Monday, February 1, 2021 

Remember, this is Catholic Schools Week! Please celebrate with us!

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Thank you for your support! 

Begin working on your February RQ. 

Work on XTRA Math daily. 

4th Grade: 

IXL Skills for the week (due TODAY): SKILL PLAN - ELA Lesson 15 1 (Main Idea), 3 (Poetry), 4 (Guide Words), 5 (Dictionary Definitions), 6 (Context Clues), 7 and 8 (Irregular Past Tense Verbs). MATH Lesson 7-2:1 (Properties of Division) and 7-3:1 and 2 (Estimating Quotients). 

Daily Language Review (DLR): Week 18, Monday (correcting sentences, simile or metaphor, subject/object pronouns).  Please complete BEFORE our morning Meet.

Handwriting: Lesson 19, Day 1 (Mm)

Reading: Lesson 16 - Introduction to vocabulary (pages 468-469). Anchor Text “Riding Freedom” (pages 472-483). Read the story silently to yourself or follow along with the video @ https://youtu.be/lDoEcK1odqw , BEFORE our morning Meet. We will read it together and discuss. 

Spelling: Reader’s Notebook page 196 (words with /k/, /ng/, and /kw/).

Grammar: Reader’s Notebook page 199 (adjectives). 

Math: Lesson 7-4 Find whole number quotients using models such as arrays and area models. Pages 136-137, workbook pages 97 (We Do) and 98 (You Do).

Social Studies: We will look at the article from last week “Slavery, the Civil War & Reconstruction: Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address”, to review how to answer text dependent questions and annotate.

Religion: Begin Chapter 9, pages 119-121. (Explore prayers as an expression of friendship with God.)

Readworks: “Duke Ellington”. We will read this article together, annotate, and discuss. Please wait to complete the questions. I will email you a copy this morning. Check out Duke Ellington and his style of jazz! https://youtu.be/cb2w2m1JmCY  and https://youtu.be/qDQpZT3GhDg.

5th Grade: 

IXL Skills: Skill Plan ELA: 11:1. (similes/metaphors), 5 (personal pronouns), 6 (subject/object pronouns), 7 (replacing nouns with pronouns). Skill Plan MATH 5-1: 1 (prime/composite numbers), 2 (prime factorization), 3 (prime factorization with exponents), 5-2: 1 (greatest common factor) and 2 (greatest common factor of 3 numbers). Due today.

Math: Determine if a fraction is closer to 0, 1/2, or 1, find equivalent fractions. Pages 102-103. (We Do ODD, You Do EVEN). https://youtu.be/dCZbG5A-s-M and https://youtu.be/9DV8gM9Ywgc

Reading: Lesson 12 - Introduction to vocabulary (pages 354-355). Anchor Text “Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George?”) pages 358-369). Read the story silently to yourself or follow along with the video @ https://youtu.be/0gbPUumKosQ, BEFORE our morning Meet. We will read it together and discuss. 

Spelling: Reader’s Notebook page 172 (VCV Pattern).

Grammar: Reader’s Notebook page 175 (present/past tense verbs).

Science: Describe characteristics of land biomes. Pages 130-133. (If you didn’t get a chance on Friday.)

Social Studies: Finish up your Black History Project/Poster, and turn it in today, please. Check spelling, neatness, etc. Remember, these will be added to your homeroom’s hallway display. I know you will make me proud! 

Friday, January 29, 2021 

We will be “attending” Mass at 8:15. Watch for the link.

4th and 5th Graders will Meet together at 1:15 for a special Science/STEM Lesson! :0) I will give you more information during our morning Meet.

 Continue working on your January RQ. Sunday is the last day to quiz for credit.

Work on XTRA Math daily. 

 If you would like to participate in the Catholic Schools Week goodie bags for the BPD and BFD, please bring your donation to school by today. The items needed are as follows: Individually wrapped or bagged beef jerky, mints and/or gum, snack sized bags of chips and/or cookies, small bottles of water, and large brown lunch bags. Any and all donations made will be given to Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Metaxas for your home room. Thank you in advance for your participation and generosity. :0)

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4th Grade: 

IXL Skills for the week (due Monday, February 1st): SKILL PLAN - ELA Lesson 15 1 (Main Idea), 3 (Poetry), 4 (Guide Words), 5 (Dictionary Definitions), 6 (Context Clues), 7 and 8 (Irregular Past Tense Verbs). MATH Lesson 7-2:1 (Properties of Division) and 7-3:1 and 2 (Estimating Quotients). 

