What’s Happening in
Room 139
The Week of May 1st-5th
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: (708) 687-4763 Ext. 5339
Website: d142-jmanzo.weebly.com
Spelling: Suffixes –ful, -ly, -ion
Important Dates
May 1st
May 4
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Newspaper Club (3:07PM)
careful
suggestion
thoughtful
Student Council (3:07PM)
monthlyt
tasteful
yearly
recently
actually
PTA Meeting @ District Office
harmful
playful
extremely
pollution
(7PM)
lonely
powerful
certainly
correction
wisely
peaceful
successful
eagerly
A BC Co unt dow n D a ys N ext W ee k . . .
Monday – Animal Day
Tuesday – Bubble Gum Day
Wednesday – Chicago Sports Team Day
Thursday – Drawing Day
Friday – Electronics Day
Our Week of Learning
La ng ua ge A rts : We will continue Unit
6: C onvent ions learning how to use
Quotations and Quotation Marks
correctly. In writing, we will begin our “If
I Were A Demi-God” essay project.
M at h: We will begin C hapt er 8: Mu ltiply
Fra ct io ns by W hole N u mbe rs . This is
a short chapter! We will have a quiz on
the chapter on Tuesday, May 9th.
Rea din g: This week we will focus on the
C ompr ehe nsion Skill: Gener alize and
the C ompr ehe nsion St ra tegy :
P redict & Se t P u rpos e. We will read
Chapters 5-9 in P ercy J a cks on & the
O ly mpia ns : The L ight nin g Thief.
Soc ia l St udies: We will continue our unit
on Regions . We will explore the M idw es t
Region. Students must know the states
and capitals of the Midwest Region –
please practice at home!
CHALLENGE WORDS: separation, description, immediately,
suspenseful, completely
Vocabulary: PERCY (Ch. 5-9)
re coi led : suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror,
or disgust
im p uls iv e: acting without thinking
que s t: a search for something; an adventure
b ewi ldered: confused or puzzled
grim ace d : made an ugly twisted expression on one’s
face
cre vi ce : a narrow opening
W ORD OF THE W E EK : trium p h
DE FI NT IO N: to overcome or win
Students will earn extra credit on the vocabulary quiz for
correctly writing the word of the week and its definition as
well as using the word correctly in a sentence.
Reminders
FI DGE T SP IN N ERS ARE N O LO N GER A LLO W ED I N
SCH OO L. K ee p all toy s at hom e !!!
The Activity Bus IS N O LO N GER IN S ERVICE for after
school activities.
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ABC Countdown begins May 1 ! Please see the flyer that
went home on Friday.