ELA:
Selection: 'A Gift from the Heart'
Grammar- Quotation Marks
Spelling- Suffixes -ful, -ly, and -ion
Spelling Words: careful, tasteful, lonely, powerful, suggestion, peaceful, recently, extremely, certainly, wisely, harmful, monthly, yearly, successful, playful, thoughtful, actually, pollution, correction, eagerly
Challenge Words: separation, description, immediately, suspenseful, completely
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 427
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday- Study for test
Math: We will spend some time on Geometry before the end of the year.
Social Studies: We are finishing up the Midwest region and will finish the year looking at the West!
Religion- We will have a quiz on the second, third, fourth and fifth Commandments before we mover on to Commandments 7, 8 and 10.
Finally, we have some warm weather! Please remember to send a reusable water bottle into school with your child each day.
ELA:
Selection: Tia Lola
Grammar- Commas
Spelling- Suffixes
Spelling Words: countless, payment, goodness, fairness, hopeless, treatment, statement, breathless, restless, enjoyment, pavement, flawless, tireless, amazement, amusement, greatness, punishment, timeless, needless, painless
Challenge Words: announcement, appointment, requirement, awkwardness, expressionless
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 416
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday- Study for test
Math: We are continuing our study of Decimals. We will be comparing decimals and then moving into addition, subtraction and division of decimals..
Religion: Student groups presented The Ten Commandments last week.
We will be reviewing the information we learned from each group and create a study guide. Students will be quizzed on the information.
Social Studies: We are finishing up the Southwest region and will begin looking at the Midwest states.
Science- Tuesday is hatch day! Hoping for a successful and healthy hatch.
Field Day is Friday, May 31 Please return the permission slip ASAP so that t-shirt may be ordered.
ELA:
Selection: Jim Thorpe's Bright Path
Grammar- Capitalizations and Abbreviations
Spelling- Prefixes
Spelling Words: misplace, nonsense, prepay, repack, misfortune, remove, precook, nonstop, recover, reseal, misbehavior, reunion, nonfiction, rebound, prejudge, readjust, misprint, nonprofit, nonstick
Challenge Words: precaution, misinterpret, mispronounce, noncommittal, reconstruct, reorganize
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 405
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday- Study for test
Math: We are beginning Decimals. We will be looking at place value and then comparing decimals.
Religion: Student groups will begin presenting The Ten Commandments this week.
Social Studies: We have begun the Southwest region and will have our map quiz on Thursday..
Science: We continue to learn about animals as we approach hatch day for our chicken eggs. We candled the eggs and all look viable at this point. All six of our Painted Lady caterpillars have completed metamorphphosis! We have 6 beautiful butterflies!
We had a fantastic visit with our friends at Immaculate! We are hoping to have them come visit us in the near future!
Tuesday- Visit to Immaculate Conception. Students should be dressed in full dress uniform.
ELA:
Selection: My Brother Martin
Grammar- Conjunctions
Spelling- Schwa
Spelling Words: stomach, memory, Canada, element, mystery, science, remember, forget, suppose, iron, gravel, difficult, fortune, giant, architect, normal, notify, privilege, cement, yesterday
Challenge Words: ridiculous, syllable, magnificent, asparagus, cinnamon
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 394
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday- Study for test
Math: We are finishing our study of fractions and will be testing on Chapter 9 on Tuesday.
Religion: We have begun our study of The Ten Commandments. Students are working in groups on presentations of The Commandments.
Social Studies: We are finishing the Southeast region and will begin the Southwest on Thursday..
Science: We are learning about animals with backbones as we lead up to Project Chick. Our Painted Lady caterpillars are now in chrysalis. We will soon have butterflies!
Tuesday- Spring Picture Day and Project Chick begins.
Friday- First Friday Mass- Students need to be in full dress uniforms with sweaters
Please send in signed permission slips for our visit to Immaculate Conception on May 7.
ELA:
Selection: Moonwalk
Grammar- Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Spelling- Related Words
Spelling Words: please, pleasant, breath, breathe, image, imagine, product, production, heal, health, triple, triplet, relate, relative, meter, metric, compose, composition, crumb, crumble
Challenge Words: origin, original, academy, academic, inspire, inspiration
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 369
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday- Study for test
Math: We are finishing our study of fractions and will be testing on Chapter 9 next week.
Religion: We have begun our study of The Ten Commandments. Students are working in groups on presentations of The Commandments.
Social Studies: We are finishing the Southeast region.
