Weekly Info: May 14-18

This week:
5/15 4th Grade end-of-year party @ Meeks (10-1; parent involvement at noon): Please bring a beach towel to sit on.  Students may bring soft outdoor toys (Nerf-style) or whiffle-style toys.
5/16 STEM Day in Mrs. Cook's room
5/17 Spring Fling yearbook signing (more info Wednesday due to weather); please RSVP for class cookout on 5/21
5/18 Sparkle & Shine Day

Next week:
5/21 Circus Day; class cookout at Meeks @ 6PM
5/22 Camp Out
5/23 4th Field Day (12-2)
5/24 Water Day
5/25 Last day; talent show; early release!

Week 35: May 4-11

Click HERE for the weekly info sheet!  Spelling and vocabulary has been loaded into Spelling City (although it seemed to be down this afternoon for some reason.)

Don't forget to wear sneakers Friday for our field trip to the Experiment Station.  Sunscreen and bug spray might be good to add to your morning routine on Friday.  Also, there will NOT be a Sno Cone fundraiser on Friday after all.

5/3-4

Students have worked VERY hard to be successful on their Milestones!  Thursday is the final math test.  Keep going strong!  We will have a reward PJ party on Friday.  Feel free to send in board games and a special individual drink and/or snack.  Also, there will be a bake sale Friday ($1 items).

Week 34: MILESTONES TESTING (4/30-5/4)

Milestones testing begins Monday with ELA 1. Please help your child get a good night's sleep all week and make sure they eat a good breakfast (either at home or at school). Thank you for your help and support! Tuesday is ELA 2 & 3, Wednesday is Math 1, andThursday is Math 2. We have some fun rewards planned each afternoon for students who DO THEIR BEST on the test! They are going to rock the Milestones!

Click HERE for all of this week's info.

Week 32: April 16-20

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

Click HERE to view this week's Weekly Info sheet.  Spelling and vocabulary words are also available on SpellingCity.com. 

Book Club 3/22

Our Westward Expansion Book Club will NOT be meeting tomorrow, 3/22, because Mrs. Dyer still has jury duty.  We will meet one day next week (date to be decided soon).  Thanks for understanding.

Week 29: March 19-23, 2018

Click HERE to see this week's "Weekly Info" sheet.  (Please let me know if you prefer this format or the direct posting on the blog.  I know that sometimes the direct posting doesn't format very well.)

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 19: Jan. 8-12

Week 19, Jan. 8-12, 2018

Spelling AND Vocabulary: Greek Roots 🌎  geo and grad/gres

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.

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

Thursday-Wednesday: Work on your cursive practice.  Spelling and/or vocabulary choice extra credit if completing are due by Thursday, 1/11.

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!)

geoponics geography geothermal geographic geologist

gradual regress degrade graduate progressive

1. ________________________________________: (n) a person who studies rocks and soil in order to learn about the history of the Earth

2. ________________________________________: (n) the art or science of agriculture

3.  ________________________________________: (adj) of, or relating to the natural features, population, industries, etc., of a region

4.  ________________________________________: (n) the natural features, population, industries, etc., of a region

5.  ________________________________________: (adj) of, relating to, or using the natural heat produced inside the Earth

6. ________________________________________: (adj) moving or changing in small amounts; happening in a slow way over a long period of time

7. ________________________________________: (v) to earn a degree or diploma from a school, college, or university; to move from one level to a higher level

8. ________________________________________: (adj) moving forward; using or interested in new or modern ideas

9._________________________________________: (v) (1) to treat something or someone poorly and without respect. (2) to make the quality of something worse.

10. _______________________________________:  (v) to return to an earlier and usually worse or less-developed condition or state

Grammar: parts of speech: verbs, progressive verbs, modal auxiliary verbs; order of adjectives; punctuating dialogue

Reading Skills: fantasy

Social Studies: A New Nation and Government

Science: Light

Math:

Equivalent Fractions

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

REFLEX.com for Fact Practice!

(Keep practicing Multi-digit Multiplication

And Division.)

Upcoming Events:

1/8  Georgia Bulldog Spirit Day

1/9  Sign & return report cards; keep

benchmark letters

1/10 Chick-fil-A All Pro Dads (7:30)

1/12  Sp/Voc tests: geo & grad/gres

1/15  MLK HOLIDAY

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

Extra Practice at IXL:

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

Math P5-P10 (Equivalent Fractions)

SS A4-12; B1-8

Happy 2018!

Welcome back and happy 2018!  We've had a great first day back!  Please dress very warmly tomorrow in layers with coats, hats, and gloves is possible. 

This week's spelling & vocabulary (geo and grad/gres words) are already loaded into SpellingCity.com and the weekly info sheet will be coming soon.  Students will test on this set of words NEXT Friday, 1/12.

The New Year's ELA Review sheet is due THIS FRIDAY.

ALL MAKE UP/LATE WORK must be turned in Thursday.  Thank you for your help and understanding with this!

Week 16: Dec. 4-8

Spelling AND Vocabulary: Greek Roots 🌋  rupt and meter/metr 📏

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!)

corrupt disruptive erupt interrupt rupture

barometer diameter optometry perimeter symmetry

1. ________________________________________: (n) a crack or break in something; a break or tear in a part of the body

2. ________________________________________: (v) to cause (someone or something) to become dishonest or immoral; to cause a change for the worse

3.  ________________________________________: (adj) causing something to be unable to continue in the normal way; interrupting the normal progress or activity of something

4.  ________________________________________: (v) to cause something to stop happening for a time; to ask questions or say things while another person is speaking

5.  ________________________________________: (v) to send out rocks, ash, lava in a sudden explosion; to happen or begin suddenly and violently

6. ________________________________________: (n) the quality of something that has two sides or halves that are the same or very close in size, shape, and position

7. ________________________________________: (n) the distance through the center of a circle or sphere from one side to the other

8. ________________________________________: (n) the outside edge of an area or surface; the total length of lines that form a shape

9._________________________________________: (n) the profession of examining people’s eyes to find out if they need eyeglasses or medical treatment

10. _______________________________________:  (n) an instrument that is used to measure air pressure and predict changes in the weather

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