November 28-December 2

Hope everyone had a blessed and wonderful Thanksgiving.

Be on the lookout for several notes coming soon: Christmas party; 5th grade tshirt sale; DARE graduation

This week's story is The School Story.

This week's vocabulary words are indication, baffled, proposed, instinct, tempted, insights, and essence.

This week's grammar skill is conjunctions. Test on Friday

This week's focus skill is making inferences.

We are beginning Chapter 13 in Social Studies. Test on Friday.

Reading vocabulary homework is due on Thursday. Reading passage and story questions are due on Friday. Test on Friday.

Make sure your child has pencils every day!

November 14-18

• HUGE thanks for everyone sending in their $3.00 to help with the face painter for the Harvest Palooza! She was amazing! We had such a fun day!
• Hope everyone enjoyed Veteran's Day! So thankful to the men and women who have served and are serving to protect this GREAT country.
• Progress reports go home Monday, November 14th. Please review, sign, and return by Friday!
• No School next week November 21-25. Happy Thanksgiving!

This week's story is Interrupted Journey.

This week's vocabulary words are vital, sleek, basking, analyzing, detect, and damage.

This week's focus skill is author's point of view and perspective.

This week's spelling words are tractor, distract, traction, contract, attract, subtract, erupt, bankrupt, interrupt, abrupt, rupture, audio, audible, audience, auditorium, audition, verdict, diction, dictate, and predict.

This week's grammar skill is Latin word parts.

We are working on Lesson 12 in social studies. Don't forget about the extra credit option. Test on Friday.

There is Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday night homework. Please check your child's agenda books. I will grade some of the reading homework as part of the reading test grade.

There is a reading and spelling test on Friday.

Please make sure your child has paper and pencils daily!