ROAD MAP

Week of March 24th

Tuesday 1:15 Dismissal 

PB absent on Wednesday

SPELLING:  Lesson #24 all levels; test on Friday.  

    Prefix: circum (around)

     Root:   onym  (name)

    Suffix:  ment (act of, result)

ENGLISH:  Irregular Verbs 1 and 2 in the SkillsBook on pages 145 through 150.  In your verb graphicorganizer packet, do pages GP-37, GP-40, GP-42,

GP-44, GP-46, GP-48, and GP-50.  Print neatly.

LITERATURE:  write a nonsense sonnet  of 14 lines. Follow the rhyming pattern ABAB/CDCD/EFEF/GG.  You may use either “da-dum” or a series of unrelated words.  Make every line 10 syllables. Every other syllable is stressed, beginning with the second syllable. 

READINGLOG:  Tape the rubric into the front of your reading log.  Keep track of the dates and the number of pages that you read. Vary your log entries.  Try out some of the other kinds of responses listed in the rubric. Support your reading responses with evidence from the book. Include the book’s underlined title

MATH:  5th grade geometry enrichment  take-home project on squaring the radius.  PB will distribute handout on Tuesday        

       

HISTORY: There will be history simulation activity this week on Kush and Egypt and, if time permits, a Jeopardy game.  Be sure you are caught up in the reading, workbook, and vocabulary that was assigned last week.

SCIENCE: in class we will begin a chemistry unit on elements, mixtures, solutions, and reactions.  

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