News for Week of Jan. 17-21

Reading: The Great Kapok Tree
Math: polygons, ordered pairs, probability, and multiplication and division
Language: irregular Verbs
Spelling: Monday: 3 x each Tuesday: Sentences
Wednesday: ABC order Thursday: Definitions
Friday: Unit test and turn in activities.
Science- Ch, 16
Important Dates to Remember:
Jan. 20—Reading test
Jan. 21—Science Ch. 16
Jan. 21—Spelling test, multiplication quiz all, and division 5’s quiz
Jan. 21—Simple Machine Project due—guidelines sent home Jan. 7

Spelling Words
1. its 11. hers
2. ours 12. theirs
3. mine 13. brother’s
4. yours 14. brothers’
5. family’s 15. teacher’s
6. families’ 16. teachers’
7. man’s 17. aunt’s
8. men’s 18. aunts’
9. girl’s 19. boy’s
10. girls’ 20. boys’

Snow Days

Hope that you have had as much fun playing in the snow as we have.




Don't forget to take some time and read. You may also want to work on your simple machine. It is due Friday, Jan. 21st.

Martin Luther King

Monday, Jan. 17 is Matin Luther King Day.
Research about Martin Luther King. Find out at least three ways he helped the people of Alabama. List this information and return it to school for 5 points on our next Alabama History Test.

Monday Math Mystery

Please read the word problem and solve it. Bring the solved problem back to school by Friday for extra point on an assignment in math this week. Be sure to show all of your work.

The Swinging Airplanes is one of the most popular rides at the carnival. It runs 48 times a day. The maximum number of people the ride can hold at a time is 9. How many people ride the Swinging Airplanes on a day if it is full each time it runs?

Math test

http://assessment.discoveryeducation.com/pas/schools/pz_test.php?GET_start=1&GET_instancekey=1928247

News for Week of Oct. 11

Reading: story this week ---Coyote School News
Math: Review of 4th grade skills for 1st nine weeks
Multiplication facts 8’s
Language: nouns: Descriptive Writing
Spelling: Monday: ABC Order
Tuesday: Definitions
Wednesday: Sentences
Thursday: 3 times each
Friday: Weekly test and turn in activities.
Alabama History—Chapter 3—TEST ON FRIDAY

Important Dates to Remember:
October 12th—PTO Open House
October 14th: 1st Nine weeks Math Benchmark test
October 15th: Multiplication Quiz 8’s
October 15th: Spelling Test
October 15th: Alabama History Ch. 3 Test
October 21st: Report Cards go home
This week’s goals: 100% of AR goal with at least 85% accuracy, 85% or better on reading selection test, 85% or better on multiplication facts

Spelling Words for the Week:

1. videos 11. radios
2. teeth 12. sheep
3. potatoes 13. cuffs
4. themselves 14. beliefs
5. lives 15. patios
6. leaves 16. banjos
7. cliffs 17. tornadoes
8. roofs 18. tomatoes
9. halves 19. hoofs
10. moose 20. loaves

NEWSLETTER FOR SEPT 20

Please make sure that your child returns his/her progress report on Monday.
Please continue working with your child on multiplication facts nightly.
They are working toward an ice cream party!!

By Sept. 24th, students should have 85% accuracy and 70% of their AR point goal.

SKILLS THIS WEEK
Reading: Review of Unit Concepts, Each class is working on a different chapter book.

Math: Chapter 3 Test. Chapter 4

Multiplication facts 6 *Test Friday

Language: Expository Writing

Spelling: Monday: ABC order

Tuesday: addition sentences ex. ten + one = eleven

Wednesday: sentences

Thursday: 3 x each

Friday: Unit test and turn in activities.

Science: Chapter 3 *Test Friday



Important Dates to Remember:

September 23rd : Reading Test

September 24th: x 6’s multiplication

September 24th: Spelling Test
September 24th---ALL FOUR SPELLING REQUIREMENTS ARE DUE

September 30th: Fall Pictures

October 4-8: Fall Break


Spelling Words for the Week:

1. eleven 11. thirty

2. twelve 12. forty

3. thirteen 13. fifty

4. fourteen 14. sixty

5. fifteen 15. seventy

6. sixteen 16. eighty

7. seventeen 17. ninety

8. eighteen 18. hundred

9. nineteen 19. thousand

10. twenty 20. million