Friday, January 19th

Today:

• Students took their grammar and spelling test.
• We finished Chapter 7 of the Secret Garden, and it seems the kids are really enjoying the story!

Next Week:

• Science: We will begin working on our plant unit this week and do some cool experiments with carnations and celery.
• History: We will continue our unit on Russia. The test for the Russia unit will be on Monday, January 29th.
• Math: We will take the decimals test Wednesday, January 24th and then begin the next unit that focuses on multiply and dividing decimals.
• ELA: 

  Porto, portatum (L) to carry Derivatives to use: Porter, portable, portage, transport, export, import (BE SURE THEY SEE THE DIFFERENCE FROM LAST WEEK’S PORTA) Novus (L) new Derivatives to use: Novel (n and adj), novice, novelty   Ordo, ordinis (L) row, array, command Derivatives to use: Order, orderly, extraordinary, ordinance Saeculum (L) age, century Derivatives to use: Secular, siècle (French), secule  The spelling test will be administered on Friday. Spelling Words-  Wednesday, folk, aches, approve, biscuits, bottle, bottom, bruised, changeable, chimney

• Literature: We will continue to read Secret Garden this week.