January 16, 2012- Weekly Reminders

Weekly Spelling Words: This week's words are contractions. A contraction is the shortened form of two words. It is formed by combining two words and leaving out one or more letters. It includes an apostrophe to show where the letter or letters have been left out. (Ex: I am- I'm)


I'm
don't
he'll
weren't
it's
can't
hasn't
we'll
we're
she's
we'd
o'clock
you'd
they'd
I'll
won't
isn't
wasn't
that's
we've

CHALLENGE WORDS:
would've
doesn't

Reading- This week's story is on Abraham Lincoln. It is a biography that tells the story of his life from birth. Most notably, this story discusses how Abraham Lincoln changed America through the Emancipation Proclamation- ending slavery.

Writing- We continue our work on Expository Writing. Students will take a timed test on Tuesday, and the rest of the week we will work on editing and improving it.

Math- This week we will continue on our two digit by two digit, and three digit by two digit multiplication. We are also going over another benchmark that deals with finding the pattern to fill in a chart.

Monday- NO SCHOOL- Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Tuesday- Honor roll Assembly; Homework packets will be sent home; Writing Assessment; Math Benchmark MA4A41 Pretest

Wednesday- Wednesday folders and grade reports will be sent home.

Thursday- Reading Assessment

Friday- AR Test, homework packets are due, Spelling Test. St. Augustine payment is due!!!!

IMPORTANT REMINDERS: 

The 2nd payment of $20 for the St. Augustine is due this Friday, January 20th. Please send cash or money orders ONLY. 

Also, if you were not able to attend report card pick-up, please contact me so that we can set up a time for you to pick up your child's report card and discuss his/her progress. 

THANK YOU! :-)