Congratulations and WAR ON WORDS

Congratulations to our class!  We brought in enough coins and bills to feed 46 people at the Downtown Mission on Christmas Day.  What generosity!  That contributed to our school total of

   340 MEALS !!!!!

Everyone who contributed should feel great about their caring and understanding, not to mention their part in another social justice initiative!

Coming to a classroom near you....................

In January we are beginning a "WAR ON WORDS".  Our learning goal is to expand each student's vocabulary to include many more sophisticated words.  To do that, each student has been assigned a day to present their "word of the day".  Please check the calendar for your date.  On your child's day, they must present a sophisticated word that grade six students could use (no medical terms please!) to replace a common word or phrase they already know.  They must tell the part of speech, any inflected forms, the meaning in their own words and use it in a good sentence.  The words can come from their daily reading at home or at school; the newspaper; something they heard on television, radio, etc.; or the thesaurus.  This assignment can be done at home or at school but must be ready to present the morning of their day.

example:

vivacious (adj.) - means lively, crazy
sentence - The crowd is always vivacious at Spitfire games, especially when they win.
inflected forms - vivaciously (adv.), vivaciousness (n.)