Daily Language Review (DLR): Week 17, Friday (identifying errors).

Reading: We will go over your assignment from yesterday, “Wonderful Weather”, and review for your Lesson 15 TEST (“Ecology for Kids”). The test is assigned in ThinkCentral, but please do not start until after our morning Meet. We will start together.

Grammar: Reader’s Notebook page 191 (conventions - verb tenses to make the author’s meaning clear).

Social Studies: Lesson C: Rebuilding the Nation, pages 44-45. https://youtu.be/-AJWWnA6Reo

5th Grade: 

IXL Skills: Skill Plan ELA: 11:1. (similes/metaphors), 5 (personal pronouns), 6 (subject/object pronouns), 7 (replacing nouns with pronouns). Skill Plan MATH 5-1: 1 (prime/composite numbers), 2 (prime factorization), 3 (prime factorization with exponents), 5-2: 1 (greatest common factor) and 2 (greatest common factor of 3 numbers). Due Monday, February 1st. 

Math: Determine if a fraction is closer to 0, 1/2, or 1, find equivalent fractions. Pages 102-103. (We Do ODD, You Do EVEN). https://youtu.be/dCZbG5A-s-M and https://youtu.be/9DV8gM9Ywgc

Science: Describe characteristics of land biomes. Pages 130-133. 

Vocabulary (Sadlier): Review Units 7-12. Pages 126-127. 

Reading: We will go over your assignment from yesterday, “Revolution and Rights”, and review for your Lesson 11 TEST (“Dangerous Crossing”). The test is assigned in ThinkCentral, but please do not start until after our morning Meet. We will start together.

Grammar: Reader’s Notebook page 167 (Pronouns).

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Continue working on your January RQ. This is the last week to receive credit.

Work on XTRA Math daily. 

 If you would like to participate in the Catholic Schools Week goodie bags for the BPD and BFD, please bring your donation to school by Friday, January 29th. The items needed are as follows: Individually wrapped or bagged beef jerky, mints and/or gum, snack sized bags of chips and/or cookies, small bottles of water, and large brown lunch bags. Any and all donations made will be given to Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Metaxas for your home room. Thank you in advance for your participation and generosity. :0)

4th Grade: 

IXL Skills for the week (due Monday, February 1st): SKILL PLAN - ELA Lesson 15 1 (Main Idea), 3 (Poetry), 4 (Guide Words), 5 (Dictionary Definitions), 6 (Context Clues), 7 and 8 (Irregular Past Tense Verbs). MATH Lesson 7-2:1 (Properties of Division) and 7-3:1 and 2 (Estimating Quotients). 

Daily Language Review (DLR): Week 17, Thursday (types of sentences, past tense verbs, correcting sentences). 

Handwriting: Lesson 18, Day 4 (Mark12:29,30)

Reading: Read "Wonderful Weather", pages 456-458. On paper, answer the following questions:

1. In “Fog”, what is the main metaphor? To what does the poet compare fog? Use context to figure out what the word “haunches” on Line 5 means.

2. Describe the syllable pattern of “Spring Rain”. What does the haiku help you picture?

3. In “Weatherbee’s Diner,” what does the poet compare the weather to?

4. How would the description of “Weatherbee’s Diner” be different prose? What would the author have had to do to write a play about the diner?

Reader's Notebook pages 183 (using context) and 186 (Spelling - Proofreading).

Grammar: Reader's Notebook page 190 (Progressive verb tenses - past/present/future). 

Math: Check Your Progress, pages 134-135 (1-55 ODD) 

Religion: Unit 2 Review, page 115. Complete Chapter 8 TEST (BeMyDisciples) Email your test results when finished. Use your book.

