January 20, 2017
Mr. Plummer’s Class
Cordill-Mason Elementary 2016-2017
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 816-874-3610 ex. 51362
Dear families of room 52,
Next week will be our first “full” week of school since coming
back from the break (excluding any “ice storms” or other
inclement weather).
Notes:
 By Friday, January 27, I need all payments and
permission slips for Jefferson City. I will put the parent
volunteer slips in a box and pick five at random. If you
are picked, I will send home the information with your
child that Friday.
 Scholastic Book Orders for January are due on Friday
January 27.
 There’s a small chance that I may miss a day or more
next week, as I’ve been “lucky” enough to have been
picked for jury duty. I hope they won’t need me, but if
they do, there could be a substitute for a day or two
beginning Tuesday, January 24.
Math: We’re continuing to tackle fractions getting through Chapter 7 in the GoMath textbook.
Reading: Next week, we’ll continue with Westward Expansion.
Writing: This past week, we did some introductory mini-lessons for writing historical fiction. Next
week, the kids will pick an event from a list, to write in a first-person historical fiction piece.
Social Studies: We’ll conclude Chapter 3 in the Missouri book next week, which discusses the Civil
War.
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Vocabulary/No Excuse Words List
Latin Bases: ible-able
Meaning: “can or able to be done”
Example: The convertible had a roof that could be lowered or removed.
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3.
4.
5.
visible_____________________________________________________________
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portable_____________________________________________________________
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chewable_____________________________________________________________
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flexible_____________________________________________________________
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credible_____________________________________________________________
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6.
payable
7.
horrible
8.
valuable
9.
possible
10.
comfortable
* The first 5 words of this spelling list follow a rule. On Friday you must know the definition of
each word and how to use the word in a sentence.
* The last 5 words you will need to know how to spell correctly.
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