Christy

SamiraLeon

Kareena

Andrianete

Philicia

Ayanna

Lilah

Cindy

Remy

Donovan

Jackeline

Michael

YamileeJessica

Leslie

Jose

Carlos

Bryan

Ricardo

Alexis

David

Jordan

Alejandra

KathyDiana

Ixza

Emily Jaileen

Jeffrey

FridaySeptember 7, 2012

Think of something that you could do to earn spending money. Write an advertisement for your business.

Daeshawn Dariel Ericka

Edward

The famous American painter Grandma Moses, or Anna Mary Robertson Moses, was born today in Greenwich, New York, in 1860.

Morning Writing

Prompt: Grandma Moses didn't even start painting until the age of 78, and she is famous today. What advice do you think she would give someone who is afraid to try something new?

Context CluesSynonyms are words that mean the same or almost the same thing as other words.For example, huge is a synonym for gigantic.When you read an unfamiliar word, check to see if there is a synonym nearby to use as a context clue.

Reading ­ The Talent Contest (pg. 18)

unfamiliar

A person is slumped in his chair if he slides down.

Soggy is how something feels when it is full of water.

Strands are threads, or similar items that can be twisted together.

Capable means you have the skill or power to do something well.

Categories are groups or classes of things.

Something gigantic is larger than other things.

Credit is something given by teachers for extra work.

Something luminous is very bright and shiny.

Characters Plot

Danny is scared.Danny can't decide what to do for the talent show.

Elena is a thoughtful person.

Elena tries to calm Danny down.

Danny is worried. He thinks people will laugh at him.

Elena offers to help Danny come up with ideas for the talent show.

Danny is overly dramatic and starts shouting.

Elena suggests that Danny do a dramatic reading for the talent show.

Character and Plot Chart

Math ­ Place Value Through Millions (pg. 11)

Math ­ Place Value Through Millions (pg. 11)

million hundred

five million, nine hundred one thousand,

four hundred, fifty­two.

Write in expanded form

Spelling ­ Pretest

1. jut 11. gush2. nick 12. scan3. tenth 13. batch4. shrug 14. rough5. stuff 15. stump6. sense 16. tough7. damp 17. laugh8. cot 18. guess9. fling 19. lead10. notch 20. dove

Bless us, O Lord, for these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer Before Grace

ELA ­ What are sentences?A sentence is a group of words that express a complete thought.

A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought.

Joanna showed bad behavior by walking off the field.

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fragm

ent

leaving her team at a time when we needed her.

1. Sage missed vocabulary day because she had a cold ______

2. Finished defining the vocabulary words ______

3. Sage liked to make up her own definitions ______

Read each group of words. Place a period on the line at the end if it is a sentence. If it is a sentence fragment, write an F on the line.

ELA ­ What are sentences?Every sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark.

A statement is a sentence that tells something. It ends with a period.

A question is a sentence that asks something. It ends with a question mark.

We had a spelling bee at school yesterday.

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emen

tqu

estio

n Do you know the meaning of miscellaneous?

4. Is "Musical Performance" the theme for this week ______

5. She was looking forward to the Tenth Annual Vocabulary Parade ______

6. Starr went to the end of the line after she spelled the word correctly ______

Place a period on the line at the end of the sentence if it is a statement. Place a question mark at the end of the sentence if it is a question.

7. Sage turned red when she heard everyone laughing

8. do you have a collection of unrelated objects

9. Mrs. Page asked the students to spell and define the words

10. why were they laughing

Rewrite these sentences. Be sure to use the correct end mark.

Specials

Monday ­ MusicTuesday ­ Gym

Thursday ­ Library/Computer

D.E.A.R. Time

Homework Summary ­ Friday, September 7, 2012

No Homework Friday!

Have a nice weekend

Reward10 Pizza Party8­9 Wheel of Fun7 Spelling6 BrainPOP4­5 Silent Snack2­3 Class Work1 No Snack

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