- This week students will be reading the short story, Where I Live, by Gary Soto.
- Our comprehension skills will be goal and outcome, learn to synthesize text, draw conclusions, and analyze a character's point of view.
- There will be a test on Friday over these skills.
Vocabulary:
- biodegradable, dispose, generate, landfill, obstacle, transform, affect, behavior, benefit, conclusion, effect, responsibility
- Test on Friday.
Spelling:
- Words with VCV, VCCV Patterns
- blemish, collapse, compact, decompose, dedicate, deposit, eliminate, expel, grapple, ignite, lecture, picnic, toxic, welfare, worrisome, dominant, dominate, waist, waste
- Test on Friday.
Grammar:
- Comparison Adverbs
- Practice Masters 7.20-7.21
- Test on Friday.
- Students are encouraged to study their grammar notebooks each week.
Writing:
- Write a Science Fiction Story
- Prompt: Write a science fiction story about the world being buried in trash. Create a character whose goal is to stop the trash before it is too late.
- Due Friday, 3/13/15.
Math:
- Chapter 11: Geometry and Volume
- Lesson 11.9-Chapter Review
- There will be one page of math homework assigned nightly.
- Each Friday, students will also take a multiplication timed test. It is very important for students to be fluid with their multiplication facts. Daily practice of multiplication facts is encouraged.
Social Studies:
- We are learning about The Civil War. We are reading the book Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman. This will be read as a read aloud. Students will be expected to answer questions about the book as we read.
- Summary of Lincoln: A Photobiography: Russell Freedman's 1988 Newberry Medal biography begins with a lively account of Lincoln's boyhood. Freedman next traces his career as a country lawyer, and his marriage and courtship to Mary Todd. The author then focuses on the presidential years, skillfully explaining the many complex issues Lincoln grappled with as he led a deeply divided nation through the Civil War. The final chapter gives a moving account of Lincoln's assassination. (From The Civil War: Literature Units, Projects, and Activities by Janet Cassidy)
Science:
- We are going to be working on projects relating to our unit about trash.
- We will be answering the question: "Why should we care about garbage?"
- Students will be working in small groups to complete a service project to help deal with the problem of garbage. These projects will be completed during school.