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.