Homestudy for Week of 12/20

Social Studies:
Colonial Life Diorama - due after break, no later than Wed, Jan.6


Have a Great Winter Break!

Colonial Life Diorama

Using a shoe box or small cardboard box, depict a scene from colonial life. This is due no later than Wednesday, January 6, 2010!

Requirements and Scoring, each requirement is worth 5 points:

_____ Project is handed in on time

_____ Project depicts a scene from colonial life

_____ Box is covered on outside (ex. if you are depicting a home then you wuold make the outside look like wood logs)

_____ Background, inside the box, is covered

_____ Clever use of a variety of materials

_____ It is clear what the scene is representing

_____ Has interesting details

_____ Uses the space well (foreground, background, middle ground)

_____ Is done NEATLY!

_____ Has a description accompanying it and the artist's name

Total Possible Points is 50.

10 Extra points for those who clearly went beyond the requirements!

Just some ideas:
*The Voyage
*Packing the Cargo
*Roanoke Colony
*Planting Crops
*Encountering Natives
*Crime and Punishment
*Schooling

Spelling Words - Week 10

4th Grade:

lantern
whisper
berserk
interrupt
partner
abnormal
disturb
important
afford
absurd


5th Grade:

rebuild
review
subscribe
persuade
unfriendly
increase
incorrect
unknown
exempt
exchange


Challenge Words:

corruption
minimum
graduate
guerilla
loiter
practical
philosophy
negotiation
satellite
substantial

Homestudy for Week of 12/7

Reading Group
Week 5 Assignment, Due Thursday 12/10


Math 4
Heads Up Week 13, due Monday 12/14


Math 5
Math's Mate - Term 2, Sheet 3, due Friday 12/10
Complete unfinished work from class - due the next day

Spelling
Study Week 10 words for Quiz on Friday

Spelling Words - Week 9

4th Grade:

compare
octane
describe
textile
trombone
infantile
dispute
baptize
connive
empire



5th Grade:

sniper
snipper
rated
ratted
caning
canning
filed
filled
riper
ripper



Challenge Words:

analysis
cigarette
crucial
colleague
exception
fundamental
laboratory
specificaly
subsequent
withdrawal

Homestudy for Week of 11/30

Reading Group
Week 4 Assignment, Due Thursday 12/3


Math 4
Heads Up Week 12, due Monday 12/7
Study Math Facts: Addition and Subtraction up to 12 - Quiz on Wednesday AND Friday


Math 5
Math's Mate - Term 2, Sheet 2, due Friday 12/4
pp. 116-117, #1-41 odd - due Wednesday 12/2
p. 100, #1-4 AND p. 120-121, #2-52 even - due Thursday 12/3
p. 123, #1-25 odd, explain your method - due Monday 12/7


Spelling
Study Week 9 words for Quiz on Friday

Homestudy for Week of 11/23

Math 4
Heads Up Week 11, due Monday 11/30


Math 5
Finish Chapter Test, due Tuesday 11/24


Have a Great Thanksgiving!

Colonial Homestudy

Choose one person from the list below. You will be creating a website based on this person's contributions during the Tech class with Dan L.

After choosing the person you are interested in, find the following information:

- Place and date of birth and death

- 3 contributions this person made during their life

- One story from their life that you found interesting

- References for all information


*** Bring in all your information by Monday, November 22 - NO LATER


Your Choices:

Abigail Adams
Phyllis Wheatley
Betsy Ross
Molly Pitcher
Anne Hutchinson
Mercy Warren
Martha Washington
Captain John Smith
Paul Revere
John Hancock
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Squanto
Thomas Jefferson
General Cornwallis
Patrick Henry
Pocahontas
Mary Jemison
Lydia Darragh
Mary Katherine Goddardd
Crispus Attics
Cotton Mather
Thomas Paine
Deborah Sampton
William Bradford

Homestudy for Week of 11/16

Reading Group
Week 3 Assignment, Due Thursday 11/19


Math 4
Heads Up Week 10, due Monday 11/23


Math 5
Math's Mate - Term 2, Sheet 1, due Friday 11/20
p. 96, 1-10 All - due Tuesday (11/17)
p. 99, 1-6 All - due Wednesday (11/18)
p. 100, 1-4 AND p. 101, 6-8 - due Thursday (11/19)
p. 102, pick 5 AND p. 103, pick 2 - due Friday (11/20)
Find a cool graph and bring to class - due Moinday 11/23

