Mrs. Collins’ Classroom News
Spelling Words
Friday, January 4, 2013
Reading and Language Art
Unit 3 Lesson 13
*We will begin this new story on
Wednesday.
Antarctic Journal: Four Months at
the Bottom of the World
Target Vocabulary: display, alert,
weariness, fractured, standards,
vision, huddle, graceful, stranded,
concluded
Vocabulary Strategy: Greek and Latin
word parts spect, struct, tele, vis
Comprehension Skill: Cause and
effect—tell how events are related
and how one event causes another
Comprehension Strategy:
Summarize—telling or writing down
the most important ideas in a
selection
Writing Focus: Write to persuade—
persuasive letter
Daily Schedule
Mon.: Finish last week’s story
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Tues.: Weekly quizzes and
spelling test over last week’s
story
Wed.: Begin new story
Thurs. and Fri.: Work on new
story
Science: Earth Changes
We will be learning
about the agents that
cause weathering and
erosion.
1. wiped
2. covered
3. mapped
4. pleasing
5. slipped
6. putting
7. traveled
8. seeking
9. visiting
10. mixed
11. shipped
12. phoning
13. offered
14. smelling
15. hiking
16. checking
17. fainted
18. landed
19. becoming
20. wandering
Challenge
amusing
entertained
admitted
stunning
starving
Important Dates:
Jan. 9th- Delayed Start
Jan. 17th – 2nd Quarter Ends
Jan. 18th – No School - Teacher Workday
Jan. 21st – No School – MLK Day
Antioch Shrine Circus
th
Each 4 grade student was given a coupon to the Antioch
.
Shrine Circus. Please see the back of the newsletter for
more information. If you are not going to use the coupon,
please return it to school.
Math: Unit 4
We will be working on
thousandths place. We will
also be comparing decimals
during the week.
Spelling
Words