Mrs. Anthony’s Newsletter January 11-15, 2016 Reading Test on Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome Tuesday, Jan. 12 “Penguins” 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. algae conservation insulation pollution species streamlined waddle Skills: Main Idea/Details, Text Structures, Text Features, Syllables, Prefixes, & Suffixes Science Language Narrative Writing Wordly Wise – Lesson 6 (Test on Tuesday) 1. chasm 6. gust 2. continent 7. ordeal 3. credit 8. plateau 4. enable 9. rig 5. foul 10. schedule Wordly Wise – Lesson 7 1. act 2. additional 3. advice 4. crumple 5. fan 6. memorize 7. mystify 8. pause 9. transparent 10. vanish For more practice and games, go to www.Wordly Wise3000.com, a free website. Madison County Grading Scale A B C D 90-100 80-89 70-79 65-69 Anything below a 65 is failing ***Please remember to bring a sharpened pencil to school every day. Important Information Thursday, January 7th : Report Cards went home Monday, January 18th - Martin Luther King Holiday NO SCHOOL!!! Assignment Pads (AP) – Please remember the pads should be checked daily. Thank you to all those who are checking! www.highlandtitans.com : A quick way to get to your Highland Titans website and weekly newsletter. Math Division Division as Sharing Division as Repeated Subtraction Finding missing numbers in multiplication Choose an appropriate equation Relating Multiplication and Division Fact Families with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9 Please study facts every night!! ** Fractions will also be introduced this week. Spelling 1. sneezed 2. smiling 3. beginning 4. hoped 5. dropping 6. shining 7. stopped 8. pleased 9. dropped 10. liked 11. talking 12. driving 13. closed 14. jogged 15. hopping 16. shopping 17. jabbing 18. crinkled 19. estimated 20. stunned