Week of Jan. 5-9

Welcome Back!!!

READING:  A Symphony of Whales

VOC.

1.  bay - a part of an ocean enclosed by the coastline
2.  blizzards - heavy snowstorms with very strong winds
3.  channel - a body of water joining two larger bodies of water
4.  chipped - broke off small pieces of something
5.  melody - a dries of musical notes that make up a tune
6.  supplies - quantities of something needed
7.  surrounded - encircled;  enclosed
8.  symphony - a long musical work written for an orchestra

SPELLING:

beautiful
daily
safely
suddenly
kindness
wireless
finally
quietly
spotless
fairness
worthless
cheerful
illness
painful
helpful
anxiously
tardiness
thoughtfully
breathless
cautiously

Week of Dec. 15-19

NO spelling or voc. words and NO HOMEWORK this week!!!!

*Christmas Activities all week!  On Thursday, Dec. 18 please bring games for Reading/Math reward.

*Friday, Dec. 19 - Go to movies to see Big Hero 6.  Please make sure you have sent $10.00 and your permission form has been returned!

*Christmas Break - Dec. 20-Jan. 4.  RETURN TO SCHOOL, MONDAY, JAN. 5, 2015!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas with

 family and friends!!

WEEK OF DEC. 8-12

READING:  Seeing Stars

GENRE:  expository text tells about real people, things, or events.

VOC.
1.  dim - somewhat dark, without much light
2.  gas - a substance that is neither a liquid nor solid and that has the ability to expand indefinitely or an airlike substance
3.  gigantic - very large, tall, or bulky
4.  ladle - a large spoon with a long handle
5.  patterns - arrangements or designs
6.  shine - to give off light
7.  temperature - the degree of heat or coldness or amount of heat

SKILL:  graphic sources (text structure)
GRAMMAR:  subject-verb agreement

SPELLING: 
clock
large
page
mark
kitten
judge
crack
edge
pocket
brake
change
ridge
jacket
badge
orange
freckles
pledge
Kentucky
kingdom
advantage

WEEK OF DEC. 1-5

READING:  Pushing Up the Sky  BY:  Joseph Bruchac

GENRE:  drama, or play, is a story meant to be acted out for an audience

VOC. 
1.  antlers - bony, branching growths on the head of a male deer, elk or moose or horns
2.  imagined - made a picture or idea of something in your mind or made up
3.  languages - human speech, spoken or written, of different groups or countries or types of speech
4.  narrator - the person who tells a story or speaker
5.  overhead - over the head; on high; above
6.  poked - pushed with force against someone or something or pushed with finger

GRAMMAR:  main/helping verbs
SKILL:  literary elements

SPELLING:
unhappy
recall
disappear
unload
mistake
misspell
dislike
replace
mislead
disagree
rewrite
unroll
unknown
dishonest
react
recycle
unfortunate
discourage
uncomfortable
mispronounce

WEEK OF NOV. 17-21

READING:  How Do You Raise a Raisin?  BY:  Pam Munoz Ryan

GENRE:  Expository Text

SKILL:  Draw Conclusions

VOCABULARY:
1.  area - a space used for a special purpose
2.  artificial - made of humans, not nature
3.  grapevine - a woody vine on which grapes grow
4.  preservative - a substance used to keep foods from spoiling
5.  proof - anything that can be used to show that something is real or true
6.  raise - to lift
7.  raisin - a dried grape

SPELLING:
let's
he'd
you'll
can't
I'd
won't
haven't
hasn't
she'd
they'll
when's
we'd
should've
wasn't
didn't
they'd
would've
could've
needn't
you've

REMINDERS:
* Thursday, Nov. 20 - fall festival @ 5:00-7:30. Hope to see everyone there.
*Friday, Nov. 21 - play at school ($5.00), Wear your Alabama/Auburn "stuff"
*Thanksgiving Break, Nov. 24-28.  :)

WEEK OF NOV. 10-14

REVIEW WEEK IN READING.  NO SPELLING OR VOC. WORDS THIS WEEK.  DAILY GRADES.

GREAT WEEK TO EARN AR POINTS........ :)

NO SCHOOL, TUESDAY, NOV. 11, VETERAN'S DAY!

