Language/Spelling

 * Read at home at least 30 minutes daily.

Spelling List:

• return - go back, turn back; give back, send back 
• turkey - a large American bird related to the chicken; foolish person
• journal - diary; a magazine that reports on things of special interests  
• search - act or process of looking for someone or something
• courage - able to do something you know is difficult
• heard - to listen to someone or something
• courtesy - polite behavior that shows respect for other people
• curtain - piece of cloth that covers a window, stage, or can hide or protect something
• surface - an outside part or layer of something
• early - before the usual or expected time
• nourish - to provide with food and other things that are needed
• burrow - a hole or tunnel in the ground
• purpose - reason why something is done
• turtle - a reptile that lives mostly in water that has a hard shell
• purse - handbag
• hamburger - finely chopped beef that is cooked and served in a roll or bun
• first - coming before all others in time, order, or importance
• birthday - the day when someone was born
• furniture - chairs, tables, beds, etc., that are used to make a room ready for use
• survey - review, study, inspection

Reading Vocabulary:

• attractive - pleasing to the eye, mind, or senses; having the power to draw attention
• captivity - the state of being held or imprisoned against one's wishes
• carefree - without troubles or worries
• coax - to get someone to do something in a gentle way; to persuade
• desire - to wish for; to want very much
• frantic - very excited or upset; marked by fast, wild, or nervous actions
• plead - to ask for something that is felt to be very important; to beg
• release - to let go; to free
• tragic - causing great sadness
• vast - very big in area or size

Math

Math Skills: Lessons 20, 21, and 22 (Test March 5)

Monday – HW page labeled Monday; Study vocabulary words and multiplication facts.

Tuesday – HW page labeled Tuesday; Study vocabulary words and multiplication facts.

Wednesday - HW page labeled Wednesday; Study vocabulary words and multiplication facts.

Thursday – HW page labeled Thursday

Math Vocabulary 

          Lessons 20, 21, and 22

• tenths - the part formed when a whole is divided into ten equal parts
• hundredths - the part formed when a whole number is divided into hundred equal parts
• equivalent fractions - two or more fractions that name the same of a whole number line
• numerator - the number on the fraction bar in a fraction that tells the number of equal parts that are being described
• denominator - the number below the fraction bar in a fraction that tells the number of equal parts in the whole
• decimal - a number containing a decimal point separates the whole from fraction place value
• decimal point - the dot used in a decimal that separates the ones place from the tenths place
• fraction - a number that names equal parts of a whole; a fraction names a point on the number line
• compare - to decide if one number is greater than, less than, or equal to another number
• greater than symbol - a symbol used to compare two numbers when the first is greater than the second
• less than symbol - a symbol used to compare two numbers when the first is less than the second

Science

• The Human Body (Infections)

Social Studies

• Civil War

Health

• The Shoulder