Your child will need the following materials:

• Two 100 page composition books
• One pack of post it notes
• Three one gallon Ziploc bags
• Pens, pencils, colored pencils and markers

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Students have homework every night.  They are to read for 30 minutes and write a summary. I provide reading logs with summary blocks, but students may use self-made reading logs if they prefer.  Reading logs are due EVERY Friday.  Students are to submit completed reading logs and obtain a new reading log.

This is a standing assignment; however, other assignments may be given in combination with this assignment.

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The Principal's Book of the Month for October is:

Laughter and Chills: Seven Great Stories

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Homework--October 14

1) Writing exercise:

Talk with someone outside of class--parent, older brother or sister, etc., about time when they faced the unknown and were unsure about what to do.  Students are to write the response in the space provided on the worksheet.

2) Grammar exercise on the back of the writing exercise.

3) Read for 30 minutes and write a summary.

Today's vocabulary words:

lapse- a slip or error

distort-to twist or falsify

distorted- twisted or falsified

suspense-in a state of uncertainty or excitement; waiting for an outcome

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 October 15

Vocabulary/Concept quiz

Homework

• Read for 30 minutes and complete summary sheet.
• Complete Book Cover Report

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October 16--No School for Students

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October 19-Vocabulary and analogies worksheet ( two worksheets...front and back).

retrieve--to recover or regain

retrieving--the act of recovering  or regaining something

placid--peaceful and calm

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October 20

• Prefix exercise. Make a list of all items in your home that start with the prefixes: pre, dis and in.

Daily Vocabulary Words

explode--to burst or break violently

explosion--the act of bursting or breaking violently

prefix--letters placed in the front of a word that changes the meaning of the word.

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October 21

Homework

• Practice reading fluently with a peer, sibling or parent.
• Read for 30 minutes and complete summary sheet.
• Prepare for Book Talks.

Daily Vocabulary Words

velocity-rapidity of motion; speed

acrid- sharp or harsh; unpleasantly pungent in taste or Oder

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October 22

• Read for 30 minutes and write a summary of what was read
• Study vocabulary

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October 23

• Reading Comprehension worksheet about sea animals.
• Read for 30 minutes and write a summary of what was read.
• Study Vocabulary

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October 26

Homework:

• Reading Comprehension worksheet about the formation of the USDA.
• Read for 30 minutes and write a summary of what was read.
• Study vocabulary

Daily Vocabulary Words

Hideous-terrifying or frightening; extremely unattractive

Tailored-neat, exact, custom made

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October 27

Homework

• Vocabulary and Homonyms Worksheets
• Read for 30 minutes and write a summary of what you have read.

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October 28

Daily Vocabulary Words

• Congregation- a group of people gathered together usually for a religious purpose.
• Memoir-an account of the personal experiences of an author.

Homework

• Create a travel brochure.  Illustrate and advertise the "world/place" in the book you are reading.  The brochure should be creative and enticing.  The goal is to make the brochure interesting so that someone would want to visit this "world/place.

This assignment is due on 10-29-09 and will be counted as an assessment grade.  I will not accept this assignment after 10-29-09

Reading Logs are also due on 10-29-09.

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October 29

Homework

• Read for 30 minutes each night and record on the summary sheet( reading log)
• Study vocabulary.  Vocabulary test next week.

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October 30

Students do not have school on 10-30-09

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November 2

Daily Vocabulary

Vortex-A spiral motion of fluid; a whirling mass of water or air that sucks everything near it toward its center.

Theme-the moral, message or big idea that the author is trying to convey via a story.

Homework

• Read for 30 minutes and record on daily summary sheet ( reading log).
• Study vocabulary.  Vocabulary test on Thursday

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November 3

Homework

• Read the story The Gentle People.  Write and answer one closed-end question and two open-ended questions. Also, determine the theme of the story.
• Read for 30 minutes and record on daily summary sheet ( reading log)
• Study vocabulary.  Vocabulary test on Thursday.

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November 4

Daily Vocabulary

Profound-something that is deep or coming from great depth.  Not physically, but conceptually.  Intense.

Homework

• Complete the reading comprehension and homophone worksheet.
• Generate a list of ideas for a memoir
• Read for 30 minutes and complete summary sheet ( reading log)
• Study vocabulary words.  Vocabulary test on Thursday.

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November 5

Homework

• Complete the rough draft of your memoir.