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“Class of Heroes” Weekly Homefun SheetWeek 2/11 -2/15
Mr. Nick 4 – 303 Email: [email protected]
Name: ___________________________________Parent’s Signature ____________
THIS HOMEFUN PACKET IS DUE THE 15th of FebruaryImportant Dates14th of February- Valentines Day16th-23rd of February- Mid Winter Recess
MondayReading Response: Read the following article below:
Text Features: Take a several minutes to look at some of the text features in the article “Massive Meltdown.” Fill in the chart below to give your self a lens of this text before actually reading: IN YOUR READING NOTEBOOK‼!
Text Feature Author’s PurposeThe author uses this text feature because
Text Feature Chart:
Reading – Read your independent reading book for at least 40 minutes (build your stamina to read more than 40 minutes). Choose one of the following prompts on author’s craft to write about! Non Fiction (Author’s Craft ) Fiction (Author’s Craft) This author included this The author included the
section in order to… A craft technique the author
included was _____ in order to… The intro/conclusion/diagram is
effective because _____ The author used visual
information in order to…. The way the author organized
this text is/isn’t effective because….
The author hooked the reader by….
The author used _____ in order to convey____
character_____ in order to ______.
The author made my character say______ in order to…
The lesson the author wants the reader to learn is….
The author included this setting so……
Writing About Reading: Why is the Earth’s glacier’s melting at such a fast rate something to worry about? In your WRITING NOTEBOOK use two details from the text to support your answer.
Math –Solve Math Problem #1
1. Show that 12 is equivalent to
612using a tape diagram and a number sentence.
2. Show that 23 is equivalent to
812 using a tape diagram and a number sentence.
Tuesday Reading Response: Answer the following question based on the text from Monday “Massive Meltdown.” In this text, the author includes a lot of pictures. Choose a picture with the text, describe it and explain what it does for you as the reader in your READING NOTEBOOK
Reading – Read your independent reading book for at least 40 minutes (build your stamina to read more than 40 minutes). Choose one of the following prompts on author’s craft to write about!
Non Fiction (Author’s Craft ) Fiction (Author’s Craft)
This author included this section in order to…
A craft technique the author included was _____ in order to…
The intro/conclusion/diagram is effective because _____
The author used visual information in order to….
The way the author organized this text is/isn’t effective because….
The author hooked the reader by….
The author used _____ in order to convey____
The author included the character_____ in order to ______.
The author made my character say______ in order to…
The lesson the author wants the reader to learn is….
The author included this setting so……
Writing: Use the diagram below to answer the following questions:
As reader of nonfiction text, one of the things that you have to do is use visual information to answer questions:
Look at the diagram below carefully and use if to answer the following question:
Why is Overstreet’s work considered dangerous? Use details from the visual to
answer the question.
Math – Solve Problem #2
1. Show that 45 is equivalent to
1215 using a tape diagram and a number sentence
Wednesday
Reading Response: Use the semantic map to help you to begin thinking of why we should save the bees!
Reading – Read your independent reading book for at least 40 minutes (build your stamina to read more than 40 minutes). Choose one of the following prompts on author’s craft to write about!
Non Fiction (Author’s Craft ) Fiction (Author’s Craft)
This author included this section in order to…
A craft technique the author included was _____ in order to…
The intro/conclusion/diagram is effective because _____
The author used visual information in order to….
The way the author organized this text is/isn’t effective because….
The author hooked the reader by….
The author used _____ in order to convey____
The author included the character_____ in order to ______.
The author made my character say______ in order to…
The lesson the author wants the reader to learn is….
The author included this setting so……
Writing: Using the semantic map and the information you have read I want you to write a page and a half in your Writing Notebook stating why we should save the bees.
Be sure to follow the structure of an essay
Math –Solve Math Problem 4
Ray, Robin, and Freddy each had identical containers of worms. Ray used 38 container.
Robin used 68 container, and Freddy used
78 container. How many total containers of
worms did they use?
Thursday LAST DAY OF SCHOOL UNTIL MIDWINTER RECESS!
Until February 26th
Reading –READ! READ! READ! Make sure you are dedicating time to write about your reading. Read your independent reading book for at least 40 minutes (build your stamina to read more than 40 minutes).
Math – Math Facts – practice multiplication / division flash cards for 10-15 minutes every night.
Don’t forget to … o Complete your WINTER PACKET o Bring back any notices that need to be signed and returned for Monday.
ELAReading: monitoring for sense, chunking, annotate, main idea, cross-text synthesis,
Writing: elaboration
Math
Social Studies Colonist, loyalist, patriots, constitution, declaration, colonies
ScienceMagnetism, electricity, scale, circuit, parallel circuit, series circuit, erosion, deposition, simple machines, pulley
Word of the week: Find the definition of the word on your own, and write your own sentence using the word.
Persecution:
The group of people in the image above were persecuted for their beliefs. As a result, they had to leave their country in order to avoid any harm to them.
Use the image and the information given, what do you think the word persecution means?
PERSECUTION means ______________________________________________________
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