Miss Holland’s Happenings Important Dates for This Week: Monday, February 1 – Topic 11 math test Tuesday, February 2- Shurley English test Thursday, February 4 – Report Cards go home! Domino’s Pizza Night Friday, February 5 – FUN FRIDAY, spelling test, vocabulary test, and reading assessment Monday, February 15-NO SCHOOL President’s Day February 1-5 o AR goal month #5 ends on February 2. Please encourage your child to read 20 minutes each night. o Please initial your child's behavior sheet daily and check for any memos in their folder. Turn in homework daily. Folders will not be sent home on Fridays. o Wear tennis shoes on WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY! Those are P.E. days. o Please send Box Tops in when you collect them. Thank you! SKILLS FOR THIS WEEK: Spelling Words: final consonant blends: dge & ge Reading: influential people/biographies Shurley English: homonyms, possessive nouns (review all previous skills) Math: Geometry ______________________________________________________________________________________ Please visit our class website at: http://teacherweb.com/MS/BatesvilleIntermediateSchool/HollandMaria/apt1. aspx I will be updating this weekly! Students who earn ALL GREEN lights for the 3rd nine weeks will be rewarded by getting to attend an Ole Miss Baseball game!!! Please encourage your child to be on their best behavior by following all school rules. Please continue to practice math addition and subtraction facts with your child. We are beginning timed tests again! Vocabulary biography-written history of someone’s life achieve-succeed or do well influential-able to have a powerful effect on people 1. fudge 2. wedge 3. pledge 4. dodge 5. smudge 6. ledge 7. edge 8. badge 9. budge 10.judge 11.hedge 12.page 13.garage 14.baggage 15.large genre-a category of books, art, or music perspective-someone’s point of view contribution-a role played in achieving something ***Please study vocabulary and spelling words EVERY night!!!