It's a New Year!

Happy New Year! I hope 2009 has found everyone well and in good spirits. I am optimistic about what this year will bring!

We are on week 4 of our spelling lists. Everyone should be off of list #1 this week. STUDY! STUDY! STUDY!

List #2 (includes words from list #1): too, to, hear, here, a lot, allot, then, than, weather, whether, piece, peace, your, you're, witch, which, passed, past

List #3 (includes words from list #1 and #2): desert, dessert, stationary, stationery, whose, who's, lose, loose, advise, advice, all ready, already, lead, led, because, cause, through, threw

List #4: neighbor, weigh, weird, receive, thief, chief, grief, foreign, believe, retrieve, perceive, niece, either, relief, leisure, shriek

Social Studies: We are reviewing what we learned in Chapter 3 Section 2. Most of the 7th grade will be retaking the quiz on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 so make sure you are studying and paying attention in class. Later this week or beginning of next week we will be taking the Chapter 2 test. After that, we are on to Chapter 3.

Reading: make sure you are studying your vocabulary words for City of Ember. We will be reviewing them and moving on to the next set soon. We are also going to continue reading City of Ember this week. Hopefully you have preread some of it. This will help you when quiz time comes. Generally when you read a book for a 2nd time as a class you tend to get more out of it than you did the first time.

Writing: Don't forget about your prepositions!!! Practice, Practice, Practice on all of the grammar parts we have learned so far this year!