Important Dates:
Friday,
May 4th NO SCHOOL J
READING—Beginning new novels
6th The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by Boyne OR The Devil’s Arithmetic by
Jane Yolen
5th American Tall Tales collection by Stoutenburg
MATH Multiplying
polynomials & measurement
LANG
Interactive Editing (paraphrasing and writing 1 sentence
summaries)
LWR—Root metr
sym- with,
together
bio life
metr/o measure
nom law,
order
opto eye,
vision
psycho mind,
spirit
somato body
-ic like,
related to
-ology study
of, science
-y state,
quality, act
SOCIAL STUDIES
5th grade: Working on Dramatizations (in class) for Chapter 17 The Diverse Peoples of the West (Chinese, Nez
Perce, 49-ers)
SCIENCE
Balloon Car Race—no “construction” parts (LEGOs, erector
sets, etc). See more of description below. This will conclude our Force &
Motion Unit.
Goal:
To design & build a “car” that will travel a distance with a balloon as its
only source of power.
Materials:
Teacher will provide:
1. 2 balloons
2. 3 straws
3. Elmer’s glue (at school)
$$: A limit of $1 can be
spent per car.
No more than 3 people may work on a car.
Criteria:
1.
The officially provided balloons are to be the
only source of energy for the car. A
maximum of ONE balloon may be
used on the car.
2.
No external sources of energy are permitted
including, but not limited to, push starts, blowing on the car, batteries,
solar cells, etc.
3.
The balloons may only be blown up using lung
power by the car operator. No other
gases, such as Xenon, may be used.
4.
During the initial release of the gas (at the
starting line), care should be taken to not enhance or diminish the performance
of the car.
5.
The course consists of a concrete surface _____
feet wide by _____ feet long.
The course starts out flat and then goes slightly uphill.
6.
No limitations on size, weight, or material
composition are given.
LWR – anti
Prefix
dia through, across
Root
log word, reason
meter measure
chron time
derm skin
therm heat
Suffix
-ic like, related to
-y state, quality, act
5th grade—The week of April 30th
U 34-- The week of April 30th
Latin Word Parts
Dictation Sentences:
1. Did the jury reach a verdict of guilty?
2. Did that vacant store go bankrupt?
3. A country’s dictator is all-powerful.
Basic: inspect, respect, spectacle, spectator, export,
porter, report, deport, import, portable, transport, predict, dictate,
dictionary, erupt, interrupt, disrupt
Challenge: spectacular, contradict, corrupt, retrospect,
rupture
Real Word Vocabulary: Weather
Around the Globe
deluge, monsoon, cyclone,
drought, torrid, heat wave, squalls, inclement
6th grade- The week of April 30th
U 34--The week of April 30th
Absorbed Prefixes (In
some words that contain a form of the
prefix ad-, com-, or in-, the last letter of the prefix changes to match the consonant that follows it.)
Dictation Sentences:
1. You can’t fix irreparable damage.
2. Sy and he correspond by mail.
3. A corrupt mayor took bribes.
Basic: arrival, attach, accent, appearance, accurate,
attempt, application attitude, arrangement, access, approximate, corrode,
immature, irreparable, illogical, irritate, illiterate, immobile
Challenge: accessory, immaterial, correlation, appalling,
accommodate
Real Word Vocabulary: Life Cycles
larvae, hibernate,
metamorphosis, caterpillar, cocoon, pupa, maturity reproduce
