Weekly Update November 28

We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.  Thank you to all parents and family members who attended the JoMaNa Team's Thankful Feast, and who sent food to share.  It was a delicious celebration.

Jomana Dress-up day is next Tuesday, December 8th! 

Language Arts:  1) Vocabulary 2) Continuing our study of Food and Hunger.  We focused on the question:  "How does eating locally and seasonally benefit our health and the environment?"  We partnered up and had conversations about this question.  Tonight's homework is to interview an adult by asking the question above, and discuss the question in-depth together.  Submit important points tomorrow.

Math:  1) Part C, D, page 24, ACE #12-23 on page 29.

Science:  1) Watched a film about diversity of life.  2) Took notes in class.

Social Studies: 1) Current events due Friday.  2) Study countries for this week's map test:  Tuvalu, Kiribati, Vanuatau, and New Caledonia

Reading:  1) November and December's Genre is Non-fiction, and the theme is Advocacy and Service.  Students chose the person they will be studying.  Book report is due December 14th.  

Vocabulary Words:  Assignments: 1) Know what each word means by using it in context with someone else ( you do not have to write this down - just talk to someone about the words.) 2) Write the part of speech for each word (verb, noun, adjective).  Some words will have two parts of speech.  3) ABC Order

(x)

1. dishes
2. boxes
3. wishes
4. dresses
5. beaches
6. kisses
7. brushes
8. classes
9. after
10. before
11. done
12. pretty
13. wash
14. December
15. since

(y)

1. command
2. mirror
3. accomplish
4. according
5. allowance
6. college
7. address
8. committee
9. immediate
10. barricade
11. interrupt
12. collect
13. afford
14. possess
15. announce

(z)

1. reduction
2. intentions
3. retention
4. subscription
5. electricity
6. publicity
7. subtlety
8. technically 
9. hospitality
10. acquisition
11. cruelty
12. specially
13. certainty
14. description
15. recognition