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Monday, February 27, 2012

February 27, 2012- Weekly Reminders


TUESDAY is the BIG day! The students will finally get to SHOW WHAT THEY KNOW and take the FCAT Writing Test! Please be sure that they are RELAXED, RESTED, and READY for FCAT. We will have a special breakfast on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28th- the morning of the test. Students need to be ON TIME in order to receive this special breakfast. We will begin testing at approximately 9:15. No students will be allowed in the classroom past 8:45. The only homework they have tonight is to go over the Narrative writing that we wrote together with the other 4th grade classes. The rest of the week they will only have Reading log and spelling assignments which will be sent home Tuesday night. 

Weekly Spelling Words- This week's words are closed compound words. These are made when 2 words that can stand alone are put together to form one word. 
 everyone
sideways
laptop
 playground
 bathtub
 swimsuit
 mailbox
 goldfish
 upstairs
 blueberry
 heartbeat
teaspoon
popcorn
 birthday
 fireplace
keyboard
yearbook
rainbow
 wheelchair
 townhouse

CHALLENGE WORDS:

nighttime
handkerchief
quarterback

Reading- This week we will finish our last story in our Science Fair Unit. The story is titled "How Fast Do You Eat Your Ice Cream?" and it is about an experiment that a middle school student did on brain freeze and ice cream. We will be conducting this same experiment in class, and the student's who work hard will get to enjoy a tasty treat. The vocabulary words for this story are:
1. pace- rate; speed
2. common- happening often; familiar
3. previous- happening earlier
4. major- important
5. randomly- by chance
6. publication- something that is printed or published
7. questionnaire- a printed list of questions used by researchers
8. rejected- to turn down

 Looking ahead, the students will take a Reading Benchmark Test next week! 

Math- We are continuing on our skill review with a daily mixed benchmark practice sheet. We will work on these skills for the entire week, and Friday they will take a quiz.

Monday- No homework is being sent home today OTHER THAN a Narrative writing story to be read together.  

Tuesday- FCAT WRITING TEST!!! PLEASE BE RELAXED, READY, AND RESTED! 

Wednesday- Wednesday folders will be sent home! Please sign and return on THURSDAY!

Thursday- No announcements at this time.

Friday- Spelling Test; Reading Test; Vocabulary Quiz; AR test must be taken!

I am so proud of all of my students for their hard work in preparing for FCAT Writing. I know they are going to do AWESOME!!! Thank you, parents, for all of the support and encouragement you give them!!! 

***Please continue to work on basic multiplication facts at home!!!***

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