Reading, Spelling and Writing: Unit 3 Week 2  (Historical Fiction)

Objectives:

• Learn more about historical fiction and analyze plot and setting in historical fiction.
• Develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading fiction and writing historical fiction.
• Use elements of narrative text to write a historical fiction story.

Math: Chapter 6 Multiplication and Division Patterns

Objectives:

• Patterns in the Multiplication Table
• Multiply by 2
• Divide by 2
• Multiply by 5

Religion: Unit 2 Session 8- Jesus Gathers Disciples

Objectives:

• Discuss how Jesus gathered the disciples.
• Tell the story of how Jesus chose Peter to follow him.
• Explore why Jesus needed apostles and disciples to help him.
• Discuss reasons why we need to work together to serve the kingdom.
• Define Gospel and mission

Social Studies:

Objectives:

• Unit 1 test 
• Analyze why and how people immigrate to the United States.
• Compare benefits and drawbacks of immigrating to the United States.
• Draw conclusions from primary and secondary sources.

Reminders: 

• Spelling menus will be due every Friday (Choose 3 activities-time given in class to do. Students will finish at home if necessary.)

• Students are expected to have done 40-45 minutes in each Reading and Math for I-Ready practice lessons every week! They are given plenty of time in class throughout the week, but can finish at home if the goal is not met.

• Please send your child with a water bottle every day.

• Please make sure your child’s chrome book is charged every night.

Spelling Unit 3, Week 1

1. prepay
2. nonstop
3. nonfiction
4. disagree
5. preapprove
6. indirect
7. imperfect
8. impolite
9. insecure
10. incorrect

Bonus Words: impossibly, indefinite, disqualify

Vocabulary Words:

abandon- to leave behind

appeared- showed up or came into view

enormous- oversized, huge

interfered- became involved in an unwanted way

stationary- not moving

Reading, Spelling and Writing: Unit 3 Week 1 Below Deck: A Titanic Story (Historical Fiction)

Objectives:

• Learn more about historical fiction and analyze plot and setting in historical fiction.
• Develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading fiction and writing historical fiction.
• Use elements of narrative text to write a historical fiction story.

Math: Chapter 5 Understand Division

Objectives:

• Relate Division and Multiplication.
• Divide using related multiplication facts.
• Use models to solve problems.
• Review
• Chapter 5 Test Friday

Religion: Unit 2 Session 7- Following Jesus

Objectives:

• Explain what Jesus wants us to do in order to follow him.
• Discuss how God calls us to follow the Ten Commandments
• Explain how being generous helps us follow Jesus
• Identify ways to show love for God.
• Define conversion

Social Studies:

Objectives:

• Identify and describe the diverse environments of North America that were home to a variety of Native American groups.
• Discuss the ways in which physical geography, including climate, influenced how Native Americans adapted to their natural environment.
• Describe traditions of Native American groups.
• Unit 1 test Review

Reminders: 

• Spelling menus will be due every Friday (Choose 3 activities-time given in class to do. Students will finish at home if necessary.)
• Students are expected to have done 40-45 minutes in each Reading and Math for I-Ready practice lessons every week! They are given plenty of time in class throughout the week, but can finish at home if the goal is not met.
• Please send your child with a water bottle every day.

• Please make sure your child’s chrome book is charged every night.

Spelling Unit 2 Week 5:

1. I’ve
2. let’s
3. can’t
4. aren’t
5. didn’t
6. won’t
7. couldn’t
8. wouldn’t
9. you’ve
10. doesn’t

Bonus Words: would’ve, should’ve, o’clock

Vocabulary:

interdependence: animals and plants that depend on each other for survival.

camouflage: a disguise that hides something from view.

adaptations: changes in plants or animals that help them survive in the habitat.

food chain: some animals eat other animals that, in turn, eat other animals or plants.

Biodiversity: the range of many kinds of plants and animals in a habitat.

Reading, Spelling and Writing: Unit 2 Week 5 Nature’s Patchwork Quilt (Informational Text)

Objectives:

• Learn more about informational texts and explain the author’s purpose in an informational text.
• Develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing.
• Use elements of an informational text to write a how-to article.

Math:

Objectives:

• Explore two meanings of division.
• Model division as equal sharing.
• Use models to relate division and subtraction
• Explore how division and multiplication are related.

Religion: Unit 2 Session 6-Jesus, our Lord and Savior

Objectives:

• Explain the meaning of the good soil and the seed in Jesus’ parable.
• Explain why Jesus told parables
• Describe ways we can serve God’s kingdom
• Discuss how Saints Benedict and Scholastica served the Kingdom of God
• Define monastery: a place where a group of monks work and pray together

Social Studies:

Objectives:

• Identify and describe the diverse environments of North America that were home to a variety of Native American groups.
• Discuss the ways in which physical geography, including climate, influenced how Native Americans adapted to their natural environment.
• Describe traditions of Native American groups.
• Unit 1 test Thursday November 6th.

Reminders: 

• Spelling menus will be due every Friday (Choose 3 activities-time given in class to do. Students will finish at home if necessary.)

• Students are expected to have done 40-45 minutes in each Reading and Math for I-Ready practice lessons every week! They are given plenty of time in class throughout the week, but can finish at home if the goal is not met.

• No school Friday

Spelling Unit 2 Week 4:

1. dispute
2. expose
3. mistake
4. compete
5. translate
6. include
7. explode
8. despite
9. subscribe
10. reptile

Bonus Words:  incubate, stipulate, confinement

Vocabulary Words:

habitat: the natural home of a plant or animal

solitary: single or alone

multiplied: increased greatly in number