Social Studies: Readworks (Slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction: Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address). I will email you a copy in the morning for annotating purposes. Treat it like a close read, like we did with “Weather - The Water Cycle” today. Look back in the text to find your answers, and highlight your answers. When finished, log in to Readworks and put in your answers. :0) 

5th Grade:

IXL Skills: Skill Plan ELA: 11:1. (similes/metaphors), 5 (personal pronouns), 6 (subject/object pronouns), 7 (replacing nouns with pronouns). Skill Plan MATH 5-1: 1 (prime/composite numbers), 2 (prime factorization), 3 (prime factorization with exponents), 5-2: 1 (greatest common factor) and 2 (greatest common factor of 3 numbers). Due Monday, February 1st. 

Math: List common factors and find the Greatest Common Factor of two or more numbers, continued. Workbook pages 75-76. 

Social Studies: IXL Math V.2 (Using line graphs.)

Religion: Chapter 17 Test (BeMyDisciples) Email your results.

Vocabulary (Sadlier): Unit 12 TEST.

Reading: Read "Revolution and Rights", pages 344-348. On paper, answer the following questions:

1. Why did Great Britain feel that it was fair to help pay for the war by taxing American colonists?

2. What did the colonists mean when they said, “No taxation without representation”?

3. How was the First Continental Congress the first step in breaking away from Great Britain?

4. How did Anti-Federalists’ concerns about individual rights lead to changes to the Constitution?

5. What kinds of rights are protected by the first ten amendments to the Constitution? What are these amendments called?

6. Why do you think a National vote is needed to add amendments to the Constitution?

Reader's Notebook pages 159 (Using Reference Sources) and 162 (Spelling - Proofreading).

Grammar: Reader's Notebook page 166 (Correlative Conjunctions). 

 Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Continue working on your January RQ. This is the last week to receive credit.

Work on XTRA Math daily. 

 If you would like to participate in the Catholic Schools Week goodie bags for the BPD and BFD, please bring your donation to school by Friday, January 29th. The items needed are as follows: Individually wrapped or bagged beef jerky, mints and/or gum, snack sized bags of chips and/or cookies, small bottles of water, and large brown lunch bags. Any and all donations made will be given to Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Metaxas for your home room. Thank you in advance for your participation and generosity. :0)

4th Grade: 

IXL Skills for the week (due Monday, February 1st): SKILL PLAN - ELA Lesson 15 1 (Main Idea), 3 (Poetry), 4 (Guide Words), 5 (Dictionary Definitions), 6 (Context Clues), 7 and 8 (Irregular Past Tense Verbs). MATH Lesson 7-2:1 (Properties of Division) and 7-3:1 and 2 (Estimating Quotients). 

Daily Language Review (DLR): Week 17, Wednesday (correcting sentences, similes, ABC order) 

Handwriting: Lesson 18, Day 3 (Hh)

Reading: Leveled Reader - “Dad’s Garden”.

We are going to read and discuss this together during our morning Meet. Reader’s Notebook pages 181-182 (Independent Reading). Follow the directions on the page to answer the questions.

Grammar: Reader’s Notebook page 189 (helping verbs with irregular verbs). 

Math: Lesson 7-3. Use estimation strategies to find and assess the solutions for division problems. Pages 132-133, workbook page 95 (We Do) and 96 (You Do). 

Religion: Review Chapter 8, pages 110-112.

Science: We will go over your study guide before completing Chapter 6 TEST. Please be prepared.

Readworks: Weather - The Water Cycle. We will read this together and review how to answer text dependent questions and how to cite text evidence when answering questions.

5th Grade:

IXL Skills: Skill Plan ELA: 11:1. (similes/metaphors), 5 (personal pronouns), 6 (subject/object pronouns), 7 (replacing nouns with pronouns). Skill Plan MATH 5-1: 1 (prime/composite numbers), 2 (prime factorization), 3 (prime factorization with exponents), 5-2: 1 (greatest common factor) and 2 (greatest common factor of 3 numbers). Due Monday, February 1st. 

Math: List common factors and find the Greatest Common Factor of two or more numbers. Pages 100-101. (We Do EVEN, You Do ODD). https://youtu.be/crWLFqOQtBA  

Science: Read pages 126-129 to identify parts of an ecosystem.

Social Studies: Compare line graphs and circle graphs. Page 77 and IXL V.2

Religion: Decide on a response to the lesson on living as children of the light. Moral dilemmas, pages 234-235.

Vocabulary: Use words association, Latin roots, words in context and discuss prepositional phrases, pages 124-125. 