THURSDAY, NOV. 20 - FALL FESTIVAL - 5:00-7:30

FRIDAY, NOV. 21 - ALABAMA/AUBURN DAY, WEAR YOUR FAVORITE COLORS

NO SCHOOL, NOV. 24-28, THANKSGIVING BREAK!

Week of Nov. 3-7

READING:  Amazing Bird Nests

GENRE:  expository text tells about real people, things, or events.

VOC.
1.  bill - the hard mouth part of a bird or beak.
2.  goo - sticky stuff.
3.  hunters - animals that chase other animals for food or people who kill wild animals.
4.  material - what something is made of or substance used to make something.
5.  platform - a high, raised flat surface or raised floor.
6.  tons - measures of weight equal to two thousand pounds each or unit of weight.
7.  twigs - small branches of a tree or bush.

SPELLING:
father
chapter
other
alphabet
English
watch weather
catch
fashion
shrink
pitcher
flash
athlete
trophy
nephew
hyphen
northern
establish
emphasis
challenge

NO SCHOOL, TUESDAY, NOV. 11 - VETERAN'S DAY

THURSDAY, NOV. 20 - FALL FESTIVAL - 5:00-7:30

FRIDAY, NOV. 21 - ALABAMA/AUBURN DAY - WEAR YOUR FAVORITE TEAM COLORS

NO SCHOOL, NOV. 24-28 - THANKSGIVING BREAK!

Week of Oct. 27-31

READING:  Tops and Bottoms
GENRE:  animal fantasy

VOC.  
1.  bottom - the lowest part
2.  cheated - tricked; treated dishonestly
3.  clever - smart; intelligent
4.  crops - plants grown for food
5.  lazy - unwilling to work
6.  partners - company members who share the risks and profits of a business
7.  wealth - riches

SPELLING:  
splash
throw
three
square
scream
strike
street
split
splurge
thrill
strength
squeak
throne
scratch
squeeze
squid
squander
arthritis
instrument
strategy

REMINDERS:
1.  school will dismiss on Friday, Oct. 31 @ 1:00
2.  Veteran's Day program is Friday, Nov. 7 in lunchroom @ 9:00
3.  Tuesday, Nov. 11, NO School
4.  Thursday, Nov. 20, Fall Festival - 5:00-7:30
5.  NO school, Nov. 24-28, Thanksgiving Break

Week of Oct. 20-24

READING:  Prudy's Problem and How She Solved it! 
GENRE:  fantasy is a make-believe story

VOC.  
1.  butterflies - insects with thin bodies and four wings
2.  collection - a group of things or sets of objects
3.  enormous - very, very large; huge
4.  scattered - separated and going in different directions or sprinkled
5.  shoelaces - string or cord used to tie shoes
6.  strain - to draw tightly; to stretch too much

SPELLING:
sunglasses
football
homework
haircut
popcorn
railroad
snowstorm
earring
scarecrow
blueberry
butterflies
lawnmower
campground
sandbox
toothbrush
thumbtack
earthquake
scrapbook
courthouse
whirlpool

REMINDERS:  School will dismiss @ 1:00 on Friday, Oct. 31.
Veteran's Day program Friday, Nov. 7
NO school, Tuesday, Nov. 11

Week of Oct. 13-17

NO school,  Monday & Tuesday, Oct. 13 & Oct. 14 Fall Break!!!

Return to school on Wednesday, Oct. 15.  NO spelling or voc. words this week.  Daily review grades.

Read, read, read nightly!!!! :)

Work on AR points for this nine weeks.

REMINDERS:  FRIDAY, OCT. 17, REPORT CARDS GO HOM

*THURSDAY, OCT. 30, FALL FESTIVAL AT AES 5:00-7:30

**FRIDAY, OCT. 31, SCHOOL WILL DISMISS @ 1:00

Week of Oct. 6-10

READING:  I Wanna Iguana  by:  Karen Kaufman Orloff

GENRE:  realistic fiction

COMPREHENSION SKILL:  compare/contrast

VOCABULARY:  
1.  adorable - really, really cute
2.  compassionate - kind and wanting to help
3.  exactly - without any error
4.  iguana - a large lizard from Central and South America
5.  mature - grown up
6.  mention - to talk about something briefly
7.  trophies - prizes given for winning a contest, race or other competition

SPELLING:
handle
trouble
simple
people
middle
table
little
gentle
poodle
pickle
noodle
saddle
juggle
uncle
riddle
example
throttle
obstacle
miracle
muscle

REMINDERS:  FALL BREAK IS OCT. 13 - 14 (MONDAY & TUESDAY)
OCT. 17 (FRIDAY) REPORT CARDS GO HOME
THURSDAY, OCT. 30 FALL FESTIVAL @ AES 5:00-7:30
FRIDAY, OCT. 31 SCHOOL WILL DISMISS AT 1:00

Week of September 29-October 3

READING:  Penguin Chick by Betty Tatham

GENRE: expository text tell about real people, things, or events.

