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Week of January 17 January 21, 2011 |
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Classroom Message
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Happy New Year!!
Specials Schedule: * Monday: Art and Library * Tuesday: Phys. Ed. and Spanish (only the second Tuesday of each month) * Wednesday: Music * Thursday: Spanish * Friday: Phys. Ed.
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* A new edition of the newsletter will be sent home with your child every Friday.
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Important Dates
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> 20 - Winter Concert @ 7:00 pm > 24 - International Festival Day > 24 - Birthday Club > 25 - PTO Mtg. @ 9:00 am & 7:00 pm > 27 - Board of Ed. Mtg. @ 7:30 pm > 28 - 6th Grade Spelling Bee
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Math
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What we are learning this week: We are reviewing place value and decimals.
Next test: Tuesday 1/25 |
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Science
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What we are learning this week: This week we will be comparing and contrasting the properties of rocks in Chapter 5.
Vocabulary:
**Next test: |
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Family Life
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What we are learning this week: In family life, we are focusing in being able to distinguish between the bullying and conflict. |
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Social Studies
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What we are learning this week: This week we will continue learning about the culture of Ireland in preparation for International Day on Monday, January 24.
Vocabulary:
Important People:
**Next Test: |
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Reading
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This week's story: The Extra-Good Sunday
What we are learning this week: Our focus this week is on understanding characters. We are also reviewing how to make inferences and predictions.
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** Read every night for 15 minutes. ** There will be a Reading test every Friday! |
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Writing
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What we are learning this week: We are working on descriptive writing pieces. |
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Spelling
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What we are learning this week: This week, our focus is on words which contain a vowel next to the letter "r"
** Please review all your words daily. ** There will be a test every Friday on all words! |
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Spelling Words
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** nurse, work, shirt, hurt, first, word, serve, curly, dirt, third, worry, turn, stir, firm, her, girl, perfect, hamburger, anxiously, degrees, tense, ingredients, recommended, remarked, festive, cross |
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Monday |
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Tuesday |
Math Home Link 5.9 pg. 119 Reading Practice book pg. 201 |
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Wednesday |
Math Home Link 5.10 pg. 121
Reading Practice book pg. 197
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Thursday |
Math Home Link 5.11 pg. 123
Reading Practice book pg. 204 |
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Friday |
Weekend News
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Spanish
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REVIEW MATERIALS FOR TEST (END OF JAN/MID FEB) |
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Other |
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