Spelling and Vocabulary Words for 9/5-9/9

Spelling Words

1.       curfew      11. mood

2.       duty         12. smooth

3.       humor      13. threw

4.       pupil        14. afternoon

5.       truth        15. scooter

6.       flute         16. juice

7.       huge         17. cruise

8.       usual        18. bruise

9.       confuse     19. cruel

10.   excuse     20. groove

Vocabulary Words (Words taken from this week’s story Letter’s Home from Yosemite.)
glacier: A great mass of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain or along a valley, or spreads very slowly over a land area.
impressive: Able to impress the mind, feelings, conscience.
naturalist: A person who studies living things.
preserve: To keep from harm or change; protect.
slopes: Land that goes up or down at an angle.
species: A set of related living things that share certain characteristics and that can interbreed.
wilderness: A wild region with few or no people living in it.


Hello Parents,

     This week we are working on algebra rules in math. For example, find the missing number in the equation 2+y=5, and we learn that y=3 because 2+3=5. We are also learning about balancing equations. For example, 5+2+4=1+10. We have a math test on Friday covering Chapter 3 in Math. Be sure to use the math website resources to learn more about our math lessons this week.
     In Language Arts, we are learning about related words, main idea and details, graphic organizers, clauses, complex sentences, and our story writing genre will be narrative nonfiction. We will review what we know about suffixes, compound words, and fact and opinion.

Have a great week,

Mr. Robert Higgins

Internet Resources for Your Child

Online Resources

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

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

Math Text Book and Workbook Online Resource:
http://macmillanmh.com/ose/
Go to the above link and enter the following into the field that says "Access Code": (The code won't work if you copy and paste it into the field. You have to type in the access code on the keyboard.)

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.


Student Online Achievement Resource (SOAR) for Military Families:
http://www.soarathome.org/