Disneyland Field Trip

Spelling List- Week 4 List 4

Week #4 Spelling List  

***REMINDER: On Monday's, please write your words three times, and your definitions twice!!  Tuesday and Thursday Spelling Homework assignments may be chosen from the list of alternative choices.***

Spelling List-

1. Commercial-having to do with business or trade
2. Commodity-a useful product or service
3. Contrite-feeling deeply sorry for having sinned
4. Conceit-pride
5. Condemn-to declare guilty; to sentence
6. Condescend-to come down to another's mental or social level
7. Deficiency-shortage; inadequacy
8. Autoimmune-the immune system's attack on the body
9. Bibliography-a list of books and articles on a particular subject
10. Inoculate-to inject a vaccine into a living organism to prevent disease
11. Immigrant-a person who comes into a new country to live
12. Imminent-about to happen; close at hand
13. Amphibious-able to live in land or water
14. Contradict-to say the opposite
15. Suburb-a community on the outskirts of a city

Reading Vocabulary-

1. Descended- to go or move down from a higher to lower place; move or come down
2. Extraordinary- very unusual or remarkable
3. Enveloped- wrap up, cover, or surround completely
4. Celestial- pertaining to the sky or visible heaven
5. Diligence- constant and earnest effort to accomplish a task.

Scolastic Orders Due September 26th!!

The Scholastic orders are due
September 26th!!!  
That is next week Friday!!!!  Please turn those in to me by next week.  Orders may also be completed online at www.scholastic.com/readingclub.

 Class Activation Code: MK7LV

Spelling List- Week 3 List 3

Week #3 Spelling List.  

***REMINDER: On Monday's, please write your words three times, and your definitions twice!!  Tuesday and Thursday Spelling Homework assignments may be chosen from the list of alternative choices.***

Spelling List-

1. biology-the study of  living things
2. biography-the story of a person's life
3. amphibious-able to live on land and in water
4. diction-the choices and use of words
5. predict-to say in advance
6. verdict-the decision of a jury
7. contradict- to say the opposite
8. submerged-covered with water
9. suburb- a community on the outskirts of a city
10. subdue-to conquer; to bring under control
11. substitute- a person or thing that takes the place of another
12. submissive- yielding to the authority of another
13. diagnose-to find the cause of a problem by close examination
14. dialogue- a conversation between two or more people
15. physician-a person skilled in the art of healing; a doctor

Reading Vocabulary

1. shimmered- shine or reflect light softly
2. muse- a being that is the source of inspiration for an artist
3. dredge-to bring to attention an unpleasant fact or event
4. frayed- unraveled or word at the edge
5. automaton-a moving mechanical device resembling a human

Whale Watching Field Trip

Whale Watching Trip tomorrow!!

The Summer Reading Reward Trip is tomorrow!! 

If you are coming, please be here at 7:30 sharp!!  

**Note:If you are not part of the Summer Reading Program, then you do not need to attend. **

Thank you!!!

This year is off to a great start!! Thank you, THANK YOU parents for supporting DRCS!! And thank you to those of you who made it to our first fundraising meeting tonight!! It is difficult for everyone's busy schedules to coordinate all of the many events we have at the school, so thank you for coming!! I know that not everyone could make it this time, and we understand!  Please feel free to message me if you have questions or need information from tonight's meeting. Thank you for all you do :-)

Are you ready for a Dolphin Stampede??

Summer Reading

Don't forget!! All late Summer Reading projects are due this FRIDAY!!!! September 5th. You still have time to turn them in!! Here are a few new ones from your classmates. 

Back To School Night!!

Don't forget!! Back To School night is TONIGHT at 7 p.m.!!! I am very excited to meet my new students and parents!  I look forward to another wonderful year at D.R.C.S.!  Thank you, parents, students, and staff for making this all possible.  It is such a blessing that I get to come in everyday and teach at such a wonderful school.  Please join me in praying for our year to go smoothly and for the students to learn all that God has to teach them this year!!

Have you been reading?

          Summer is almost over!!  I hope that you have all been finishing up your Summer Reading Projects!!! Thank you to those who have already turned in their wonderful assignments.  In case you were wondering what your teacher has been up to this summer, here is a sneak preview of the project that I have undertaken to make our classroom and entire school year all about books and what we can learn from them!! 

Happy 180th Birthday, John Venn!!!

Here are a few fun diagrams to celebrate the creator of the Venn diagram!!  
Venn, an English logician and philosopher, is noted for introducing the Venn diagram, used in the fields of set theory, probability, logic, statistics, and computer science.  nowadays, we have a more refined use for the Venn diagram, as seen below. 

Literary Venn Diagram

Mythical v.s. Aquatic

Summer Reading Projects!!!!

The best part of Summer is getting time to read!! Thank you to all who have been working hard on your Summer Reading Projects!!!