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Math Chapter 7 Integers and Algebraic has been going smoothly. Students have done a real good job on the first two quizzes. Grade checks went out Thursday in Red Folders. Quiz #3 will go home next week and Chapter 7 test is scheduled for Friday.

Language Arts- Our next story in Theme 5 One Land, Many Trails is Black Cowboy, Wild Horses. The Comprehension skill covers Making Judgments and the strategy focus covers evaluating story events. The grammar skills cover fixing sentences with double subjects and Using We and Us with nouns.

Spelling words(2/14-2/17)

1. mountain

2. treasure

3. culture

4. fountain

5. creature

6. captain

7. future

8. adventure

9. moisture

10.surgeon

11. lecture

12.curtain

13.pasture

14.measure

15.vulture

16.feature

17.furniture

18.pleasure

19.mixture

20.luncheon

Vocabulary words (2/14 - 2/17)

Bluff: a high cliff or bank

Herd: a group of animals of a single kind

Mares: female horses

Milled: moved around in confusion

Mustangs: wild horses of the plains whose ancestors were horse brought from Spain.

Ravine: a narrow deep valley, usually worn away by water.

Remorse: the unhappiness that comes with wishing that one had not done something.

Skittered: moved lightly and quickly

Stallion: an adult male horse

Social Studies The class has just completed Chapter 7, Causes of the Revolution. There will be a three paragraph essay covering this material assigned as a test for next week.
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