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Spelling Words
with /oi/
and/ou/:

1. noises
2. voices
3. rejoice
4. annoy

Important Dates &

Reminders

5. destroy
6. voyage
7. mound

8. south
9. pound
10
hound
.

11
pouch
.
12
thousand
.
13
wound
.
14
grouch
.
15
cowboy
.
16
gown
.

February 16 - Native
Alabama Animal project
due
February 29- March 4
Read Across American
Week
March 8 Spring Pictures
March 9- M&M Club

Communication:

We have three
chaperone spots open
for 4-H Camp. These
spots will go quickly!
Please continue to send in
4-H Camp money!
Remember: Yearbooks are
now $30 and you may
order them online or by
bringing in your yearbook
order form.
Please continue to check
out our website for new
math videos on the
Homework tab. These
should be helpful with

Test Schedule:
T: Ch. 9 Social Studies Test
Math Test Fractions and
Decimals
W: Multiplication Quiz
F: Reading Test
Spelling Test
Grammar Quiz
States & Capitals Test # 3
Parent Signature

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Wonders Unit 4 Week 4

Vocabulary
1. telescope- makes distant
objects seem larger and
nearer.
2. astronomer- studies the
stars and planets.
3. crescent- a curve that is
wider in the middle and
tapered at the ends.
4. phases- are the different
stages of the moon.
5. rotates- turns around on an
axis.
6. series- a number of similar
things coming on after
another.
Wonders Unit 4 Week 4 Skills
Genre: Expository Text: An
Expository Text explains facts and
information (usually presented in
logical order) about a topic, it also
includes text features.

Skill (Authors Purpose) Cause

& Effect: Text structure is the way
that authors organize information in a
selection. Cause and effect is one
kind of text structure. A cause is why
something happens. An effect is what
happens.

Strategy: Ask & Answer

Questions: When you read an
informational text, you usually come
across new facts and ideas. Asking
questions an
d reading to find the answer can help
you understand new information.

Vocabulary Strategy: Context

Clues: As you read you may come
across words that you dont know. To
figure out the meaning of an
unfamiliar word, check the words or
phrases near it carefully for clues.