• 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.

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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, feet, leg 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.

  • Why do some birds have long, thin legs, others have short, powerful legs, while others have short, thin legs?

  • Why do some birds have large talons, others have webs and some have separate finger-like feet?

• 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?

• Animal feet teeth are really amazing. Look at pictures of animals. What do the feet and teeth of herbivores have in common? What do the feet and teeth of carnivores have in common? What do the teeth and feet of omnivores have in common?

• 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.

You are a child of the 21st century but the history of the 1900s is still considered to be modern. Several key events in social, economic and technological advancements took place during the 20th century in America. There were also wars and conflicts. Try to find out about these different events that took place in the 1900s. You are welcome to interview the adults in your home. Write a few sentences to explain what each one was about and the outcome.

• The Progressive Movement ____

• World War I ____

• The Great Depression ____

• World War II ____

• The Cold War ____

• The Civil Rights Movement ____

• 9/11 ____

• The Information Age ___

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