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Thursday, May 08, 2014

May 9 - May 15

This week we survived OAA testing! Some well deserved relaxation is in order! We've also been working on our simple machine projects and those should be completed by early next week. We are looking forward to displaying them at Achievement Fair on May 28.

Homework:
Math:
2 decimal pages - homelinks

Reading:
a reading passage to read & answer about a scientist

Spelling:
homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled differently & have different meanings)
pair
pear
meat
meet
pail
pale
clothes
close
flower
flour
rows
rose
ant
aunt

Thursday, March 27, 2014

March 28-April 4

Math:
fraction practice sheet &
practice math fact families w/flash triangles

Spelling test on Friday 4/4
Spelling- common beginning syllables:
about alone aboard anew aware     agree ajar beside become beneath
No EXCUSES: very, people
BONUS: machine

       VOCABULARY
(root review)

dis – opposite of re – again
un- not ir- not
im/in - not il- not
a- not

IDIOM: it's all Greek to me: what you say when you don't understand something that was said or written

Reading menu:
choose 3 items, one from each "course'" and complete one activity for the pages, chapters or book that you independently read. (or your homework for your reading teacher)