March 25th-2th Spelling List and HW Note

Our Class Storytelling competition will be Monday from after recess at 10:30 until we finish up!
I will choose 3 winners from the class to go to our grade level storytelling competition on Thursday the
28th at 1:30. Our grade can only choose 1 student to compete in the school storytelling festival on April
12th! I can't wait to see your student's wonderful stories! This is the last week before Spring Break! No
School next week!
Unit 5: Week 3
Spelling Words

1. port
2. factory
3. flexible
4. conductor
5. credit
6. just
7. section
8. incredible
9. structure
10. bisect
11. introduce
12. predicted
13. construct
14. education
15. passport
16. reflected
17. eject
18. depended
19. judge
20. audio

Vocabulary Words:

1. industrial—relating to the use of technology, innovation, or machinery for large-scale production
2. inefficient—unable to achieve a desired result or effect because resources aren’t being used properly
3. manipulation—the clever or skillful control or management of a situation
4. modification—an alteration or change
5. mutated—changed or altered greatly in form or quality
6. nutrients—substances containing nourishment that sustain life
7. sparse—thinly distributed, grown, or settled
8. surplus—an amount that is greater than that which is needed

March 18th Spelling List and Homework Note

A week from today we will have our class Storytelling Competition on the 25th starting after recess. Every student must participate in the  class level. We will choose 3 winners from the class to go to the Grade Level Competition on Thursday, March 28th. Only one student from the grade can be chosen for school competition on April 12th. The story should be told in their own words (no reading a book) but can be a story that was already published. It should be about 3-5 minutes long. A packet about it was sent home last week with all the information. Students need to turn the packet in with signatures and times of when they practiced for different people at home.

A chapter 10 Review was sent home for homework tonight to be turned in tomorrow! We will correct together in class and review for the test on area which will be on Wednesday!

We will have a class party this Friday afternoon from 1:30 to 3:00. Students will be allowed to bring treats and wear jammies.

Thanks!

Unit 5: Week 2
Spelling Words

1. wicker
2. bronco
3. shampoo
4. tortilla
5. denim
6. gong
7. plaza
8. igloo
9. pizza
10. canoe
11. chocolate
12. pajamas
13. safari
14. poodle
15. apricot
16. balcony
17. jumbo
18. cruise
19. ballet
20. taco

Vocabulary Words:

1. disposed—inclined to do something
2. eavesdropping—listening to other people’s conversations without their knowing it
3. fortitude—having mental strength
4. infinite—endless or without limit
5. retaliation—to strike back to try to get even
6. rigors—challenges or harsh conditions
7. stoop—a platform with steps at a building’s door
8. undaunted—unafraid

Slime Party!

We had an amazing Slime Party/Goodbye Kolbie Party

 Marshmallow Cupcake

           Slime!!!                          

Ingredients

* Melted Marshmallows: About a bag

* oil (about a ½ cup)

* Flour (a little more than a ½)

*  Sprinkles (optional)

Melt the marshmallows for about a minute

Right after the marshmallows come out of the microwave add oil and mix so it does not stick to the bowl.

Then lay the batter out on your wax paper, now mix in for flour and oil!!

Once you get it how you want it you can add a few sprinkles and a SMALL amount of food coloring, you could even do both

 Enjoy!!  

Big thanks to our slime girls: Sadie, Hallie, Kaycee, Rakell, and Cambree♥️

 

 I of course connected it to our science core of chemicals, molecules, properties of matter, and density :)

March 11th-15th

Unit 5: Week 1

Spelling Words

1. bear
2. bare
3. their
4. there
5. they’re
6. pane
7. pain
8. miner
9. minor
10. vain
11. vane
12. vein
13. heel
14. heal
15. idle
16. idol
17. sheer
18. shear
19. male
20. mail

Vocabulary Words:

1. audacity—boldness that comes from confidence or arrogance
2. deception—an act that conceals the truth or gives a false impression
3. desolate—deserted landscape with few, if any, plants or animals
4. exploits—notable deeds or heroic achievements
5. oblivious—unaware of something
6. somber—depressing and dismal or showing low spirits
7. steadfast—firmly dedicated to something
8. valiant—brave and courageous

Learning at Home

Hello!

If anybody needs their students user names or passwords for Lexia, Moby Max, AR, utahcompose.com, or anything else, please email me and I can get you that information!

Also, we are starting to do some practice tests at school to prepare for the end of the year RISE test. We no longer do Sage. We are now doing Rise. If you want them to take practice samplers at home they can do this by going to this link: https://ut.nextera.questarai.com/tds/#practice and they can do samplers for math, language arts, science, etc.

Also please remember that we expect the students to read at least 30 minutes daily at home as part of their homework! It is so important to develop this habit and become a lifelong reader and learner and it will help their literacy scores go way up!

Thank you!
Professor Malouf

2/19 Spelling List and HW Note

I hope everyone had a wonderful President's Day weekend! It's always nice to have a Monday off.

This week there isn't a new spelling list. We are doing Unit 4: Week 4 from last week as a post test
today and then using that extra time this week to finish up our book club books, projects, and
presentations.

We finished up Chapter 8 last week in math and are starting up Chapter 9 today. It is more algebra :)

We will work on linear equations.

Don't forget to have your students work on Moby Max Math www.mobymax.com/ut1124 at home as well
as Lexia if they haven't completed all the levels yet, and utahcompose.com for writing practice.
Students should also be reading 30 minutes daily for homework.

Our Science Fair Winners (Timothy, Dallin, Sadie, and Lincoln) will be presenting at the District
Science Fair on Wednesday, February 20th at Pleasant Grove High School! Good luck to them! We
are so proud of them.

Next week's list is here though for you if you want to start studying: Unit 4: Week 5 will actually be
for Thursday the 28th and Friday, March 1st :). Happy studying!

Unit 4: Week 5
Spelling Words

1. crumb
2. crumble
3. design
4. designate
5. sign
6. signal
7. reject
8. rejection
9. create
10. creation
11. public
12. publicity
13. confuse
14. confusion
15. magic
16. magician
17. office
18. official
19. music
20. musician

Vocabulary Words:

1. answerable—when you must explain your actions to somebody
2. lounge—a room that people use to relax
3. obligation—a moral or legal duty
4. proportion—the proper relationship between two things in size, amount, or importance
5. alliteration—when two or more words in close proximity begin with the same consonant sound
6. assonance—repeating the same or similar vowel sounds in a group of words
7. free verse—poetry that has no fixed rhyme scheme or meter and uses the natural rhythms of speech
8. narrative poem—poem that tells a story

Valentine's Day

These kids had some incredible Valentine Boxes! We had the loveliest day doing Valentine's math, madlibs, and learning about the history of the holiday. Then we had a magical ending with a grade level party with a magician and ice cream. These kids are the best.