Reading: Leveled Reader - “A Night to Remember”..

We are going to read and discuss this together during our morning Meet. Reader’s Notebook pages 157-158 (Independent Reading). Follow the directions on the page to answer the questions.

Grammar: Reader’s Notebook page 165 (Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement) 

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Continue working on your January RQ. This is the last week to receive credit.

Work on XTRA Math daily. 

 If you would like to participate in the Catholic Schools Week goodie bags for the BPD and BFD, please bring your donation to school by Friday, January 29th. The items needed are as follows: Individually wrapped or bagged beef jerky, mints and/or gum, snack sized bags of chips and/or cookies, small bottles of water, and large brown lunch bags. Any and all donations made will be given to Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Metaxas for your home room. Thank you in advance for your participation and generosity. :0)

4th Grade: 

IXL Skills for the week (due Monday, February 1st): SKILL PLAN - ELA Lesson 15 1 (Main Idea), 3 (Poetry), 4 (Guide Words), 5 (Dictionary Definitions), 6 (Context Clues), 7 and 8 (Irregular Past Tense Verbs). MATH Lesson 7-2:1 (Properties of Division) and 7-3:1 and 2 (Estimating Quotients). 

Daily Language Review (DLR): Week 17, Tuesday (correcting sentences, analogies, syllables). 

Handwriting: Lesson 18, Day 2 (Vv)

Reading: 2nd reading of “Ecology for Kids”, pages 440-451. Dig Deeper, pages 452-453. Your Turn, pages 454-455.  https://youtu.be/YCw8pGbx2dg

Spelling: Reader’s Notebook page 185 (Word Sort).

Grammar: Reader’s Notebook page 188 (The Special Verb be). 

Writing: Reader’s Notebook page 192 (Main Idea). https://youtu.be/mkZo2zVKJR4

Math: Lesson 7-2 Understand the relationship between multiplication and division. Pages 130-131, workbook page 93 (We Do) and 94 (You Do). 

 

Religion: What is the kingdom of God? Pages 108-109.

Science: Chapter 6 Study Guide. I will email this to you, and we will look at it together tomorrow during our Meet.

Readworks: Weather - The Water Cycle. We will read this together and review how to answer text dependent questions and how to cite text evidence when answering questions.

5th Grade:

Math: Find the prime factorization of a number, continued, workbook pages 73 (We Do) and 74 (You Do).  https://youtu.be/ydm2cxacPIM  and https://youtu.be/fO7oKDlYHlM . 

Social Studies: Understand the social hierarchy of New Spain, Page 76 (Check understanding).

Religion: Discover more about sanctifying grace and actual grace, canonization. Pages 232-233.

Vocabulary (Sadlier): Identify synonyms and antonyms, also use words in sentences. Pages 122-123.

Reading: Lesson 11 - 2nd reading of “Dangerous Crossing”, pages 326-339. Dig Deeper, pages 340-341. Your Turn, pages 342-343. https://youtu.be/QwPldj0dirY

Spelling: Reader’s Notebook page 161 (Word Sort).

Grammar: Reader’s Notebook page 164 (Object Pronouns). 

Writing: Reader’s Notebook page 168 (Elaboration - Using Convincing Words).

Monday, January 25, 2021

Continue working on your January RQ. This is the last week to receive credit.

Work on XTRA Math daily.

If you would like to participate in the Catholic Schools Week goodie bags for the BPD and BFD, please bring your donation to school by Friday, January 29th. The items needed are as follows: Individually wrapped or bagged beef jerky, mints and/or gum, snack sized bags of chips and/or cookies, small bottles of water, and large brown lunch bags. Any and all donations made will be given to Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Metaxas for your home room. Thank you in advance for your participation and generosity. :0)

4th Grade:

IXL Skills for the week (due TODAY): Math D.34, D.41, E.1, E.2, E.5 and ELA N.2, T.1, U.5, KK.12, and KK.13.

Daily Language Review (DLR): Week 17, Monday (correcting sentences, contractions, possessive nouns).

Handwriting: Lesson 18, Day 1 (Tt)

Vocabulary (Sadlier): Begin Unit 7. Read the accompanying story, and read through the words and definitions. We will go over this in our morning Meet. 

