Homework for the week of May 21-25, 2012
Reading
Choose any fiction short story to read. Create a story map in which you tell the characters, setting, problem, and solution. Then, sequence the important events in the First, Next, Then, Last format. (We will be starting to write our own fiction stories in class so this will help us to recall the structure of a great fiction story.)
Math
Find 10 objects in your home to measure height or length in inches (use a ruler, tape measure, or yard stick). Try to measure objects in a variety of sizes. Tell what the object is, and what part you are measuring.
Spelling
Sort (10 words--will be passed out on Tuesday)
Homework for the week of May 7-11, 2012
Reading
Read pages 22-27 in Insects. Choose 6 cool facts and make a "fact card" for each. You can use index cards, or just cut pieces of paper. Write the fact on one side and a scientific drawing on the other.
Math
On grid paper (google free graph paper and print!) draw 5 rectangles of any size. Find their perimeter 2 ways-- showing addition for all 4 sides, and using the equation P=2l + 2w. Show all work!!
Spelling and Grammar
Sort and grammar pages 109, 110 and 112.
Homework for the week of April 23-27, 2012
Reading
In your insect books, read pages 10-15. Write an expository paragraph explaining what an entomologist is/does. (Topic sentence, main idea, 3 detail sentences, and a bow sentence. Use the information in the book but feel free to look up more information on the internet if you'd like.
Math
TBA Monday
Spelling and Grammar
Sort and grammar pages 101, 102, 104.
Homework for the week of April 16-20, 2012
Reading
In your insect books, please read pages 4-9. Make a T chart about things you already knew and new things you learned from reading.
Math
Pages 178-179 in your Discovery Assignment books.
Grammar
Pages 97, 98, 100
Homework for the week of April 9-12, 2012 *NO SCHOOL FRIDAY APRIL 13*
Reading
In your Reading Street books, read the poems on pages 276-279. Write 1-2 sentences for each telling what the poem is about. Then, choose 2 elements to write about for each poem. (Rhythm, Repetition, Rhyme, Images)
Math
Geometry intro sheet
Spelling
Sort
Homework for the week of March 26-30, 2012
Reading
Read Me and Uncle Ronnie on page 248. Do Open for Discussion, questions 2, 3, 4 and Look Back and Write.
Math
Write fractions for your family. The denominator should be how many people are in your family. The numerators can be any way you would like to categorize your family, i.e. gender, hair color, etc. Are there any equivalent fractions? Which ones? How do you know they are equivalent?
Solve the following and include a picture:
1/2 of 16 1/3 of 24 1/4 of 40 1/5 of 25 1/3 of 21 1/4 of 32 1/5 of 55
Spelling and Grammar
Sort and pages 89,90,92.
Homework for the week of March 19-23, 2012
Reading
Read Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong starting on page 198. Then do Open for Discussion, questions 1, 2, and 4, and Look Back and Write.
Math
Do pages 194 and 199 in your Discovery Assignment Books. Please tear out and staple.
Spelling & Grammar
Sort and pages 85, 86, 88.
Homework for the week of March 12-16, 2012
Reading
Read Elena's Serenade starting on page 384. Then answer Open for Discussion, 1-4, and Look Back and Write.
Math
Fraction Packet
Spelling and Grammar
Sort and grammar pages 81, 82, 84.
Homework for the week of March 6-9, 2010 *NO SCHOOL MONDAY, PULASKI DAY
Reading
Read Two Bad Ants starting on page 358 in the Reading Street books. Then answer Open for Discussion, #s 1-4, and Look Back and Write.
Math
Packet
Spelling and Grammar
Sort and pages 77, 78, 80.
Homework for the week of February 27-March 2, 2012
Reading and Writing
Read pages 18-22 in the Expository Paragraphs books. Complete the activities on pages 19 and 21.
Math
Packet (will send home Monday)
Spelling
Sort
Homework for the week of February 21-24, 2012
Reading and Writing
Read pages 12-17 in your Expository Paragraphs books. Complete the activities on pages 13, 15, and 17.
