Week 15: Nov. 27-Dec. 1

Welcome back from the Thanksgiving Break!  We hope you had lots of good food, family, and friends during the holiday.  Here's what's happening this week!

Spelling AND Vocabulary: Greek Roots ✯ astr and log/logue [word]

Each week, students are expected to know what the words mean, be able to use them, and be able to spell them for their test on Friday.  Your combined spelling/vocabulary test expects you to know what each word means AND be able to spell it correctly.

Monday: Write spelling words in agenda and complete vocabulary match.

Tuesday-Wednesday: Work on your spelling and/or vocabulary choice extra credit if completing (due Thursday).

Thursday: Study this week’s words and review previous weeks’ words!  Finish cursive practice (on the back of the language review sheet).  If possible, take a practice spelling and vocabulary test, either on paper or at www.spellingcity.com. (LOGIN THROUGH CLEVER!)

asterisk asteroid astronaut astronomer astronomical

apology dialogue epilogue eulogy monologue

1. ________________________________________: (n) a person who studies stars, planets, and other objects in outer space

2. ________________________________________: (n) a person who travels into outer space in a spacecraft

3.  ________________________________________: (adj) (1) extremely large. (2) of or relating to astronomy

4.  ________________________________________: (n) a minor planet; one of thousands of small bodies that circle around the sun

5.  ________________________________________: (n) a symbol (*) that is used in printed text, sometimes to tell someone to read a note that can be found at the bottom of the page

6. ________________________________________: (n) a long speech given by a character in a story, movie, or play, or by a performer

7. ________________________________________: (n) a statement saying you are sorry about something; an expression of regret for having done or said something wrong

8. ________________________________________: (n) the things that are said by characters in a story, movie, or play; characters talking back and forth

9._________________________________________: (n) a speech that praises or honors someone who has died

10. _______________________________________:  (n) a final section or speech after the main part of a book, play, or musical composition

Grammar: parts of speech: verbs, progressive verbs, order of adjectives

Punctuating dialogue

Reading Skills: nonfiction/biography

Social Studies: The 13 Colonies/British Colonial America/American Revolution

Science

Math: Multiplication & Division of Whole Numbers

MATH HOMEWORK:  Students have one column of math problems daily.

2 digit by 2 Digit Multiplication and

Partial Quotient Division

Extra Practice on these skills- in Little G Math Book- pages 43-50, 57-64 (not required.)     REFLEX.com for Fact Practice!

Upcoming Events:

12/1 Language/cursive & math reviews due

12/6 Wonder movie trip ($6)

12/8 Language/cursive & math reviews due

12/12 Parent Involvement Writing @ 1:30/class party @ 2:00

12/13 Chick-Fil-A All Pro Dads (7:30; RSVP)

12/14 Box Top Rewards Party

12/15 Language/cursive & math reviews due;

Early Release- Begin Christmas Break

Extra Practice at IXL:

LA M6; D22-23; F4;  B.1-10;  A.1-7; J; K; X3-9

Math E1-E10 (Division)

SS A4-12; B1-8

Science C2-C3

11/14

Progress reports & purple folders will go home WEDNESDAY instead of today.  Sorry for any inconvenience.

Week 14: Nov. 13-17

🚌  Our Chattanooga field trip is Monday, November 13!  🚌

Be at school before 8:00 and be picked up at 4:00!  

Wear a school spirit shirt if you have one.

Spelling AND Vocabulary: Greek Roots 🐶  bio ⚘ and  ⏰ chron ⏲

Each week, students are expected to know what the words mean, be able to use them, and be able to spell them for their test on Friday.  Your combined spelling/vocabulary test expects you to know what each word means AND be able to spell it correctly.

Monday: Write spelling words in agenda and complete vocabulary match.

Tuesday-Wednesday: Work on your spelling and/or vocabulary choice extra credit if completing (due Thursday).

Thursday: Study this week’s words and review previous weeks’ words!  Finish cursive practice (on the back of the language review sheet).  If possible, take a practice spelling and vocabulary test, either on paper or at www.spellingcity.com. (LOGIN THROUGH CLEVER!)

antibiotic biodegradable biography biohazard biology

chronic chronicle chronological chronometer synchronize

1. ________________________________________: (n) the story of a real person’s life written by another person

2. ________________________________________: (n) a science that deals with things that are alive, such as plants and animals

3.  ________________________________________: (adj) capable of being slowly destroyed and broken down into very small parts by a natural process

4.  ________________________________________: (n) a drug that is used to kill harmful bacteria and to cure infections

