Lesson 4-Read 286-289 and answer questions 3-7.


Awards Day-Thursday, January 24th.  5th Grade-10:30

January 7-January 11

Reading-"A Drop of Water"pgs. 360-371 (Nonfiction)
Read the story daily, and the test will be given on Thursday.  (Nonfiction stories are always more difficult to test on, so be sure to pay close attention to detail.)

Vocabulary-  elongates, elastic, rigid, underlying, accumulate, intricate, vanish
Be sure to study the words daily, and the test will be given on Thursday.

Spelling-  Be sure to study daily, and complete your homework to prepare for the test on Friday.
M-  Write the words 3x each.
T-  Use each word in a correct, complete sentence.
W-Study
Th-Use at least 10 words to write a cause/effect paragraph about something of your choice.  (This means a paragraph about why something happens.)

1.  barrel                     11. mayor
2.  cannon                   12.  pepper
3.  capitol                    13.  polar
4.  civil                        14.  proper
5.  clever                     15. sandal
6.  discover                 16.  saucer
7.  frozen                     17. original
8.  general                    18.  theater
9.  hidden                    19.  tutor
10.  inventor                 20. musical

Language-  D.O.L. worksheets will be completed and checked daily.  Please study these for the quiz on Friday.

Social Studies-  Chapter 7 pgs. 228-257
M- Lesson 1-Read and discuss 228-231.  Answer 2,3,4,5,7
T-  Lesson 2-Read and discuss 234-237.  Answer 2-7
W-  Lesson 3-Read and discuss 240-243.  Answer 3-7
Th-  Lesson 4-Read and discuss 250-255  Answer 3-7
F- Complete weekly lessons and questions. (Catch up)