The Week of February 25, 2019

It's here: the last week of February!  Let's bring the month to a close with fun and learning together!

The week's lessons will include studying the information age in America, Australia, and battles of the US Civil War. Our novel studies will include a focus on using context clues. Please complete your weekly www.quill.org and www.newsela.com assignments, as well as your lesson follow-up work by Friday. Please study the following vocabulary words for a quiz on March 4th. 6th graders: please note that you will be having a map quiz instead of a vocabulary quiz.

Here are your weekly word study lists.  You will have a quiz Friday, March 1st.

Swirl Group:
ou- wound, blouse, lounge, crouch, sprout
ow - crowd, fowl, prowl, growl, drown

Star Group:
oi- moisture, poisoning, noisily, appointment, avoidable
oy-  voyager, loyalist, destroyed, annoying employable

Arrow Group:

long vowel -  athlete, breathe, humane, ignite, precise short vowel-  athletic, breath, humanity, ignition, precision

Enjoy your weekend, Mr. Trent