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 – Civil War Is Coming
Text Features & Sequential Order Review
Quiz Friday – Skills & Vocabulary
Grammar – Adverbs
Quiz Thursday – 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?
MS History – Ch. 6, Lesson 1: King Cotton
Contact 4th Grade
Teachers
School: (601) 898-7710
sblake@madison-schools.com
sbragg@madison-schools.com
jlowe@madison-schools.com
cmckay@madison-schools.com
lparenteau@madison-schools.com
Reminders
 January 8 – Report cards go home
 January 9 – MCE Reading Fair
Fun Friday
 January 19 – No School
Civil War Is Coming
Vocabulary
1.
appealed – reviewed a court’s decision at a higher level of the
justice system
2.
conspiracy – a secret agreement between people to do something
illegal
3.
rebellion – action to show one’s thought or anger about something
with which you disagree
4.
prejudiced – to think of someone in an unfair way
5.
debates – formal talks between people about important issues
6.
armory – a place where guns and weapons are stored
7.
hostages – prisoners who are held in order for a group to get what
it wants
8.
compromising – each side giving in a bit to reach an agreement
9.
representatives– people who speak for a larger group of people
10. Supreme Court - the highest court in the United States
11. electoral votes – the votes of people who elect the president as
part of the Electoral College
12. majority – more than half