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I would like to thank those who chaperoned our field trip to the Anniston Museum last week! I hope everyone will have a good month as our school year continues. Please review the spelling words, along with the vocabulary words and their definitions, with your child each night so that he or she will be prepared for the tests!

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HOMEWORK:

Monday: Write this week's spelling words 3 times each, using your best handwriting.

Tuesday: Math page 67 (numbers 1-15). Write problems and answers neatly.

Wednesday: Spelling Pretest today!

Study your spelling and vocabulary words, as well as your multiplication facts.

Thursday: County-wide Math Benchmark Test today! (Grades 3-6)

Study for ALL tests!

Friday: Lesson 6 Spelling Test / "The Babe and I" Story Test / Lesson 6 Vocabulary Quiz

WEEKLY SPELLING WORDS -- Lesson 6 (Compound Words):

pickup, cannot, outside, bedroom, upstairs, raindrop, baseball, hallway, airplane, mailbox, sunshine, homework, classroom, something, playground, sidewalk, teaspoon, thumbtack, sandpaper, notebook

VOCABULARY -- Lesson 6 ("The Babe and I"):

1. skim - If a boat moves swiftly over the water, it skims the surface.

2. span - If the bridge spans meet, they come together.

3. contribution - If you help your family reach its goal, you make a contribution to your family.

4. initiative - When you take initiative, you make the first step in doing something.

5. midst - If you are in the midst of something, you are in the middle of it.

6. shabby - Shabby things look old and worn out.

7. dazed - If you are dazed, you are confused and cannot think properly.

8. elevated - Something that is elevated is lifted up.

9. embarrass - If you embarrass someone, you make that person feel ashamed or uncomfortable.

10. collapses - When something collapses, it falls down because it is not well supported.

(Please study these vocabulary words and definitions with your child each night. Practice using each word in a sentence properly. The students will be given a quiz on Friday that requires them to correctly match each vocabulary word to a sentence.)