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eeky Homework “Buzz” Dec. 1-5, 2008
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Attention Parents: December 12th - School Christmas Program/ Games
We will send morenformation about this later.
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Tests: Thursday—Math Subtraction Test for 2 minutes.
Friay- Spelling Test, Reading Tests
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Spelling Words
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Science/Social Studies
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slice dodge city huge nice space gem price cage fudge central fireplace gentle gymnast
celebrate
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We will begin a unit on Louisiana. The students will be learning facts and history about their state.
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Dictation Sentence: We ate some fudge by the huge fireplace.
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Reading
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We encourage the students to read the story “Big Bushy Mustache ” pp. 392-417 as much as possible. Discuss differences between fiction and nonfiction stories.
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High Frequency Words
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Vocabulary
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Review
favorite popular
imagine enjoy
expensive year
cook board
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Words
wilting flitted
swirling trance
route semblance
distraught improvise
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wear young
tough woman
above shoes
wash
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Sentences to explain word meanings:
1. When a plant doesn’t get enough water, its leaves start to droop because they are wilting.
2. If something moved quickly from place to place without stopping for long, it flitted.
3. If something is swirling, it is moving round and round quickly.
4. When someone is in a trance, he or she seems to be asleep, but his or her eyes are open.
5. When you follow the same route to school or to the store everyday, you are going the same way every time.
6. When someone is distraught, that person is very, very unhappy.
7. When you make a drawing that looks a lot like someone, it is a good semblance of that person.
8. If you improvise a song or a story, then you make it up as you sing the song or tell the story.
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