Posted by Mrs. Carrie Newman on September 06, 19107 at 19:48:03:
Watch your child's "Travel Itinerary" for any tests/quizzes that are coming up next week. Students need to take time to work on finding verbs and helping verbs (verb phrases) in sentences. They were a little shaky on that this week, and it should really be just a review of what they already have learned in 4th grade. Here a some websites that may help your child practice on their own to learn more about verbs:
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/verb/1state.htm
http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/
Work for the Week of September 10-14, 2007
Bible Verse—Test will be Friday, September 14
Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32
Spelling Words—Test will be September 14
meadow
harvest
poultry
heifer
orchard
acre
trough
pasture
tractor
rural
agriculture
livestock
corral
dairy
combine
wheelbarrow
conservation
fertilizer
Deuteronomy (Deut.)
Joshua (Josh.)
Vocabulary words
agrarian—having to do with farming
foliage—the leaves of a plant
erosion—the wearing away of the earth’s topsoil by water and wind
vegetation—plant life
cultivate—to plow and prepare land for growing crops
irrigate—to supply with water
horticulture—the science of growing plants
hybrid—a cross between two different species
Synonyms
common—usual; shared by all
ordinary—having no special distinction