Welcome Back!

Parents/Students,

It's hard to believe that the first day of school is so quickly approaching! I am so thrilled to be teaching your child this year! Open House will be held on August 7th at 4:00 p.m. I will be looking forward to meeting you all then. School will begin on August 11th. The school supply list can be found here: http://oe-rcsd-al.schoolloop.com/supply

It is truly a privilege to be able to teach your child this year. I am looking forward to a wonderful year of teaching and learning. With wonderful parents like you, I know we will have an outstanding year! :)

-Ms. Gordon

Reminders

Parents, Please note that we are prepping for our standardized testing. We will not be having our weekly spelling tests during this time. However, we will still have our DLR Tests every Friday. Therefore, your child should be studying his/her DLR every night! Also, please allow your child to wear blue tomorrow for Child Abuse Awareness Day.

Spelling: Moonwalk

1. please 2. pleasant 3. breath 4. breathe 5. image 6. imagine 7. product 8. production 9. heal 10. health 11. triple 12. triplet 13. relate 14. relative 15. meter 16. metric 17. compose 18. composition 19. crumb 20. crumble 21. origin 22. original 23. academy 24. academic 25. inspire 26. inspiration

Birmingham Field Trip

We had such a great time at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. It was such an eye opening experience for the students and teachers alike. 

Science Lately...

Investigating chemical and physical change by adding vinegar to sugar and baking soda

Discovering surface tension by seeing how many paper clips can fit into a glass filled with water

Learning about nonnewtonian fluids by making "oobleck"

Spelling: Antarctic Journal

1. dictionary
2. abrupt
3. predict
4. import
5. locally
6. verdict
7. locate
8. portable
9. transport
10. bankrupt
11. dictate
12. location
13. erupt
14. passport
15. export
16. contradict
17. rupture
18. interrupt
19. disrupt
20. dislocate
21. vindictive
22. portfolio
23. jurisdiction
24. corruption
25. interruption

Spelling: "Cliffhanger"

Spelling Words:

1. biography: I read a biography on Rosa Parks.
2. telephone: I talked to her on over the telephone.
3. telescope: I looked at the constellations through my telescope.
4. photograph: Everyone was smiling in the photograph.
5. microwave: The microwave warmed my food.
6. diameter: I measured the diameter of the circle with my ruler.
7. barometer: The barometer says it will rain.
8. microscope: You can see tiny things through a microscope.
9. headphones: Use headphones to listen to music.
10. microphone: The singer used a microphone at the concert.
11. autograph: I asked for the actor's autograph.
12. microchip: A microchip can hold a lot of data.
13. telegraph: The telegraph sent coded messages.
14. perimeter: The fence surrounds the perimeter of the yard.
15. paragraph: You always indent the first line of a paragraph.
16. phonics: I left my phonics book at home.
17. symphony: The symphony sounded great when they played together.
18. saxophone: Many jazz musicians play the saxophone.
19. periscope: The submarine raised its periscope.
20. megaphone: The cheerleaders yelled through a megaphone.
21. stethoscope: The doctor used a stethoscope to hear my heartbeat.
22. xylophone: My friend likes to play tunes on his wooden xylophone.
23. cacophony: The cacophony of sounds made the room noisy.
24. microorganism: You can see a microorganism through a microscope.
25. microbe: A microbe is often the case of disease.