Jan. 31 - Feb. 7

Homework:
NO SPELLING test next week!

Math: multiplication sheet

Reading: read independently & complete 3 menu choices

Grandparent's & Special Person's Day!
Our annual get together is next Friday, February 7. The program begins at 12:30 in the shul and then students will break up and return to their classrooms. There is an approximate 20 minute time set for each the G.S. & Hebrew classroom.

Adults are welcome to sign out their child at the end of the program.

Friday, Jan 24-Friday, Jan 31

HOMEWORK:

math:
multiplication practice sheet

spelling:
slight
sight
 pie
might
tight
silent
frighten
die
tie

no excuses: because, your

challenge:multiply, highlight

** vocabulary**  prefix mis- means "not"

idiom: bite the hand that feeds you - to hurt someone who his helping you

Science TEST- Friday 1/31

a yellow vocabulary sheet went home today. We have been studying this topic for several weeks and will be reviewing in class before our test on Friday. 

Rocks & Minerals Review

mineral:    never been alive

                  made (formed)  in nature

                  a solid

rocks:        made of 1 or more minerals

                  made (formed) in nature

                  a solid

Mohs Scale:  used to measure the HARDNESS of a mineral – using STREAK

                           talc is a 1 – the softest

                           diamond is a 10- the hardest

3 types of rock:         igneous – rock once melted & then hardened

                           sedimentary        - rock that has settled into layers

                           metamorphic – rock that was changed by heat and pressure

rock cycle:         the process of rocks changing from one kind to another over time

weathering:       the process of rocks breaking down (it happens SLOWLY)

erosion:    process of moving broken rocks

                  -creep is a slow type of erosion

                           WATER & WIND cause erosion

glacier:      moving ice that move dirt & scrape the surface of the Earth.

January 17-January 23

Homework:

reading: read & complete 3 menu choices for pages read

math: perimeter worksheet of 6 questions

long o spelled -oa- or -ow

Spelling Test Friday, Jan. 23:

load

soak

coach

float

throat

yellow

shadow

arrow

shadow

follow

no excuses:

cold

most

bonus:

tomorrow

Idiom: cross that bridge when you come to it- to worry about a problem or situation when it happens, not before

No School on Monday! Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

-Dr. King

Friday, 1/10- Friday 1/1-L

Homework:
Spelling test on 1/17:
words spelled kn, but pronounced /n/:
knight
knock
knit
know
knob
knot
knife
knee
no excuses:  
are
each
bonus:    
kneel
knoll

idiom: gift of gab- ability to talk well & easily

math: 

Home Link: 4 problems of in & out boxes, number patterns

reading:

read a book of choice and complete a menu choice item for the pages or chapters you read

Upcoming Events:

1/14-library &  3rd grade night at CTA basketball games

1/15-8:00AM parent breakfast

1/17- dress down day

1/20- MLK day- no school

A Note:

Your child's homework packet has a suggested homework schedule for those who would like to complete homework assignments each night. Of course, packets are provided so that you and your family can best organize your busy schedules around assignments. 

If your child has Mrs. Miller for reading, or Mrs. Kahn for math, he or she has reading & math homework assignments from those teachers and do not have to complete what the rest of the class assigned. 

Shabbat Shalom!

Friday, 1/3 - Friday 1/10

Welcome back! Hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable winter break.

No math or spelling homework will come home for next week. One-fourth of the class has not returned from break and so I will resume homework folders on Friday, 1/10.

On Thursday, we made snowflake crystals. The kids will bring these home ASAP.

To create these at home: 
materials: 
pipe cleaners
string
heat proof container (we used jam jars, but a mug would work too)
pencil, pen, stick, or other such to suspend pipe cleaner in cup
1 pint(ish) boiling water
5-6 T borax
blue food coloring (optional)

directions:
1. configure pipe cleaner into shape of snowflake (or circle, heart, shape of choice that will fit into your container)
2. use string and tie onto pipe cleaner snowflake then tie other end onto pencil
3. boil water and pour into jam jar or mug.
4.  stir in 1 T Borax at a time (up to 5-6 T total) to saturation point.
5. add a drop or two of blue food coloring into jar
6. lower snowflake into solution and let sit for 2-6 hours (be careful! the borax will solidify)
7. take snowflake out and let dry.
8. be amazed by the beauty of crystals! :)

be super scientific:
try with rock salt, kosher salt, or sugar and observe comparisons/contrasts