Reading: Lesson 15 - Introduction to vocabulary (pages 436-437). Anchor Text “Ecology for Kids” (pages 440-451). Read the story silently to yourself or follow along with the video @ https://youtu.be/YCw8pGbx2dg, BEFORE our morning Meet. We will read it together and discuss. 

Spelling: Changing final y to i, Reader’s Notebook page 184.

Grammar: Irregular verbs (past tense), Reader’s Notebook page 187.

Math: Lesson 7-1, Division Rules. Find whole number quotients using strategies and properties of operations, Pages 128-129. (We Do ODD, You Do EVEN).

Religion: How do bishops continue the work of the Apostles today? Pages 106-107.

Science: Chapter 6 Review, Pages 204-205 (1-20).

5th Grade: 

Math: Fibonacci, page 97. Find prime factorization of a number. (We Do page 98, You Do page 99).

Science: Know what is in an ecosystem. Pages 121-125. Complete Activity on page 124.

Social Studies: Black History Month Assignments.

Religion: Discover qualities that help us live a holy life, pages 230-231.

Vocabulary: Identify synonyms and antonyms, also use words in sentences, pages 122-123.

Reading: Lesson 11 - Introduction to vocabulary (pages 322-323). Anchor Text “Dangerous Crossing” (pages 326-339). Read the story silently to yourself or follow along with the video @ https://youtu.be/QwPldj0dirY, BEFORE our morning Meet. We will read it together and discuss. 

Spelling: VCCV Pattern, Reader’s Notebook Page 160.

Grammar: Subject Pronouns, Reader’s Notebook Page 163.

IXL for the week: Due Tuesday, January 26th. Skill Plan (ELA): Lesson 10, 1 (Read Poetry) 2 (Main Idea), and 5 (Punctuating Dialogue).  Skill Plan (Math): Lesson 4-10, 1 (Order of Operations) and Lesson 4-11, 1, 2, and 3 (Expressions).

Friday, January 22, 2021 

Continue working on your January RQ.

Work on XTRA Math daily.

Remember, we will be “attending” Mass this morning at 8:15. Watch for the link!

4th Grade:

IXL Skills for the week (due Monday, January 25th): Math D.34, D.41, E.1, E.2, E.5 and ELA N.2, T.1, U.5, KK.12, and KK.13.

Daily Language Review (DLR): Week 16, Friday (Reference Sources) 

Reading: We will go over your assignment from yesterday, “The Dove and the Ant”, and review for your Lesson 14 TEST (“The Life and Times of the Ant”).

Grammar: Reader’s Notebook page 179 (Sentence Fluency)

Math: We will go over your assignment from yesterday (Chapter 6 Review, pages 122-123). You will complete Chapter 6 TEST.

Science: How have weather and climate changed? Pages 198-199.

Virtual Field Trip: Check this out!  https://youtu.be/VTucFpq_HGQ 

5th Grade:

Math: We will go over yesterday’s review of Chapter 4 and complete Chapter 4 TEST.

Social Studies: We will go over your paragraphs from yesterday. “Do you think the enslaved Africans were right in starting a rebellion?”

Religion: We will be attending Mass! :0)

Vocabulary (Sadlier): Identify synonyms/antonyms and use words in sentences. Pages 122-123.

Reading: We will go over your assignment from yesterday, “Purr-fection”, and review for your Lesson 10 TEST (“Cougar”).

Grammar: Reader’s Notebook page 119 (Writing Direct Quotations). 

   

IXL for the week: Due Tuesday, January 26th. Skill Plan (ELA): Lesson 10, 1 (Read Poetry) 2 (Main Idea), and 5 (Punctuating Dialogue).  Skill Plan (Math): Lesson 4-10, 1 (Order of Operations) and Lesson 4-11, 1, 2, and 3 (Expressions).

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Continue working on your January RQ.

Work on XTRA Math Daily.

4th Grade:

 IXL Skills for the week (due Monday, January 25th): Math D.34, D.41, E.1, E.2, E.5 and ELA N.2, T.1, U.5, KK.12, and KK.13.

Daily Language Review (DLR): Week 16, Thursday (Cause/Effect, Correcting Sentences, Analogies). 