5.  ________________________________________: (n) a biological or chemical substance or situation that is dangerous to human beings and the environment

6. ________________________________________: (n) a watch or clock that measures time precisely

7. ________________________________________: (adj) arranged in the order that things happened or came to be; using time as a measurement

8. ________________________________________: (n) a description of events in the order they happened

9._________________________________________: (adj) continuing or occurring again and again for a long time; happening or existing frequently or most of the time

10. _______________________________________:  (v) to cause things to agree in time or to make things happen at the same time and speed

Grammar: parts of speech: verbs, progressive verbs, order of adjectives

Reading Skills: nonfiction/biography

Social Studies: The 13 Colonies/British Colonial America/American Revolution

Science:

Math:

Multiplication & Division of

Whole Numbers

MATH HOMEWORK:  Students have one column of math problems daily.

2 digit by 2 Digit Multiplication and

Partial Quotient Division

Extra Practice on these skills- in Little G Math Book- pages 43-50, 57-64 (not required.)     REFLEX.com for Fact Practice!

Upcoming Events:

11/13 Cook/Dyer Chattanooga Trip! 🚌

11/14 Cookie dough pick up (4-5:30)

11/15 Chick-fil-A All Pro Dads 7:15 (RSVP)

11/17 SnoCone Sales

11/20 Craft Day (more info to come)

11/22-26 THANKSGIVING BREAK

12/6 Wonder movie trip

12/12 Writing @ 1:30/class party @ 2:00

12/15 Early Release- Begin Christmas Break

Extra Practice at IXL:

LA D22-23; F4;  B.1-10;  A.1-7; J; K; X3-9

Math E1-E10 (Division)

SS A4-12

Science C2-C3

This Week: Nov. 6-10

Spelling AND Vocabulary: Greek Roots 🌊  hydra ☔ and 🔊 phon📱

Each week, students are expected to know what the words mean, be able to use them, and be able to spell them for their test on Friday.  Your spelling test Friday will have 20 words: this week’s words plus some of the previous weeks’ words.  Your vocabulary test will use these words plus may include review words.

Monday: Write spelling words in agenda and complete vocabulary match.

Tuesday-Wednesday: Work on your spelling and/or vocabulary choice extra credit if completing (due Thursday).

Thursday: Study this week’s words and review previous weeks’ words!  Finish cursive practice (on the back of the language review sheet).  If possible, take a practice spelling and vocabulary test, either on paper or at www.spellingcity.com. (LOGIN THROUGH CLEVER!)

dehydrated hydrant hydrate hydraulic hydroplane

homophone microphone phonics saxophone symphony

1. ________________________________________: (n) a pipe in or near the street that provides water, especially for putting out fires

2. ________________________________________: (v) to add water or moisture to something; to supply something with water

3.  ________________________________________: (adj) the state in which a large amount of water has been lost or removed from the body or from food

4.  ________________________________________: (v) to slide on a wet road because a thin layer of water on the road causes the tires to lose contact with it

5.  ________________________________________: (adj) operating by the pressure of a fluid

6. ________________________________________: (n) a long piece of music that is usually in four large, separate sections and is performed by an orchestra or band; Beethoven composed many of these.

7. ________________________________________: (n) a word that is pronounced the same as another word but is different in meaning or spelling (e.g. sail and sale)

8. ________________________________________: (n) a musical instrument that has a curved metal tube and is played by blowing into a mouthpiece with a reed and pressing keys with your fingers

9._________________________________________: (n) a method of teaching people to read and pronounce words by learning the sounds of the letters, letter groups, and syllables

10. _______________________________________:  (n) a device into which people speak or sing in order to record their voices or to make them sound louder

Grammar: parts of speech: verbs, progressive verbs, order of adjectives

Reading Skills: plot, characterization; biography

Social Studies: The 13 Colonies/British Colonial America

Science:

Math:

Multiplication & Division of

Whole Numbers

2 digit by 2 digit multiplication

Extra Practice on these skills- in Little G Math Book- pages 79-88 (not required.)MATH HOMEWORK:  Students have one column of math problems daily.

Upcoming Events:

11/7 Spirit wear orders due

11/10 Bake Sale

11/13 Cook/Dyer Chattanooga Trip! 🚌

11/14 Cookie dough pick up (4-5:30)

11/15 Chick-fil-A All Pro Dads 7:15

11/17 SnoCone Sales

11/20 Craft Day (more info to come)

11/22-26 THANKSGIVING BREAK

IXL: LA D22-23; F4;  B.1-10;  A.1-7; J; K; X3-9;

Math D2, D4, D10,  A10-11

SS A4-12