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Ms. Soeder February 11-14 Language Arts -This week’s story is called “Half Chicken.” It is a folktale that teaches a lesson. -The focus skill is theme. The theme of this story is “when you are generous and helpful to others, they will be generous and helpful to you.” -Our robust vocabulary words are: deliberately, compassion, composed, gratitude, swift, vain, overheard, suggested, enormous, and exclaimed. -Our grammar skill is verbs. A verb is a word that tells what someone/something is or does. -This is the last week for character essay contest writing. We will be finishing up the revision and editing process and sending them off for judging. Social Studies Today Joseph and Briscoe presented the history of Mardi Gras. Students also made traditional Mardi Gras masks using what they learned. We will also be learning about scarcity and opportunity cost this week. We will have small groups who are assigned to demonstrate understanding of specific economic concepts. Character Chat Integrity, Justice, and Fun!!! -Shout outs to Justin, Darien, and Earl who worked EXTRA hard on their weekly tests and got AMAZING grades. -Omari, you demonstrated integrity when I was at a meeting and you were in P.E. last week. I know its hard when others aren't cooperating but you did what you were supposed to do! Excellent work! Important News and Reminders Lesson 6.10-6.12 https://orders.scholastic.com/LNG9L. This is the link to order books through Scholastic Online. The code is LNG9L. Happy reading!! This week we will be focusing on the following concepts: Please visit imaginebellaacademy.com. Please find my name under teachers and click on it. There you will find important updates including these newsletters! Enjoy. I will be posting pictures as well. -congruent shapes -Conferences are on the 15th. There is no school that day. Please do not forget to sign up. Please be on time and respect other’s times. I will do the same. No school Monday, February 18th due to President’s Day. -Contact Information: [email protected] Everyday Math -symmetry -3D shapes and their properties. Test will be next week on Tuesday. I will send home a review to be done Monday night! Spelling words: undo, redo, dislike, react, refill, uneasy, reread, unlike, remove, dishonest, unhappy, rebuilt, displease, uncover, rewrite. Challenge words: recycle, disagree, review, unclear, disorder.