Download Vocabulary and Spelling List #7 September 22, 2014 This week`s

WPS
5th and 6th Grades
Weekly Newsletter
September 22 - 26, 2014
READING HW—30 minutes: Quick Log
This week in class…
 Social Studies: We are beginning our
study of Ancient Mesopotamia
 Literature: We are continuing with our
whole group novel: Bridge to Terabithia
Vocabulary and Spelling (from Bridge to
Terabithia):
fumble
tolerate
smirk
anxious
spectacle
nuisance*
encounter
vile
complacent
clamber
Mon 9/22 Title/Author: ____________________________
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Tue 9/23 Title/Author: ____________________________
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Wed 9/24 Title/Author: ____________________________
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Thu 9/25 Title/Author: ___________________________
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September/October 2014
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
22
23
24
25
29
30
1
2
6
First
Quarter
Break
7
8
9
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
26
Spelling/ Vocab
Test;
Math Test (5th
and 6th)
3
SS Quiz (w/
spell/vocab);
Math Test (5th
and 6th);
Last day of 1st
Qtr.
10
>>>>>>>>>
13
14
15
16
17
Holiday:
No
School
P-T
Conferences
Start 2nd
Quarter
* Bonus spelling word
 Writing: We are beginning a two-week
“flash fiction” project.
 Grammar: sentences vs. fragments;
parts of speech
 Science: Continuing work with a unit on
plants and animals
 Art: Watercolor techniques
Friday
Vocabulary and Spelling List #7
September 22, 2014
This week’s words are taken from the middle chapters of the novel
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
fumble
nuisance
tolerate
encounter
smirk
6) vile
7) anxious
8) complacent
9) spectacle
10) clamber
________________________________: accept or endure
________________________________: unexpected meeting with someone or
something
________________________________: extremely unpleasant; horrible; dreadful
________________________________: worried
________________________________: using the hands clumsily while trying to do
something
________________________________: pleased or satisfied
________________________________: something remarkable that can be seen
________________________________: to smile in a smug or conceited way
________________________________: to climb awkwardly, especially on all fours
________________________________: someone or something that’s annoying
Vocabulary Homework
I) Parts-of-Speech SORT
Nouns (1): ________________________,
Verbs(5): ________________________, _________________________,
________________________, _________________________,
_________________________
Adjectives(4): ________________________, _________________________,
_________________________,
_________________________
II) SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS: Write one of each for five of this week’s words.
Vocabulary Word:
Synonym:
Antonym:
III) SITUATIONS: FOR FIVE OF THIS WEEK’S WORDS DESCRIBE A SITUATION THAT
SHOWS THE MEANING OF THE WORD.
Vocabulary Word:
Situation:
Example:
nuisance
The way that dog kept barking all night long!