Newsletter Week 21 1/22-1/25

Reminder:

• There is NO school on Monday! Happy MLK day!!
• If you bring a dollar for a student council, students may wear P.J.'s on Friday, January 25!
• Student Council is doing a school wide project where students are writing letters to the troops. This will be a homework activity. Write this letter with your child. They are due January 31st. Please make sure they are spelled correctly, have proper punctuation and are neat. I will take this for a 50 point test grade in Language Arts. Thank you for supporting our troops and our student council as we embark on this new adventure together!    
• On Friday, 1/31/13 there is free dress for those who purchase SCRIP 

Math: Division

Reading: Continue with Amelia Earhart

Language Arts: Phonics: emphasis on digraphs and blends

Spelling and Vocabulary:

Focus on Final -th pattern

1. moth
2. sloth
3. breath
4. mouth
5. tooth
6. death
7. month
8. hour
9. minute
10. second

Spelling Dictation: 

1. I like to do mental math when I take a bath.

2. His tooth fell out of his mouth a second ago.

Vocabulary:

1. 1. display- laid out so everyone can look at it
2.    2. stunt- dangerous tricks
3.    3. loops- circles 
4.    4. altitude- height; how high something is in relation to the sea.
5.    5.  instruments- tools/gadgets that are attach to a machine/airplane/car which helps to tell the driver/pilot how fast, how high, how much fuel the equipment is in the machine. 
6.   6. cockpit- the place where the pilot sits to fly the plane. 
7.   7. attempt- to try to do something 
8.   8. fail- to break; to stop working 
9.   9. temporarily- for a short time, but not forever. 
10. 10. convertible- a car that has a roof that can go up and down.

Social Studies:

    The 7 Continents and Oceans around the world. 

The students will have a test where they will correctly label and spell the 7 Continents and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

The students will work with partners to complete a research project on one of the 7 Continents and present it to the class. In their research, students will provide information on: 

           The geography of the landscape, the weather patterns, the people, food and size of the Continent.