mrscombs.com http://mrscombs.com Mrs. Combs' Blog Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:20:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 4th Nine Week AR Goal http://mrscombs.com/?p=65 http://mrscombs.com/?p=65#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:20:13 +0000 Mrs. Combs http://mrscombs.com/?p=65 Fourth nine weeks goal setters:

Jasmine, Emily, Paige, Leatrice, Hayden, Payton, Carson, & Wynnie!

Way to go!

]]> http://mrscombs.com/?feed=rss2&p=65 0 The Best School Year Ever Week Two http://mrscombs.com/?p=64 http://mrscombs.com/?p=64#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:21:16 +0000 Mrs. Combs http://mrscombs.com/?p=64 Continue reading →]]>
  • pried – to move or pull apart by using force
  • jealous – resenting what another has or can do
  • scatter – to go in various directions
  • hospitality – a welcoming treatment of guests or strangers; friendliness
  • sympathetic – having or showing kindness and understanding of others
  • contagious – going easily from one person to another
  • slouch – to sit, stand, or move with the back bent and the head and shoulders dropping forward
  • responsibility – something that one is relied upon to do
  • convenient – saving work and time; easy
  • optimism – to look on the bright side and believe things will turn out well
  • patriotic – loyal to one’s country
  • thrifty – careful about spending money; not wasteful
    • ]]>     http://mrscombs.com/?feed=rss2&p=64 0     “The Best School Year Ever” April 21-25 http://mrscombs.com/?p=61 http://mrscombs.com/?p=61#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:01:51 +0000 Mrs. Combs http://mrscombs.com/?p=61 Continue reading →]]> Chapters 1-5 One Week Unit

    Vocabulary Words

    1. encyclopedia- a book or collection of books that is designed to present facts about many different topics
    2. ashamed- embarrassed; disgraced
    3. outlaw- a person who does not obey the law
    4. industrious- hard working
    5. characteristic- quality or item that makes one thing different from another
    6. compliment- something nice or good said about someone or something
    7. hysterical- an outburst of emotion
    8. cooperative- willing to work together to get something done
    9. commotion- noisy activity
    10. impressed- to affect another person’s feelings or thoughts, usually to a person’s favor
    ]]>     http://mrscombs.com/?feed=rss2&p=61 0     Spelling Words Unit #33 Arpril 21-25 http://mrscombs.com/?p=62 http://mrscombs.com/?p=62#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:01:41 +0000 Mrs. Combs http://mrscombs.com/?p=62 Continue reading →]]> LAST UNIT!!!

    words:

    • poor
    • map
    • friend
    • language
    • job

    Skill: proofreading

    Study sheet p. 326 in binder Wednesday night

    • Remember to visit “East Lansing School Sitton Spelling” link under my blogroll on the right side of the page for extra Spelling practice!
    ]]>     http://mrscombs.com/?feed=rss2&p=62 0     Feb 11 Math http://mrscombs.com/?p=59 http://mrscombs.com/?p=59#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:58:09 +0000 Mrs. Combs http://mrscombs.com/?p=59 Continue reading →]]> Continue memorizing Multp fact families. Your child should know them all!

    Continue practicing 2-digit long division problems.

    Begin practicing converting between metric length, capacity, and mass. The kids will have a Magic #s sheet in their binder to memorize. Please help them with this.

    We showed them a step method where when you go up a step you “zap” one zero, and when you go down a step, you add one zero.

    ]]>     http://mrscombs.com/?feed=rss2&p=59 0     Comprehension Practice MCTII http://mrscombs.com/?p=58 http://mrscombs.com/?p=58#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:30:37 +0000 Mrs. Combs http://mrscombs.com/?p=58 Continue reading →]]> Vocabulary Words

    1. magnify
    2. preserve
    3. wicked
    4. astonish
    5. numb
    6. tourist
    7. advance
    8. bitter
    9. sturdy
    10. scent

    These are review words. Make sure they study these during the week.

    This week, students will be practicing their comprehension skills. We’ll be reading passages and answering questions about them together.

    You can practice this skill at home by having your child read short passages/paragraphs, and questioning them about what they read. Ask them who, where, why, when questions as well as deeper questions about what they thought or felt about certain things.

    ]]>     http://mrscombs.com/?feed=rss2&p=58 0     Spelling Feb 11, 2008 http://mrscombs.com/?p=57 http://mrscombs.com/?p=57#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:22:47 +0000 Mrs. Combs http://mrscombs.com/?p=57 Core Words

    • sat
    • possible
    • heart
    • real
    • simple

    FOR SPELLING PRACTICE:

    Be sure to click the East Lansing School Sitton Spelling link under my Blog Roll.  It will give you spelling practice with fun activities!

    ]]>     http://mrscombs.com/?feed=rss2&p=57 0     3rd 9 week’s Goal Met with 100% Grade http://mrscombs.com/?p=56 http://mrscombs.com/?p=56#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:17:45 +0000 Mrs. Combs http://mrscombs.com/?p=56 Continue reading →]]> Here’s the list of students who had a 100 for their AR grade. Either they took four tests scoring a 100 on each, or they took tests until they had four 100s. I only take the four highest grades. I had some very persistent students! : )

    • Gage
    • Emily
    • Tyler

    Way to hang in their guys!

    ]]>     http://mrscombs.com/?feed=rss2&p=56 0     Jan 14 Voc Words “The Disguise” http://mrscombs.com/?p=55 http://mrscombs.com/?p=55#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:14:07 +0000 Mrs. Combs http://mrscombs.com/?p=55
  • cautious
  • chanting
  • dangerous
  • disguise
  • principal
  • recite
  • squatted
  • suspected
  • cross-legged
  • embarrassment
  • methodically
  • reputation
    • ]]>     http://mrscombs.com/?feed=rss2&p=55 0     Jan 14 Spelling Words http://mrscombs.com/?p=54 http://mrscombs.com/?p=54#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:12:35 +0000 Mrs. Combs http://mrscombs.com/?p=54 Continue reading →]]> Core words:

    • leave
    • everything
    • game
    • system
    • bring

    The remaining Spelling words will be on the core word list.  There are now 22 Spelling Words.  So the other 17 will be chosen randomly from that list.  Please have your child look over that list each night.

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