I’ve made a few adjustments to our schedule this week due to the impending blizzard.  The Social Studies Test has been postponed until Friday.  Although we will read the next story in our Journeys series, we will not have a Reading test this week.  On Monday I will be teaching two Math lessons and the students will have homework from both lessons.  We will keep a regular Spelling schedule, with a test on Friday.  Please don’t hesitate to email me if you have any questions.

Week of: January 26-30

Spelling:  tiniest, hobbies, copied, countries, pitied, easier, laziest, families, spied, happiest, ladies, friendlier, studied, busier, breezier, prettiest, noisier, healthier, butterflies, funniest Challenge Words: heaviest, categories, communities, multiplied, qualities

Reading Vocabulary:  organisms, directly, affect, traces, vast, habitat, variety, species, banned, radiation

Reading:  “Ecology for Kids”; “Wonderful Weather”; using context

Grammar:  Irregular verbs

Writing:   Persuasive essays

Math: Simplest form, common denominators

Science:  Chapter 8, Lesson 1 What are minerals?

Social Studies:  Test on Chapter 3

Religion: daily devotions

Tests:

  • Friday – Spelling, Social Studies Chapter 3

Important News:

  • NO Math extra-help this week due to weather
  • Please order a 2014-2015 Yearbook!  These books hold precious school year memories!  Contact the front office if you need a form sent home.

This week’s Prayer Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfl6lQbuVRA

Words to Live by This Week:  The secret of getting ahead is getting started. – Mark Twain