Math
Multiplication practice pages
Spelling
Sort
Homework for the week of February 14-17, 2012
Reading and Writing
Read pages 4, 7, 8, 10,11 in the Expository Paragraph books. These will be sent home Tuesday. Answer the questions/complete the exercises at the bottom of pages 7, 8, 10 and 11.
Math
Multiplication Drill practice pages.
*Please be sure your child is studying their facts and working on speed and automaticity EVERY night.
Homework for the week of February 6-10, 2012
Reading
Read Wings starting on page 16. Then, read Beauty and the Beast starting on page 31. Do the Writing Across Texts activity on page 35.
Math
Study your 5's every night.
*Draw an array for each of the answers. (You can use graph paper if you'd like, but you don't have to.)
*Write the skip counting for each answer (Example: 5 x 4= 20 5, 10, 15, 20)
Spelling
*Sort
*Grammar pages 73,74,76
Homework for the week of January 30-February 2, 2012 *NO SCHOOL FRIDAY FEB 3, HW DUE THURSDAY*
Reading
Read Fly, Eagle, Fly! starting on page 117. Complete questions 1-3 and Look Back and Write.
Math
Study your 4's every night and have a parent sign. Write all the 4's times tables and their answers. Create 3 multiplication word problems with using 4's. Solve and show the circle groups.
Spelling
Sort
Homework for the week of January 23-26, 2012 **NO SCHOOL FRIDAY JAN 27, HW DUE THURSDAY**
Reading
Read Jalepeno Bagels starting on page 224. On page 238, answer Open for Discussion, questions 1-3, and Look Back and Write.
Math
Study your 3's every night and have a parent sign. Write all the 3's times tables and their answers. Create 2 multiplication word problems with using 3's. Solve and show the circle groups.
Grammar
pages 69, 70, 72
Homework for the week of January 17-20, 2012 *NO SCHOOL MONDAY MLK DAY*
Reading
Read "Happy Birthday Mr. Kang" starting on page 308. Then do Open for Discussion, #s 1, 2, and 4 and Look Back and Write.
Math
We are starting multiplication. Study and memorize your 2's times tables. Practice every night and have a parent sign on a sheet of paper each night that you practice. Then, write all of the 2's times tables and their answers.
Spelling & Grammar
Spelling Sort
Grammar pages 65, 66, 68.
Homework for the week of January 9-13, 2012
Reading
Read Suki's Kimono starting on page 150. Then, answer Open for Discussion, #s 1, 2, 3, and Look Back and Write.
Math
Write (or have a parent help you pick the numbers!) 12 3-digit plus 3-digit problems. Then, round each number to the nearest hundred, and estimate the answer by adding the rounded numbers. THEN, solve each problem regularly to see how close your estimation was.
Grammar/Writing
*pages 61, 62, 64 in Grammar workbook
*Write a practice 2-paragraph essay. You pick the topic--remember you are writing to explain something. Reference the graphic organizer on the homepage. I will not be picky about topic; I just want you to have extra practice writing 2 paragraphs.
Homework for the week of December 19-23, 2011
Reading
Read "The Story of the Statue of Liberty" starting on page 288. On page 300, complete the Open for Discussion questions as well as numbers 1-4.
Math
Round the following numbers to the nearest 10:
23, 45, 67, 84, 65, 12, 92, 38, 77, 52
Round the numbers to the nearest 10 to estimate the answer:
23+65 41+29 52+34 84+12 18+28
Spelling/Grammar
Grammar book pages 57, 58, 60
Spelling Sort
Homework for the week of December 12-16, 2011
Reading
Read Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest in your Reading Street Books pages 40-53. Then, answer Open for Discussion, numbers 2, 3, 4, and Look Back and Write.
Math
Please work on pages 112-113 in your Discovery Assignment books.
