Important Dates:

Friday, May 4^th                      NO SCHOOL  J

READING—Beginning new novels

6^th The Boy in the Striped Pajamas  by Boyne OR The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen

5^th 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 30^th

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