Some Important Updates

Here are some updates that have been posted on the homework board:
(You should also find them written in your child's planner...)

**FCAT begins on March 9 and will continue (for 4th graders) through March 11...thank you to those of you who have already sent in snacks!

**No spelling words next week (March 8-12) or the week after (March 15-19)...we are taking time off to prepare for upcoming Science and Social Studies tests that will happen the week after FCAT.

**We will be working on lesson reviews of Science and Social Studies in class. Students know that their "lesson review worksheets" should be used as study guides for the tests. The correct answers will be given in class. It is each child's responsibility to copy down the correct answers and KEEP UP WITH THEIR WORK!! I will be checking for the COMPLETION of all lesson review sheets on Friday,
March 12. As we complete a review sheet, it should travel back and forth from school to home (and then back to school again), every day.
**Science Test (The Human Body)--Tuesday, March 16
**Social Studies Test (Florida...From Territory to Statehood)--Friday, March 19

We're on the Countdown to FCAT!!

FCAT begins next Tuesday, March 9. I know we will all be ready!!

This week's spelling:
1.enough 2.tougher 3.fifty 4.pharmacy 5.alphabet 6.nephew 7.trophy 8.paragraph
9.telephone 10.photograph 11. giraffe 12.forest 13.figure 14.refrigerator 15.draft
16.phrase 17.traffic 18.chief 19.erosion 20.coordination

Science:
We are continuing our studies on the HUMAN BODY...
In class, we will be working in cooperative groups to make "models" of the systems within the human body.
WE ARE NOT WORKING ON A SCIENCE PROJECT AT THIS TIME!

**Let's have a great week!!**

February 16-19

Don't forget: Monday is Presidents' Day (No School!!)

Spelling Words:
1.cinder 2.circle 3.cardinal 4.cereal 5.cycle 6.concert 7.dancer 8.celebrate 9.twice
10.dangerous 11.strange 12.ledge 13.damage 14.geography 15.gentle 16.signal
17.regular 18.sugar (no 19. or 20. this week)

Science:
Students should have noted that we will have a test (covering Ch.1, lesson 1 and
Ch.2, lesson 1) on Friday, February 19.
The test will cover information on cells and plants. Review pages 7-9 and 47-49. The vocabulary terms from these lessons are: cell, nucleus, chloroplast, photosynthesis and chlorophyll.

**A big THANK YOU to all of our students for their hard work on our Writing FCAT this past week!! They were focused and ready to write!

FCAT Writes!

There will be NO Spelling homework this week. Look for a Writing packet with FCAT information in your child's planner. Please review the packet, then sign and return the bottom portion of the cover sheet.
**FCAT Writes will be administered on February 9**

Spelling: (for NEXT week--the test will be Feb.12)
1.also 2.bought 3.cough 4.almost 5.false 6.officer 7.soft 8.stalk 9.halt 10.faucet
11.saucer 12.caution 13.lawyer 14.awesome 15.stall 16.crawl 17.awful 18.because
19.equivalent 20.remedies

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a wonderful vacation! We are settling back in to our "normal" routine. The Writing FCAT is right around the corner! We are working to prepare for either a Narrative or an Expository prompt. The test will be administered on February 9.

We will not have a Spelling test next week because of the holiday on Monday and the planning day on Friday. I am posting the words for the following week (Jan. 25-29).

Spelling:
1.leaf 2.leaves 3.wolf 4.wolves 5.potato 6.potatoes 7.roof 8.roofs 9.family
10.families 11.library 12.libraries 13.journey 14.journeys 15.hero 16.heroes
17.ditch 18.ditches 19.narrative 20.expository

Vacation...We're Almost There!!

Writing:
Rough drafts of reports are being collected BEFORE the holiday break. I will pass them back in January (with comments/suggestions). The final copies will be due after our vacation. A report rubric and checklist were sent home last week.


Science:
Mr. B suggested a site for the students to check out...I've posted a link under "Favorites"--




Our holiday party will be on Wednesday. I know we're all ready for a celebration!! (and then some rest...)

This Week (December 7-11)

Spelling Words:
1.lived 2.living 3.rattle 4.rattling 5.studied 6.studying 7.traveled 8.traveling
9.changed 10.changing 11.appeared 12.appearing 13.raced 14.racing 15.hoped 16.hoping
17.wrapped 18.wrapping 19.believed 20.believing

Writing:
We're working on our reports. Students should have already completed an outline and 3 pages of 2-column notes (one for each main idea) on their topic. I've assigned a small portion of the students' rough drafts to be completed for homework each night this week. The completed rough draft will be due on Tuesday, December 15. The final copy will be due after the holidays. Please email me with any questions or concerns (permuyk@duvalschools.org). A rubric will be sent home for parents to review.

Science:
Electricity Assessment (December 8)
Moving on to MAGNETISM....