Jan.30- Feb. 3

• spelling- Unit 21/pretest Monday
• reading- The City of Ember/skills;prefixes and suffixes, quotation marks, and figurative language
• math- division with 3 and 4 digit dividends
• history- complete and test the Creek War
• science- magnets/pp.620-628
• language- pp.142-151
• Bible-Test on the 10 Plagues(Monday) Exodus 11 and 12:1-36

Jan. 23-27

In place of spelling and language next week, we will be working on our study of the Spanish culture.

• reading- The City of Ember/comprehension and vocabulary
• math- division practice
• science- We are studying electricity and will have a daily grade quiz next week.
• history- We will be reading about the Creek War.
• Bible- Exodus 7-11

Jan.17-20

• spelling-Unit 20/pretest Tuesday
• reading- We will begin a new class novel.(BLUE)
• math-division practice (chapter 13)
• history- daily grade quiz on pioneers Wednesday/ Creek War pp.112-116
• science- pp. 606-611
• language-p.141-147
• Bible- Exodus 2-4

Thank you all for "outfitting" pioneers. I hope the children enjoyed learning about the life of the pioneers in Alabama as well as on the Oregon Trail. Thank you to the sweet mothers that drove on the field trip, and to the sweet mothers who baked molasses cookies and tea cakes for us. They were delicious!!!!

Jan. 4 - Jan. 13

• spelling- We will use pioneer words for a spelling test on Friday. The test will be taken on slates. Next week, we will be on Unit 19 in the book.
• reading- We will be reading BOUND FOR OREGON. The children will be reading from this book each night.
• math- We will review multiplication and then begin division. (chapter 13-pp.246-252).
• history-We will be studying pioneer life in Alabama.(pp.130-143) We go to Old Alabama Town on Thursday the 12th. Children should wear their pioneer clothing on that field trip. We have two pioneer speakers coming to school this week.
• science - We will review the six systems and have a test on them Wednesday the 11th. Our next unit will be about electricity. We will just introduce this unit on the 13th. (pp. 606-607)
• language- adjectives (pp.136-143)
• Bible- We will begin reading Exodus.