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....

November 23-December 4

I know we are all excited to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends!
Don't forget: No school Wednesday, Thursday or Friday (November 25-27)

Spelling: (Compound Words)
1.anyone 2.however 3.everything 4.himself 5.birthday 6.herself 7.somewhere
8.afternoon 9.chalkboard 10.daydream 11.downstairs 12.grandparents 13.breakfast
14.outfield 15.scarecrow 16.nobody 17.dragonfly 18.keyboard 19.cupcake 20.sunflower
The test will be on Friday (December 4).

This Week (November 16-20)

Spelling: (Contractions)
1.didn't 2.that's 3.they're 4.you're 5.couldn't 6. haven't 7.o'clock 8.we're 9.isn't 10.I'm 11.it's 12.who's 13.they'd 14.could've 15.they've 16.you'll 17.don't 18.aren't 19.wasn't 20.shouldn't

Writing:
We're moving on to report writing...
This week, we're learning how to organize our work. We will also be practicing ways to gather information using 2-column notes. The students are very excited! Everyone will be able to choose their own topic to research. More information to come...

Science:
Our focus is still on electricity. In science lab this week, we experimented with conductors and insulators. Ask your child to EXPLAIN what they learned!

Science Lab: Electricity

How can we light a bulb?

This Week (November 9-13)

Spelling:
1.across 2.along 3.among 4.brother 5.again 6.front 7.banana 8.appear 9.compass
10.pedal 11.given 12.heaven 13.mountain 14.ocean 15.cousin 16.purchase 17.often
18.color 19.orphan 20.force

**VETERAN'S DAY (Wednesday, November 11)
NO SCHOOL!!