Reminder

We have 3 weeks left to reach our AR goals.  Please continue to encourage your child to read their AR books.

Reading

We will continue reading novel Tuck Everlasting .  This week we will read chapters 17 - 23 in class and discuss.   Vocabulary and comprehension tests on Friday.

Language/Spelling 5 A&B

Spelling words for the week - carpet, civil, countless, wrench, waffle, clover, shower, carve, glisten, steeple, gnarled, angle, crouch, cleats, popcorn, ankles, porches, stroke, thumb, around

Test Friday

Language - Complete rough draft and revise essay for writing competition about the Constitution.
Punctuation - 7 rules for the correct use of commas and 3 rules for correct use of apostrophes.

Language/Spelling 6 A&B

Spelling words for The Cay - terror, dishonest, biscuits, coral, stupid, pleaded, imagination, ignore, groaned, satisfaction, stunned, tatters, vaguely, awakened, convince, approached, shiver, fascination, unraveled, driftwood

Test  Friday

Spelling words for Freak the Mighty - artifact, horizon, actually, intersection, laboratory, research, incision, cardiac, mechanical, specifically, bulkhead, fabulous, manages, damsel, testaments, knuckles, cellar, fashion, admitting, clumsy

Test Friday

Language Unit 9 Test Tuesday Review pages 161, 165*, 167,168,171,174* 175, 178, & 181.
                                                                    ( * Very Important)

Language/Spelling 5A&B

Spelling words for the week are- wristwatch, gnat, debt, autumn, folk, rhythm, known, sword, wrinkle, column, wrestle, doubt, gnaw, listen, yolk, whole, aisle, knob, rhymes, science

Test Friday

Language - Study Skill - Punctuation -The many uses of a comma. Study rules in blue boxes on pages 133, 135, 136, 137, and 138.

Spelling 5 A&B

throat, stress, swallow, flavor, clothing, stubborn, profit, clinic, broken, blister, sparkle, startle, stumble, cruel, greedy, grandma, crowded, apron, sponges, starched

Test Friday

Field Trip - Frozen

We have a field trip on Friday, March 6, to see the Southeast Alabama Dance Company perform FROZEN.  Student tickets are $7 and chaperone tickets are $23 each.  We need 4 drivers. Please let me know if you would like to chaperone.  The money must be turned in by Thursday, Feb. 12, to reserve our seats.  Thank You!

6 A&B Spelling

Spelling words for students reading The Cay - temporary, admitted, district, attacked, Caribbean, galleons, binoculars, pontoon, horizon, channel, aviation, refinery, schooners, torpedo, mutiny, massive, constantly, lubricating, murmur, outrageous.

Spelling Words for students reading Freak the Mighty- scrawny, assembly, weird, laser, glimpse, scowling, mastodons, evidence, vacant, drool, duplex, fiend, moron, midget, hunkering, earthling, identify, consequences, humanoid, whack

Cookie Dough Orders

The cookie dough orders are due Feb. 11.

Valentine's Party

Our Valentine's party will be Friday.  We will have a buffet style lunch with finger foods.  Students may bring their drink or purchase it in the cafetorium.  The students have started a list of what they would like to bring.  We have 14 students and I will send a name list home today.

Spelling/Language 6 A&B

Spelling - The 6th grade started a new novel this week.  Their next Spelling Test will be Feb. 11.

Reminders

The SGA is selling cookie dough.  You should have received an order form.  Orders need to be turned in by Feb. 11.

Children's Hospital is having a King and Queen Contest.  Students in K4-6th grade will be participating.  You may collect pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters,or dollars.  The boy that collects the most money will be crowned King and the girl with most will be Queen.  Deadline to turn in money is Feb. 12.

The EXCEL Club is having a shoe drive for children in need.  They are accepting new or slightly used shoes you've outgrown or don't need.  They will be collecting until Feb. 27.

Grades 7-12 will be dismissed at 12:00 on Thursday to attend the basketball games.

The Spring Softball Clinic is Feb. 7 for girls in grades K-6. Contact Coach Park if you would like to register.

The booklets, to be completed with names and addresses, need to be turned in no later than tomorrow.  The school will receive $5.50 for everyone turned in and be placed in a drawing for $100,000 worth of playground equipment.

Field Trip

The 5th and 6th grade classes are planning a trip to the McWane Science Center in Birmingham on April 7, 2015.  The cost is $42 for students and $37 for adults. This does include bus fare, but not the cost for lunch.  If you would like to be one of the chaperones, please let me know.