Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Unit 35 Spelling Words

This words are tricky, please make sure to study! The pretests were pretty scary :)

Words from Other Languages
1. ballet
2. echo
3. bouquet
4. cassette
5. coupon
6. safari
7. portrait
8. barrette
9. depot
10. courtesy
11. petite
12. denim
13. brunette
14. buffet
15. gazette
16. khaki
17. crochet
18. chorus
19. essay
20. alphabet

Challenge/Bonus Words
* encore
* collage
* matinee
* premiere
* embarrass

Monday, May 5, 2014

May & June Events

May
9th - Midterms (sign and return)
        Stripes for Cents - bring $1 for the Zoo!
12th-16th - Health Habits Week
15th - Walk or Ride Your Bike to School Day
19th - 5th grade Band Concert
20th - Field Day
21st - Museum of the Rockies Field Trip
23rd - Spirt Day (World Water Day - wear blue)
28th - Will James tour

June
2nd - 5th grade Light Show
3rd - 5th grade Celebration
6th - Last Day of School - Out @ 11:45

Unit 34 Spelling Words

Latin Word Roots

1. inspect
2. export
3. erupt
4. predict
5. respect
6. bankrupt
7. dictate
8. porter
9. report
10. speculate
11. deport
12. interrupt
13. dictator
14. import
15. disrupt
16. portable
17. transport
18. spectator
19. verdict
20. dictionary

Challenge/Bonus Words
* spectacular
* contradict
* corrupt
* retrospect
* rupture

Monday, April 28, 2014

Unit 33 Spelling - Greek Word Parts

Test on Thursday, April 1st

1. telephone
2. autograph
3. microscope
4. photograph
5. televise
6. biology
7. microphone
8. paragraph
9. symphony
10. telegraph
11. megaphone
12. microwave
13. photocopy
14. biography
15. saxophone
16. telescope
17. calligraphy
18. xylophone
19. homophone
20. homograph

Challenge/Bonus Words
* telecommute
* bibliography
* phonetic
* microbe
* autobiography

Thursday, April 17, 2014

A couple reminders...

* Friday, April 25th - Spirit Day (Neon Colors - money donated to United Luv)
AND donations for Mr. Pertuit due to Mrs. Peterson
* Tuesday, April 29th - Final Fit Kids Club
* Wednesday, April 30th - Sodexo BBQ lunch
* Friday, May 2nd - No School

Congrats!

Congratulations to Anna for winning the YMCA Principal's Leadership Award! Way to go, Anna!!! :)

Unit 32 Spelling Words

Test on Friday, April 25h

Suffixes -ent, -ant, -able, -ible

1. vacant
2. vacancy
3. possible
4. different
5. difference
6. honorable
7. distant
8. distance
9. urgent
10. urgency
11. comfortable
12. absent
13. absence
14. infant
15. infancy
16. terrible
17. frequent
18. frequency
19. radiant
20. radiance

Challenge/Bonus Words
* evident
* evidence
* occupant
* occupancy
* capable

Monday, March 31, 2014

Testing Reminder


Just a reminder that we will be taking our NWEA/MAP tests this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday! Please make sure to come to school well-rested. Also, make sure to eat a healthy breakfast!

Unit 29 Spelling Words

-ion Suffixes

1. elect
2. election
3. tense
4. tension
5. react
6. reaction
7. confess
8. confession
9. decorate
10. decoration
11. pollute
12. pollution
13. express
14. expression
15. imitate
16. imitation
17. connect
18. connection
19. educate
20. education

Challenge/Bonus Words
* fascinate
* fascination
* construct
* construction

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Unit 28 Spelling Words

1. mislead
2. dismiss
3. insincere
4. unable
5. indirect
6. mistreat
7. disaster
8. dishonest
9. insecure
10. unknown
11. incomplete
12. unequal
13. unstable
14. misspell
15. disagree
16. informal
17. discover
18. unwise
19. mislaid
20. disgrace

Challenge/Bonus Words
* invisible
* mishap
* unfortunate
* discourage
* unnecessary 

Monday, March 17, 2014

Unit 27 Spelling Words

Unstressed Syllables

1. entry
2. limit
3. talent
4. disturb
5. entire
6. wisdom
7. dozen
8. impress
9. respond
10. fortress
11. neglect
12. crystal
13. kitchen
14. forbid
15. pirate
16. spinach
17. salute
18. frighten
19. surround
20. challenge

Challenge Words
* adapt
* refuge
* distribute
* industry
* somber