Week 9: 10/3-10/7

*subject to change*
please check this page throughout the week

Not all assignments are listed. Students are responsible for writing assignments down in their agenda books and turning in missing assignments.

Handwriting:

Handwriting Without Tears
pg. 34-37 (Grammar and Hand Writing) Due 10/4

Spelling:
(list of words online, SMCS 5th Grade web page)

****Spelling Test - Unit 2, Lesson 1 TBD****
(write the word in print and cursive)
 

English/Grammar:
(Journeys textbook- online)

GRAMMAR:

Singular and Plural Nouns - pg. 162-163
Readers Notebook pg. 55-57 due 10/4

Making Comparisons, Using Negatives Correctly
Readers Notebook pg. 58

Grammar Review - worksheets
Exact Nouns, Plural Nouns

Singular, Plural and Collective Nouns
Open Book Assessment, TBD

WRITING:

Fictional Narrative - pg. 164-165
Dialogue
Sensory Details
voice
POV

Connect to Writing
Readers Notebook pg. 59

Focus Trait: 
Conventions - Strong Dialogue and Description
Readers Notebook pg. 60

Performance Task pg. 156-157
Essential Question Writing Activity

Reading:
(Journeys textbook - online)

Unit 1, Lesson 5
Elisa's Diary by Doris Louisa Oronoz pg. 142-153
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Theme, Dialogue, Sequence of Events, Clause

Words Free As Confetti by Pat Mora pg. 158-160
Genre: Poetry
Focus - poetry, sensory language, imagery, simile, metaphor
Poetry Connection Worksheet

Essential Question: How can overcoming a challenge change someone's life?
Groups - Text Questions Worksheet

Reading Comprehension -
Open Book Assessment, TBD

Vocabulary in Context 

****Vocabulary Quiz - Unit 2, Lesson 1 TBD****
(match the word to the correct definition, use in a complete sentence and write the part of speech)

Small Group Reading, Leveled Readers

Journals of the West
Not Just Second Place
Baseball Blues
Far From Home
Baseball Memories

Critical Thinking Questions

Math:
(Saxon Textbook)

Lesson 29: Multiplying with Multiples of 10 and 100 HW Written Practice 1-30
Lesson 30: Interpreting Pictures of Fractions, Decimals and Percents HW Written Practice 1-30
Lesson 31: Pairs of Lines and Angles HW Written Practice 1-30

Math Test, covering material through Lesson 25
 

***Math Test TBD***

Religion:

Liturgy 10/06 8:15 a.m.
27th week in Ordinary Time

Spirit of Truth, Sophia

Unit 1, Lesson 5 Grace is the Gift of God's Life
What is Grace? pg. 20
Types of Grace Graphic Organizer pg. 22
My Gifts and Talents pg. 23
Scriptural Rosary pg. 25

Saint - Special Project:
Saint Selections
Saint Graphic organizer due 10/6
Saint Research

Science:
(Nancy Larson Science - online) user - saintmaryschool, password -  silt

Nancy Larson, Exploring the Universe, Astronomy, Booklet A
Lesson 12 Comparing and Contrasting the Planets (continued)
Lesson 12 Research and Recording Project (continued)
Lesson 12 Review

Lesson 13 Identifying Characteristics of Asteroids, Meteoroids, Dwarf Planents and Comets
Lesson 13 Review due Wednesday,10/5

Lesson 14 Describing the two motions of Earth
                  Identifying the cause of day and night on Earth
                  Identifying why the Sun, Moon, and stars appear to move across the sky
 

Social Studies:

The Age of Exploration (Core Knowledge Reader)
Chapter 7 England Explores and Colonizes
Cool Facts cont. (Ch. 1-9)

Chapter 8 France and the Fur Trade
Cool Facts cont (Ch. 1-9)

Chapter 9: