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<strong>Math</strong></td>
<td width="506" valign="top">This week we will read, write, and compare large numbers using patterns in the base-ten place-value system. We will also learn about exponential notation for powers of 10, how to report counts when large quantities are to be counted, as well as how to look-up and compare numerical data. On Friday we will take the Unit 5 test.     </td>
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<strong>Science</strong></td>
<td width="506" valign="top">Continue to look at mystery boards, find ways to operate more than one component in a circuit, and find out which design is better for manufacturing long strings of tree lights – series or parallel.    </td>
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<strong>Language Arts</strong></td>
<td width="506" valign="top">We will learn the new spelling words for our story “Medicine: Past and Present”. The words are: <strong>giraffe, geography, genuine, gentleman, genius, general, cymbal, citizen, cinnamon, certain, century, center, cement, genie, citrus, germs, generation, cancer, magical, circulate. </strong>We will also learn about sequence, identifying forms and genres, as well as making inferences, conclusions, and generalizations. We will have the spelling test and the comprehension test on Friday.</td>
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<td width="506" valign="top">This week we will learn about how location and resources help to determine where people will choose to live. We will also be working on our Time for Kids. </td>
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<td width="638" valign="top"><strong>Homework:</strong>   

<strong>Monday</strong> – Study Links 5.7 &amp; 5.8, Math coach pg. 25-30, Science coach pg. 91-93, write definitions for spelling words.

<strong>Tuesday</strong> – Study Links 5.9, Math coach pg. 31-38, Science coach pg. 94-100, read at least 30 min. 

<strong>Wednesday</strong> – Study Links 5.10, Math coach pg. 39-42, Science coach pg. 151-155, Measuring Up Express pg. 28-33.  

<strong>Thursday</strong> – Study Link 5.11, Study for Unit 5 test, Science coach pg. 67-72, read at least 30 min.

<strong>Friday </strong>– Science coach pg. 166-177, Math coach pg. 43 – 53.</td>
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-Students will be taking report cards home on Wednesday, Feb. 3<sup>rd</sup>.

- Students get back graded assignments often, please tell your student to show you what graded work they have received frequently.     

- For the 3<sup>rd</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup> quarters students will be required to have a readers response journal (composition books are preferred). </td>
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