Maine State Notebook

Pgs 37-39 will be due on March 7th.

The web address below will be helpful in finding out information needed on page 37.

http://countrystudies.us/united-states/weather/maine/lewiston.htm

SPELLING L22

LESSON 22: Focus is on suffixes

PRETEST: March 6
FINAL: March 7

beautiful
farther
wonderful
faithful
interesting
handsome
dearest
agreement
awfully
merciful
brightest
nicest
thoughtfulness
wrongly
everlasting
joyfully
prettiest
needless
rejoicing
powerless

HISTORY TEST MONDAY MARCH 3RD

MARCH 3RD HISTORY TEST

CHAP 15

A review sheet will be sent home on Friday to aid your child in studying for this History test. If he/she uses this guide, chapter review, index cards w/ definitions and studies the skill sheet of the Northeastern states/capitals the test will not be too difficult. As a suggestion only let your child study in short bursts at a time. (no more than 15-20 minutes max) Also, only work on one topic area at a time instead of trying to absorb it all in one swoop. That way they won't get so overwhelmed with the material.

We will, as a class, do a chapter review tomorrow.

Here is the review sheet they received. During class he/she will be writing in the definitions to the terms/names/etc.

CHAPTER 15 REVIEW SHEET
TEST: Monday, March 3rd

People to know:

Dwight L. Moody

Billy Sunday

Andrew Carnegie

John D. Rockefeller

Robert Fulton

Samuel Morse

Alexander Graham Bell

Thomas Edison

Henry Ford

Orville Wright

Robert Goddard

Sir Henry Bessemer

Thomas Watson

TERMS TO KNOW:

Pony express:

Immigrants

Model T

Assembly line

Clermont

Morse Code

Kitty Hawk, NC

GEOGRAPHY/MAP

BE ABLE TO LOCATE AND NAME THE NORTHEASTERN STATES AND THEIR CAPITALS. PGS 29, 318-319

KNOW THE NORTHEASTERN STATES’ 2-LETTER ABBREVIATIONS

CONTINENTS/BODIES OF WATER
REFER TO ATLAS IN HISTORY BOOK
PGS: 16-20, 24-25
BE ABLE TO LABEL THE:
7 CONTINENTS
OCEANS
GREAT LAKES
BAYS
4 EUROPEAN SEAS

Mercy Works Food Drive

Mrs. Davidson is coordinating a food drive for MERCY WORKS. Right outside her classroom at the bulletin board is a drop-off basket for donations. A letter will be sent home soon about the food drive.

Think quick and easy for food:

canned soups, stews, chilies that need nothing added
pop tarts, cereal bars
peanut butter
nuts
canned meat like Spam, Vienna sausages, tuna
canned veggies
noodles, pastas, rice

These are just some suggestions anything is very appreciated.

Thanks for helping.

BOXTOPS COMPETITION!!!

THE CLASSES ARE COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER TO SEE WHO CAN BRING IN THE MOST BOXTOPS.

THE INDIVIDUAL THAT BRINGS IN THE MOST WILL RECEIVE A PRIZE.

HELP OUR CLASS!!!

THE COMPETITION ENDS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29TH.

Spelling L21

remember
none
exit
explore
replied
example
discover
unusual
nonsense
request
misunderstanding
disappoint
refreshed
untrue
dishonest
unreal
mistaken
reserve
repentance
relief

The test will be on Friday, Febuary 29th.

IF Wednesday is a snowday...

IF WEDNESDAY, 27FEB, IS A SNOW DAY...

your child has an assignment sheet specifically for that day. Briefly stated below are the assignments:

Math: worksheet (front and back)
Penmanship: next page
Language: Test 4 on Punctuation/Capitalization
Reading: Have the assigned book completed and summaries written for each chapter. If this has already been done then go over summaries and check spelling, punctuation and sentence structure. Make sure there is a lot of good descriptive sentences. That will make writing the book report easier.
Spelling: L21 pgs 86-87, Handout about prefixes. The enclosed construction paper is for this exercise.
Bible: Practice verse.
Maine State Notebook: Work on completing pages due on Friday. Catch-up!

Hopefully we will not have a snow day and will do all this at school!!!

