• Find time for your reading life! Find a cozy spot and read, read, read! Record your thoughts in a reading journal and track the books you are reading. Read and write every day!

Record the title of the book/text and the pages read each day in your learning log.Hopefully you’ve been reading a lot during this time. Books, poetry, articles and maybe you have even discovered new genres to enjoy! Perhaps you are finishing up a book this week or you’re starting a new one - the most important thing to remember is that a good book is like a good friend.

Spend time each day writing in a reading response journal (in addition to your learning log).

• • The reading journal entry might include:

1. Title and author

2. Summary

3. Theme

4. Explain how you personally connected to a character or situation in the book/text

5. Explain what other book/text this is similar to, what other text(s) does it remind you of?

• Writing Prompt: Choose one book/text that you have read (it could be one you read or a book your teacher read to you) and respond to the text. This can be an article, book, poem, or any other text. You can respond any way you wish! This means you can write a poem, a letter, a short story, or an expository essay, or an argumentative essay. You choose. Whatever genre you choose, your writing should demonstrate you understand the meaning/theme of the book/text and explain any connections you had to the text.

*Note: If you are looking for online reading resources, check out Scholastic Learn at Home for incredible videos and texts including fiction & nonfiction!

• Financial institutions include banks, savings and loans, and credit unions. Describe at least 3 things banks, savings and loans, and credit unions do.

• Solve the following problems:

  • Ken had $108 in his college savings account. He earned $3.24 interest and deposited $8.28 in his account. How much money was in his savings account then?

  • Mia’s mother had $716.45 in her checking account. She wrote a check for the school cafeteria for $40. What was her balance then?

  • Why did Ken’s balance go up and Mia’s mother’s balance go down?

  • Robert’s family borrowed $958 to buy a refrigerator. They have to make 12 payments of $91. How much interest do they have to pay?

• Calculating profit: Receipts show the money taken in and expenses are the money spent. If your receipts are more than your expensed you make a _______(answer: profit).

  • Carla spends $5.40 on beads and $2.96 on cords to make necklaces. She sold 8 necklaces. How much should she sell each necklace for? How much profit will she make?

  • Stuart had $46.95 in receipts and $28.37 in expenses. What was his profit?

• Allocating a Weekly Allowance

• Make a pretend Lemonade stand. Look in the newspaper or store flyers and calculate how much it will cost to make lemonade. Don’t forget to include cups and supplies. Figure out how much you should sell each cup for to make a profit. You can even make signs or a flyer to advertise your pretend event!

• Pretend your youth group wants to attend a rally. To raise money, they have a bake sale. Create a table to show the things each member (6 members) sold and for what amount. Calculate the expenses based on what each member brings (e.g. chocolate chip cookies-flour, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, baking soda, baking powder, salt, chocolate chips). Decide how to price each item so that the group makes a profit.

The different parts of organisms have different functions. A function is the part’s use or purpose, like pointed teeth are for tearing meat. Each organism has a structure of its own. A structure is how all the parts are put together, like the structure of a robin is different from the structure of a flamingo.

• Compare the structures of different plants. Is the leaf long and narrow or short and wide? Are the edges smooth or bumpy? Are all leaves the same color? Draw pictures of three different leaves. Does the plant have a green stem or a brown trunk? Draw a plant with a stem and a tree with a trunk. Pull up a weed and look at its roots. Draw a picture of the weed you pulled.What is the function of a leaf? What is the function of a stem? What is the function of a root? How do each of these structures help the plants survive?

• Compare a cactus to a flowering plant. Make a T-chart with CACTUS and the name of the flowering plant at the top. Complete the chart by comparing the different parts of the two plants to each other. How do each of these structures help the plants survive in their environments?

• Look at pictures of birds. All the different beak and wing structures have different functions.

  • Why do some birds have long thin beaks, like a hummingbird, others have curved sharp beaks, like an eagle, and some have thick, short beaks, like cardinals? Hint: find out what each bird eats.

  • Why do some birds have long, thin wings, others have short, wide wings and still others have useless wings? Hint: find out where they live.

• Draw a picture of a bird and a fish. What do they have in common? What is different? How do their body parts help them to survive where they live?

• Think about the characteristics a lizard has that help it live in a desert environment. How does its body covering help it in the hot, dry desert? Do any of the body structures help it avoid predators? Write about an animal that lives in the cold climate, like a penguin or a polar bear. What structures do they have that help them survive?

• Some organisms have very strange structures and functions. Investigate an elephant, a seahorse, a Venus flytrap, a platypus or an echidna . Draw a picture of your choice and label the different structures. Write a few sentences to explain the functions of the structures.

Technology is anything that makes our lives better. When people used to eat with their fingers, the invention of the spoon was a new high technology.

• Texas is home to many of the companies making advancements in aerospace (aircraft, spacecraft, satellites) and computer technologies. How has the current level of technology changed the position of Texas in the global economy? How has “high tech” brought the world together?

• Talk to adults in your family about how technology has changed how they do something, like communicate with others, listen to music or watch a movie. Draw a flowchart of how one type of technology has changed.

• Talk to adults in your family about how cars have changed thanks to technology. Make a list of items cars have today that they didn’t have when the adults learned how to drive.

• You have probably played games on some kind of handheld device. Interview the adults in your family and find out how technology has changed how games are played today compared to when they were your age. Write or record the interview. How would you pass the time if you didn’t have “high tech” toys and games?

• Find out what these words means: vinyl record, 8-track tape, cassette tape, CD. Hint: they are all music technology.

Workout with Captain America, Iron Man, and all the Avengers!

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