This document provides a summary of homework assignments for Friday, February 15, 2013. It states that there is no homework assigned for the three-day weekend. It also includes the names of students in a morning work activity and details of lessons on adding decimals in math and an exam in social studies. An attachments section lists two files. The summary conveys the key information that no homework was assigned for the upcoming weekend.
1. February is Library Lovers' Month. Write a top ten list of
reasons to love the library.
Friday
February 15, 2013
Emily Diana
Edward Bryan
Samira
LeslieAyanna Christy
Ixza
Jessica Ricardo
Donovan Philicia
Alexis
Michael Jose Leon
David
Kathy Yamilee
Lilah Jeffrey
Carlos
Kareena
Jaileen
Remy Jordan
Adrianette
Alejandra
3. Reading Animal Defenses (p. 420)
Talk About It
How do animals
defend
themselves when
they are scared or
threatened? Look at the picture and respond in writing.
Activity
Using loose leaf paper, draw an animal
defending itself from their predator. Write a
sentence describing your picture.
4. A glimpse is a quick look at something.
Something that is secluded is private and
out of view.
Behavior refers to the way a person or
animal acts.
Arroyo is the Spanish word for stream or
creek.
5. Arousing is stirring up or causing excitement.
A person who is stunned is shocked or
overwhelmed.
Something that is nestled has settled into a
comfortable position.
Unpleasant things are offensive or
unattractive.
6. Reading
Aim: Nosey and the
Porcupine (p. 422)
Do Now: Review the
vocabulary words.
Context Clues
You can figure out the meaning of an
unfamiliar word by using Context Clues that
appear within the same sentence.
For example, "fishing" can help you figure out
that arroyo means "stream."
7. Author's Purpose
There are four basic reasons, or "purposes," for
writing:
• to entertain
• to inform
• to persuade
• to inquire
Entertain: create a story for enjoyment.
Inform: present information about a topic.
Persuade: convince readers of their opinion.
Inquire: ask questions to provoke a response.
8. Clues Author's Purpose
Nosey runs to the woods,
to entertain
living up to her name.
Nosey tries to swat a
to entertain
butterfly.
Nosey falls on a
to entertain
porcupine.
The quills get stuck on
to entertain, to inform
her face.
9. Reading
Aim: Carlos and the Skunk
(p. 424)
Genre
Realistic Fiction tells an
invented story that could have
happened in real life.
Author's Purpose
As you read, use your Author's Purpose Chart,
found on page 121 in your Practice Book.
10. chiles: hottasting pods of a red pepper,
used for seasoning.
dough: a soft, thick mixture of flour, liquid,
fat, and other ingredients for baking.
tortillas: thin, flat, round cakes made of
cornmeal or flour.
11. Clues Author's Purpose
Details of the
valley and
houses where Inform
Carlos and
Gloria live.
Something is
Carlos is
going to happen
boasting and
it maybe be
showing off.
entertaining.
Funny story
about a boy
To entertain.
trying to
impress a girl.
Stories that are
handed down
about animal
Inform.
behavior are
not necessarily
true!