November 24, 2009

November 24, 2009

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I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. Reminder: Book reports and AR points are due DECEMBER 18. Our next 4-H meeting will be December 11-the project is a poster contest. Please pay special attention to our spelling words this week- your child will need to know the difference between the singular and plural spellings!! We will be starting a new novel when we return from Thanksgiving Break- Stuart Little Our next Mock Writing Assessment will be December 2. Santa Shop will be open December 7-11.

Schedule Monday- Computer, Spelling pretest Tuesday- P.E. Wednesday- Library, Mock Writing Assessment Thursday- Health Friday- Art, Reading test, Spelling test

Spelling Words

1. its 2. ours 3. mine 4. yours 5. family’s 6. families’ 7. man’s 8. men’s 9. girl’s 10. girls’ 11. hers 12. theirs 13. brother’s 14. brothers’ 15. teacher’s

16. teachers’ 17. aunt’s 18. aunts’ 19. boy’s 20. boys’ 21. country’s 22. countries’ 23. witness’s 24. witnesses’ 25. laboratory’s 26. laboratories’ Bonus 1. Nebraska 2. Nevada

Reading Vocabulary Words 1. unsuitable- not right for a particular purpose or occasion 2. radiator- a metal container through which hot liquid or steam circulates, sending heat into a room. 3. emerge- come out into the open 4. venture- to put yourself at risk by doing something daring or dangerous 5. seize- to grab or take hold of something suddenly 6. louse- a small wingless insect that often lives on people or animals and sucks their blood.