Essential Questions for November 26-30, 2007

READING- What are biographies? Guided Reading Groups will read different biographies of famous people

WRITING- How can idioms add voice to your writing? What traits do you look for when scoring voice in writing? What text conventions do writers use in biographies?

SPELLING- Sitton Unit 12

VOCABULARY- Review Units 5-8, Quiz on Friday will be cummulative for Units 5-8

GRAMMAR- What do different idioms express as figures of speech?

MATH- How is multiplication related to division? What is geometry? What are the different types of triangles? What are the different shapes that you need to know in Geometry?

SCIENCE- What are the seven wonders of Georgia? Partner Salt Dough Map activity in class on Friday

SOCIAL STUDIES- What is government?

HEALTH- What are different ways that help you stay healthy?

CHARACTER EDUCATION- How can you provide service to others? What are some useful, usable, and required duties that you provide to others?

Spelling Words for November 26-30, 2007

Sitton Words:
1. mother
2. light
3. country
4. father
5. let
Content Words:
6. important
7. November
8. product
9. factor
10. geometry
11. angle
12. side
13. edge
14. vocabulary
15. review
Challenge Words:
16. challenge
17. multiplication
18. divisor
19. dividend
20. quotient
21. symmetry
22. quadrilateral
23. scalene
24. isoceles
25. right triangle