Important Information for the Week of January 8, 2018

Spelling List: Schedule:

1. social Wednesday
2. partial
3. decision  Vocabulary Quiz
4. delicious  Reading Comprehension Quiz
5. politician
Thursday
6. precious
7. physician  Memory Verse Written 4x Due
8. substantial
9. description Friday
10. compassion
11. commercial  History Chapter 8 Test
12. conversation  Bible Test
13. Pacific  MV Quiz
14. Mariana  Math Chapter 3 Test
15. undersea  Spelling Test
16. subduction  End of Second Grading Period – ALL
17. lithosphere MISSING WORK MUST BE IN.
18. depressions
19. topographic
20. aquamarine Announcements
21. submarine
22. circumscribe Reading:
23. describe
I am super excited to begin reading as a class From the
Vocabulary List: Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L.
Konigsburg, a Newberry Medal winner. We will be doing
1. amble – walk slowly and casually lots of fun activities with this novel. The students will have
2. counter – answer a question with a question an opportunity to make a museum diorama, be an artist like
Michael Angelo, research and write a research paper about
3. desperation – a feeling of hopelessness
the Renaissance, as well as spend the night in the Kentucky
4. level – sensible; spoken in a calm, even Science Center. For a complete review of the book please
voice checkout Focus on the Family’s review at
5. meditative – thoughtful http://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/from-mixed-up-
6. novelty – new experience files-of-mrs-basil-e-frankweiler. While we are reading our
7. piercingly – sharply and knowingly class novel we will NOT have weekly vocabulary and
8. restraint – control; holding back comprehension tests. We will resume weekly reading
9. sinister – looking a bit frightening or comprehension and vocabulary tests after we finish. Once
threatening we have finished the novel the students will be able to take
an AR test. As a culminating activity we plan to spend the
10. stealthily – quietly, carefully, and secretly so
night at the Kentucky Science Center in March or April.
as not to be discovered The cost of this field trip will be $30 per student and per
chaperone. More information will be sent home as plans are
finalized. We will be in need of chaperones and there is no
limit to the number of chaperones for this fun event. 

Books of the Bible Test:

Memory Verse:
We will be learning the books of the Bible in order for the
next 12 weeks. Following are the dates the students will be
Psalm 119:1-2 orally tested:

1Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, February 9: Old Testament
who walk according to the law of the LORD. March 23: New Testament
2 Blessed are they who keep his statutes

and seek him with all their heart. March 29: Old and New Testament