 

Handwriting: Lesson 17, Day 4 (John 3:16)

Vocabulary (Sadlier): Complete Unit 6 TEST in Sadlier. 

Reading: Read "The Dove and the Ant", pages 428-430. On paper, answer the following questions:

1. At the beginning of the story, how would you describe the Ant's character? The Dove's character?

2. What does the Dove mean when he says, "There can never be excess kindness in this world"? How does this relate to the theme?

3. Many traditional tales include patterns of repeated events and similar themes. What events repeat in this fable? What other stories do you know with a similar theme and pattern of events?

4. Reread the moral at the bottom of page 430. Which events in the fable show that the moral is part of the theme?

Reader's Notebook pages 171 (Suffixes -able and -ible)  and 174 (Spelling - Proofreading).

Grammar: Reader's Notebook page 178 (Frequently Confused Words). 

Math: Chapter 6 Review, pages 122-123 (1-28 ALL). We will check this together on Friday during our afternoon Meet.

Religion: What does it mean to call the Church the People of God?, pages 104-105. Complete the activity on page 105.

Science: How do meteorologists predict and track the weather? Pages 196-197.

5th Grade:

Math: Chapter 4 Review, page 93 (ALL), if you haven't completed it already. We will review/test on Friday.

Social Studies: Review pages 72-75. Write About It - "Do you think the enslaved Africans were right in starting a rebellion?" (Write a paragraph stating your opinion, Be sure to support your opinion.) 

Religion: Discover qualities that help us live a holy life, pages 230-231.

Vocabulary: Introduction to Unit 12 words, page 118-121.

Reading: Read "Purr-fection", pages 310-312. On paper, answer the following questions:

1. Reread the last two stanzas of "Tiger." What theme or message about wildness is conveyed by the details in these lines?

2. Who is the narrator of this poem? How does this point of view affect how the tomcat is described?

3. How do the stanzas in this poem fit together to form the overall structure of the poem? For example, do the stanzas describe how the tomcat faces a conflict and finally resolves it at the end?

4. How does the image on page 312 help you understand the poem?

Reader's Notebook pages 111 (Shades of Meaning) and 114 (Spelling - Proofreading).

Grammar: Reader's Notebook page 118 (Verb Tenses - time, sequence, condition, state). 

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 

Continue working on your January RQ.

Work on XTRA Math daily.

4th Grade:  

IXL Skills for the week (due Monday, January 25th): Math D.34, D.41, E.1, E.2, E.5 and ELA N.2, T.1, U.5, KK.12, and KK.13.

Daily Language Review (DLR): Week 16, Wednesday (context clues, opinion, correcting sentences). 

Handwriting: Lesson 17, Day 3 (Ee)

Vocabulary (Sadlier): Words in context, page 63.

Reading: Leveled Reader - “Arthropods Rule!”.

We are going to read and discuss this together during our morning Meet. Reader’s Notebook pages 169-170 (Independent Reading). Follow the directions on the page to answer the questions.

Grammar: Reader’s Notebook page 177 (Participial Phrases). 

Math: Solve problems by using a variety of strategies, including writing and solving an equation. Pages 120-121 (We Do ODD, You Do EVEN). 

Religion: Who are the Seven Holy Martyrs? Pages 101-103.

Science: How do we measure weather? Pages 194-195.

5th Grade:

Math: Chapter 4 Review, page 93 (ALL).

Social Studies: Identify reasons the Spanish explored Florida and explain how Spanish colonists met their need for labor, pages 72-75.

Religion: Introduction to Chapter 17, “Called to Holiness”, explore qualities of a holy person, pages 227-229.

Vocabulary (Sadlier): Chapter 11 TEST - Assigned in Sadlier. 

Reading: Leveled Reader - “The Return of the Yellowstone Grizzly” 

We are going to read and discuss this together during our morning Meet. Reader’s Notebook pages 109-110. (Independent Reading). Follow the directions on the page to answer the questions.

Grammar: Reader’s Notebook page 117 (Interjections and Dialogue). 

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Continue working on your January RQ. 

Work on XTRA Math daily.

https://youtu.be/4xXZhXTFWnE  and  https://youtu.be/k6Au81aHuSg  (videos about Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Link to Mrs. Segarra's Virtual Counseling Room: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GbCGHjVK2zyHtD8W9EdMi1wAL08rYb2zcU8IR_DmTTo/edit?usp=sharing

4th Grade:

Daily Language Review (DLR): Week 16, Monday and Tuesday (Plurals, correcting sentences, using context clues, common/proper nouns, root/base words).

