This Week in Language Arts:

 

May 26-30, 2008

 

Week of School: 36

Spelling week: 36

RAH week: 36

Grade RAH week: 35

 

Text Box: 6th grade 
Language Arts
with Mrs. Garetson

Heritage Middle School

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD

In Class this week, this is what we’re doing

(Please see “Assignments” page for the week’s homework.)

 

Monday:

· No School—Memorial Day

 

Tuesday:                                    

· Drama—”The Phantom Tollbooth”

· Begin working on study guide

 

Wednesday:

· Drama—”The Phantom Tollbooth”

· Analogies—Lesson #2

· Grammar:  conjunctions and interjections

 

Thursday:

· Go over study guide

· Turn in all textbooks

· Check GUM p. 58, 60

 

Friday:               Assembly

· Go over study guide / review for exam

· Check Analogies Lesson #6

 

Heritage Middle School

5300 Heritage Avenue

Colleyville, TX  76034

Phone: 817-305-4790

Fax: 817-267-9929

emily.garetson@gcisd.net

How to spell  POTATO

 

If GH can stand for P as in Hiccough
If OUGH can stand for
O as in Dough
If PHTH can stand for
T as in Phthisis
If EIGH can stand for
A as in Neighbor
If TTE can stand for
T as in Gazette
If EAU can stand for
O as in Plateau

Then the right way to spell POTATO should be:
GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU

- author unknown

Extra Credit Opportunity

 

What do the following words have in common?

 

(It has to do with moving a letter.)

 

Banana

Grammar

Dresser

Potato

Revive

Uneven

 

Write your answer on a piece of paper with your name and the date, and turn it in.  Don’t tell anyone the answer! 

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