St. Augustine Field Trip

Green Eggs and Ham

Recent Pics (click on picture to zoom)

Important Dates

April 11 and 12--FCAT Reading Test April 13 and 14--FCAT Math Test April 15--Field Day April 16--St. Augustine Field Trip April 21--Early Dismissal April 22--Good Friday (No School) Week of April 25--Spring Break!!

Spelling words for week of April 4

1. pollen 2. even 3. urban 4. seven 5. kitchen 6. reason 7. human 8. season 9. burden 10. wagon 11. oven 12. dragon 13. horizon 14. orphan 15. sudden 16. eleven 17. button 18. canyon 19. slogan 20. golden CHALLENGE words: ecosystem, precipitation, region, climate, creatures

School Dance is March 17th

Hello!

4th grade is hosting a St. Patty's Day dance to support funds for the St. Augustine trip. Tickets for students are $1 and adults are $3. Students MUST be accompanied by an adult, and tickets MUST be purchased in advance. It will be a great time, so join the fun!!

Remember--the St. Augustine trip is April 16. There are only 36 seats left! Get your money turned in before it's too late!

Current Needs for the Classroom

1. Radio (with cd/tape deck)--mine is broken
2. Expo dry erase markers
3. Notebook paper
4. Cornstarch (for science experiment) 1 or 2 boxes

spelling words for the week of Feb 21

Florida
Sabal Palm
Mockingbird
Orange Blossom
Manatee
Tallahassee
Peninsula
Mangrove
Miami
Tampa
Orlando
Jacksonville
Lake Okeechobee
Everglades
Tourism

Spelling Words for the Week of Feb 7

1. unused
2. dislike
3. unclean
4. unheard
5. disagree
6. disabled
7. unkind
8. unfriendly
9. unable
10. unhappy
11. unsafe
12. disobey
13. uncertain
14. disappear
15. undecided
16. dishonest
17. disadvantage
18. distrust
19. unknown
20. unlike

bonus words

21. detective
22. investigation
23. sleuth
24. mysterious
25. villain

Spelling Words for the week of Jan 31

tiny
hockey
heavy
every
money
turkey
early
hungry
already
valley
nobody
monkey
company
country
ability
steady
everybody
industry
activity
honey
challenge words
manufacture
inventor
machinery
mechanical
mass-produce

This post was written by our classroom journalists:
Stephanie
Gabe
Alyssa B.

Important Dates!!

Field Trip
Field trip on Tuesday, Feburary 1st for Fiddler On The Roof.

Valentines Day
Feburary 14th is Valentines Day.

Report cards
Report cards come out this Wednesday.

FCAT WRITES
March 1

ST. AUGUSTINE FIELD TRIP
Saturday, April 16

Paper Towel Experiment!

Science

In class we are doing some weird science experiments. One project is about where to find most particals: inside or outside. Our research shows that so far outside definitely has more particles floating aound. Another project is about which liquid will make the chick pea grow faster. The liquids are tap water, orange juice, club soda,milk,vinegar, and green tea. My opinion would be that the Green Tea will win the battle.


The authors of this post are: Garrett D. Wood , Jared M. Ortiz , and Jonathan T. Golden

A Pre-View of Next Week's Vocab and Spelling

Vocabulary for NEXT Week:

interpreter
overwhelm
hysterically
equivalent
appetizing
occasionally
irrigation

Spelling for NEXT Week: (words with abbreviations)

Mt. Mount
Dr. Doctor
Jan. January
Rte. Route
Rd. Road
St. Street
Fri. Friday
lb. pound
Ave. Avenue
Dec. December
tsp. teaspoon
Sat. Saturday
Wed. Wednesday
Gov. Governor
Pres. President
Hwy. Highway
Sept. September
Pkwy. Parkway
Sun. Sunday
Mon. Monday

Welcome Back!!

I hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable Christmas/Winter Break. Now, it's time to roll up our sleeves and finish up the next half of the year with a bang!

This week: We are reading a novel entitled "Shiloh." Ask your child what this book is about. We have paired up with Mrs. Spurr's Kindergarten class for reading buddies as well...how exciting.

In math, we are multiplying 3 and 4 digit number!! Study your multiplication facts every night.

In writing, we are writing narrative stories--the focus this week is to use specific details and lots of dialogue.

We have also been conducting science experiments to answer the following question, "Which liquid is best for germinating seeds?"