Monday - 3/30

Reading

Poetry can be an alternative way to tell a story or share a person's feelings. Read these poems and think about how people can support each other during difficult times. Use these questions to complete the Freewrite on pg. 371.

  • What difficult situation was the person facing in the poem "Together"?

  • When the child in "Wanted: A Friend" was facing difficult time, what made the other children want to be supportive?

Choose 2 Daily 5 Choices and do each round for 5-10 minutes.

Spelling Words for Week of 3/30 - 4/3 - Homophones

  1. ate - past tense of eat

  2. eight - the spelling of number 8

  3. cell - a small room; basic structural unit of all organisms

  4. sell - to transfer goods or services for another in exchange for money

  5. dear - beloved or loved

  6. deer - four-legged, hooved animal

  7. dual - composed or consisting of two people, items, parts

  8. duel - any contest between two persons or parties

  9. pause - a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action

  10. paws - the foot of any animal

High Frequency Words

  1. government

  2. material

Challenge Words

  1. weather - the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness

  2. whether - introduce an alternative

  3. seize - to take possession or control of

Math

Lesson 6-5 - Tiling a Rectangle

Workbook pgs. 319A - 320. Carefully cut out the 1-inch unit square tiles from page 319A for this tiling activity. Use these unit squares as you work through the questions and complete the activity.

Online Math Choices - 5 - 10 minutes

Freckle Math

Prodigy

Zearn

eSpark Math