Language Arts/Music 5-8 Weekly Bulletin: Wednesday, February 22, 2006
HOMEWORK DUE DATE: MARCH 1, 2006
Instructor: Mrs. Felicia Samson E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.geocities.com/feliciasamson (select the appropriate links)
Quandary Projects due TOMORROW for Grades 5/6, and FRIDAY for Grades 7/8.
Next week we will be completing a reflective writing assignment. Which assignment(s) did you like the best this quarter? Why? What was hard for you this quarter? Why? What was easy? Why? What do you need to do to improve next quarter? How? Don�t forget that quarter exams are March 6th-8th! The reflective writing assignment will help you with the exams!
Project Due Dates
1.Music Project (Instrument) and Presentation: Grades 5/6 on Feb 28th and Grades 7/8 on Feb 27th
2.Quandary Project and Presentation: Grades 5/6 on February 23rd and Grades 7/8 on February 24th.
Homework All Classes
1.Reading Log: 60 minutes (continue your reading log which includes date, start time, end time, title, author, start page, end page)
2.Parent Signature in Assignment Book by Word of Week
3.Parent Signature on this sheet
4.Index Card Reflections (NEW!) On seven index cards, write and draw about something that was difficult for you each day (Wed, Feb. 22nd- Tues, Feb 28th). It can be something you were encouraged about at school, at home, or on the road! At least one of your index cards should be a scripture (from Mass celebrations, or your own selection in the bible).
5.Spelling (10 times each, sentence for each word): see lists below
6.WOW (word, part of speech, picture, definition, morphemes, sentence): choose a word from the 7th/8th grade spelling lists below
Homework Grade 5
1.See "Homework All Classes" above
2.Spelling: basketball, outside, something, afterthought, cheerleader *These are all compound words
Homework Grade 6
1.See "Homework All Classes" above
2.Spelling: quarterback, everywhere, bookstore, courthouse, summertime *These are all compound words
Homework Grade 7
1.See "Homework All Classes" above
2.Spelling: pendant, pendulum, impending, appendix, suspended *The morpheme �pend�= hanging
Homework Grade 8
1.See "Homework All Classes" above
2.Spelling: perspiration, respiration, spiritual, expire, conspire *The morpheme �spire�= breathe
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