November 16 - 20, 2009

Ms. William's Class News

Please be sure to check the Science Fair Timeline for due dates on items to be turned in. We are extending the deadline for can foods. Please turn in canned beans by Friday, November 20th.

Important Dates:
11-16 Spirit Night -Chick-fil-A
11-16 - 11-20 Barnes & Noble Book Fair
11-19 Spirit Night - Domino's Pizza
11-23 - 11-27 Thanksgiving Holiday
Have a fantastic week!

Spelling
Our spelling words this week are video, poet, riot, piano, diary, radio, ideas, ruin, diet, patriot, fluid, rodeo, cruel, genuine, casual, trial, fuel, meteor, diameter, meander
Challenge words:
situation, variety
Our spelling test is on Thursday.
Word of the Week:
Ludicrous

Math
This week we are
continuing with division. We will also do order of operations and graphing ordered pairs. We will take a test on Friday.
(Scott Foresman text, Investigations, and Guaranteed Curriculum)

Science & Social Studies
We will take a test on Unit F, Chapter 4 on Wednesday. We will do hands-on activities on Thursday and Friday and grades will come from in-class activities. In social studies we are beginning Chapter 4, The Voyages of Columbus. We will do in-class activities for grades this week.

Reading and Language Arts
We are reading When Esther Morris Headed West. A comprehension and vocabulary test will be given on Friday. We will also learn verb tenses and focus on comprehension skills such as fact and opinion. A language test will be given on Friday.