Handwriting: Lesson 17 Day 1 (Ff) Day 2 (Oo).

Reading: Lesson 14 - Introduction to vocabulary (pages 406-407). Anchor text “The Life and Times of the Ant” (pages 410-423). Read the story silently to yourself or follow along with the video: https://youtu.be/ApXm7e3dZ3Y. BEFORE our morning Meet. We will read it together and discuss. 

Spelling: Final long e, Reader’s Notebook pages 172 and 173.

Grammar: Reader’s Notebook page 175 (present participles) and 176 (past participles). 

Writing: Reader’s Notebook page 180 (using/ordering important details).

Math: Lesson 6-5, use patterns to multiply by multiples of 10, 100, or 1,000. Workbook pages 85 (We Do) and 86 (You Do). 

IXL Skills for the week (due Monday, January 25th): Math D.34, D.41, E.1, E.2, E.5 and ELA N.2, T.1, U.5, KK.12, and KK.13.

5th Grade:

Vocabulary (Sadlier): Homophones and words that show emotion, pages 116-117.

Reading: Lesson 10 - introduction to vocabulary (pages 290-291). Anchor text “Cougars”, pages 294-305. Read the story silently to yourself or follow along with this video: https://youtu.be/DQG7ZbJpix8. BEFORE our morning Meet. We will read it together, and discuss. 

Spelling: Final Schwa Sounds, Reader’s Notebook pages 112 and 113.

Grammar: Direct Quotations, Reader’s Notebook page 115 and Quotations from Text, page 116. 

Writing: Using summaries and paraphrases, Reader’s Notebook page 120. 

Math: Complete Chapter 4 Review, pages 92-93. (We Do ODD, You Do EVEN).

Religion: Chapter 9 TEST, BeMyDisciples.

IXL Skill Plan: Math 4-8:1 and 4-8:2, 4-9.1; Language Arts Lesson 8-1 and 8-2 and 9-2, 9-3, 8-6 and 8-7. These are due Tuesday, January 19th by end-of-day. 

 Friday, January 15, 2021 

Continue working on your January RQ. The library will be open today! 

There will be NO SCHOOL on Monday! It is Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday!

Work on XTRA Math daily.

4th Grade:

Daily Language Review (DLR): Week 15, Friday (Context Clues)

Reading: Using can, could, will, would, Reader’s Notebook page 167. We will review “Antarctic Journal” in our morning Meet. The assessment will be taken during our Meet. 

Math: Lesson 6-5, use patterns to multiply by multiples of 10, 100, or 1,000. Pages 118-119. We Do ODD, You Do EVEN.

Religion: Chapter 7 (BeMyDisciples), email me your results.

Science: Discuss 190-193.

Virtual Field Trip!: https://youtu.be/RREF2c90oJs

Readworks: “Being Prepared for Dangerous Situations”, “Storm Chasers”, “Weather - An Introduction to Weather”, due TODAY. You should have been working on these all week.

5th Grade: 

Math: Complete Chapter 4 Review, pages 92-93 (We Do ODD, You Do EVEN)

Science: Chapter 4 TEST, open-book.

Religion: Review Chapter 9, page 128.

Vocabulary (Sadlier): Use word association, Latin roots, words in context, and review conjunctions, pages 114-115.

Reading: Reader’s Notebook page 107 (subordinating and correlative conjunctions). We will review “Storm Warriors” in our morning Meet. You have a choice of taking your assessment for Lesson 9 online or with a hard copy. Tests MUST be completed today.

IXL Skill Plan: Math 4-8:1 and 4-8:2, 4-9.1; Language Arts Lesson 8-1 and 8-2 and 9-2, 9-3, 8-6 and 8-7. These are due Tuesday, January 19th by end-of-day. 

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Continue working on your January RQ. The library will be open on Friday!

Work on XTRA Math daily.

4th Grade:

Daily Language Review (DLR): Week 15, Thursday (friendly letter, rhyming words, correcting sentences). 

