Welcome to the 2009-2010 school year!
***PARENTS- PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CHECK YOUR CHILD'S PLANNER ON A DAILY
BASIS. STUDENTS SHOULD BE RECORDING THEIR HOMEWORK, AND USING IT AS A TOOL
TO KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO DO EACH NIGHT. IF YOU NOTICE THAT YOUR CHILD IS
FAILING TO COPY DOWN HIS/HER HOMEWORK...PLEASE MAKE ME AWARE OF THE
SITUATION!! YOUR ASSISTANCE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
CAMP FRIENDLY PINES KEY DATES
9/11- All BLUE and GREEN pages from camp packet need to be returned by this
date. Even if nothing on the page applies to your child, please return the
sheet with N/A and your signature. White sheets are for your reference.
9/11- First camp payment due
10/9- Balance of payment due
11/2- Luggage Drop-Off in the Cafeteria from 3-6pm
No WOTW 11/30-12/4
Unit 8 Review Unit words- Grade 5AEP-
Adapt, merge, efficiency, character, suitable, rotation, cycle, propeller,
eventually, fuse, distribution, linger, hazardous, rely, unaware, accountable,
vivid, invitation, journalist, pursue, douse, actuality, regain, logic, fancy,
govern, transit, apply, peculiar, myth, trait, situate, mythical; Bonus word:
systematically
Words of the Week 11/16-11/20
Expedite- verb- to speed up or ease the progress of
Facetious- adj- sarcastic; humorous; not serious
Felicity-noun- happiness; skillful especially with regards to expressing ideas
or oneself
Flaunt- verb- to show off
Garrulous- adj- talkative; chatty
Words of the Week 11/9-11/13
Docile- adj- obedient; easily taught; easy to work with/handle
Eccentric- adj- irregular; a little kooky; out of the ordinary
Elusive- adj- evasive; hard to pin down
Emulate- verb- to strive to equal or excel at, usually through imitation
Exacerbate- verb- to make worse
Unit 7 Vocabulary Words- 5AEP- apply, ceaselessly, fanciful, fantasy,
frenzied, govern, idle, laboratory, logic, lurk, mythical, peculiarly, poise,
regain, reveal, situation, suspend, trait, transition, vaguely
Unit 7 Words- GRADE 8-
adapt, constitution, convalescence, exhaust, expose, hazard, immoderate,
inured, involve, mechanism, moderate, noxious, organism, potent,
psychological, repetition, response, restorative, stress, volume
Words of the Week 10/26-10/30
DAUNT- verb- to make scared; to intimidate; to cause fear
DIGRESS-verb- to stray from the main topic or subject
DISCRETE- adj- separate; unconnected; distinct
Unit 6 Vocabulary- 5AEP- Acknowledge, actual, pursuit, hinder, vivid,
inviting, disclose, reliable, intrigue, version, metropolitan, hazardous,
solemn, linger, impure, unaware, douse, unaccountable, maneuver, journalist
UNIT 6 VOCABULARY- GRADE 8-
advertise, coarse, comic, derision, glamorize, heartily, inevitable, lawless,
persuade, picturesque, recline, reputation, seldom, taciturn, thrust, typical,
undoubtedly, urge, vanity, version
Words of the Week
10/12-10/16
Cognizant- adj- aware; conscious
Condone- verb; to allow; to permit to happen; to overlook
Connoisseur- noun- an expert, particularly in matters of the arts or taste
Consensus- noun- a general or unanimous agreement
Copious- adj- abundant; plentiful
Unit 5 Words
GRADE 8- assemble, brilliant, coincide, compulsion, development, enact,
froth, interior, maelstrom, mature, migration, mysterious, navigate,
phenomenon, romantic, spawn, suitable, tragedy, treacherous, unerringly
Words of the Week
10/5- 10/9
Brevity- noun- briefness
Cajole-verb- to persuade someone to do something that he or she does not
necessarily want to do
Capricious- adj- unpredictable; likely to change at any moment
Chronic- adj- constant; lasting a long time
Cliche- (accent over the e)- (noun)- an overused saying or idea
Unit 5 Vocabulary Words- Grade 5- adapt, awkward, characteristic, compose,
continuous, cope, cycle, distribute, efficient, eventually, fuse,