Book Report

Each student was assigned a paperback book to read and write chapter summaries. This book should be completed on the winter vacation. We will start writing the book report upon return to school.

The books were DOUBLE DOG TROUBLE and AMELIA EARHART.

Cereal Box

I asked each student to bring in an empty cereal box on Monday, Feb 11. These will be made into mailboxes for Valentine's Day.

Weekend Homework Feb 9-10

Check with your student and review their assignment sheets. There is homework this weekend.

History: start reading chap 15 and complete comprehension checks 15a and 15b. Answers are written in complete sentences. Complete the tw0 skill sheets and finish defining the words which were written on index cards.

Language/spelling/penmanship/math: finish up daily assignment

Reading: finish reading the story in Liberty Tree and answer questions in complete sentences. Define words that were written down from board.

L20 Spelling

Final test on Feb 14 unless it is a snow day then final test is the 15th.

Here are the words:

truly
themselves
enemies
studying
realizes
hurried
calves
beginning
shelves
moving
branches
thieves
savings
wolves
shining
loaves
stitches
unloving
families
laziness

This lesson applies principles regarding changing y to i, dropping final e, doubling final consonants as needed, and changing f to v to add es.

The students know that even if a pretest is not given, the final test will always be on the Thursday or Friday of any given week depending on the weather.

Maine State Notebook

The Maine State Notebook is part of their history grade.

Pages 25 and 27 are due on Friday, the 8th of Feb. The purpose of this notebook is for the child to learn about their state and you can help. Lots of the information can be found on the Maine State website. http://www.maine.gov/sos/kids/ This site has so much that will be useful for most of the assignments in the notebook.

Check out magazines, flyers, tourist brochures, and libraries for the facts needed. This can be a fun project for the both of you and maybe you will learn something new about our state too.

Every week, 2 pages are to be done. We have given a bit of grace on this since we have had so many snowdays that is why we are only on pgs 25 and 27 this week.

We hope this is something that maybe they can look back on and be proud of since so much creativity can go into it.

Late Work

Please connect with your child and go through their books with them.

We noticed today that there are some PENMANSHIP books that are not up-to-date and a grade of 0 will be noted in the grade book. A page a day is the requirement for penmanship and he/she has all day to complete that page. Look at their assignment sheets and compare the page # on the sheet to the page in the book.

The same should also be checked with the language and spelling books. Just compare the day's page number to the book since work is done in the book itself. You should encourage your child to bring their books home so that you can check them and we will do our best to remind them to do so.

The math work is done on notebook paper or graph paper...their choice...with the page number and date in the upper right hand corner.

History work is noted on the index cards for definitions, comprehension checks are done on notebook paper and the chapter check-ups are completed in the book.

EVERY night your child is suppose to read for 30 minutes. It can be a book of their choice or can be required reading from the tasks of the day. The reading should be done out loud to give you a good look at their reading level. This is also good practice for their confidence and fluency. When a child reads silently all the time, they will usually skip words they don't know or have problems with so that is why we strongly encourage you to lend a listening ear.

Thanks for all you do to help encourage your child!!

History Chap 10 Test

There will be a test covering Chap 10 on Wed or Thurs. The best course of study would be to go over the comprehension checks that are throughout the chapter, index cards containing terms/definition, and the final chapter review.

Book Fair

The Scholastic Book Fair goes through Wednesday, Feb 6, and is open before and after school. The students browsed through and made their wish lists on Friday.

There are two raffles going:

#1: Chance to win 2 ski passes to Sunday River

#2: Tonka Truck filled with books...variety of books.

We hope you enjoy the selection.

Thanks for supporting this Fund Raiser.

L19 Spelling Feb 1- 7

heart
wear
fierce
disappear
court
quarter
bear
sore
pioneer
fairly
bare
aware
repair
fireplace
keyboard
pouring
scared
required
soar
clearly

Ensure that your child understands the difference between bare / bear and soar/sore. A sentence will be said during the test to distinquish the two words.

One of the best ways to study if your child had problems remembering the spelling is writing them down. This can be done on chalk boards, white boards, "writing" in rice or sand, using letter tiles, even crayons. Be inventive and make it fun. Use different colors if possible. Just remember the more muscle groups that are used the better spelling is remembered.