Newsletter for the week of December 7, 2009 THANK you soooo much for all the items you sent in for the soldiers! We are going to send some GREAT care packages. If your child would like to meet for the movie, "The Princess and the Frog", we will meet at Carmike for the 12:35 showing (I will be there at 12:25 to save some seates). The cost is $6.50 for children. If you'd like to stay, it's $7 for adults. The theater said the movie would be over at 2:35 (It's a looooong movie, huh?). Please email me tonight or tomorrow morning if your child is planning to come so I know how many seats to save. We have a language test on Monday (sorry)! I'm trying to wrap up all our units so I can close out grades. Students rocked on the SS test - all As and one B!
Spelling: focuses on homophones (One list only) Students will need to know the meanings of each homophone so they can use them correctly in sentences. RWB pages 251-253 will be taken as a grade on Friday. 1. hear (hear with your EAR) 2. here ( a place) 3. new (not old) 4. knew (knowledge) 5. its (shows ownership - Its paw was cut.) 6. it's (it is) 7. our (belonging to someone and you) 8. hour (60 min.) 9. there (a place) 10. their (shows ownership - their house) 11. they're (they are) 12. threw (to toss) 13. through (in one side and out the other) 14. sent (past tense of send) 15. scent (a fragrance or smell) 16. cent (one penny) 17. meat (meat you EAT) 18. meet (a competition or meet me at the mall) 19. piece (a part) 20. peace (tranquil or no fighting) No bonus words this week. (Students who take the regular list can play activities at www.eduplace.com to study the words if we're reading a regular story in the basal.)
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi awesome convinced disappeared discovered incredible impossible (Students can study eword game at www.eduplace.com if we're reading a regulary story in the basal.)
Topics of study: reading - literary elements and affixes language - pronouns math -multiplication/division and fractions social studies/science - marketing project
Upcoming quizzes/test: Monday - Unit 3 language test (study pg. 226-229) Wednesday/Thursday - Benchmark test Thursday - Spelling and Vocab/AR quiz
Important Dates: Friday, Dec. 18- Monday, Jan. 4- Christmas break Beginning of April - Field trip to 4-H camp in Greeneville, TN (It's an ALL day trip 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m)