horizontally, maintain, merge, propel, resistant, rotate, streamline,
suitable, vertical
Words of the Week
9/28- 10/2
ARDENT- adj- passionate
ASTUTE- adj- Shrewd; keen in judgment
AWRY- adj- off course; twisted to one side
BENEVOLENT-adj- generous; kind; doing good deeds
GRADE 8: Unit 4 Review Words:
align, aperture, appraisal, circumstance, critically, determine, diagonally,
disclose, dissolve, distinguish, grave, image, intent,intermittently,
intruder, overtake, retrieve, suffice, sufficient, supple, Abundant, corridor,
cumbersome, enclosure, envision, herald, horde,
magnificent, mass, multitude, ominous, pervade, proclaim, resemblance, sheer,
spectacle, teem, transitional, uncharted, venture, clan, cleft, complex,
conifer, contour, deplete, expanse, fierce, finery,
flounder, luminous, majestic, mar, mythical, outcrop, pristine, scuttle,
spontaneous, steppe, stockpile
No Words of the Week for 9/21- 9/25
Unit 4 Review Unit Vocabulary Words (5AEP):
chemist, development, florist, guarantee, magnificent, safeguard, conductor,
frequency, infrequent, magnify, observation, abnormal, cluster, desperate,
mission, suspense, transformation, vital, curiosity, transfer, translate,
zealous, accomplishment, credit, intense, massive, recall, stamina,
correction, determination, involvement, sensitive, tranquil
Bonus: anonymous
Words of the Week 9/14- 9/18
Alleviate- verb- to relieve, usually temporarily; to lessen
Ambience- noun- atmosphere; mood; feeling
Amiable- adj- friendly; welcoming; agreeable
Anomaly- noun- an irregularity; a deviation
Apocalypse- noun- a revelation; sometimes associated with idea of the world
coming to an end
Language Arts 5AEP- Unit 3 Words:
accomplishment, advantage, constant, corrective, credit, determined, grasp,
intense, involve, massive, orthopedic, quantity, radiology, recall,
sensitivity, sheer, specialist, stamina, tranquilize, veterinarian
GRADE 8- UNIT 3 WORDS:
clan, cleft, complex, conifer, contour, deplete, expanse, fierce, finery,
flounder, luminous, majestic, mar, mythical, outcrop, pristine, scuttle,
spontaneous, steppe, stockpile
Words of the Week 9/8-9/11
Abysmal- adj- extremely hopeless or wretched; horrible
Adamant-adj- stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible
Affluent-adj- extremely wealthy; rich; prosperous
5th Grade Welcome Potluck- 8/11/09- In the cafeteria starting at 5:30!!! Come
make some new friends and spend time with ones that you have known for years.
Back to School Night for 7/8 grades: Tuesday, 8/18/09 from 6-7:30
Back to School Night for 5/6 grades: Thursday 8/20/09 from 6-7:30; A meeting
regarding Camp Friendly Pines will take place in the cafeteria promptly at 7:30
PICTURE DAY IS THURSDAY, 9/3/09!!!! Make sure to dress nicely.
UNIT 2 WORDS GRADE 8:
Abundant, corridor, cumbersome, enclosure, envision, herald, horde,
magnificent, mass, multitude, ominous, pervade, proclaim, resemblance, sheer,
spectacle, teem, transitional, uncharted, venture
Words Of The Week 8/31- 9/4
Abash- verb- to embarrass; to make ashamed
Abdicate- verb- to step down from a position of power or authority
Abridge- verb- to shorten or condense
Unit 2 Vocabulary Words (5 AEP)- abnormal, accumulate, cluster, curious,
desperate, effectiveness, endear, mission, mute, mutiny, quest, repulsive,
suspense, technician, testimony, transformation, untimely, venture, vital, zeal
Unit 1 Vocabulary Words (5AEP) alter, chemist, condition, conduct, detect,
development, establish, florist, formation, frequently, guarantee, handicap,
informative, inseparable, magnificent, observe, prediction, render,
safeguard, seasonal
Unit 1 Vocabulary- (8th Grade LA):
align, aperture, appraisal, circumstance, critically, determine, diagonally,
disclose, dissolve, distinguish, grave, image, intent,intermittently,
intruder, overtake, retrieve, suffice, sufficient, supple