Monday, 31 January 2011

Unit 15 Spelling and BMV

Here is the spelling list for this week. Test on Friday.

Unit 15

ability
celebrity
motto
shelves
hooves
dictionaries
grief
colony
ourselves
yourself
concertos
embarrass
managers
guess
essay
ditch
portfolios
waltz
index
tarnish


BMV Psalm 91:10

no harm will overtake you,
no disaster will come near your tent.

Thursday, 27 January 2011

CE Assignment

For Monday, the students are to research the question; What does Deuteronomy mean? They are to write (or type) a 50 word report explaining what this book from the Bible means. The students should also include where they got their information from.

Monday, 24 January 2011

Canspell Spelling List

Hi,

As you probably know already Sara in our Grade 6 class won the school wide spelling bee. The regional meet will be in March (location and date TBA).

I will be offering two spelling lists. One will be the regular spelling list, the other will be from the CanSpell program. Students have the option to choose the list that they will work on for the week.

Here is the Canspell list:

Eponyms ( words based on a person's or character's name)

praline
magnolia
boysenberry
hosta
poinsettia
macadamia
salmonella
newton
saxophone
tortoni
greengage
angstrom
gardenia
melba
tantalize
zinnia
quisling
begonia
samaritan

Panglossian
quixote
jeremiad
hector
Geronimo
shrapnel
vulcanize
Frankenstein
Boswell
ampere
cupid
Fletcherism
yahoo
diesel
bandersnatch
Crusoe
mentor
Dracula

Unit 14 Spelling List

Here is this weeks spelling list. There is no BMV this week. Students were given the option to choose their list. Below is the regular list.

chisel
chili
character
telethon
shower
worship
whittle
wherever
theater
cholesterol
chamber
sharpener
mushroom
technology
windshield
authorship
enchilada
teacher
wrath
youth

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Skating at Lions January 25th Please sign Forms

On Tuesday, January 25th, the students will be going to the Lions arena. We will be leaving the school at 12:45 and skating from 1-2:15. We will be leaving the arena at 2:20. All students are required to wear certified helmets and faceguard during the skating. Half of the rink will be available for skating and half of the rink will be for playing hockey. Students are also encouraged to bring gloves and sticks.
If you have any questions, please contact us.

Please return the forms by Monday, January 24th.

Mr. Letkeman
Mr. Baetz

Monday, 17 January 2011

Spelling Unit 13 and BMV

Happy January 20th!

Here is this weeks spelling list and BMV for Friday's test.
anthem
Pageant
telescope
hesitate
stadium
clarinet
educational
hilarious
corduroy
gasoline
century
centimeter
architect
defiant
collide
citizen
develop
fatigue
bushel
jargon

Psalm 91:9
If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,”
and you make the Most High your dwelling,

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe Book Report

Book Report


Due: February 11th

Report


I. Include: Title Page, Published Date, Publishing Company, Author, Number of Pages, Chapters.

II. Who are the main Characters in the book?

III. Vocabulary – Find 5 words in the book that you do not know and list them and write the definition.

IV. Give a summary what the story is about. 100-200 words

V. What was your favorite scene in the book?

VI. What are some of the values that are evident in the book? (ie. respect, loyalty, courage, etc.)

VII. Would you recommend this book to someone else?

VIII. Complete the Accelerated Reader quizzes
a. Reading Practice Quiz
b. Vocabulary Quiz
c. Literacy Skills Quiz

Spelling Unit 11 and BMV

Here is this weeks spelling list.
astronaut
pawn
beside
automobile
lawnmower
except
audition
awful
instead
automatic
caught
through
underneath
exhaust
lawyer
strong
smog
haughty
daughter
without

BMV
Psalm 91:8
You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.

Thursday, 6 January 2011

Reading Celebration Tomorrow

Hi,

Tomorrow for reading celebration we will be watching Wallace and Gromit " The Curse of the Were- Rabbit" The movie is rated "G".

Nutrients Hand Out Due Tomorrow

Students were given a hand out for Health today. They had time in class to work on it and may need time tonight to finish it off. There were questions on p. 41 that they were to fill in the blanks.

Monday, 3 January 2011

Spelling Unit 11 and BMV

Happy New Year and welcome back. Hopefully you had an enjoyable holiday and now it is back to the routine.

Here is the new spelling list for the test on Friday.

circular
whistle
congratulation
crocodile
downstream
catalog
fleece
gladiola
legendary
proverb
shaken
signature
ravioli
plateau
lose
orient
superintendent
stun
millimeter
profitable

Here is the BMV:

A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you. Psalm 91:7