Monday, August 11th

Today we read the The Giver and went over our daily grammar.  Since we had a fire drill and other interruptions today our schedule was a bit erratic.  We concluded class by going over our vocabulary words and this week's homework.

This week's root word is SPEC and the vocabulary words are:

Circumspect

Inspect

Introspection

Perspective

Respect

Retrospective

Spectacle

Spectacles

Spectator

Speculate

Click on any of the words above to study them on the quizlet site.

This week's homework

-Read for 30 minutes daily (this INCLUDES time that students spent reading their individual books in class.  So if they read for 15 minutes in school, they only have to read  for 15 minutes at home to meet the requirement)
-ELA/SS homework - due Thursday
-Math homework - due Thursday
-Study vocabulary and fill-in-the blank questions - on Quizlet
-Study the Bill of Rights - on Quizlet