Gonzales Weekly 10/17/11

Welcome to another Monday!  I hope all of you received your child’s grades on Wednesday!  I am very proud of them!

For math, we will begin manipulating decimals.  In reading, we will begin the City of Ember.  EVERY STUDENT MUST HAVE A COPY OF THE BOOK!  This was on the supply list at the start of the year.  In writing, we will write about why our school should receive 250 books from the Book It! program.  For social studies, we are learning more about the English colonies in America.  In science, we will continue our reading comprehension by working on the weekly newspapers.

This week is parent teacher conference week.  If you have not signed up for a conference, you need to do so now.  I have a lot of open spots available.  Please stop by my door, call, or email me to sign up!

Spelling words for the week:

1. bald
2. halt
3. prowl
4. loyal
5. launch
6. scowl
7. haunt
8. noisy
9. thousand
10. fault
11. announce
12. poise
13. loiter
14. somersault
15. awkward

Challenge Words:

16. hoard
17. honorary
18. horrify
19. habitat
20. humidity

Ms. Gonzales

agonzales@lpatucson.org

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Gonzales Weekly

Gonzales Weekly
10/03/11

Hello and welcome to another Monday!  This is the last full week of the quarter and Friday is the last day to turn in any missing assignments!
In math, we are starting a unit on data analysis.  In reading, we will study prefixes and suffixes.  In writing, we are writing a class essay on honesty.  In science, we will be studying energy.  In social studies, we will finally start studying the colonists of America!
Please note that two weeks from now is conference week.  I would like to meet with every parent that week.  Please email me at agonzales@lpatucson.org to set up an appointment.  You can also call me between 3:30 and 4 at La Paloma as well, as can you come down in person to set something up.  Most of the times will be between 1 and 5 on Wednesday.  This is on a first-come first-serve basis, so make sure that you sign up quickly!
Spelling words for the week are as follows:
basketball
wheelchair
cheerleader
everybody
up-to-date
grandparent
wildlife
highway
whoever
homemade
household
extraordinary
quick-witted
limelight
salesperson
Challenge Words (from spelling bee list)
growth
gratuity
gaunt
garbled
gullible