Upcoming Events - February

January 31 - February 28th: Read-a-thon
February 6th - PTA meeting
February 13th - Valentine's Day Party
February 13th - Early Out at noon
February 14th-17th - NO SCHOOL
February 19th - Coffee with the Principal @ 8:30
February 20th - Internet Safety presentation for parents (6:30-7:45)
February 21st - Midterms
February 28th - Spirit Day - Chill out with a good book! (Winter gear)

Unit 20 Spelling Words

More Words with -ed or -ing
1. tiring
2. borrowed
3. freezing
4. delivered
5. whispered
6. losing
7. decided
8. amazing
9. performing
10. resulting
11. related
12. attending
13. damaged
14. remarked
15. practicing
16. supported
17. united
18. expected
19. amusing
20. repeated

Challenge
1. assigned
2. entertaining
3. operated
4. rehearsing
5. donated

Unit 19 Spelling Words

Words with -ed or -ing
1. scrubbed
2. listening
3. stunned
4. knitting
5. carpeting
6. wandered
7. gathering
8. beginning
9. skimmed
10. chatting
11. shrugged
12. bothering
13. whipped
14. quizzed
15. suffering
16. scanned
17. ordered
18. totaled
19. answered
20. upsetting

Challenge/Bonus Words
1. compelling
2. deposited
3. occurred
4. threatening
5. canceled

Unit 17 Spelling Words

1. central
2. whistle
3. label
4. puzzle
5. legal
6. angle
7. normal
8. needle
9. angel
10. pupil
11. struggle
12. level
13. local
14. bicycle
15. channel
16. global
17. stumble
18. quarrel
19. article
20. fossil

Challenge/Bonus Words
* identical
* vehicle
* mineral
* colonel
* artificial

Unit 16 Spelling Words

1. actual
2. cruel
3. patriot
4. diet
5. museum
6. casual
7. ruin
8. pioneer
9. trial
10. visual
11. realize
12. create
13. riot
14. genuine
15. area
16. annual
17. audio
18. dial
19. theater
20. violet

Challenge
1. diagnose
2. media
3. appreciate
4. society
5. prior

What's on the agenda?

     Sorry about not posting on Friday. My computer was being funny and I had to call in for help. The students have their Chapter 4 History Test Monday, December 16. I have posted a link on Mrs. Peterson's blog under Social Studies for practice tests. It is called History Alive Practice Tutorials. We practiced the online tutorial and hopefully they used a portion of their weekend to review. They have a test in Math Tuesday, December 17. This test covers adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals. I will send them home with some practice problems to help them study for the test.
     In addition, students are beginning Week 14 of Mountain Math and Mountain Language. I will be allotting some warm-up time for them to work on these. Students are, also, receiving Drops In The Bucket (D.I.T.B) this week and it is due Thursday.

Unit 15 VCCCV Pattern

Basic

1. conflict

2. orphan

3. instant

4. complex

5. simply

6. burglar

7. laundry

8. laughter

9. employ

10. anchor

11. merchant

12. improve

13. arctic

14. mischief

15. freckles

16. purchase

17. dolphin

18. partner

19. complain

20. tremble

Challenge

1. anthem

2. illustrate

3. function

4. conscience

5. apostrophe

This upcoming week

Hello all! As a class, we are starting our thirteenth week of Mountain Math and Mountain Language. Students have been using a small portion of our Reading block to start their Mountain Language and to ask questions about problems that are stumping them. Our daily warm up for math has been our Mountain Math. Please don't rush through those exercises. I sent home Accelerated Math on Friday and will be collecting those assignments on Thursday. Our week's spelling words are as follows:

Unit 14: VCV Pattern

Basic

1. human

2. exact

3. award

4. behave

5. credit

6. basic

7. vivid

8. evil

9. modern

10. nation

11. robot

12. panic

13. select

14. cousin

15. item

16. police

17. prefer

18. menu

19. novel

20. deserve

Challenge

1. autumn

2. nuisance

3. logic

4. column

5. laser

What's on the agenda?

With Thanksgiving last week and an extremely short week, there was no mountain math, mountain language, spelling words, or Drops In The Bucket. Hopefully, that has left everyone feeling refreshed and ready to go back at it. 

This week you can expect to see: Mountain Math, Mountain Language, Week 7 of Drops In The Bucket and Unit 13 Spelling Words. :)

Unit 13: VCCV Pattern

Basic

1. bargain

2. journey

3. pattern

4. arrive

5. object

6. suppose

7. shoulder

8. permit

9. sorrow

10. tunnel

11. subject

12. custom

13. suggest

14. perhaps

15. lawyer

16. timber

17. common

18. publish

19. burden

20. scissors

Challenge

1. narrate

2. mentor

3. attempt

4. collide

5. ignore

What's In the News

Good Afternoon Everyone!

Accelerated Math goes home Monday. Please don't stress out; practicing pacing. The intention was to send it home on Friday's alleviate stress but with Donuts for Dad's, an assembly and our class's personal ticket drawing, we got a little side tracked. Remember your Mountain Math and Mountain Language.

Unit 12 Review; Units 7-11

Basic

1. peer
2. flavor
3. allowed
4. twirl
5. molar
6. warn
7. bore
8. pore
9. top-secret
10. headache
11. appear
12. perform
13. overdue
14. throughout
15. proper
16. aloud
17. uproar
18. torch
19. research
20. lunar

Challenge

1. stellar
2. motorcycle
3. site
4. cite
5. stomachache
6. tremor
7. external
8. gracious
9. interpret
10. discard

What's New?

This week we had Drops in the Bucket as our extended math assignment. This is due Thursday. On Friday I will be handing out our new Accelerated Math assignment that will be due the following Thursday. As always we are working on Mountain Math and Mountain Language. I have tried to incorporate those assignments into either a warm up activity or a rotation. I hope this allows everyone to be more successful. Apologize for not being as prompt this week with our Spelling List. Next week will be better. Feel free to contact me with any questions, comments or concerns.

keltnera@billingsschools.org

There is a history test on Friday that covers Chapter 3: Native American Cultural Regions. I will have the students explore the tutorial today in class but they do have access to it at home. Please click on the link to practice.

Chapter 3 Tutorial Link

Unit 11 Spelling Words 

Basic

1. cellar
2. flavor
3. molar
4. chapter
5. mayor
6. anger
7. senator
8. passenger
9. major
10. popular
11. tractor
12. thunder
13. pillar
14. messenger
15. calendar
16. quarter
17. lunar
18. proper
19. elevator
20. bitter

Challenge

1. stellar
2. clamor
3. tremor
4. circular
5. adviser

This week at a glance

Unit 10 Spelling Words

Compound Words

1. wildlife

2. uproar

3. home run

4. headache

5. top-secret

6. teammate

7. wheelchair

8. light bulb

9. well-known

10. throughout

11. lifeguard

12. barefoot

13. part-time

14. warehouse

15. overboard

16. post office

17. outspoken

18. up-to-date

19. awestruck

20. newscast

CHALLENGE

21. motorcycle

22. overseas

23. quick-witted

24. stomachache

25. bulletin board

Our class is starting week 9 of Mountain Math and Mountain Language. Accelerated Math went home on Friday and is due Thursday. Reading Logs went home on Friday as well and are Friday morning. Parent Teacher Conferences are this week and I am looking forward to meeting all of you. Please feel free to contact me prior to our scheduled meeting if you have any questions, comments or concerns.