Week 32: April 16-20

*Pizza snack order forms are due no later than this Thursday, 4/19!

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Week 29: March 19-23, 2018

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Week 23: Feb. 5-9

Spelling AND Vocabulary: Greek Roots  🐶  vit/viv and struct 🔨

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.

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

Tuesday-Thursday: Work on your cursive practice.  Spelling and/or vocabulary choice extra credit if completing are due by 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!)

survival vitality vital vitamin vivacious

construction destructive instruct reconstruct structure

1. ________________________________________: (n) a natural substance that is usually found in foods that helps

your body to be healthy; a pill containing vitamins

2. ________________________________________: (n) the state or fact of continuing to live or exist, especially in

spite of difficult conditions

3.  ________________________________________: (adj) absolutely necessary or important; essential

4.  ________________________________________: (n) a lively or energetic quality; the power or ability of

something to continue to live, be successful, etc.

5.  ________________________________________: (adj) happy and lively in a way that is attractive

6. ________________________________________: (n) the way something is built, arranged, or organized;

something that is built by putting parts together and likely

stands on its own

7. ________________________________________: (v) to teach someone a subject or skill; to give someone an

order or command

8. ________________________________________: (n) the act or process of building something such as a house or

a road; the way something is built or made

9._________________________________________: (adj) causing a large amount of damage; causing destruction

or harm

10. _______________________________________:  (v) to rebuild something damaged or destroyed; to find out

and describe or show the way an event or series of events

happened

Reading Skills: fantasy	Grammar: parts of speech: verbs, progressive verbs, modal auxiliary verbs; adverbs; relative adverbs and adjectives; order of adjectives; interjections; punctuating dialogue; writing
Math: Simplest Form Finding Common Denominators Adding and Subtracting Fractions MATH HOMEWORK:  Students have one column of math problems daily. REFLEX.com for Fact Practice! (Keep practicing Multi-digit Multiplication And Division.)
Social Studies: The Constitution and Bill of Rights	Science: Light
Upcoming Events: 2/12  Valentine-grams due if participating 2/14  Valentine’s Day 2/16  NO SCHOOL for students 2/19  MAKE-UP SCHOOL DAY (not a holiday) 2/27  Picture Day 3/1     Last day for yearbook sales *Weekly language/cursive reviews and weekly math reviews are due every Friday!	Extra Practice at IXL: LA G; C9-11; D3-5; M6; D22-23; F4;  B.1-10;  A; J; K; X3-9 Math Q1-Q14 (Building Fractions) SS K

Week 22: Jan. 29-Feb. 2

Spelling AND Vocabulary: Greek Roots  📬  mit/mis and spec 🔍

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.

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

Tuesday-Thursday: Work on your cursive practice.  Spelling and/or vocabulary choice extra credit if completing are due by 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!)

dismiss mission omit submit transmit

inspect perspective prospect spectator speculate

1. ________________________________________: (n) a task or job that someone is given to do; a specific military

or naval task

2. ________________________________________: (v) to send (information, sound, etc.) in the form of electrical

signals to a radio, television, or computer

3.  ________________________________________: (v) to send someone away; to cause or allow someone to leave

early; to decide not to think about or consider something

or someone

4.  ________________________________________: (v) to give (a document or piece of writing) to someone to be

considered or approved; to turn in

5.  ________________________________________: (v) to leave out someone or something; to not include

someone or something

6. ________________________________________: (n) a person who watches an event, show, game, activity,

sometimes as part of an audience

7. ________________________________________: (v) to consider something and make guesses about it; to form

ideas or theories about something when there are many

things not known about it

8. ________________________________________: (n) the possibility that something will happen in the future; an

opportunity for something to happen

9._________________________________________: (n) a way of thinking about and understanding something such

as a particular issue or life in general; two sides to an

event, etc.

10. _______________________________________:  (v) to look at something carefully in order to learn more about

it or find flaws or problems; to officially visit a school, hospital, restaurant, or the like to see if rules and/or laws are being followed

Reading Skills: fantasy	Grammar: parts of speech: verbs, progressive verbs, modal auxiliary verbs; adverbs; relative adverbs and adjectives; order of adjectives; interjections; punctuating dialogue; writing
Math: Simplest Form Finding Common Denominators Adding and Subtracting Fractions MATH HOMEWORK:  Students have one column of math problems daily. REFLEX.com for Fact Practice! (Keep practicing Multi-digit Multiplication And Division.)
Social Studies: Three Branches of Government	Science: Light
Upcoming Events: 1/30   Valentine Candy-Grams & Animal-Grams go on sale- info/order sheet in folder! 2/2 100th day of school!  Unicorn hot chocolate sale $1 2/12 Valentine-grams due if participating 3/1 Last day for yearbook sales *Weekly language/cursive reviews and weekly math reviews are due every Friday!	Extra Practice at IXL: LA C9-11; D3-5; M6; D22-23; F4;  B.1-10;  A; J; K; X3-9 Math Q1-Q14 (Building Fractions) SS K6

Week 20: Jan. 16-19

Spelling AND Vocabulary: Greek Roots 🏈  ject and ✎ scrib/script 🖊

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.

Tuesday: Write spelling words in agenda and complete vocabulary match.
Tuesday-Thursday: Work on your cursive practice.  Spelling and/or vocabulary choice extra credit
if completing are due by 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!)

eject project reject injection interjection

descriptive manuscript prescription scribble transcribe

1. ________________________________________: (n) a spoken word, phrase, or sound that expresses sudden
or strong feeling; a spoken word, phrase, or sound “thrown into” a sentence

2. ________________________________________: (n) the act or process of forcing (“throwing”) a liquid into
something; the act or process of forcing a liquid medicine or drug into someone by using a special
needle

3.  ________________________________________: (v) to push something out; to force someone to leave

4.  ________________________________________: (v) to refuse to believe, accept, or consider something

5.  ________________________________________: (v) 1. to cause light, a picture, or a movie to appear on a
surface; 2. to plan, calculate, or estimate something for a time in the future.

6. ________________________________________: (adj) giving information about how something or someone
looks, sounds, etc.; describing with words what

7. ________________________________________: (v) to write something quickly and in a way that makes it
difficult to read; to draw lines and shapes that have no particular meaning in a quick and
careless way

8. ________________________________________: (n) the original copy of a play, book, or piece of music
before it has been printed/published

9._________________________________________: (v) to make a written copy; to write down something that
is spoken

10. _______________________________________:  (n) a written message from a doctor that officially
authorizes someone to use a medicine treatment; a medicine or drug that a doctor has authorized
someone to use

Grammar: parts of speech: verbs, progressive verbs, modal auxiliary verbs; adverbs;
relative adverbs and adjectives; order of adjectives; interjections; punctuating dialogue

Reading Skills: fantasy

Social Studies: A New Nation and Government

Science: Light

Math:

Equivalent Fractions, Simplest Form, Finding Common Denominators

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

REFLEX.com for Fact Practice!

(Keep practicing Multi-digit Multiplication

And Division.)   

Upcoming Events:

1/15  MLK HOLIDAY

1/17 Chick-fil-A All Pro Dads (7:30 AM)

1/30  100th day of school!

*Weekly language/cursive reviews and weekly math reviews are due every Friday!

Extra Practice at IXL:

LA D3-5; M6; D22-23; F4;  B.1-10;  A; J; K; X3-9

Math P5-P10 (Equivalent Fractions)

SS K3-4; A4-12; B1-8