Spelling Words and Vocabulary Words to be Tested This Week

Words with Latin Roots (3/7-3/11)
1. dictionary   11. dictate
2. abrupt        12. location
3. predict       13. erupt
4. import        14. passport
5. locally        15. export
6. verdict        16. contradict
7. locate         17. rupture
8. portable      18. interrupt
9. transport     19. disrupt
10. bankrupt   20. dislocate
* Students who memorize ten spelling words need to memorize #'s 1-10.

Vocabulary Words (Words taken from this weeks reading selection, "Antartic Journal".
An-tic-i-pa-tion act of anticipating; looking forward to; expectation.
Con-ti-nent one of the seven great masses of land on Earth. The continents are North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antartica.
Con-ver-gence act or process of meeting at a point.
De-part to go away; leave.
For-bid-ding causing fear or dislike; looking dangerous or unpleasant.
Heaves rises; rises and falls alternatively.
Ice-bergs large masses of ice detached from glaciers and floating in the sea. About 90 percent of an iceberg's mass is below the surface of the water.

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.