VOCABULARY:

1.  cuddles - lies close and comfortably
2.  flippers - broad, flat body parts used for swimming by animals such as seals and penguins
3.  frozen - hardened with cold; turned to ice
4.  hatch - to come out of an egg
5.  pecks - strikes with a beak
6.  preen - to smooth and arrange feathers with a beak
7.  snuggles - lies closely and comfortably; cuddles

SPELLING:
finish
pilot
even
wagon
music
silent
rapid
female
lemon
pupil
focus
robot
tulip
camel
salad
resident
spinach
climate
tradition
innocent

Week of Sept. 22-26

This is review week.  NO  spelling or vocabulary test this week.  In class review and daily grades.  :)

We will be reading Flat Stanley and Johnny Appleseed this week in class.

If you are interested in taking Flat Stanley to work or on a trip please see papers with instruction of that week.  :)

If you would like, you can send apple treats any day this week for snack since it is Johnny Appleseed week.  We have 20 students.

Thanks so much for all your help and cooperation!!!

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Week of September 15-19

READING STORY:  My Rows and Piles of Coins   BY:  Tolowa M. Mollel

GENRE:  realistic fiction

VOCABULARY:  

1.  arranged - put in order
2.  bundles - things tied together
3.  dangerously - in a dangerous way
4.  errands - short trips to do things
5.  excitedly - showing strong feeling
6.  steady - stable, not easily moved
7.  unwrapped - took off the wrapping
8.  wobbled - shook or swayed while moving

SPELLING:
proud
shower
hour
amount
voyage
choice
avoid
thousand
prowl
employ
bounce
poison
annoy
appoint
broil
however
mountain
coward
turmoil
chowder

Week of Sept. 8-12

*Tuesday, Sept. 9  is Grand Open House @ 6:00.   :)

READING:  Supermarket
GENRE:  Expository text

VOCABULARY:
1.  laundry - clothes that need washing or are being washed.
2.  section - part of a space.
3.  shelves - flat surfaces for storage.
4.  spoiled - rotted, overripe.
5.  store - a business where shoppers buy items.
6.  thousands - tens of hundreds.
7.  traded - gave something away in exchange for something else.
8.  variety - having many different kinds.

SPELLING:  
clean
agree
teeth
dream
grain
coach
display
window
shadow
cheese
peach
braid
Sunday
float
thrown
entertain
complain
bleachers
willow
wheat

Week of Sept. 1-5

NO school Monday, Sept. 1, Labor Day!  Hope everyone has a wonderful long weekend with your family!!! :)

READING :  Kumak's Fish

GENRE:  Tall Tale

SKILL:  sequence     STRATEGY:  comprehension

VOCABULARY:
1.  gear- equipment needed for some purpose
2.  parka - a jacket with a hood
3.  splendid - magnificent or grand
4.  twitch - to move with a quick jerk
5.  willow - a tree with tough slender branches
6.  yanked - pulled or jerked

SPELLING:  
using
getting
easiest
swimming
heavier
greatest
pleased
emptied
leaving
worried
strangest
freezing
funniest
angrier
shopped
included
occurred
supplying
scarier
happiest

Week of August 25-29

STORY:  What About Me?  Genre:  Fable

SKILLS:  sequence
STRATEGY:  summarize


VOCABULARY:

1.  carpenter - someone who builds with wood.
2.  carpetmaker - a rug weaver.
3.  knowledge - having information, facts, and ideas.
4.  marketplace - a place where people buy and sell.
5.  plenty - more than enough.
6.  straying - wandering away.
7.  thread - a fine twisted cord.

SPELLLING:  PLURALS -S, -ES, IES

pennies
inches
plants
families
bodies
glasses
wishes
pockets
lists
copies
parties
bunches
crashes
supplies
pencils
accidnets
libraries
mysteries
carpenters
merchants