Spelling/Grammar
*3 times each + Spelling Steps
*Grammar pages 53, 54, 56
Homework for the week of December 5-9, 2011
Reading
Read a nonfiction text (a book, magazine, news article, etc). Create a reading quiz with an answer key: Write 6 questions about the text. Then, write the answers and a direct quote from the text that shows the answer.
Math
Write down 5 activities you do this week. Write the time you started and the time you finished. Write the total number of minutes or hours and minutes. (Elapsed time)
Spelling/Grammar
Spelling Sort
Grammar pages 49, 50, 52
Homework for the week of November 28-December 2, 2011
Reading
Read for 20 minutes each night. Have a parent sign for each night. On a separate sheet of paper, write about each story, chapter, etc. that you read. A brief summary for each night will be fine. (Total of 80 minutes or more and 4 summaries or more)
Math
Discovery Assignment Book pages 2 and 3. Tear out and staple!
Spelling and Grammar
*Spelling Sort
*Pages 45, 46, 48 in Grammar Practice Book
Homework for the week of November 21-21, 2011 *NO SCHOOL THURSDAY OR FRIDAY HOMEWORK DUE WEDNESDAY
Reading
Read 2 news articles or any short nonfiction texts (magazines, internet passages, I am not picky about this type of thing!) Write what the main idea of each article is (what is the passage MOSTLY about?) Also tell 3 facts from each article that support this main idea.
Math
Look at the problems below. Copy each problem and write underneath what you have to regroup (nothing, tens, hundreds, both). Then, solve 3 of them.
(set up horizontally like last week)
645-258 373-155 574-264 429-387 345-191 600-336 312-220 775-543
Spelling *Only 10 words, test Weds.
Choose 2: Rainbow spelling, Spelling Steps, 3 times each, Write Forward and Backward
Homework for the week of November 14-17, 2011 *NO SCHOOL WEDNESDAY OR FRIDAY* Homework due Thursday.
Reading
Read for 20 minutes each night. Have a parent sign for each night. On a separate sheet of paper, write about each story, chapter, etc. that you read. A brief summary for each night will be fine.
Grammar
Pages 41, 42, 44.
*No spelling words this week.
Math
Solve the following. Set up as a horizontal problem. Regroup where necessary.
600-411 500-329 307-291 332-146 212-188 111-94
420-277
Homework for the week of November 7-9, 2011 *NO SCHOOL THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. FELT BOARD STORIES DUE WEDNESDAY!*
Reading
Find a news article about a person. (Must be a news article. Can be from the newspaper, internet, or a news magazine.) Write 3-5 things you learned about this person from reading about them in the news.
Math
"Pay" for the following items with a $5 bill. Draw the change you would receive back and write the amount. Don't forget a $!
$3.91
$2.76
$3.28
$3.03
$2.12
Spelling *Spelling test will be given on Wednesday. Word lists will be reduced to 10 words because of the short week.
Spelling Sort
Homework for the week of October 31-November 4, 2011
Reading
Choose a biography, whether it is information from the internet or a text from the library. Read it and write a 1 page summary (you can skip lines) about the key events in this person's life, focusing on how they became famous/successful.
Math
Complete pages 100 and 101 in your Discovery Assignment Book.
Spelling/Grammar
*With your spelling list, write a spelling story. Try to use all your words, and underline them in the story.
*Pages 37, 38, 40 in your Grammar workbooks.
Homework for the week of October 24-27, 2011 **NO SCHOOL FRIDAY
Reading
Read Rocks in His Head starting on page 64. Then do Open for Discussion, numbers 1 and 2, and Look Back and Write on page 75.
Spelling/Grammar
*Spelling Sort
*Pages 33, 34, 36 in your Grammar workbook.
Math
Go to any store, look online, or look at receipts your parents have. On a sheet of paper, write 5 items, and what their cost was. Be sure to use a $ sign. Then, look at the cents amount. Tell one way you can make this amount with coins. For example, if something was $4.27, you might say you could make 27 cents with a quarter and 2 pennies.