Handwriting: Lesson 16, Day 4 (Mark 9:37)

Spelling: Proofreading, Reader’s Notebook page 162.

Reading:

Read “Cold, Cold Science” in your Reading book, pages 392-400. On a sheet of paper, answer the following questions. Remember to CITE TEXT EVIDENCE to support your answer. Head your paper correctly.

1. Page 394 - Why isAntarctica so important to life on Earth, even though it is located far away from most places on the planet?

2. Page 394 - What is the difference between an ice shelf and an ice sheet?

3. Page 394 - Why do the ice shelves form?

4. Page 395 - Why is it important for scientists to study the glaciers and ice shelves of the Antarctic?

5. Page 396 - How might very strong wind change the shape of rocks?

6. Page 396 - Why do you think people have not settled in Antarctica?

7. Page 396 - What is the main idea of this section? What key details support that idea?

8. Page 397 - Think back to what you learned about krill in Antarctic Journal. What do you think is one reason scientists in Antarctica want to learn how climate change affects krill? 

9. Page 397 - Remember that informational texts can be organized a number of ways. How is this text organized - sequentially, by cause-and-effect relationships, or by topics with main ideas and details?

10. Page 398 - How are seals and whales similar? How are they different?

11. Page 399 - Why is the shores good place for some penguins in Antarctica to nest? Use information from page 399 and from Antarctic Journal.

12. Page 399 - How does food supply affect an animal population?

13. Page 400 - What evidence do scientists have that Antarctica was not always a cold desert? Explain why this evidence suggests a very different climate.

14. Page 400 - According to some scientists, how have people changed Earth’s atmosphere? What are some ways to reduce pollution?

15. Page 400 - Is this a firsthand account or a secondhand account? How can you tell? How is this selection different from Antarctic Journal?

Review vocabulary, pages 372-373. Think about the meaning of each word. If you can’t remember the meaning of a word, look it up in the glossary of your textbook, pages G2-G17 (in the very back of your book). 

Greek/LatinWord Parts (spect, struct, tele, vis), Reader’s Notebook page 159. 

Grammar: Compound/Complex Sentences, Reader’s Notebook page 166. 

Readworks: Being Prepared for Dangerous Situations”, “Storm Chasers”, “Weather - An Introduction to Weather”, due Friday.

Math: Lesson 6-4, continued. Find the product of a 2-, 3-, or 4-digit number and a 2-digit number, with regrouping. Workbook pages 83-84. When you finish, send me a screenshot of both pages.

Science: What are air masses? Pages 190-193.

Vocabulary: Write a sentence of your own, using each of the 12 vocabulary words for Unit 6 correctly. Head your paper. Example: “Please do not distract me while I am working on my homework,” pleaded Jimmy.

5th Grade: 

Math: Write, evaluate, and compare numerical expressions. Workbook pages 71-72. https://youtu.be/FCSD8AQS27g and https://youtu.be/NdBq_aKpp2Q and https://youtu.be/v0bg2GWCbRo and https://youtu.be/Ay5vpsieXb4

Science: Review Chapter 4, End of Chapter questions.

Religion: Create a banner for a liturgical season, showing a message about living that season, page 127.

Vocabulary (Sadlier): Identify synonyms and antonyms, use words in sentences, pages 112-113.

Reading: 

Read “Pea Island’s Forgotten Heroes” in your Reading book, pages 282-284. On a sheet of paper, answer the following questions. Remember to CITE TEXT EVIDENCE to support your answer. Head your paper correctly.

1. Page 283 - What does realization mean as used in the text? What context clues halo you determine its meaning?

2. Page 284 - Why did the surfmen ignore their own needs even though they were also cold and wet?

3. Page 284 - Why did both Katie Burkhart and the descendants of the surfmen feel proud when the surfmen were finally recognized as heroes?

Review vocabulary, pages 262-263. Think about the meaning of each word. If you can’t remember the meaning of a word, look it up in the glossary of your textbook, pages G2-G17 (in the very back of your book). 

Reader’s Notebook page 99 (Greek and Latin Roots (tele, photo, scrib, rupt)

Spelling: Proofreading, Reader’s Notebook page 102

Grammar: Kinds of Nouns Review (Singular, Plural, Common, Proper), Reader’s Notebook page 106.