CES 5th Grade Newsletter
February 22-26, 2016
Weekly Highlights
Comprehension Skill: cause and effect
Comprehension Strategy: summarizing
Grammar: superlative and comparative adjectives
Spelling: Latin roots(see list below)
DIGITS: area and review for SchoolNet
enVision: data
Science: plant and animal cells
Social Studies: The Civil War
Donations Needed
Ms. Hall
wooden #2 pencils
bandages
white 8x11 copy paper
Ms. Sisco
white 8x11 copy paper
wooden #2 pencils
Mrs. Smith
sandwich sized Ziplock baggies
Mrs. Wallace
white 8x11 copy paper
wooden #2 pencils
Space Camp
Monday, Mar 14, 2016, 08:00 AM
Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL, United States
Space Camp Information
Health Forms
-If you have not done so already, please fill out a health form for Space Camp for your child. You can go online to your registration account to fill it out, or you can fill it out hard copy. Your child should have come home with a hard copy printed on orange paper. If not, the form is attached here if you would like to print it out at home. If you are unable to print and did not receive the orange hard copy, please email your homeroom teacher and let them know so they can send another one home.
-This is NOT an overnight trip.
-We will leave from the school at 8:15 am and return to the school every afternoon around 4 pm. If your child is a bus rider, they will need alternate arrangements to get home in the afternoon.
-After the graduation ceremony, please DO NOT leave with your child without signing out with your homeroom teacher.
Buffalo Wild Wings Spirit Night
Wednesday, Feb 24, 2016, 05:00 PM
Buffalo Wild Wings, Carl T Jones Drive Southeast, Huntsville, AL, United States
Field Trip to Grissom High School Play
Thursday, Mar 10, 2016, 08:15 AM
Grissom High School, Bailey Cove Road Southeast, Huntsville, AL, United States
Calling all 1st through 5th grade girls. Are you someone that would like to build yourself with courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place? Then Girl Scouts would be perfect for you. We are starting a Girl Scout troop at Challenger and would love for you to join and build a lifetime of lasting friendships.
Please contact Jina Long if you would like more information at cardsmizzoufan@outlook.com or 256-604-8715.
Selection Vocabulary
armor-covering that protects the body in battle
encases-to enclose, as in a case
extinct-no longer alive on Earth
hideous-very ugly
plunged-moved sharply in a downward direction
serpant-snake or snake-like monster
Spelling Words
Your child can practice their spelling words at http://spellingcity.com/hallspelling5
Challenge words are in bold.
describe
interruption
inspection
scribble
respectful
bankrupt
project
injection
manuscript
suspect
subscription
spectacular
eruption
eject
abruptly
prescribe
reject
aspect
rupture
inscribe
circumspect
nondescript
trajectory
transcription
corruption