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

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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

4.10 Weekly Info (*CPA too!)

Spelling AND Vocabulary: Greek Roots graph and photo

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 uses 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!  If possible, take a practice spelling and vocabulary test, either on paper or at www.spellingcity.com. (LOGIN THROUGH CLEVER!)

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photograph photon photosynthesis telegraph telephoto

1. ________________________________________: (n) the signature of a famous person

2. ________________________________________: (n) a part of a piece of writing that deals with one subject,

begins on a new line, and is made up of one or more

sentences

3.  ________________________________________: (n) a shiny, black substance that is used in pencils

4.  ________________________________________: (n) an outdated system of sending messages over long

distances by using wires and electrical signals

5.  ________________________________________: (n) pictures or words painted or drawn on walls, buildings,

etc.

6. ________________________________________: (n) a paper copy of a document or picture that is made with a

special machine

7. ________________________________________: (n) the process by which a green plant turns water and carbon

dioxide into food when the plant is exposed to light

8. ________________________________________: (n) a picture made by a camera

9.________________________________________: (n) a lens for a camera that makes far away objects appear to be

closer

10. ________________________________________:  (n) a tiny particle of light or electromagnetic radiation

Grammar: parts of speech: nouns; punctuation: comma usage

Reading Skills: story elements & figuarative language

Social Studies: European Explorers: Columbus, Cabot, Balboa, & Cartier

IXL: ELA B.1-10, A.1-7, K section; Math W, X, Y, & Z

(In case you’d like to practice at home, these are our focus standards.)

Science:

Upcoming Events:

To schedule a conference, please go to either:  calendly.com/jesscook/conf for Mrs. Cook’s homeroom students or to https://calendly.com/hdyer/conf  for Mrs. Dyer’s homeroom students.

10/12 CPA REPORT DUE!

10/14-22 FALL BREAK!

10/26 CPA in-class presentations

10/27 Book Character Day

10/31 CPA for the judges!

CPA Info:

CPA reports are due no later than this Thursday, 10/12.  Please time yourself reading your speech aloud and include the time at the end of your report.  If your time is less than 4 minutes, you do not yet have enough information and need to research and add more.

Over Fall Break, practice, practice, practice your speech!  Try to present to as many people as possible.  Grandparents, aunts and uncles, and family friends are all great audiences.  Your pets are good listeners too!  Practice!

On Thursday, 10/26, bring your speech and visual aids (poster, trifold, props, etc.) to school for in-class practice.  This is a “dress rehearsal” though you don’t need to dress up.  We will provide feedback on your performance so that you can continue to improve until you present to the judges on Tuesday, October 31.

Math: Measurement

-Addition and Subtraction

MATH HOMEWORK:  Students have one column of math problems daily, Monday-Thursday.  They get class time to work on them, so their homework is ONLY what they do not finish.

Summer Online Practice

Dear Families,

We wanted to provide you with some recommended websites your child can use over the summer to keep current with his or her skills. S/he can access these free websites on either a computer or mobile device and learn while having fun!

Sites for independently practicing skills

MobyMax: Personalized learning for every K-8 subject with lots of built in student motivation so kids enjoy practicing. Students take a placement test and then receive practice in the skills they need help with.

ReadTheory: Reading comprehension practice for grades 1-12 reading level.  Available on desktop and mobile.

Epic: thousands of high quality books for gr K-5 that can be read on any device, with personalized recommendations based on reading levels and interests. There is a small monthly fee for parents/home use.  Students should be able to use their usual log in here for free.

Prodigy: math practice in all major topics for grades 1-8. Student progress is reported back to you in real time, and the activities are highly engaging. Kids love Prodigy!

TenMarks Education: differentiated math practice for grades 1-12 that’s very helpful for standardized test prep.

IXL: mostly rote skill practice and timed drills in math, ELA, science, and social studies for PreK-12. It’s easy to find the specific standard you want your child to work on.

Khan Academy: K-12 interactive exercises and tutorials for a wide array of subjects. Your child will have a custom learning dashboard that lets him or her practice skills based on the individual level. Students can see how they’re doing and also receive fun rewards along the way like badges and points.

NCTM Illuminations: K-12 activities and games for nearly every math topic.

Sites for fun educational games

ABCMouse: fun online practice for a wide variety of skills and subject areas for grades PreK-2.

ABCya: K-5 ELA and math games, as well as various other topics (both educational and just for fun.) There’s also a large collection of games available as apps.

Sheppard Software: has top-quality games for every subject spanning PreK-8. Fun and easy to use. There are ads on the site, so be sure to remind your child not to click on anything to the left or right of the game.

PBS Kids: great for younger students. There are educational and just-for-fun games, which you can sort by subject area and skill. Be warned that some games are premium and require a subscription. I also recommend the PBS CyberChase collection of math games.

FunBrain: makes the list because kids return to the site again and again even when they have the choice to play non-educational games. The online books and comics addition is wonderful. It’s not the easiest site for kids to navigate independently if they’re looking for a specific game, but that’s mostly because there’s so much there.

BBC UK: features a kid-friendly landing page which makes learning look like all fun and games, or use the schools-games page which organizes activities by subject area.

Utah Education Network: a curated collection of free useful and developmentally appropriate games from all over the web. Look in the sidebar on the righthand side and click K-2, 3-6, or 7-12 interactives.

BrainPOP’s GameUp: highly vetted free educational games for K-12 on a variety of topics. BrainPOP’s collection focuses on higher-level thinking skills and critical thinking rather than rote practice and include topics such as coding and STEM skills.  Students should remember our school log in code for full access.

Learning Games Network: Lengthy critical thinking games for grades 5-12 where students apply skills across the curriculum in meaningful, video-game like contexts.

Manga High: twenty original math games for grades 5-12. Create a free account to play, or  purchase a subscription to get analytics on student game play.

Content-specific educational games

Vocabulary Spelling City: the best site for engaging, differentiated practice with spelling and vocabulary (use the built-in sets of words or help your child develop his or her own list!)  Again, students should be able to log in here as usual.

Electric Company: high quality and engaging  phonics, vocabulary and reading games for K-3.

PlayPower: grades 1-5 math aligned with Common Core and available in app versions.

Hooda Math: is an up-and-coming site for gaming that also has a separate section for interactive whiteboard games. There are also some PDF worksheets for some of the games and some math tutorials for grades 3-7.

Quill: It’s not easy to gamify proofreading, editing, and writing, but Quill does an excellent job for grades 5-12.

Classroom Inc: These ELA games for grades 6-12 (targeted at grades 9-10) put research, interview, and writing skills within a real world content in these in-depth games.

Numbaland: some grades 3-8 math games; they’re perfect for projecting on your whiteboard to use during instruction.

NCTM’s Calculation Nation: challenging, fun games for gr. 3-8 math

Explore Learning (Gizmos): grades 3-12 math and science interactive activities and games searchable by skill and standard.

iCivics: every civics/history/government teacher who works with grades 5-12 should check out these amazing simulations and games

Tynker: coding games for kids in grades K-12

Learning Games Lab: engaging, in-depth games on unique topics from elementary and middle schoolers, including food safety, water conservation, and more. Science teachers should check out the virtual labs and math teachers should check out Math Snacks and Monster School Bus.

Taking IT Global: grades 6-12; seriously in-depth games on important real-world topics

NOAA: a wide range of grades 2-7 life science and environmental science games

We hope that you have a wonderful summer!  We are already looking forward to 4th grade next year! Keep in touch!

Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Dyer