Newsletter Week 25 1/18-1/22

Requests:
   We are out of Clorox Wipes at school. If you would like to donate some, we would really appreciate it! Thank you!

Reminders:
   -Return signed papers and office forms
   - Lunch forms for March are due
   - Continue practicing math facts

Math: Multiplication Facts 6's, Continue division: Fact families- The relationship between multiplication and division.  This is a website which will give you extra insight into what we are learning: http://www.nutshellmath.com/textbooks_glossary_demos/demos_content/elem_relating_multiplication_and_division.html

Language Arts: Alphabetizing and sequencing

Reading: Please download "Pee Wee Scouts: Computer Clues" by Judy Delton

Social Studies: Continue with significant figures from the African-American community.

Spelling and Vocabulary:
Suffix- ly

1.  badly
2. madly
3. quickly
4. weekly
5. daily
6. gladly
7. proudly
8. loudly
9. softly
10. determine

1. Can you describe a simple pattern?

2. She stood up proudly, and she sang loudly. 

Vocabulary: 

1. basement- a room underneath a house; normally a room that is below ground, underneath the first floor of a house/building.
2. computer lab- a room where people work on computer projects
3. electronic mail- the long term for "email"
4. encyclopedia- a group of books that explain and describe different things, places and people all around the world. Each encyclopedia has information on things/people/places that start with one letter.  (encyclopedia "S" would have information of things that start with the letter "S")
5. taxicabs- also known as taxi; these are cars that are used for driving people to different places. The passenger pays the driver money- the shorter the ride, the cheaper the ride.
6. badge- a symbol that is put on clothes to show something has been accomplished
7. information superhighway- a quick way of sending and receiving many types of information by using the internet
8. impatient- to not have patience, to want to do something right away without having to wait.
9. hard drive- the part of the computer that keeps information that you have found or needed to make the computer run correctly.
10. delete- to erase, to get rid of