NOVEMBER 18
AUTHENTIC THANKSGIVING FEAST TODAY... THANKS TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS!
HOMEWORK:
Language Arts:
Wordly Wise: 8 E due FRIDAY. Test on Friday.
Grammar:
Math Book: Page 142 (13-27) odds
Spiral Workbook:
Practice Workbook: 6-4
Spelling: Packet # 8 due Friday. Test on Friday.
Social Studies : Unit 2 study guide handed out. Test TOMORROW. (SEE STUDY GUIDE AT BOTTOM OF
THIS PAGE) Geo Quiz # 8 due Friday.
Time 4 Kids:
Reading: Reading Logs due Friday. Realistic Fiction book report due Dec. 1. Reading Tale #8 due
Friday.
I.I.T.C.- Do illustration and summary sentence for Chapter 11.
Reading Logs due Friday.
Science: Rotations begin tomorrow. Students will be in Mrs. Petzold's room on T, TH's.
Other:
UPCOMING EVENTS:
11/19- Unit 2 Social Studies Test
11/20- November Packet due
11/20- THANKSGIVING BREAK BEGINS
11/30- SCHOOL RESUMES
12/1- Realistic Fiction book report due
12/18- Winter Party Lunch with games and activities
Spelling List #8
1. spoil
2. choice
3. avoid
4. moisture
5. oyster
6. royal
7. employ
8. annoy
9. ground
10. house
11. sprout
12. mountain
13. allow
14. ourselves
15. somehow
16. ounce
17. amount
18. boundary
19. hoist
20. doubt
Word List # 8
1. assemble: v 1. To bring together into a group; to gather. 2. To put or fit together.
assembly: n 1. A group of people gathered for a certain purpose. 2. The fitting together of various
parts.
2. banquet: n A large meal for many people; a feast.
3. cargo: n The load carried by a plane or ship.
4. cask: n A barrel-shaped container; especially for holding liquids.
5. celebrate: v To honor something in a special way.
celebrated: adj Famous
6. decrease: v To become smaller or less.
n The amount by which something becomes smaller.
7. desperate: adj 1. Reckless because of feelings of despair. 2. So serious as to be almost
hopeless.
8. edible: adj Safe or fit to be eaten.
n An item of food; anything that can be eaten.
9. frivolous: adj Not serious or important; silly
frivolity: n Silly or lighthearted play.
10. harvest: n 1. The gathering of ripe crops for a season. 2. The quantity of crops gathered.
v To gather in the crops.
11. hew: v 1. To chop down or cut with blows from an ax. 2. To cut or shape with blows of an ax or
similar tool.
12. hostile: adj Unfriendly; of or like an enemy.
hostility n The expression of unfriendly feelings.
13. pledge: v To make a serious promise.
v A serious promise.
14. prosper: v To succeed, especially in terms of money.
prosperous: adj Enjoying growth and success.
15. task: n A piece of work that needs to be done.
Social Studies Unit 2
Study Guide
1. Words like “when” and “because” are used to show cause and effect.
2. Words like “trips’ and “voyages” mean expeditions.
3. Marco Polo’s book caused more Europeans to become interested in Asia.
4. New technologies helped to improve travel by sea in the 1400s.
5. Ending the Reconquista was not a goal of European exploration.
6. Converting the people to the Catholic religion was a goal of the Counter
Reformation in the New World.
7. New York and Albany are two present-day cities founded by the Dutch.
8. Atlantic trade routes carried goods and enslaved people between Africa, Europe, and the
Americas.
9. Spain, Portugal, France, England, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Russia all claimed land in the
Americas.
10. Colonists often built settlements near the sea or along rivers because it made transporting
people and supplies easier.
Essay: May be written ahead of time and stapled to the test!
How was Christopher Columbus like an entrepreneur?
