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February 6, 2012
Thank you to the families who brought in a poster
board for the Science Fair. I have received all 4 that
were needed.
J
Also, thank you to everyone who contributed to a
great Catholic Schools’ Week last week. We had a great
time!
Don’t forget to be tracking your reading minutes
nightly on your Blues’ Bookworm
sheets.
Please don’t forget about the Fathers’ Day Essay
Contest. These are due by February 9th. Any
student who participates can earn 15 bonus points
towards their English grade in the 3rd
quarter!
J
We will be celebrating
Valentine’s Day on February 14th with
a small class treat. Students are also invited to bring
in Valentine’s to share with the class (as long as all
students are included). Please bring in a container to
keep your Valentine’s in on this day. And remember, we
can be out of uniform in nice jeans and
red or
pink
shirts for the price of 50 cents.
Math:
The Chapter 10 test will be Tuesday, February 7th.
For the remainder of the week, we will look back at the
Time, Temperature, and Data chapter. We will focus on
temperature and data. Then next week, we will start
dividing with remainders. Please begin reviewing basic
DIVISION and SUBTRACTION facts for this next concept.
Science:
We will be
finishing up the experiments today and then we will be
completing the written portion of our Science Fair
projects and completing the Science Fair boards. We will
need to have our projects completed by next Thursday,
January 16th. They will be on display on the
17th.
Social Studies:
After taking our Midwest States and Capitals test today,
we will move right into the West region of the United
States!
J
Religion: Our open-book test on Chapter 12
will be tomorrow. We will review the chapter together
today to prepare up for the test. Later this week, we
will move into Chapter 15 (The Fourth Commandment).
Reading: This week, we are
reading “On the Bus with Joanna Cole.” The test will be
on Friday. Here are the vocabulary words to study:
research, traditional, absorb, available, abandon,
original
Spelling:
Pages 116-119 were assigned today and will be due on
Wednesday. The spelling test will be Friday.
The words for this week are:
bedroom, anymore, everybody, classroom, anyway,
backyard, railroad, forever, bathtub, homemade, outline,
windowpane, evergreens, grandparents, photocopy,
whirlwinds, loudspeaker, northwest, thunderstorm,
bedspread, abandon, available, original, research,
traditional
English: We will continue working on
adjectives this week. We will have a quiz and learn more
about adjectives that compare.
*This is only a plan, and items are subject to
change.
Feel free to e-mail me if you have any
questions/comments/concerns at any time.
Miss Ratkewicz
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