Dear Mr. Henshaw
October 26-30, 2009
Day Reading Writing Spelling
Monday Read and discuss story No Writing on Monday’s Pretest # 9
Vocabulary: afford, Spelling 5 times each
permission, rejected, for all words missed
reserved, snoop, on pretest #9
submitted
Words into agenda in
Practice pages: 60 & alphabetical order
61.
Centers Practice pages 59, 63, ALL GRAMMAR WORK Pick Three
(Tuesday- & 64 IS DONE IN CLASS!!! Choose three
Thursday) assignments to do
Vocabulary: Games Center Table 1: based on the grade
(please follow Grammar pages 51, 52, you want to receive.
directions) 54, and 55
AR test due Friday!! Writing Prompt Using
You must pass with a your plan from last
70%. GO BLUE week, we will write a
POD!!! rough draft about the
school tool you use
Among the Betrayed – daily.
Chapters 7 & 8
The rough draft is due
on Thursday.
Friday Story and Possessive Nouns Spelling Test #9
vocabulary
test
All work is due on Thursday, October 29th. Please use the
checklist to make sure your work is getting done. You will
highlight each page as you finish it!
Parent Signature: __________________________________________________
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Spelling List
Whole Class List Challenge List
1. Losses 1. victims
2. Stories 2. chronicle
3. Reefs 3. coral
4. Shelves 4. abandon
5. Pianos 5. ivories
6. Potatoes 6. russet
7. Atlases 7. Diagram
8. Difficulties 8. complicated
9. Gulfs 9. abyss
10. Wolves 10. devour
11. Studios 11. mansion
12. Heroes 12. champion
13. Crutches 13. sustain
14. Possibilities 14. opportunity
15. Beliefs 15. attitude
16. Wives 16. Companion
17. Rodeos 17. consequence
18. Tomatoes 18. perceptive
19. Thieves 19. bandit
20. Echoes 20. ricochet
21. Afford 21. Afford
22. Permission 22. Permission
23. Rejected 23. Rejected
24. Reserved 24. Reserved
25. Submitted 25. Submitted
26. Optimistic 26. Optimistic
Choose a minimum of three (ANY three) activities to earn the grade
you would like to earn.
Colorful Spelling Spelling pages Words Times 3
Write your word so Do pages 52 and 54 Write your spelling
that each syllable is (If you are in the words three times,
in a different color. challenge group, this the first list should be
Make sure the word is is not an option.) in alphabetical order,
spelled correctly and the second list is in
that the word is reverse alphabetical
divided into the orders, and the final
syllables correctly. list is in any order.
(15 points) (20 points) (10 points)
Vowels and Flashcards Sentences
Consonants Make flashcards using Using each word only
Write out each of each of your 26 once per sentence,
your spelling words, words. Include the write 7-up sentences
then circle the vowels correct spelling, and for each of your
in each of the words. the definitions. spelling words.
(5 points) (20 points) (20 points)
Forward, Backward, Cryptic Code Neatly Written
Forward, Backward, Writing the letters of Write each of your
Forward the alphabet with spelling words in ink
Write each spelling their corresponding and in cursive
word forward, then numeric number, writing.
backwards. create a code to be Example: losses
Example: ball, llab, cracked for each
ball, llab, ball word. Make sure that
(10 points) it is not in the same
order as your spelling
list.
Example:
1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C, 4 =
D, 5 = E, 6 = F, 7 = G, (5 points)
etc.
(15 points)