Friday, October 21, 2011

Vocabulary Words for Oct. 24 - Oct. 28

circumspect inspect introspection perspective respect retrospective spectacle spectacles spectator speculate
Trying to see if this format shows up better on Facebook!

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Scholastic website

Interested in helping us get new books for our classroom library? Or want some help picking out the perfect book for your student? Then the scholastic website is the perfect place to go. Use our activation code of HHYL3 and we earn points to use for our classroom library with every order made. The book wizard tool helps you find new and exciting books that will engage your student. And it also has a feature that gives you a list of books that are "like" books that your student has read already. Hope this helps you find books that your child might enjoy to help us foster that love of reading!

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Vocabulary Words for Oct.17 - Oct. 21

Our root for this week is man, manu which means hand. Our words for this week are:

emancipate
manacles
manager
mandate
maneuver
manicure
manipulate
manual
manufacture
manuscript

Again part of speech, definition, and an original sentence using the word in the correct context is required for vocabulary notebook credit.

Example of required format:

(noun) manual - a handbook; a book of directions

Mrs. Schoenbeck read the manual before trying to fix her dryer.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Vocabulary Words for Oct. 10 - Oct. 14

Starting our Greek and Latin Root word study with ped which means foot

biped
centipede
impediment
millipede
pedal
peddler
pedestrian
pedicure
quadruped
tripod