English homework

Students have to read the story "La bamba" in the English reading book p163 for tomorrow 19th Feb.

Please make sure students have their thesaurus and dictionaries at school. Many students still do not have them, even though it is required since last semester.

Thank you.

Sunday quiz

As mentioned last week and all week to the students in class the quiz will be on all content done from the begining of semester.

Parts of speech
4 types of sentences
Capitalization
Quotation marks
Commas
Vocabulary on bio and astr

Schedule Grade 5

Please make sure to note the small changes that have taken place for grade 5:

SCHEDULE NEW YORK	SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WENESDAY	THURSDAY
Period 1	French	French	Arabic	French	French
Period 2	Math	Arabic	Math	Math	Math
Period 3	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
Period 4	Science	Science	Math	Science	Science
Period 5	ENGLISH	ENGLISH	ENGLISH	Computer/Science Lab	ENGLISH
Period 6	ENGLISH	ENGLISH	Egyptology	Religion	Arabic
Period 7	P.E	SOCIAL STUDIES	SOCIAL STUDIES	SOCIAL STUDIES	Civics
Period 8	Arabic	Science	Civics	Music	Art

SCHEDULE CALIFORNIA	SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WENESDAY	THURSDAY
Period 1	ENGLISH	SOCIAL STUDIES	ENGLISH	ENGLISH	ENGLISH
Period 2	ENGLISH	ENGLISH	Science	Art	Science
Period 3	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
Period 4	Math	Arabic	Arabic	Arabic	Religion
Period 5	Arabic	Math	Math	Science	French
Period 6	French	French	Science	SOCIAL STUDIES	Civics
Period 7	P.E	Science	Music	Math	French
Period 8	SOCIAL STUDIES	Civics	Computer/Science Lab	Egyptology	Math

Weekly Plan and Quizz

Next week we will continue with some vocabulary, praticing the grammar rules (parts of speech and commas), and start verb tenses.

The quiz will be on Sunday the 18th, and will take 2 periods. Most of what we have been doing is revision from 4th grade and these grammar rules are important for us to continue with writing.

Please find the vocabulary below with the definitions that should be put into the copy book.

This weeks outstading winner of Grade 5's copy book is Azel!
Please continue to encourage the students to have a well kept copybook or folder!
I will be posting pictures of the best ones on the blog!

antibiotic – n. a drug that is used to kill harmful bacteria and to cure infections. The doctor prescribed an antibiotic for the boy’s infection.
biodegradable – adj. capable of being slowly destroyed and broken down into very small parts by natural processes. Disposable diapers are not biodegradable; they are harmful to the environment.
biography – n. the story of a real person’s life written by another person. I read an inspiring biography about Steve Jobs.
biohazard – n. a biological or chemical substance or situation that is dangerous to human beings and the environment. The crash of a freight train carrying chemicals created a biohazard.
biology – n. a science that deals with things that are alive, such as plants and animals. In order to prepare for medical school, students must study biology. 

asterisk – n. a symbol * that is used in printed text, sometimes to tell someone to read a note that can be found at the bottom of the page. The words on the page were followed by an asterisk.
asteroid – n. a minor planet; one of thousands of small bodies that circle around the sun. Most asteroids are located between the planets Mars and Jupiter.
astronaut – n. a person who travels into outer space in a spacecraft. Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to walk on the moon.
astronomer – n. a person who studies stars, planets, and other objects in outer space. Galilei, an astronomer, discovered the first four moons of Jupiter.
astronomical – adj. (1) extremely large. The electricity bill was astronomical during December because we hung so many Christmas lights. (2) of or relating to astronomy. The NASA scientists conducted astronomical research. 

Homework

The homework for next Sunday is to color the Butterfly, Star, and "Not" Sign.
Students are to find 5 words for each (-non, ir-, in-, im-, il-).
They are also to complete any work that has not been completed this week.

Definitions of parts of speech

nouns – words that name people, places, things, and ideas
ex. man, museum, leash, love
verbs – words that express an action or state of being
ex. jump, hide, seem, is, are
adjectives – describing words; words that modify nouns or pronouns
ex. pretty, brown, lazy, awesome adverbs – words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
ex. softly, always, very, too
prepositions – words that show a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence
ex. about, at, before, in, under conjunctions – words that join other words or groups of words
ex. and, but, or, so, yet
interjections – words used to express emotion
ex. Wow! Ouch! Hooray! 

Parts of Speech

Song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNFPzUyHVOw

Main Parts of Speech 

So you wanna know about nouns, you wanna know about verbs 

And you probably know that there are several other types of words

So if you yearn to learn, hey, we’re psyched to teach

Now listen up and let me tell you about the parts of speech.

A noun is a person or a place or a thing

Like you or your school or all your bling-bling 

But the tricky kinds of nouns are ideas and thoughts 

Like your strength or intelligence

Man there are lots of these nouns

To list them all that would be impressive! 

But to describe them, all we need are adjectives

Like hot, cold, false, true, spicy and bland 

And now I think you understand.

Verbs. That’s what we call the action words

Anything you can do , even if it’s absurd

Whenever you eat, drink, move, think, go or stop

Even if you just are, that’s a verb that you’ve got,

“But, Mr. Jackson, how do I describe these words?”

You use another part of speech we call adverbs

Like loudly, proudly, and well, don’t ask me why, but 

Most of them end in -ly.

A preposition gives location, just so you know 

Whether an object is between, in, by, or below 

But it can also talk about time, as a matter of fact,

If something happened before this, or is gonna happen after that 

They always have a prepositional phrase

It’s the traditional way that every preposition operates

So just make sure that the object is there

Or else you’ll never know what goes where 

A conjunction joins phrases or words together 

Like and, but, or as, if, and whether

Some appear in pairs, like neither and nor.

You know I’d love to list them all but there are so many more

So let’s go on to pronouns, they replace nouns

So you can say “it” instead of saying the same noun again 

It can be just a breeze, you see

Instead of names, saying “he” or “she” 

Hold up! Almost, forgot about, the next one

I’m speaking, of course, of the interjection:

Whoa! yo! yikes! holy cow! 

You know the parts of speech, well I think, you do now.