What are we learning this week???

November 16th-November 20th

Spelling-Unit 15-Skill:  silent consonants; pages 92-97 **test Thursday**
often
echo
knot
known
wring
comb
island
wrong
lamb
limb
answer
knife
knee
listen
written
honest
though
doubt
knock
calm

Reading- “Buckle Down;”LEAP-Reading and Responding AND Thanksgiving Activities**In class activity will be taken as a grade** (Note: There will be no vocabulary this week.)

Language- abbreviations and compound words
TEST ON FRIDAY!

“Writing for Excellence”- “The dictionary says that the word beauty means: the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else.  YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO REWRITE THE DEFINITION OF BEAUTY. WHAT IS BEAUTY TO YOU?" (Note: We will use the Write from the Beginning format each week in writing.  Writing will be completed in class unless assigned for homework.  Writing for Excellence is a school wide program.  Mr. Alford assigns the topic each week.  All writings are displayed in the hall each week.)

Social Studies-(Mrs. Eason's homeroom) Government, Part 5-The Declaration of Independence **test Friday** (A study guide is given each week unless otherwise stated.)

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