The Week of January 14th through 18th, 2019 

Spelling: List C14 Commonly Confused Words
dessert     desert     lose    loose     its     it's     then     than     who's     whose     super
supper     are     our     hour
Review Words:  walking     cared     noticing
Challenge Words:  accept     except
Need to Know Words:  gone     done     were     where     warm

Alternative Spelling Words: 
dessert     desert     its     it's     who's     whose     are     our     gone     
done     were     where

Reading/ELA:

• Working on Concrete and Abstract Nouns.
• Informational Writing unit.
• We are enjoying our class novel, Runaway Ralph and answering vocabulary and comprehension questions as we read.
• Vocabulary focus will be:  isolated,  alter,  gullible,  emphasize,  novice
• Wow word:  assessment and discontinue

Math:

• This week we will be taking a Benchmark test on the last 4 units before beginning topic 5.  
• Homework will be on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the grade book for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science:

• How water flows from high places down to low places.

Social Studies: 

• Map Grid and Map Index

Character Education Focus:  

• Our January focus is Fairness.

Homework:

• Math homework 
• Monday, January 14th:  Multiplication Fact homework pages
• Wednesday, January 16th:  Multiplication Fact homework pages

• Reading homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.
• December Reading Calendars will be due January 8th, 2019.

Snow Day Information:

• In the event that school is closed for snow days exceeding 2 days, students will need to complete 4 hours to count the day as a school day.  I am sending home a snow day packet with work outlined for the four hours that would need to be separated from the packet and returned to school once school resumes.  I will send an electronic copy as well as a paper copy and will email parents to let them know when those days of school work would need to be completed.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  If we have only 1 or 2 snow days, no work from the packet would be required.  I will always email when work would be needed.  

Dates to remember:

• Friday, January 11th:  End of 2nd Quarter.
• Monday, January 21st:  NO SCHOOL.  Scheduled Parent Teacher Conferences.