Science: We are learning about animals with backbones as we lead up to Project Chick. We have our Painted Lady caterpillars and are watching how quickly they grow from day to day!
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a fun and restful break and a Happy Easter!
ELA:
Selection: Antarctic Journal
Grammar- Time Order Words
Spelling- Latin Roots
Spelling Words: dictionary, abrupt, predict, import, locally, verdict, locate, portable, transport, bankrupt, dictate, location, erupt, passport, export, contradict, rupture, interrupt, disrupt, dislocate
Challenge Words: vindictive, portfolio, jurisdiction, corruption, interruption
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 358
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday- Study for test
Math: We are continuing our study of fractions including improper fractions, adding mixed numbers and adding and subtracting fractions with unalike denominators.
Religion: We have begun our study of The Ten Commandments
Social Studies: We are finishing the Northeast and will begin our study of the Southeast.
Science: We are learning about animals with backbones as we lead up to Project Chick next week.
Hunger Walk- Thursday- Students must have signed Permission Slip in order to walk.
Stations of the Cross- Friday at 10am
ELA:
Selection: Cliff Hanger
Grammar- Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs
Spelling- Greek Word Parts
Spelling Words: telephone, biography, telescope, photograph, microwave, diameter, barometer, microscope, headphones, microphone, autograph, microchip, telegraph, perimeter, paragraph, phonics, symphony, saxophone, periscope, megaphone
Challenge Words:stethoscope, xylophone, cacophony, microorganism, microbe
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 347
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday- Study for test
Math: We are reviewing Chapter 8 Fractions and will have a test on Tuesday. We will begin Ch. 9 this week.
Religion: We have begun our study of The Ten Commandments
Social Studies: We are finishing the Northeast and will begin our study of the Southeast this week.
First Friday Mass this Friday, April 5 at 10am- students should be in full dress uniform with sweater.
ELA:
Selection: Lost City
Grammar- Adverbs
Spelling- Double Consonants
Spelling Words: tomorrow, borrow, different, rabbit, written, bottle, ridden, odd, bubble, offer, suffer, slippers, grasshopper, worry, current, lettuce, saddle, matter, shudder, hobby
Challenge Words: Mississippi, recess, impossible, antennas, allowance
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 336
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday- Study for test
Math: We have begun Chapter 8 Fractions! We are learning about equivalent fractions, renaming fractions and mixed numbers this week.
Religion: We have begun our study of The Ten Commandments
Social Studies: We are learning about the Northeast and its early history.
Friday, March 29- Stations of the Cross 10am - students should be in full dress uniform with a sweater.
Please return signed Report Cards by Wednesday, March 27.
ELA:
Selection- Smokejumpers
Grammar- Adjectives and Articles
Spelling- Multisyllabic Words
Spelling Words: : reaction, prerecorded, incorrectly, incredibly, disobedient, disagreeable, refreshment, unbreakable, declaration, retirement, misdialed, undefined, unhappily, watchfully, gleefully, sportsmanship, repayment, questionable, displacement, midshipman
Challenge Words: multicultural, universally, understatement, outlandish, inflammable
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 325
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday- Study for test
Math: We have begun Chapter 8 Fractions! We are learning about equivalent fractions and renaming fractions this week.
Religion: We have begun our study of The Ten Commandments
Social Studies: We are learning about the Northeast. Students should be studying the geography of the NE and will be tested on Tuesday, March 26.
We're back! It's good to be home! Thanks to grade 4 students for helping me get our classroom in order! We should be able to get back to our normal routine now.
Wednesday, March 20- Dress Down Day in Spring colors!
ELA:
Selection- Encyclopedia Brown:The Case of the Slippery Salamander
Grammar- Contractions and Negatives
Spelling- Prefixes un-, dis-, in-
Spelling Words: distrust, uncertain, incomplete, unlikely, unfair, discontinue, unaware, disorder, discount, indirect, unopened, disrespect, unimportant, unlisted, disrepair, inability, disapprove, unsolved, disobey, unsuspecting
Challenge Words: disintegrate, disillusioned, unconscious, unappetizing, intolerant
Spelling Homework
Monday- Each missed word from Pre-test 5 times each
Tuesday- WB p. 300
Wednesday- ABC Order
Thursday- Study for test
Math: We have begun Chapter 8 Fractions!
Religion: We have begun our study of The Ten Commandments
Social Studies: We are learning about the Northeast. Students should be studying the geography of the NE and will be tested in the near future.