I hope everyone had fun during our Winter Recess!

It’s hard to believe it’s almost March and it’s even harder to be thinking about Spring!  This week we will begin preparing for Easter which is a special time of year that I enjoy spending with my class each year.  We will have lots of fun activities coming up!

Week of: February 23-27

Spelling:  glance, judge, damage, package, twice, stage, carriage, since, practice, marriage, baggage, office, message, bridge, chance, notice, ridge, manage, palace, bandage; Challenge: fringe, average, fleece, fragrance, excellence

Reading Vocabulary:  reward, graduate, symbol, foster, disobey, confidence, patiently, confesses, ceremony, performs

Reading:  “The Right Dog for the Job”; “Knowing Noses; Search and Rescue Dogs”; suffixes -ion, -ation, -ition

Grammar:  adverbs

Writing:   Persuasive essays; “I’m Lucky” essays

Math: Chapter 7, adding and subtracting parts of a whole, writing sums as fractions

Science:  Chapter 8, Lesson 3 What are igneous and metamorphic rocks?

Social Studies:  Chapter 4, Lesson 2 Colonial Government in New York

Religion: daily devotions

Tests:

  • Thursday – Memory Quiz
  • Friday – Spelling, Reading

Important News:

  • Please review the many important notices that go home this week including the Wine and Cheese Painting Party and the Flapjacks Fundraiser Breakfast at Applebee’s

 

This week’s Prayer Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nTNhIE2GyM

Words to Live by This Week:  Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. – Nelson Mandela