Homestudy for Week of 6/14

Reading:
Complete Week 6 assignment - due Thursday 6/17

Spelling:
Study this week's spelling list - quiz Friday 6/18

Math 4 & 5:
Study Math Facts daily

Math 4:
Handout: "Making Money (p 92)" & "Making Money cont. (p 93)" - due Monday 6/21

Math 5:
Midchapter Review p. 426 due Wednesday
Chapter Review p. 438 - 439, 1- 49 ODD due Friday
Finish class work daily

Community Field Day, Thursday 6/17: have water, running shoes, bag lunch, hat, sunscreen

Spelling Words - Week of June 14

Fourth Grade:

complete
subject
hustle
mental
pretzel
publish
absorb
chaos
dictate
rival


Fifth Grade:

abdomen
deffinite
attendance
elastic
influence
masculine
prejudice
terrific
sarcastic
villain


Challenge Words:

transpiration
photosynthesis
chlorophyll
magnolia
kayak
synthetic
vestibule
polyethylene
taffeta
accessible

Holes Book Group - Week 6

Holes by Louis Sachar
Week 6: Read pages 198-233 (chs. 44-50)


Vocabulary:

swig (200)

budge (201)

precarious (202)

commotion (205)
illuminated (205)

scurried (207)
flinch (207)

initiate (208)
strenuous (210)

momentarily (212)
overcome (215)

urgency (219)
incarcerated (222)


Questions:

1. Choose 2 vocabulary words and look up their definitions in a dictionary. Write the definitions in your journal, and underline the word.
2. Choose 2 different vocabulary words and write meaningful sentences for each in your journal. Underline the vocabulary words.
3. When the warden, Mr. Sir and Mr. Pendanski confront Stanley and Zero, what terrifying event begins to happen? Explain the warden’s statement “it won’t be very long.” (2 to 3 sentences)
4. Why does the author relate the story of the rattlesnake hunters at the beginning of chapter forty-nine? (2 to 3 sentences)
5. Suggest another title that could have been used, and design a new cover for the book that fits your title. (1 to 2 sentences, and 8 1/2" x 11" paper for design)

Homestudy for Week of 6/7

Reading:
Complete Week 5 assignment - due Thursday 6/10

Spelling:
Study this week's spelling list - quiz Friday 6/11

Math 4 & 5:
Study Math Facts daily

Math 4:
Handout: "The Case of the Missing Numbers" & "In and Out" - due Monday 6/14

Math 5:
Math's Mate Term 4, Sheet 8 - due Friday 6/11
Finish class work daily

Spelling Words - Week of June 7

Fourth Grade:

basic
puzzle
rival
sermon
athlete
camel
hustle
pretzel
sherbert
surplus


Fifth Grade:

escalate
metaphor
separate
congregate
balcony
insulin
porcupine
singular
buffalo
suffocate


Challenge Words:

champagne
inquisition
lobelia
neo-orthodoxy
salmonella
sturgeon
varicose
vasoline
exhalation
cytology

Homestudy for Week of 6/1

Reading:
No reading group assignment this week

Spelling:
Study this week's spelling list - quiz Friday 6/4

Math 4 & 5:
Study Math Facts daily

Math 4:
Handout: "In the Proper Order" & "Function Junction" - due Monday 6/7

Math 5:
Math's Mate Term 4, Sheet 7 - due Friday 6/4
Finish class work daily

Other: Thursday Field Trip - we are leaving at 8:35, so everyone MUST be here by 8:30
- have a packed lunch, water, sunscreen

Spelling Words - Week of June 1

Fourth Grade:

rodeo
iota
cruel
duel
continuum
fluent
truant
chaotic
trial
diet


Fifth Grade:

pantomime
moccasin
matador
incubate
exodus
Christopher
abdomen
elephant
persecute
pendulum


Challenge Words:

abhor
insignificant
archaelogist
whimsically
juvenile
racquetball
temporary
individualize
prejudice
apprentice