| Weekly Update |  | November 23-25, 2009
Hi Everyone. I hope that this fall weather continues throughout the coming week. Many students will be traveling to other spots in and out of the state to celebrate Thanksgiving with extended families. We wish good and safe trips for them.
We will have a shorter week, but do have a few fun things planned for our learners. We will NOT have a Super Star this week. That means that there will not be a state sheet either. I guess since we usually have newsnotes at the end of the week that we will not have one of those signed. I can almost see all the sad faces as you read this.
Our school mascot will spend Thanksgiving with Sam J., Dr. Evilmigenstine will soon be learning about football, Pokeman and how turkey tastes.
We will have our library period on Monday. The reading verification slips will be due November 30, and the genre for this month is adventure. Please remember to put the number of pages of each book.
We will work on our Book Reports and projects during this week. Please remember to bring your supplies to school each day this week. The projects will not be due until the 30th of November, after Thanksgiving break.
On Monday we will begin unit 5 in math and select a Native American tribe to research. The forms for the NAP (Native American Project) will go home on Wednesday to explain the expectations. This is a fun and exciting project that has been well received by our fifth grade population in years past.
Band and Orchestra will be Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. We will have an Art Enrichment class on Tuesday, and a Computer Class on Wednesday. We will also jump rope on Monday during our 2:00 class time. Remember to bring in your donation charts that support heart research and other heart related causes.
We will also work on words for the Wordmaster competition. WORDMASTER LIST
hull - NOUN
• the lowest most portion of a ship
. the gauze of a book binding
• the shell of a seed, fruit or nut
VERB to remove the hull
hulling, hulled
concoct - VERB
• to make or prepare as in cooking,
• to devise or contrive, concoct an excuse like lying
concocter, concoctor, noun
concoctive, adjective
mellow - mel-low - ADJECTIVE
• soft and full flavored from ripeness, as in fruit
• soft and rich as in sound, tones color and light
• jovial (happy)
mellow-ly, adverb
mellowness, noun
bungalow - bun-ga-low NOUN
• a cottage
• a single storied house originated in India
deplete - de-plete VERB
• to get rid of totally - comes from Latin depletus
depleted, depletion, depletable
torrid - tor-rid ADJECTIVE
• giving off intense heat
• passionate
torrider, torridest
contraption ADJECTIVE
Etymology: perhaps blend of contrivance, trap, and invention
• device or a gadget
con-trap-tion
exhaust - ex-haust VERB OR NOUN
• to tire completely
• to draw off or let out completely
• to consider or discuss thoroughly
(exhaust all your possibilities)
exhausted, exhaustion
tentative: ten-ta-tive ADJECTIVE
• shy
• hesitant
• done as a trial or experiment
tentatively, adverb
tentativeness, noun
dinghy - din-ghy NOUN dinghies
• a type of small boat carried by a larger vessel
• a rubber life raft
summon - sum-mon VERB
sum·moned, sum·mon·ing, sum·mons
• to call forth
feverish - fe-ver-ish ADJECTIVE
• to have symptoms of a fever
• marked by intense emotion, activity or instability
feverishly, adverb
feverishness, noun
brew VERB
• to make or prepare a beverage
• to concoct in an improvised manner with strange ingredients
• to contrive or bring about
brews, brewing, brewed
clench VERB
clenched, clenching
• to hold fast
• to set or close tightly
lack-a-dai-si-cal
• lacking life, spirit, or zest
• lazy, indolent
lackadaisical - adjective
lackadaisically, adverb
lackadaisicalness, noun
hamlet - NOUN ham-let
• a legendary Danish prince and hero of Shakespeare's play Hamlet
• a small village
• a village without a church of its’ own
mull VERB
mulled, mulling
• to grind or mix thoroughly
• to consider at length
lethargic - ADJECTIVE
• indifferent
• sluggish
• apathetic
lethargical, lethargically
cleft NOUN
• a space or opening made by splitting
muster NOUN mus-ter
• an act of assembling
• to gather or summon
• to gather troops
• to come together, collect and gather
defunct - de-funct NOUN
• no longer living, existing or functioning
defunctness - ADJECTIVE
rupture rup-ture VERB or NOUN
• open hostility between nations: war
• tearing apart of tissue
• breaking apart
rupturable
grit VERB or NOUN
• firmness of mind or spirit.
makeshift - NOUN
• emergency, or temporary
• substitute
resource re-source NOUN
• a source of supply or support
• an ability to meet or handle a situation
resourceful
Please continue to check planners as assignments are updated at the end of each day.
S.Polfliet
My email address is: susan.polfliet@spps.org
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 Scholastic News
Web site for Scholastic newspaper
INDEPENDENT READING
In order to accomplish the St. Paul Public School goal of having each
student read 25 books a year, we request that each fifth grader read at
least three (just right) books a month. Each month the parent will be
asked to assist their child in filling out a reading verification form
for these three books, and to include the number of pages read. A book
that has 300 pages will be counted as two books. Each month we suggest
a different genre, and ONE book needs to be of that genre:
September ... Fantasy
October... Non-Fiction
November...Adventure
December ... Hist. Fict.
January... Auto/Biography
February..Animal Fic.
March.......... Mystery
April ......Science Fiction
May ........ Poetry/Myths
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School Patrols
This year, Ms Lee and Mr. Olmsted will be in charge of the sixth grade
patrols. We, as fifth graders, will have an opportunity to
cover patrol corners several times during the year. As always, this
will be done with a spirit of service in mind and a dedication to
keep our younger students safe while crossing streets.
Our first opportunity for service was during the week of October 19, when the sixth graders went to Wolf Ridge. The fifth grade patrols took their jobs seriously and did them well. "Attention, Alert, Cross"....was heard throughout the neighborhoods.
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E-mail
I can be reached at the following e-mail address:
Susan.Polfliet@spps.org
My classroom number is 117. The best time to reach me is a little before or after school, or at 2:00-2:50 PM, during my prep. |
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| | | | | The Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O'Dell | This is a story that takes place off the coast of California. It is based on the life of a young Native American woman who finds that she must learn to survive on an island. It is a Newberry Award winning book written in 1960.
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| Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls | This story takes place in the Ozarks (Cherokee country) during the Great Depression. It is the true life story of author Wilson Rawls. It is told by the boys point of view while remembering his two hunting dogs. It is a moving, award winning story of family, loyalty and adventure.
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| Call it Courage by Armstrong Perry | This Newberry Award winning story takes place in the South Seas. The main character is Mafatu, a young Polynesian boy, who needs to find the courage within himself to conquer his deepest fears. This adventure not only captures the imagination of the reader, it continues to be told as a historic lesson of the islands where it took place.
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| Journey by Patricia MacLachlan | Journey is the name of the young man who takes a journey to self-discovery. With the help of his grandfather and pictures of his family, he learns to appreciate the value of family, traditions and a sense of belonging. Although there will be sad moments in this award winning novel, there will also be tender passages of encouragement and hope.
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| The Friendship by Mildred Taylor | This is the continuing story of the Logan family who grew up in the South during the 1930's. It speaks of friendship, betrayal, and prejudice of the times. The children had difficult lessons to learn about their place in the white community, and how fragile a friendship could be.
The Friendship won the Coretta Scott King Award for Literature, and continues in the tradition of the Newberry Award winning book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by the same author.
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