Homework for the week of October 17-21, 2011
Reading
Read America's Champion Swimmer starting on page 90 in your Reading Street books (coming home Monday). Then answer questions 1 and 4, and Look Back and Write on page 106.
Math
Pages 75/76 from the Discovery Assignment Book. **You only need to solve in ONE way, either base-ten shorthand or regrouping (shortcut method).**
Spelling/Grammar
*Spelling Sort (remember this is done on a separate sheet of paper, not on cards.)
*Pages 29, 30, 32 in your Grammar and Writing Practice books.
Homework for the week of October 11-14, 2011
Reading
Choose a fiction story with at least 3 characters. Make a character book. Fold a sheet of paper in half. The cover should say "The Characters of...(book title)" On the 2 inside pages and on the back (one character per page totaling 3 characters/pages), describe each character using a TRAIT word. Tell what happened in the story that makes you think that. Draw a picture of each character on its page.
Grammar
Pages 25, 26, 28 in Grammar and Writing Practice Book.
Math
Pages 73 and 74 in Discovery Assignment Book.
Homework for the week of October 3-7, 2011
Reading
Choose a fiction story. Choose one of the following ways to show the story sequence using FIRST, NEXT, THEN, LAST:
*Make a paper chain (I can provide strips) of 4 main story events.
*Make a flap book (I can provide construction paper) of 4 main story events.
*Simply write the 4 main story events on lined paper.
Spelling/Grammar
*Do spelling sort (glue words on a sheet of paper) **Remember to study these words! They are the words for your Friday spelling test.**
*In your Grammar and Writing Practice book, complete pages 21 and 24, and #'s 1-5 on page 22.
Math
**In addition to given math homework, please spend some time every week quizzing your child on addition and subtraction facts up to =20. Flashcards are a great way to do this :)**
*In your Discovery Assignment Book, please complete page 60.
Homework for the week of September 26-30, 2011 **Please staple everything TOGETHER. Thank you!!**
Reading
Choose a fiction story to read. Then CREATE 7 questions you might ask if you were the teacher! Underneath each question, put a quote from the text that would help a student to answer it.
Spelling
Do the spelling sort I am sending home Monday. Glue the pieces onto a sheet of paper, organized into the types.
Create a flashcard of each word (I can provide index cards!) with the word on one side and a picture that could be associated with the word on the other.
Math
Making Tens with 3 Addends page. Sending home Monday.
Homework for the week of September 19-22 ***Due THURSDAY, No School Friday***
Reading
Read a fiction story of your choosing (preferably with an interesting setting!) Answer the following questions, and Ms. Bodnar will guess what the setting is and write it on your homework!!
What are the people/characters doing?
What are they wearing?
What is transportation like?
What is the weather like?
What do the buildings or houses look like?
Is the story mostly inside or outside?
Writing
Go outside and observe something. (A tree, a park, Millenium Park, the street, etc. I'm not picky!) Write a DETAILED description of your observation. Use exciting words and descriptive phrases. See how much of a page you can fill!
Math
Magic Square homework page. Will be sent home Monday. Bring page 33 from your workbook home to use for this.
Homework for the week of September 12-16,2011 **All homework is due Fridays, with the exception of kids who received their math homework later because of the copy machine being down. Those kids can turn in the MATH part on Monday or Tuesday of next week. **Please staple everything together into one packet (so tear out grammar and math pages).
Reading
Read a fiction story of your choosing (can be about animals OR people). Describe one of the characters in the story using 2 trait words and text support for EACH. Then, write about how YOU are similar or different from this character. (on lined paper)
Grammar/Spelling
In your Grammar and Writing workbooks please work on page 3, page 4 #1-10 only, page 6 #1-5 and page 8 # 1-10.
Math
Please complete pages 25 and 27 in your Discovery Assignment Book. Tear out the pages and staple.
