Fifth Grade Parent Newsletter
WEEK OF MAY 11TH-15TH
Fifth Grade Parent Newsletter #28
This week we are reading “King Midas and the Golden Touch” by Charlotte Craft.
We will focus on some vocabulary words in this story. It would be helpful if
you will reinforce the meaning of these words at home with your child. Also,
on this newsletter you will find our spelling words for the week. Please
practice these words at home as well. The words in italics are our challenge
spelling words. Let’s have a great week!
Spelling Words: brief, believe, receive, leisure, piece, relief, seize,
ceiling, field, neither, apiece, receipt, yield, deceive, achieve, grief,
niece, protein, shield, conceited, diesel, retrieval, unwieldy, grievance,
deceitful
Vocabulary Word Meaning
adorn to add beauty to; put ornaments on; decorate
cleanse to make clean
lifeless without life
precious having great value; worth much
realm kingdom
spoonful as much as a spoon can hold
SOCIAL STUDIES: We will completing our unit on our state of Tennessee.
Students will be working of a project that will help them learn lots of new
and interesting things about Tennessee. Students will be given class time and
materials to work and complete this project. ALL STUDENTS WILL NEED TO BRING
A FOLDER OR A BINDER TO KEEP THEIR PROJECT ORGANIZED. Thanks for your help
with this.
