Class 3-304 Homework for Oct. 6 – Oct. 10, 2014 #6

WORDS OF THE WEEK: see reverse side

Literacy: Place words of the week in ABC order /

ELA Test Prep Book: Following the Stars pgs. 30-32 MATHS: worksheet

Literacy: Write 8 sentences (using any of the words of the week) underline the spelling word. Make sure the sentences begin with an uppercase letter and ends with the correct punctuation mark (. ? !)

ELA Test Prep Book: How Benny West Learned to Be Painter pgs. 33-35

MATH: workbook R 4.3 and P 4.3

VOCABULARY: Write sentences using all of the vocabulary words on the reverse side.

ELA Test Prep Book The Old Man and His Grandson pgs. 36-37 MATHS: workbook R 4.4 and P 4.4

Literacy: Write words of the week 3x each / SPELLING and VOCAB. TEST ON FRIDAY

MATH: workbook R 4.5 and P 4.5

Social Studies: Write one paragraph about the natural/human/capital resources found in Rain School

MATH: workbook R 4.6 and P 4.6

SNEAK PEEK FOR NEXT WEEK week of Oct. 13, 2014

Spelling words of the week: heel / seal / weak / week / bean / creek / speaks / team / free / green /

clean /cream / street / freeze / field /right /pie / child / sixteen / peanut

Vocabulary words of the week:

sidewalks: paths placed next to roads / grumbled: to complain about something in a low voice

traders: people who buy and sell things, or exchange one thing for another

blossomed: a person or business that has grown and developed

wailed: to make a long, sad cry or sound / lonesome: alone or lonely

Read in Treasures textbook: Let’s Trade pg. 158-159 and the main selection Boom Town pgs. 160-168

ü  Answer Think and Compare ques. 1-5 on pg. 183. REMEMBER to ECHO the question in the answer

HOME-SCHOOL CONNECTION week of Oct. 6, 2014

Dear Family Member(s):

Below, please find a breakdown of topics that your scholar will be learning this week. We encourage you to have discussions with your child to reinforce concepts learned in order to bridge the home-school connection.

Thank you, Mrs. Maharaj and Ms. Woods

Literacy:
Comprehension
Reading: *Module 1 – Engage NY* This week scholars will continue to identify the central or main message in literature about individuals and groups from world communities who have gone to great lengths to access education. Scholars will read Nasreen’s Secret School, a story about a girl from Afghanistan and what her family went through in order for her to receive an education. Ask your scholar to retell the story to you and identify the central or main message.
Weekly strategy: Summarize: A summary is a short statement of the most important events in a story, in a person’s own words. Summarizing help good readers under-stand the important events in a story in the order they happen. Summarizing also helps good readers make predictions about them.
Weekly skill: Make & Confirm Predictions: To make predictions, good readers use ideas or hints, in a story to tell what is going to happen later in the story. After making a prediction, readers read on to confirm it, or find out if it was correct. If they are wrong, they can revise their prediction, or make a new prediction. Making and confirming predictions helps a reader understand characters’’ actions and the plot’s main events.

Science: Lesson 3
How do Scientist Answer Questions?
The Scientific Method

1.  Question
2.  Research
3.  Hypothesis
4.  Experiment
5.  Analyze Data/Results
6.  Draw Conclusions /
Word Workout
Spelling Words:
mild / sky / pie / might / find / fight tied / right / fry / tight child / flight / bright / buy / dye / soak / bowl / gold / wind / children
Vocabulary Words & Strategy:
separate: to keep things apart
exact: something that is completely correct
determination: to decide to do something even though it may be difficult
storage: to put things away that you don’t need every day
ruined: something that can no longer be used luckiest: a person who has the most luck of anyone
Strategy: Word parts: (Suffixes –er, -est) A suffix is a word part added to the end of a root word that changes the word’s meaning. (–er = more -est = most) When –er and –est are added to a base word that ends in consonant “y”, the “y” changes to “i”. ( busy=busiest)

Math: Commutative Property of Multiplication
Social Studies
Lesson 2: Communities and Resources
Natural resources: Things found in nature that are useful to people. (water, wood)
Human resources: The skills, knowledge, & hard work that people bring to their jobs. (fireman, teacher, carpenter)
Capital resources: Things used by people to make goods or provide services. (hose, books, hammer)