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We now have less than a week until our Math Benchmark Assessment! Please keep in mind that the Math Benchmark will be on Thursday. It is important that you continue to review previously-taught and current math lessons with your child each night as they prepare for this test.

HOMEWORK

Monday:

® FLIP-IT Binder Reading: Choose at least one of the Fluency Builders for Lesson 22. Read the Front and Back and record on Binder reading log.

® Reading Log (15 minutes)

Tuesday:

® Math FLIP binder pages 9-12

® Reading Log (15 minutes)

Wednesday:

® FLIP-IT Binder Reading: Choose at least one of the Fluency Builders for Lesson 22. Read the Front and Back and record on Binder reading log.

® Reading Log (15 minutes)

Thursday:

® Math FLIP binder pages 13-16

® Reading Log (15 minutes)

Friday:

® Spelling Test today

® Vocabulary Test today

® Story Test today

® Grammar Test

IMPORTANT:

® We are still taking our multiplication tests to earn our banana splits. Continue to memorize these at home as we learn them at school. They must make 100 on the timed test to earn parts of their banana splits. We will take tests every Tues., Wed., and Thurs..

® The Sweet Heart Pageant will be Sat., March 3^rd.

® Math Benchmark Feb. 23^rd. Keep Studying J

Website for Multiplication

www.multiplication.com

Weekly Math Focus: Measurement

*Measure length using inches, feet, yards, and miles

*1 foot=12 inches

*1 yard=3 feet=36 inches

*1 mile=5, 280 feet

*Measure capacity using cups, pints, quarts, and gallons

*1 pint=2 cups

*1 quart=4 cups

*1 quart=2 pints

*1 gallon=16 cups

*1 gallon=8 pints

*1 gallon=4 quarts

*Measure weight using ounces and pounds

*1 pound=16 ounces

*Degrees Fahrenheit are customary units of temperature

*Degrees Celsius are metric units of temperature

*Be able to read temperature in Fahrenheit and Celsius on thermometers

Spelling Words

Lesson 22

1. ought ............ 11. pause

2. soft .............. 12. straw

3. yawn ............ 13. false

4. walk ............. 14. author

5. long .............. 15. almost

6. also .............. 16. swallow

7. thaw ............. 17. naughty

8. lost ............... 18. somersault

9. cause ............ 19. sprawling

10. taught .......... 20. faucet

Vocabulary Words

Lesson 22 “Bat Loves the Night”

1. blanketed – If an area is blanketed in fog or snow, it is covered.

2. surroundings – The area around you is part of surroundings.

3. plummet – If you drop suddenly from a great height, you plummet.

4. inverted – Something that is turned upside-down or inside-out is inverted.

5. nocturnal – An animal that is nocturnal sleeps during the day and is active at

night.

6. effort – When you work hard, you use effort.

7. dozes – Someone who dozes takes short naps.

8. swoops- When something swoops, it dives or dips downward.

9. detail – A detail is a small piece of information that is part of a larger whole.

10. fluttering – When something moves through the air lightly and quickly, it is

fluttering.