Maverick Memo
Madison Crossing Elementary
January 5-9, 2015
This Week in Class
Math – Division Review; Expressing and Interpreting
Remainders; Rotations and Angles; Using a Full Circle
Protractor
Quiz Wednesday – 6.1-6.4
Reading – Battles of the Civil War
Text Features and Descriptive Text Review
Quiz Friday-Text Features and Vocabulary
Grammar – Adverbs
Quiz Wednesday – Easy Grammar p. 113-119
Spelling – ram, ewe, stallion, mare, cob, pen, buck, doe,
billy, nanny
Quiz Thursday – Animal Words
Writing – Narrative Essay Writing
Science – B1.1: What is Matter? B1.2: How are Length and
Volume Measured?
Contact 4th Grade
MS History – Ch. 6, Lesson 1: King Cotton
Teachers
Reminders
School: (601) 898-7710
sblake@madison-schools.com
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jlowe@madison-schools.com
cmckay@madison-schools.com
lparenteau@madison-schools.com
 January 8 – Report cards go home
 January 9 – MCE Reading Fair
Fun Friday
 January 19 – No School
Battles of the Civil War
Vocabulary
1. Casualties- soldiers who are killed or wounded in battle
2. Siege- a military blockade of an area that cuts off all contact with the
outside world
3. Treason- when someone attempts to overthrow a government or does
something that harms his or her country
4. Seceded- left or broke away from/ states that left the Union
5. Reserve- extra soldiers waiting to fight
6. Cavalry- soldiers who ride horses in battle and are often scouts
7. Scouts- soldiers who traveled in front of the main army to find out where
the enemy was and to map the land
8. Confederates- people who supported the South in the Civil War; comes
from the name of a country formed by the states that seceded; the
Confederate States of America
9. Union- term used to describe the United States of America; also the name
given to the northern army during the Civil War
10.Surrender- to give up and lose a battle or the war
11.Counterattack- to attack after having already defended a position
12.Dedication- a ceremony to name or set aside somewhere for a special
purpose