This Week (May 24-27)

**Short week, no spelling words...**

**Students need to finish the rough draft of their persuasive papers on "school uniforms" and complete the checklist. The checklist should be signed by a parent and turned in on Tuesday (May 25).

**Don't forget: The Chapter 15 (force and motion) Science Test is Wednesday (May 26).

More Updates

**Upcoming field trips: Fort Caroline on Thursday, May 20 (Permuy and Gordon homerooms); NASA on Friday, May 21; Cummer Art Gallery on Thursday, June 3

**Spring picture packets have been distributed...please send in your payment or return the packet.

**Students are asked to wear (appropriate) hats to school tomorrow (May 18) to honor our Don Brewer volunteers. "Hats Off" to our volunteers!!

**No spelling words this week...

**SCIENCE--Chapter 15 vocab. quiz this Wed., May 19; The Chapter 15 TEST will be on Wed., May 26. Review all vocabulary, checkpoint questions and worksheets. Read back over the lessons (pages 434-449).

Science Vocabulary Quiz

Just a reminder...
We will have a quiz on the vocabulary terms from Chapter 15. The terms are all listed on page 435 of the science book.

Class Updates

Spelling List:
1.multiply 2.imagination 3.favorite 4.computer 5.citizenship 6.invisible 7.undercover
8.enjoyment 9.discussion 10.America 11.unusual 12.example 13.melody 14.temperature
15.understanding 16.experiment 17.explanation 18.oxygen 19.landmark 20.diagram
**The test for these words will be on Friday, May 14. (The homework will be due on the 14th, as well.)

**The rough draft of our "response to literature" is due this Friday, May 7. Each student should go over their draft with an adult.

**Upcoming field trips:
The NASA date has been changed to May 21. A new permission slip was sent home and needs to be returned.
We are still collecting money for the Cummer Art Gallery trip and the Ft. Caroline trip. Please see your child's permission slip for dates and other info.

This Week (April 26-30)

Spelling:
1.lazy 2.volcano 3.flavor 4.piano 5.recent 6.really 7.item 8.pilot 9.triangle
10.climate 11.gigantic 12.program 13.obey 14.puny 15.prepare 16.vacant 17.pulley
18.menu 19.boundary 20.revolution

NOTE:
**Science Assessment (Sound): Tuesday, May 4
Review pages 406-415, vocabulary terms (wavelength, frequency, compression, pitch), and worksheets from lessons 1 and 2 ("What is sound energy?" and "How is sound made?")

This Week (April 19-23)

Spelling Words:
1.frighten 2.flight 3.brighter 4.flashlight 5.mighty 6.delight 7.tighten 8.nightly
9.sight 10.brought 11.ought 12.thought 13.fought 14.caught 15.daughter 16.taught
17.fault 18.naughty 19.possibilities 20.journey

**The play will be THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 22.**
**Our school carnival will be on Friday (April 23).**

This Week (April 12-16)

Spelling Words:
1.action 2.fiction 3.mission 4.divide 5.division 6.attend 7.attention 8.pollute
9.pollution 10.express 11.expression 12.educate 13.education 14.music 15.musician
16.magic 17.magician 18.physician 19.graph 20.carnivore
(*We started working with the words before spring break. The test will be this Friday, April 16.)

Some updates:
**This Wednesday (4/14)will be an "Early Release" day.
**Group picture day is Thursday (4/15).
**The Spring Carnival will be held next Friday, April 23.
**The 4th grade play is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, April 22...but might be moved to the 29th. I'll keep you posted!
**Our book fair will be next week (4/19-23).