1. Dates to Remember:Test Schedule: Monday, Jan. 20th - No School *Using a recipe, allow your child to help you measure the items. We will continue studying fractions this week. Discuss this skill when you are talking about everyday situations! Please send a regular sized Hershey bar! Weekly - (Multiplication 0,1,2,3,4,5, 6,9, 10’s, and 11’s) *You should be able to do 50 problems in 3 minutes! PRACTICE!! Notice we added the 6’s for this month! Wed. – Multiplication quiz this week Thurs. Reading & Spelling Friday – Math & Language Weekly Totals: HomeroomAR (Needs 40 pts.) AM (Need 80 pts) Rutledge 913 Azlynn 111 Jones 1,403 River167 No School Monday!!! Please label your child’s jacket…we have a lost & found full of lost items! Colby Davis– 1 st Savannah Williams – 28 th Contact Information: ECUE Phone: 588-7019 Fax: 588-7046 Website: HTTP://www.jcsd.k12.ms.us/ecue/ecuemain.htmHTTP://www.jcsd.k12.ms.us/ecue/ecuemain.htm Mrs. Rutledge: krutledge@jcsd.k12.ms.us@jcsd.k12.ms.us Ms. Jones: sjones@jcsd.k12.ms.us@jcsd.k12.ms.us January 21 – 24 (Week 21) Star Students: Ms. Rutledge Ms. Jones Payge JanesEvan Dailitka

2. Practice your multiplication facts : 0,1,2,3,4,5, 6,9,10,11 (Lessons 4,5,6) Multiplication quiz on Tuesday, January 11 & Thursday, January 30th (Graded) 1. Fraction – a symbol, such as ½ or 2/3, that names equal parts of a whole ( a part of something) 2. Numerator – tells how many equal parts are described. It is the number on top. UP 3. Denominator – tells the total number of equal parts. It is the number on bottom. DOWN 4.Benchmark fraction – commonly used fractions ¼,1/3, ½,2/3 Please send a regular sized Hershey bar! The three main types, or classes, of rock are sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous and the differences among them have to do with how they are formed. You will need to know the US: Midwestern Region States (Study!!! Test next Friday.) NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA WISCONSIN KANSAS ILLINOIS MINNESOTA INDIANA IOWA OHIO MISSOURI MICHIGAN beautiful safely kindness finally spotless worthless illness helpful daily suddenly wireless quietly fairness cheerful painful Syllabication Rule: If the first syllable has a LONG vowel sound, divide behind the vowel. If the first syllable has a SHORT vowel sound, divide behind the consonant. cam/el sal/ad ro/bot mu/sic wag/on lem/on Verbs can show action happening in the past, present, or future. Examples: present: Jessica jumps over a bush. Past: Jessica jumped over a bush. Future: Jessica will jump over a bush. by : Steve Schuch anxiously - uneasily; nervously bay – a body of water partly surrounded by land blizzards – snowstorms with very strong, cold winds channel – waterway that joins 2 larger bodies of water chipped -cut or broke off of something melody- a series of musical notes supplies – food or other necessary items surrounded – shut in on all sides; enclosed symphony – a long musical piece for an orchestra A suffix is at the end of a base/root word. It changes the meaning of the word. Examples: spotless - without spots; careful – full of care; lightly – in a light way happiness – the state of being happy