Spelling Words, Vocabulary Words, and Weekly Writing (2/14-2/17)

Online Resources

My Email:
rhiggins@silvervalley.k12.ca.us

My Blogsite with homework information and other resources is
http://higgins4thgrade.blogspot.com/

Great Online Math Resource
http://macmillanmh.com/ose/
Go to the above link and enter the following into the field that says "Access Code":

BACF92D466

Now, this resource will let you view the entire math textbook at home. ALSO, it will allow you to print out the homework we do and give you additional math pages for practice. (To get to homework you will need to click on the "Table of Contents"; then you will click on the little gray arrow next to whichever chapter you want the homework for; a list will drop down from the arrow; click on whichever lesson we are working on (IE 14-6); then click on the "Resources" button which is next to the "Table of Contents" button; finally, homework and additional practice resources will appear for you to view.) If your child "forgets" his or her homework, you can still have him or her do it if you have an internet connection.

Another Online Math Resource:
ca.gr4math.com
This resource has some videos that reteach the lesson we are on. There are also extra practice problems, and sometimes math games available for a lesson.

Language Arts Textbook online
Unfortunately, the teachers textbook has answers for tests, so I cannot post it online.



Spelling Words (Multisyllabic Words) 

1. reaction           11. misdialed
2. prerecorded    12. undefined
3. incorrectly       13. unhappily
4. incredibly        14. watchfully
5. disobedient     15. gleefully
6. disagreeable    16. sportsmanship
7. refreshment     17. repayment
8. unbreakable    18. questionable
9. declaration      19. displacement
10. retirement      20. midshipman

Vocabulary Words (The vocabulary words are taken from this weeks reading selection Smoke Jumpers.)

1. con-cen-trat-ing paying close attention; focusing the mind
2. ded-i-ca-tion act of setting apart or condition of being set apart for a purpose; devotion
3. es-sen-tial an absolutely necessary element or quality
4. meth-od a way of doing something
5. par-a-chute device shaped like an umbrella, made of nylon or silk, that allows people or an object, to fall slowly after dropping out of an aircraft
6. steer to guide in a direction
7. un-der-brush bushes and small trees growing under large trees in woods or forests; undergrowth
8. wind air in motion

Weekly Writing

This week we are working on an expository nonfiction about a job that deals with emergencies. Expository nonfiction is writing that shares information with the reader about the real world.
Unfortunately, the teachers textbook has answers for tests, so I cannot post it online.