Newsletter Week 8 10/1-10/5

REMINDER: The Unit 2 performance is Friday, 10/5, at 1:45. Those who have speaking parts were sent home with their lines yesterday and today. Please be working on these lines so they are memorized by next week's performance rehearsals.

Please be checking folders for signed papers and forms- especially the field trip forms for Michael Farms to be returned Monday.

Friday, 10/5, the Jaywalkers are performing for a BDS fund raiser at Cooperstown.

Boxtops are due 10/1

Please download

"New Girl in Town (Liberty Porter, First Daughter)" 

by Julia DeVillers 

This Week:

Latin: There is a Latin test on Thursday

Language Arts: We will continue discussing Prefixes and Suffixes- primarily focusing on Suffixes this week. We did not take a quiz over prefixes this week and will just have a combined test of both prefixes and suffixes on Thursday.

Reading: We will be reading short stories on architecture and doing learning activities relating to them.

Math: We will be spending the next two weeks studying 3 digit addition and subtraction, rounding and estimating. There will be a test over the materials the week before Fall Break.

Science: We will be learning about recycling.

Spelling and Vocabulary:

 Spelling words and sentences:

• same
• tell
• blue
• true
• clue
• glue
• argue
• hero
• action
• influence
• The fast action of the hero saved the day!
• What would cause them to argue?

Vocabulary Words and Definitions 

• famous- to be well known by a lot of people
• frighten- to be scared
• reflect- to mirror, to show back, to show the image back by using water or a mirror
• slight- small, a small amount 
• wealthy- rich, having a lot of money 
• nibble- to take quick, small bites
• leap- to jump very far
• greedy- to want more than you have or need. To want more than your share of something 
• banner- a long sign which says something important 
• atlas- a flat map of the world, normally found in a book 

Dubai Research

http://www.rr-middleeast.oie.int/viewpage.asp?ID=236

http://www.jumeirah.com/Hotels-and-Resorts/Reiseziele/Dubai/Burj-Al-Arab/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Al_Arab

Newsletter Week 7 9/24-9/28

Math: Finish up our unit on money. There will be a test over money on Thursday, 9/27/12.

L.A.: Affixes; primarily focusing on prefixes this week.

Science: The Water Cycle

Reading: Finish reading "The Secret of the Painted House." There will be a test over the book on Friday, 9/28/12.

Spelling and Vocabulary: Focus on the spelling pattern: -ou-

 
Spelling words and sentences
▪ much
▪ before
▪ loud
▪ sound
▪ house
▪ shout
▪ count
▪ urban
▪ magnet
▪ suburban
▪ It can be too loud in an urban area.
▪ When you shout, your mouth is wide open.
Vocabulary Words and Definitions
▪ weeping willow- a big tree with drooping leaves that looks like grass.
▪ unlit- not lit, not on fire.
▪ protect- to guard yourself or something from harm
▪ shudder- for your body to shake with fear or from being cold.
▪ disappear- to go out of sight
▪ mournful- sounding very sad
▪ sneakers- tennis shoes
▪ oozed- to flow slowly
▪ grimy- slimy, sticky, dirty
▪ prickled- a tingling or prickling feeling- like when your foot falls asleep

Salmon Facts

http://www.cityofvancouver.us/watercenter.asp?waterid=24980&watersubid=27445

Games and Activities
http://www.ugglug.com/games/salmon.html

More Facts and info!
http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season2/salmon/facts.cfm

http://www.kidsbiology.com/animals-for-children.php?animal=Chinook%20Salmon

Newsletter Week 6 9/17-9/21

Dear Parents,
    Thank you for those of you who were able to help out with the field trip. I'm happy you were there. 

Math- Learn and practice money

Reading: Continue Reading "The Secret of the Painted House" 

Language Arts: Adverbs

Science: Life Cycle of the Fish

Spelling words and sentences:

• United States of America 
• through
• where
• was
• gold
• colt
• fold
• mold
• sold
• told
• Gold is a limited resource.
• Where can a parent get help?

Vocabulary Words and Definitions 

• padlock- a strong lock placed on a door to keep people from opening it
• rust- metal that has been turn to a red powder caused by continuously getting well
• rotten- old, soggy, not like it was when it was new
• shatter- to break something into many pieces that they fly in different directions 
• belong- to own, to have
• window frame- the wood that outlines the glass part of a window 
• jagged- uneven, rough edges that are normally formed when something breaks unevenly 
• palette- a plate used to hold different colors of paint for an artist
• polite- using good manners
• beg- to ask many times or in a needy voice

Money Activities

http://www.math-play.com/Money-Game/Money-Game.html

Newsletter Week 5 9/10-9/14

Dear Parents,
    Thank you for all your work with Grandparent's Day! It was wonderful meeting all of the students' grandparents.

Math- Finish up place value, ordinal numbers and comparing numbers with 4-digits. TEST ON WEDNESDAY 9/12/13

Reading: Please download "The Secret of the Painted Tree House" by Marion Dane Bauer to your iPad.

Language Arts: Adjectives

Spelling and Vocabulary:

▪     name

▪     sentence

▪     think

▪     right

▪     might

▪     high

▪     tight

▪     flight

▪     bright

▪     community

⁃                          I think the man might be my ancestor.

⁃                          Our things were in the third box.

Vocabulary Words and Definitions

▪     uncertain- not sure

▪     springing- bouncing

▪     sloped- to tilt downwardly slightly

▪     peer- to look closely

▪     emptied- to get rid of everything inside

Aesop's Fable In Class Friday

Click the Link below to read :)

http://www.kids-pages.com/folders/stories/Aesops_Fables/page7.htm

Thursday's Reading Homework

Please click the following link to read the fable for homework:

"The Fox and the Crow"

http://www.kids-pages.com/folders/stories/Aesops_Fables/page3.htm

U.S. Symbols

Click the link below to research U.S. symbols and what they stand for


http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/


Tours of our Nation

http://ahp.gatech.edu/dc_map.html

White House:
http://www.visitingdc.com/white-house/virtual-tour-white-house.htm

Capitol Building:
http://www.ga.wa.gov/visitor/virtualtour/tour.html

Wednesday Reading Homework

Click the link below to read about "The Ant and the Grasshopper."

http://www.kids-pages.com/folders/stories/Aesops_Fables/page1.htm

Aesop's Fables- In class

Click on the link below to read the fable:

http://www.longlongtimeago.com/llta_fables_lionmouse.html

http://aesop.pangyre.org/alphabetical.html