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October 7-11, 2014 Taylor.bailey@lee.k12.al.us
Words with Long a, e, i, and o

Important Dates
Oct. 8 4-H Info Meeting 5:30 pm Oct. 10 M&M Club Tryouts Oct. 17 M&M Party Oct. 24 Report Cards Oct. 25 Field Trip to State Capitol Oct. 28-Nov. 1 Red Ribbon Week

The Best School Year Ever Vocabulary Words 1. quality - how good or bad something is; a characteristic or feature that someone or something has 2.compliment - a remark that says something good about someone or something 3.inventive - having or showing an ability to think of new ideas and methods; creative or imaginative 4.resourceful - able to deal well with new or difficult situations and to find solutions to problems 5.shrewd - having or showing an ability to understand things and to make good judgments; mentally sharp or clever 6.enterprising - having or showing the ability or desire to do new and difficult things 7.embarrassment - the state of feeling foolish in front of others; something or someone that causes a person or group to look or feel foolish

1. plain 2. exclaim 3. table 4. gray 5. grain 6. cried 7. beside 8. wife 9. wild 10. white 11. speak 12. sea 13. field 14. leave 15. needle 16. told 17. wrote 18. follow 19. rode 20. tomorrow

Communication: th Oct. 8 - 4H Camp meeting will begin at 5:30. One free trip will be given away to a lucky door prize winner. YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN! M&M Club tryouts are October 10. Practice multiplication facts every night! Yearbooks are on sale! The price is $25 st until January 31 ! After that date, the cost will be $30. So purchase early! Do not miss out on the sale price Please donate to the Community Closet this month. Shirts, jackets, pants, etc. are accepted! Please make sure to turn in field trip permission form and contribution!

Assessments: Wednesday: Multiplication Drill Thursday: Vocabulary Quiz, Spelling Test Friday: Language Test; Reading Test; Math Quiz (Arrays)

Fun Facts about

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order. The sentence, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the English language. The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent". "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und." The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs six times: Indivisibility. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

Brain Teaser
You have a dime and a dollar, you buy a dog and a collar, the dog is a dollar more than the collar, how much is the collar?
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Answer to last weeks brain teaser: (The letter m)

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