Spelling Words Aug 31-Sept 4th

6th:
a lot
emotion
were
because
that's
don't
there
their
they're
actually
mistake
crammed
volume
hesitated
sneakers
hoisted
deliver

7th:
a lot
that's
don't
wrenched
anguish
smothered
mustache
important
scythe
elegant
bandanna
waiting
presentation
ranches
neighbor
mountain
conductor
disembarked
panorama
perspiration

8th:
exactly
automatically
thermostat
generate
cushion
groaned
expected
delinquent
encouraged
conversation
dangling
kindergarten
toughest
because
important
jabbering
followed
embarrassed
interrupted
drowsy

Homework August 31-September 4th

Monday:
6th: Finish reading Holes; test tomorrow; word search with spelling words
7th: Read Esperanza Rising pages 1-38; word search with new spelling words
8th: Touching Spirit Bear test in class today. HW: Read The Watsons Go to Birmingham pages 1-31; make a word search with new spelling words

Tuesday:
6th: Test in class today. HW: Read Maniac Magee chs. 1-8
7th: Bud, Not Buddy test in class today HW: Read Esperanza Rising pgs. 39-80
8th: Read pgs. 32-63

Wednesday:
6th: Maniac Magee read chs. 9-14 and do Reading Journal
7th: Read pgs. 81-99 and Reading Journal
8th: Read pgs. 64-99 with 5 text codes; spelling words 3 times each

Thursday:
6th: Maniac Magee read chs. 15-21 and Reading Journal (finish Part One); spelling words 3x each
7th: Read Esperanza Rising pgs.100-138 and Reading Journal; spelling word 3x each
8th: Read pages 100-137 and 5 text codes

Spelling Words Aug. 23-28

6th grade:
digging
robbed
pointed
hurried
adding
going
printing
answering
realized
kissing
jarred
getting
showered
showed
seemed
jagged
happened
asked
shrugged
classes
eating
** NOTE: These words were chosen because they were words commonly misspelled in the students' writing last week.

7th grade:
library
borrow
recognized
remember
special
hole
whole
through
gigantic
pictures
happened
notice
eating
passengers
important
**NOTE: These words were chosen because they were commonly misspelled in the students' writing last week, and because they are vocabulary words from the novel we are reading, Bud, Not Buddy.

Homework: Week of August 24-28th

Monday:
6th: Read Holes chapters 21-28 (finish Part One of the book); write descriptive paragraph about Camp Green Lake; doodles and words with spelling words
7th: Read Bud, Not Buddy chs. 9-13 (finish Part One of the book); write descriptive paragraph about Bud; doodles and words with spelling words
8th: Read Touching Spirit Brear chs. 15-18; descriptive paragraph about Cole; doodles and words with spelling words

Tuesday:
6th: Read Holes chs. 29-32; edit descriptive paragraph about Camp Green Lake; spelling word sentences
7th: Read chs. 14-16 in Bud, Not Buddy; edit descriptive paragraph about Bud; spelling word sentences
8th: Read chs. 19-22; edit descriptive paragraph; spelling word sentences

Wednesday:
6th: Read chs. 33-40 in Holes; descriptive paragraph about Stanley
7th: Read chapters 17-20 in Bud, Not Buddy, descriptive paragraph about Bud's journey
8th: Read chs. 23-28 (finish the book); Is Cole a dynamic character? paragraph

Thursday:
6th: Read chapters 41-45 in Holes; edit paragraph, spelling test tomorrow
7th: Finish Bud, Not Buddy; edit paragraph, spelling test tomorrow
8th: Is Cole a dynamic character? paragraph edit/revise; spelling test tomorrow

Homework: Thursday, August 20th!

6th grade: Seven interjection flashcards; read Holes chapters 14-20
7th grade: Interjection flashcards; finish reading Bud, Not Buddy chapters 7-8
8th grade: Interjection flashcards; read Touching Spirit Bear chs. 12-14

Homework: Wed., August 19th, 2009

6th grade: Rewrite onion paragraph with corrections; Read Holes chapters 8-13
7th grade: Rewrite onion paragraph with editing corrections; Read Bud, Not Buddy chapters 3-6
8th grade: Write paragraph about yourself, rewrite onion paragraph; read Touching Spirit Bear pages 65-92

Homework: Tuesday, August 18th

6th grade: Interjection comic strip; Read chs. 5-7 in Holes
7th grade: Interjection comic strip; Read Bud, Not Buddy
8th grade: Interjection comic strip; Read chs. 5-7 in Touching Spirit Bear

Homework: Monday, August 17th

6th Grade: Finish onion paragraph; Read chs. 1-4 in Holes
7th grade: Finish onion paragraph
8th grade: Finish onion paragraph; Read pages 1-40 in Touching Spirit Bear