Every Monday, students are assigned 16 spelling words. These are to be written 5 times each and to be used to complete a worksheet. Students will also have a penmanship practice sheet. 6th grader spelling words for the week of 12/11: lifted,pointed, returned, wondered, healed, answered, threatened, cooling, speaking, spelling, bragged, scrubbed, admitted, committed, preferred, referring 8th grader spelling words for the week of 12/11: protested, provisions, profitable, proceeds, prosperity, telegram, telegraph, telescopes, undertake, underlying, underneath, international, interview, intermediate, interrupted, intercept Each trimester students will also need to complete a book report. 1st trimester book report due 9/24/09 2nd trimester book report due 12/2/09 3rd trimester book reports updated 12/7/09