Happy New Year!!

Classroom Supplies

We could really use some erasers for the pencils. The type that goes on the end of the pencils would be the best. The large pink ones that we brought are either all written upon or torn up. A pastime that makes them mostly unusable. And, we are almost out of pencils. We have plenty of notebook paper.

Upcoming Dates

Monday, January 17^th—No school for all grades!

Reading

We will be getting back in to novels this week. The students will have choices: 4^th grade: Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Anastasia Krupnik, or Superfudge. The 5^th grade choices will be: Maniac Magee, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, or The Trumpet of the Swan.

Language

Latin Word Root quiz is Thursday this week (scrib-write or written).

Math

Update soon

Science

We will begin with rocks and the rock cycle.

Social Studies

Update soon

Spelling

4^th and 5^th graders will now be taking spelling tests in cursive   and in blue or black ink pen. They may not use red ink on spelling tests. When studying with them, you may want to have them practice using pen and cursive.

4th grade spelling words Unit 16 Jan 3^rd -7^th Two syllable words ending in –y,

–ey, or -ie with a long e sound

BASIC: lonely, merry, steady, hungry, starry, melody, duty, drowsy, plenty, daily, eighty, empty, injury, turkey, valley, hockey, chimney, alley, movie, prairie

CHALLENGE: envy, fiery, mercy, discovery, mystery

REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY  A One-Person Band

performance, strum, banjo, lyrics, harmonica, cymbals, beat, tambourine

4th grade spelling words Unit 17 Jan 10^th – 14^th  Changing final –y to –I and adding a suffix

BASIC: hobbies, copied, countries, pitied, families, spied, ladies, studies, butterflies, tiniest, easier, laziest, happiest, friendlier, busier, breezier, prettiest, noisier, healthier, funniest

CHALLENGE: heaviest, categories, communities, multiplied, qualities

REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY  Tools

screwdriver, sandpaper, bolts, clamp, wrench, chisel, pliers, hinge

5th grade spelling words Unit 16 Jan 3^rd -7^th VV Pattern

BASIC: cruel, diet, ruin, trial, create, riot, dial, actual, patriot, museum, casual, pioneer, visual, realize, genuine, area, annual, audio, theater, violet

CHALLENGE: diagnose, media, appreciate, society, prior

REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY  The Color Wheel

indigo, aquamarine, vermilion, apricot, spectrum, hues, primary, complementary

5th grade spelling words Unit 17 Jan 3^rd -7^th final schwa + /l/ sounds

BASIC:  label, angel, level, channel, quarrel, central, legal, normal, local, global, whistle, puzzle, angle, needle, struggle, bicycle, stumble, article, pupil fossil

CHALLENGE: identical, vehicle, mineral, colonel, artificial

REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY  Geometry

polygons, rhombus, obtuse angle, acute angle, rectangle, right angle, triangle, hypotenuse