4th Grade Rocks!

We are working on creating a 'Detective Case File'! Every student will need to bring a cereal box to create their book project.

This week we are reading “Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander” by Donald Sobol.  We will focus on the following vocabulary words in this story.  It would be helpful if you will reinforce the meaning of these words at home with your child.

Vocabulary Word	Meaning
amphibians	cold-blooded animals with backbones and moist, scaleless skins.  Their young usually have gills and live in water until they develop lungs for living on land
crime	activity of criminals; violation of law
exhibit	act of displaying; public showing
lizards	reptiles with long bodies and tails, movable eyelids, and usually four legs.  Some lizards have no legs and look much like snakes.
reference	used for information or help
reptiles	cold-blooded animals with backbones and lungs, usually covered with horny plates or scales
salamanders	animals shaped like lizards, but related to frogs and toads.  Salamanders have moist, smooth skin and live in water or in damp places
stumped	puzzled

ARMT Practice

Vocabulary
boarding school- school with buildings where the pupils live during the school term
dormitory- a building with many rooms in which people sleep
endurance - power to last and to withstand hard wear
manual - done with the hands
reservation - land set aside by the government for a special purpose
society - the people of any particular time or place
inconsolable - not able to be comforted; brokenhearted
recruiter - a person who gets new members, who gets people to join or come

Spelling Words
1. misplace 2. nonsense 3. reread 4. repack 5. misfortune 6. remove 7. mishandle 8. nonstop 9. recover 10. reseal 11. misbehavior 12. reunion 13. nonfiction 14. rebound 15. mistreat 16. readjust 17. misprint 18. nonprofit 19. nonstick 20. misquote
Challenge Words
misinterpret mispronounce noncommittal reconstruct reorganize

School will be out on Monday, February 20, 2012 for President's Day

School will be out on Thursday, February 23, 2012 for the girl's basketball state tournament in Hanceville
GO PIRATES!!!

History
Astronauts
Timeline

Students have been given a Valentine's Day Challenge. They should be working on creating a container for their Valentine's Day cards. These should be brought to school on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Our Valentine's Day celebration will begin at 2:15.

Also, fourth grade is participating in a secret Valentine activity. The students were assigned a classmate to treat to four special Valentines. Each student received a letter concerning what type of Valentines are appropriate.

We will be testing on The Seeker of Knowledge, on Friday, February 10.

Here are our spelling words for the week. The words in italics are our challenge spelling words.

Spelling Words: village, except, explain, quick, charge, bridge, knowledge, question, equal, queen, excited, expect, Texas, fudge, excellent, exercise, quart, liquid, quilt, expert, expedition, aquarium, inquire, frequent, advantage

“Seeker of Knowledge” Vocabulary:
1. Ancient – antique; of times long past

2. Link – anything that joins or connects, as a loop or chain would
3. Scholars – students; people having much knowledge
4. Seeker – one who tries to find; one who searches or seeks
5. Temple – building constructed for a god; building used for the service or worship of God or gods
6. Translate – to change from one language into another
7. Triumph – victory or success
8. Uncover – show; to make known