Homestudy for Week of 9/27

Spelling:
No spelling quiz this week.

Math 4:
Study Addition Facts - quiz on Wed and Fri
Head's Up, week 3 (or Math's Mate) - due Monday 10/4

Math 5:
Finish class work daily
Complete Math's Mate, Term 1, Sheet 4 - due Thursday 10/7

Reading:
Complete Week 3 assignment - due Thurs 10/30

Reminder - Bring a lunch on Friday for the field trip. No hot lunches or pizza.

The Great Brain Book Group - Week 3

The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
Week 3: Read Chapters 4 and 5 (pages 68-101)


Vocabulary:

peddler (68)
merchandise (68)
suspicious (74)
denounce (75)
influence (74)
genuine (79)
belligerently (81)
conscience (85)
mingling (88)
intolerant (88)


Questions:

1. Choose 2 vocabulary words and look up their definitions in a dictionary. Find the definition that most closely matches how each word is used in the book. Copy the definitions into your journal, and underline the word. Identify which dictionary you used. Write sentences for each word that shows you know what it means. Underline the vocabulary word in each sentence.

2. If you were living at the time of the setting of the book, what inventions would you miss? What might you like about the lack of modern technology? How would life be different for you as a child then compared to now? (paragraph)

3. Who is the immigrant family J.D. and Tom meet in chapter 5? Where are they from? How do others in town treat them, and why do you think they are treated this way? (paragraph)

Homestudy for Week of 9/20

Spelling:
Study Week Two Words - quiz Friday 9/24

Math 4:
Study Math Facts - quiz on Wed and Fri
Head's Up, week 2 (or Math's Mate) - due Monday 9/27

Math 5:
Finish class work daily
Complete Math's Mate, Term 1, Sheet 3 - due Thursday 9/23
Complete Chapter Review - due next Wed 9/29

Reading:
Complete Week 2 assignment - due Thurs 9/23

Spelling Words - Week Two (9/20)

Fourth Grade:

airplane
necktie
railroad
strawberry
fishhook
friendship
moonlight
wastebasket
coconut
grapefruit


Fifth Grade:

apartment
lonesome
troublesome
statement
speechless
brightness
branches
witches
squirrels
subjects


Challenge Words:

forsythia
acquittal
battalion
brouhaha
cathartic
bachelor
caricature
castanets
chateau
epidermis

The Great Brain Book Group - Week 2

The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
Week 2: Read Chapters 2 and 3 (pages 25-67)


Vocabulary:

immune (26)
quarantined (29)
obliged (34)
gloating (36)
modest (66)
envy (41)
thoroughbred (43)
proposition (44)
labyrinth (50)
restrain (49)


Questions:

1. Choose 2 vocabulary words and look up their definitions in a dictionary. Find the definition that most closely matches how each word is used in the book. Copy the definitions into your journal, and underline the word. Identify which dictionary you used. Write sentences for each word that shows you know what it means. Underline the vocabulary word in each sentence.
2. Why does J.D. think that his brother Tom is a “big-hearted and wonderful brother? If Tom were your brother, would you think he was “big-hearted and wonderful”? Why or why not. Give examples. (paragraph)
3. How does the great brain save the day in chapter 2? How does J.D. feel about this? Why do you think he feels this way? (paragraph)

Homestudy for Week of 9/13

Spelling:
Study Week One Words - quiz Friday 9/17

Math 4:
Study Addition Facts - quiz on Wed and Fri
Head's Up, week 1 (or Math's Mate) - due Monday 9/20

Math 5:
Finish class work daily
Complete Math's Mate, Term 1, Sheet 2 - due Thursday 9/16
Do pages 30-31, chapter review - due next Wed 9/22

Reading:
Complete Week 1 assignment - due Thurs 9/16

Tech:
Read and Sign Internet Contract - due Tues 9/14

Spelling Words - Week One (9/13)

Fourth Grade:

breakfast
anything
myself
sidewalk
tonight
without
somewhere
yourself
become
anyone


Fifth Grade:

skillful
truthfully
pointless
government
faithfully
graceful
ninety
insect
sandwiches
completely


Challenge Words:

cryogenics
Dionysus
erratic
infinitesimal
infirmary
lapidary
neutral
oncology
omnipotent
thyroid

The Great Brain Book Group - Week 1

The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
Week 1: Read Chapter 1 (pages 1-24)


Vocabulary:

swindlers (3)
idle (5)
betrayed (5)
dumbfounded (6)
conniving (7)
financial (7)
poised (12)
contraption (13)
partitioned (16)
barker (18)
pitch (18)
solemn (18)
reprimanded (21)
scheme (22)


Questions:

1.Choose 3 vocabulary words and look up their definitions in a dictionary. Find the definition that most closely matches how each word is used in the book. Copy the definitions into your journal, and underline the word. Identify which dictionary you used. Write sentences for each word that shows you know what it means. Underline the vocabulary word in each sentence.
2.Describe the setting of the story (when and where it takes place). Name and identify the important characters introduced in chapter one. (2 to 3 sentences)
3.What is it that Papa couldn't resist? (2 to 3 sentences)
4.What was the great brain's scheme, and how did it work out? (2 to 3 sentences)

Homestudy for Week of 9/7

Spelling:
Study Sound Words - quiz Friday 7/10

Math 4:
Study Addition Facts - quiz on Wed and Fri

Math 5:
Finish class work daily
Complete Math's Mate, Term 1, Sheet 1 - due Thursday 7/9

Also:
Have parents sign and return Community Compact - due Friday 7/10

**We need drivers for a field trip to Mt. Tom on Oct. 6

Spelling Words - Week of September 7

Grade 4 & 5:

echo
wavelength
frequency
amplitude
pitch
decibel
cochlea
semicircular canals
hertz
sonar
echolocation
amplify
percussion