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Friday, January 24, 2014

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.


Friday, January 17, 2014

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