March 28, 2011

I hope you have been enjoying your 1 week of spring break!

March 31, and April 1 are both half days for parent/teacher conferences. Your child has already taken home paperwork regarding those conferences.

The permission slips and money for the field trip to the Child's Play Theater, are due April 1.

Test Schedule:

Wednesday-----Reading, The Red Badge of Courage
Friday-----------Spelling
Friday-----------Language, Adverbs

Spelling List:

ignore
ignorant
ignorance
plain
plane
generally
hoarse
music
musician
interfere
interference
message
messenger
icicle
leader
leadership
indicate
indication
grateful
heir
gather
identify
identified
inherit
pigeon

March 14, 2011

Last week of the third quarter! Time is flying! Before you know it, we will be taking our AIMS tests.

Book Report is due Tuesday, March 15.

Wednesday, March 16, half day.

Field Trip permission slip and money is due April 1,2011.

I will be setting up Parent/Teacher conferences for those students in need of parent contact.

TEST SCHEDULE:

Friday----Math, Standard Measures (linear and capacity)
Friday----Spelling
No Reading Test!!

Spelling List:

ceremony
excel
describe
establish
elegant
excellent
approaches
delicious
emperor
calculate
ancient
established
apiece
described
drop
attorney
disappear
dropped
attack
anyone
balance
concealed
calculation
central
establishment

March 7, 2011

I will not be in on Monday, March 7th. Mrs. Heldman will be our very capable substitute for the day. Work as usual!

Test Schedule:

Wednesday----Language, Persuasive Paragraph
Friday----Spelling
Friday----Reading, "Fly Traps"

Vocabulary Words: carnivorous, victim, boggiest, accidentally, chemicals, fertilizer, dissolve.

Spelling Words:

issue
tissue
receive
agree
agreement
achieve
achieves
acquire
elaborate
major
majority
unfortunate
mere
senate
senator
senatorial
suggest
necessary
necessity
respect
respectful
respectfully
divide
citizen
city

February 28, 2011

Testing Schedule:

Wednesday----AZ History Chapter 7,8, and "The Lost Dutchman's Mine"
Wednesday----Math, Congruent, Symmetry
Friday----------Spelling
Friday----------Reading, "In My Family"

Vocabulary for reading story: barbecue, chile, mesquite, accordion, confetti, and culture.

Spelling List for week of Feb. 28 through March 4

ascend
ascent
descend
descent
circumstance
scene
scenery
expense
develop
envelop
envelope
response
responsible
scissors
circumference
difficult
difficulty
circle
foreign
apply
application
final
finally
material
science

February 22, 2011

No School Monday, Feb. 21.

Progress Reports went home last Friday. Please sign and return both pages with your child as soon as possible.

We did not take our math test last Friday due to not having everything covered as well as I would have liked. I want all the students to feel comfortable with the new concepts of geometry. We will take it on Wednesday.

Test Schedule:

Wednesday----Math Chapter 13, 1, 2, & 3 dimensional shapes.
Friday----------Spelling
Friday----------Reading, "Blue Willow"

Vocabulary Words: sulkily, certainty, indifferent, undoubtedly, heartily, protruded, and loathe.

Spelling List:

succeed
probable
consideration
colony
earliest
meant
sure
assure
wreath
tough
mean
whistle
wrestling
straight
colonial
probably
wrestle
early
wholesome
relief
distinguish
whistling
occupy
colonies
television

February 14, 2011

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARIZONA! Our state turns 99 years old on February 14th.

Wednesday is a half day, 12:45 dismissal.

Progress reports go home this Friday, February 18th.

Test Schedule:

Friday----Math Chapter 13, One and Two Dimensional Figures
Friday----Reading "Saguaro Cactus"
Friday----Spelling
Friday----Language Pronouns

Vocabulary Words: habitat, teeming, perch, nectar, brush, spiny, topple, and decomposes.

Spelling List for week of February 14, 2011:

stationary
stationery
lilly
slipped
mass
handful
realize
ninety
massive
growth
hymn
hardly
severe
sneeze
lilies
stomach
metal
medal
investigation
slip
involved
reign
involve
medicine

February 7, 2011

February Scholastic book orders went home last week. Orders are due Tuesday.

Thank you Jerome, Krissy, and Eric for bringing in tissue boxes!

Test Schedule:

Friday---Math Chapter 23, Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Friday---Spelling
Friday---Reading "A Very Important Day"

Vocabulary Words: petitioners, certificate, examiner, enrich, apologized, obliged, and resounded.

Spelling List:

discovery
determined
chimney
favor
fuel
fought
favorable
error
err
electric
electrician
compete
discover
exact
deceive
determination
discoveries
genuine
favorite
electrical
electricity
discoveries
chair
exceptions
determine
entered