June 6, 2014

None, but you can ALWAYS Read!


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June 5, 2014

Annotation:  'Wonder' What It's Like To Have Kids Stare At You?  article.

http://www.npr.org/2012/03/22/149082674/wonder-what-its-like-to--kids-stare-at-you


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June 4, 2014

Vocabulary Sentences (7+ words in each)

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June 3, 2014

Journal Writing:  (Very Last One) - Choose your favorite precept and write about  its meaning and what it means to you.

From "Wonder":

nscription on ancient Egyptian tomb

1. "Have no friends not equal to yourself."   —Confucius
2. "Fortune favors the bold."   —Virgil
3. "No man is an island, entire of itself."   —John Donne
4. "It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers."   —James Thurber
5. "Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much."   —Blaise Pascal
6. "What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful."   —Sappho
7. "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can."   —John Wesley
8. "Just follow the day and reach for the sun."   —The Polyphonic Spree
9. "Everyone deserves a standing ovation because we all overcometh the world."   —Auggie Pullman

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June 2, 2014

"Wonder" Vocabulary and Parts of Speech

precept
quip
syndrome
accommodate
hypocrite
cringe
whimper
taciturn
mangle
glimmer

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May 30, 2014

None, but you can ALWAYS Read!

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May 29, 2014

Mark with a Pen:  Annotation

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May 28, 2014

Use your "Wonder" vocabulary in sentences.

Ten Sentences (7+ words in each).

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May 27, 2014

"Wonder" Vocabulary:  All Blocks

Definitions and Parts of Speech

1. ruminate
2. exemplary
3. verbosity
4. incantation
5. mayhem
6. euphoric
7. kinetic
8. inkling
9. protocol
10. resolute

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Summer Reading

http://www.upworthy.com/95-young-adult-books-to-read-this-summer-instead-of-reading-harry-potter-again-5

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May 19, 2014

No Homework this week.

Math SOL's



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May 12th - 16th

No Homework Week:

Reading SOL 

Tuesday, May 13th


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May 9, 2014

None, but you can ALWAYS Read!


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May 8, 2014

Mark with a Pen:  Annotation

https://newsela.com/articles/exporting-chihuahuas/id/3369/

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May 7, 2014

Vocabulary Sentences - 7+ more words in each sentence

Reminder:  Book Cover Project Due


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May 6, 2014

Edmodo Test Practice



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May 5, 2014

Definitions and Parts of Speech

Block 1:  phon = sound

euphony
cacophony
symphony
phonics
microphone
homophone
xylophone
phonolite
antiphony
aphonia

Block 3 & 4

abolish
banquet
concept
miniature
negative
perish
petrify
solitary
wilderness
immense

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