Camp News
March 18, 2016
Literacy
This Week's Reading
Main Text: The Stormi Giovanni Club
Genre: Drama
Paired Text: The Extra Credit Club
Genre: Persuasive Text
Comprehension Skills: Generalizations & Text Structure
Math
- Lines and Levels (Order of Operations)
- You place vertical lines around any and all addition or subtraction signs that are outside of parentheses.
- You move from left to right section by section finding the value by levels.
Level 1: Groupings (braces, brackets, parentheses)
Level 2: Radicals and Exponents
Level 3: Multiplication and Division
Level 4: Addition and Subtraction
You also work left to right if there is more than one of a level (ex: 3-2+4= 5)
Spelling List
(Spelling words will be reviewed this week. Due to PARCC testing, no test will be scored.)
- Invisible
- illiterate
- irregular
- irresistible
- impossible
- informal
- illegal
- impatient
- independent
- incorrect
- inactive
- imperfect
- impolite
- immature
- illogical
- indefinite
- inappropriate
- immobile
- irresponsible
- inexpensive
- irrelevant
- irreparable
- intolerant
- indisputable
- impersonal
Vocab
- bluish
- cartwheels
- gymnastics
- hesitation
- limelight
- skidded
- somersault
- throbbing
- wincing
Reminders
- Tuesday, March 22 is the 5th Grade Concert. Please try to make it. Also, if possible, please have your son or daughter wear a purple t-shirt. Looking forward to seeing everyone!
- PARCC testing begins the week after Spring Break. We will try to work hard during testing, and catch-up on instruction between. If the weather is nice we will also head outside to play capture the flag.
- We will be stamping our Camp Jupiter shirts the 2nd Week of PARCC testing. Please make sure to wash your shirt before sending it in. The fabric paint sticks better.