With only two weeks left before our Christmas vacation, we have several chapters and units to finish up so that we can start fresh in the new year. In addition to all our Christmas festivities, we will also be having some exams next week. Please be sure to check your child’s assignment book and folder each night for information so that you can help them plan their time wisely.

WEEK: December 10-14

SPELLING: somebody, fireplace, nearby, toothbrush, homesick, make-believe, anything, all right, goodbye, forehead, classmate, flashlight, haircut, twenty-two, driveway, alarm clock, baby-sit, airport, forever, mailbox Challenge words: field trip, absent-minded, life jacket, skyscraper

READING: “Hurricanes”; vocabulary – whirling, rapidly, condense, source, rotating, rage, experience, ancient, predict, registered

MATH: long division

SOCIAL STUDIES: review chapter 4

SCIENCE: Unit 5 Animals

TESTS this week:

•Thursday – Memory Quiz

•Friday – Reading, Grammar, Spelling

IMPORTANT NOTES:

•Please sign up your child for this Friday’s Christmas Sing-a-long. The donation is $3 which will go to our school-wide charity.

•A note was sent home Monday to remind families of upcoming events.

•There will be a Chapter 4 division review packet for students to use to prepare for next week’s exam. Please keep it in a safe place when it comes home.