Spelling
Study Week 8 Lists for Quiz on Friday

Colonial Home Study
Research 1 person from list, read info on sheet, bring in all references - due Monday (11/23)

Homestudy for Week of 11/2

Reading Group
Week 1 Assignment, Due Thursday 11/5


Math 4
Heads Up Week 8 (8.1-8.5), due Monday 11/9


Math 5
Math's Mate - Term 1, Sheet 6, due Friday 11/6
pp.80-81 #2-16 even, due Wednesday (11/4)
p. 83, problems 2-16 even, due Thursday (11/5)
p. 86, problems 1-8 and choose 1 problem from 9-12, due Friday (11/6)

Spelling
Study Week 6 Lists for Quiz on Friday

Homestudy for Week of 10/19

Reading Group
Week 5 Assignment, Due Thursday 10/22


Math 4
Heads Up Week 6 (6.1-6.5), due Monday 10/26


Math 5
Math's Mate - Term 1, Sheet 6, due Friday 10/23
p.55 #1-22 odd, due Tuesday (10/20)
Five (5) Census Questions, due Wednesday (10/21)
p. 57, problems 1-18, due Thursday (10/22)
p. 59, problems 1-18, due Friday (10/23)

Spelling
Study Week 4 Lists for Quiz on Friday

Homestudy for Week of 10/14

Reading Group
No Reading Group assignment this week

Reading
Read 20-30 minutes in a book of your choice on Wednesday and Thursday


Math 4
Heads Up Week 5 (5.1-5.5), due Monday 10/19


Math 5
Math's Mate - No Math's Mate this week
p. 49, problems 1-8, due thursday (10/15)
p. 50, problems 1-33, due Friday (10/16)

Spelling
No spelling words this week

Other: Pack a lllunch for Friday Field Trip. There will be no pizza due to field trip.

Homestudy for Week of 10/5

Reading Group
Week 4 Worksheet, due Thursday 10/8

Reading
Read a book of your choosing every night, if possible, for 20-30 minutes


Math 4
Heads Up Week 4 (4.1-4.5), due Wednesday 10/14
Study Math facts everyday


Math 5
Math's Mate - Term 1, Sheet 5, due Friday 10/9
Study Math facts everyday

Spelling
Study week's words for quiz, due Friday 10/9

Week 2 Spelling

Fourth Grade Spelling Words:

airplane
necktie
railroad
strawberry
fishhook
friendship
moonlight
wastebasket
coconut
grapefruit


Fifth Grade Spelling Words:

apartment
lonesome
troublesome
statement
speechless
brightness
branches
witches
squirrels
subjects

Homestudy for Week of 9/28

Reading Group
Week 3 Worksheet, due Thursday 10/1


Math 4
Heads Up Week 3 (3.1-3.5), due Monday 10/5


Math 5
Math's Mate - Term 1, Sheet 4, due Friday 10/2
Study Math facts everyday

Spelling
Study week's words for quiz, due Friday 10/2

Other - School photos Tuesday!

IMPORTANT: If you have not yet brought in a glass jar, please do so tomorrow, Tuesday 9/29.

Homestudy for Week of 9/21

Reading Group
Week 2 Worksheet, due Thursday 9/24


Math 4
Heads Up Week 2 (2.1-2.5), due Monday 9/28


Math 5
p. 24 "Check for Understanding," 1-7, due Tuesday 9/22
Math's Mate - Term 1, Sheet 3, due Friday 9/25

Spelling
Study week's words for quiz, due Friday 9/25

Other - Bring in a medium-sized glass for making crystals! Due Friday 9/25.
Also, bring in book orders by Friday 9/25.

Homestudy for Week of 9/14

Reading
Week 1 Worksheet, due Thursday 9/17


Math 4
Heads Up Week 1 (1.1-1.5), due Monday 9/21


Math 5
Page 9, problems 1-9, due tomorrow, Tuesday 9/15
Math's Mate - Term 1, Sheet 2, due Friday 9/18


Other - Ask parent if they can drive to Amherst College for a Field Trip on Friday, October 2. We need drivers.