Homework

Newspaper

Last week we wrote persuasive papers on whether or not being a pioneer would be a good idea. Here is one student's paragraph. I used the link at the left and showed the students how to put their stories into the newspaper.

Homework

Homework

Homework

Language Lessons

Reading Skill:
Conflict and Resolution
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
Grammar Skill:
Simple and Compound Sentences
Writing Skill:
Response to Literature
Spelling Skill: Words with VCCV: Same Medial Consonants

Vocabulary

reluctant – If someone is reluctant to do something, he or she does not want to
do it.
rumpled – Something is rumpled if it is wrinkled or messy.
surge – If you feel a surge of a particular feeling, you feel it suddenly and very
strongly.
inspecting – Someone who is inspecting something is looking at it very
carefully.
taut – Something that is taut has been stretched or pulled very tightly.
untangled – If you untangled something, you untied knots in it or straightened it
if it was twisted.
resounded – If a place resounded, then it became filled with sound.
lurked – If something lurked somewhere, it waited there quietly hidden, usually
before doing something bad.

Spelling

letter, ladder, appear, lesson, soccer, classic, hollow, supper, accent, pizza, officer, lettuce, better, slipper, bottom, ribbon, summer, college, occur, rabbit
Challenge Words: lullaby, hurriedly, happiness, scattered, issue

Homework

Homework

Read 30 minutes
Spelling--ABC order

Homework

Spelling 3 x"s each--
Read On the Banks of Plum Creek---
Estimate (like we did in class)
23,487 + 72,372 =
42,869 + 45,437 =
2486 - 1834 = (think)
32,861 - 18,365 =

Vocabulary

responsible – If someone is responsible, that person can be trusted to do a job on
their own.
darted – An animal that darted moved suddenly and quickly in a particular
direction.
jostling – If the people in a crowd push or knock against you, they are jostling
you.
swerved – If a car swerved, it turned suddenly to avoid hitting something.
attentive – If someone is attentive, that person is carefully listening to or
watching something.
pounced – A person or animal that pounced on something jumped on it eagerly
in order to take it.
contradicting – contradicting someone is saying that what the person has said is
wrong.

Spelling Words

circle, angle, cradle, ladle, castle, ruffle, juggle, ankle, battle, candle, fable, riddle, icicle, sparkle, jungle, tangle, marble, sizzle, paddle, handle
Challenge Words: meddle, drizzle, speckle, vehicle, hurtle

Reading This Week

Reading Skill:
Conflict and Resolution
Genre:
Historical Fiction
Grammar Skill:
Compound Subjects and Predicates
Writing Skill:
persuasive writing
Spelling Skill: Words with Consonant -le

Tests Tomorrow

Math Chapter 2
Reading Story--Pedro Puts on a Play (story, vocabulary, language arts review and spelling review)