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Spelling:
Compound
Words:

Important Dates &

Reminders

1. fishbowl

2. lookout

3. yardstick

4. desktop
5. campfire
6. overhead
7. waterproof
8.

Communication:

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9. railroad
10
snowstorm
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11 loudspeak
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12
bookcase
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13
bedroom
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14
blindfold
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15
newborn
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16
bedspread
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January 12 Awards Day

for 4th Grade @ 12:15
January 18-MLK Holiday
(No School)
January 28 Spring
pictures
January 29-Daddy
Daughter Dance forms
and payment due January
22

Please send in 4-H Camp

money if your child is
planning on attending. You
may pay in payments. If you
have not turned in the form
indicating whether or not
they plan to go, please do
so. We need to start
planning soon!
We only have about 4
chaperone spots left for 4-H
Camp. Please send in your
$130 in order to secure your
spot.
Remember: Yearbooks are $30
and you may order them online
or by bringing in your yearbook
order form.
Please be sure your child is

Test Schedule:
M: Social Studies Ch. 7
Test
W: Multiplication
Quiz
F: Reading Test
Spelling Test
Grammar Quiz
DOL Quiz
Parent Signature

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Wonders Unit 3 Week 5

Vocabulary
1. agriculture- the science and
business of raising crops and
farm animals.
2. advancements- are
improvements that move an
idea ahead.
3. characteristics- qualities that
belong to and help to identify a
person or thing.
4. concern- worried interest in
something.
5. disagreed- you had a different
opinion.
6. inherit- to receive from ones
parent or
parents.
Wonders
Unit
3 Week 5 Skills

Genre: Persuasive Article: A

persuasive article is non-fiction stating
the authors opinion on a topic, provides
facts and examples to persuade the
reader to agree with the authors
opinion, and it may include text features
such as charts and maps.
Skill (Authors Purpose): Authors
Point of View: Authors have an
attitude or point of view about the topics
they write about. To find the authors
point of view students must first look for
details that reveal the authors position
on a topic. You should ask: What is the
authors attitude about this?
Strategy: Reread: When you read an
informational text, you may come across
information and facts that are new to
you. You can reread difficult sections of
a text to increase your understanding.
Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms
and Antonyms: Sometimes the
author will use a synonym or an
antonym that will help you figure out the
meaning of the word. Synonyms are
words with similar meanings. Antonyms
are words with opposite meanings.