Reading  
Brave as a Mountain Lion 
The students will discuss visual images based on text descriptions and understand that visualizing requires the use of all senses. 
 
Spelling:  
Sadly, lively, really, careful, graceful, wonderful, suggestion, conclusion, beautiful, decision, easily, action, finally, helpful, happily 
 
Vocabulary:  
Afraid – frightened; feeling fear 
Brave – without fear; having courage 
Reservation – land set aside by the government for a special purpose 
Silent – quiet; still; noiseless 
Spelling – writing or saying letters of a word in order 
Trouble – something that worries you 
 
Language Arts: 
The students will write persuasive essays with an introductory paragraph, main body, and conclusion paragraphs.  
Students will form singular and plural possessive nouns. 
Students will also continue cursive handwriting: lower case letters i, t, u, w, and e. 
 
Math:  
Students are beginning the Geometry and Measurement Unit. However, we will continue to have timed multiplication test on Friday. This Friday we will retest on 6’s. 
 
Block  
P.E. 
 
 
We will be out of school on Monday, January 21, 2008! 
Awards day is Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 9:00 AM. 
Please sign report cards and send them back. 
 
We are running low on Kleenex. If you can send in a box,  
we would appreciate it!