1. Pretend that you are working in the garden when you
find the most unusual thing. Write about what happens
next.
Thursday
April 11, 2013 Ricardo
Bryan
Emily
Leslie Remy Edward
Jaileen Samira Carlos
Alexis Yamilee
Ixza
Christy Ayanna
Kathy
Jessica Kareena Alejandra
Adrianette Donovan
Lilah
Philicia Michael
Diana
Jordan
Leon David Jeffrey

2. Morning Work
DO NOW:
Write the x6
Times Table ten
times.

3. Reading
Aim: Talking in Codes
(p. 578)
Talk About It
Name some different kinds
of codes. What are some
situations in which you
might want to talk in
code?
Picture Prompt
Look at the picture and respond in writing.

4. A corridor is a long, narrow hallway.
A reservation is land set aside by the
government for a specific purpose.
Someone who has enlisted has volunteered
to join the military.
Invasion refers to armed forces entering a
region to conquer it.

5. A shield is a person or thing that protects
against danger.
A location is an exact place.
Sagged refers to things that drooped down
in the middle from weight.
Something that is creased is lined, folded,
or wrinkled.

6. corridor creased enlisted invasion
location reservation sagged shield
1. When the final school bell rang, the girls raced down the
corridor
long _______ toward the door.
2. sagged
The tree branch _______ under the weight of the owl.
3. invasion
The war began with the _______ of the fort.
4. location
The film crew set up its cameras at the _______ the
director had indicated.
5. creased
The man _______ his pants with the iron.
6. My grandmother told us about life on the _______ after
reservation
her tribe lost its land to the settlers.
7. shield
I used a trash can lid to _______ me from the snow
balls.
8. enlisted
My brother _______ in the army when he heard about
the need for soldiers.

7. Reading
Aim: Rita, the Storyteller
(p. 580)
Context Clues
Context Clues are
words or phrases that
surround an unfamiliar word and can help
you define it. They can appear in a nearby
sentence or somewhere else in the
paragraph.

8. Author's Perspective
An Author's Perspective Chart helps you ask questions to
determine an author's opinion or point of view.
Clues Author's Perspective

9. Reading
Aim: The Unbreakable
Code (p. 582)
Genre
Historical Fiction tells a
story in which fictional
characters take part in actual historical
events from the past.
Author's Perspective
Look for clues that reveal the author's point of
view.

11. Navajo: a member of a Native American
people of northern New Mexico and
Arizona.
drills: training exercises.
platoon: a division in the military.
recruits: new members of the armed forces.

12. Clues Author's Perspective
The Navajo
The author has a
language is as warm
favorable attitude
and familiar as the
toward the Navajo
patterns on a
language.
Navajo blanket.
The author feels that
Grandfather tells
the Navajo
John never to forget
language is
the Navajo
important to
language.
remember.

13. Reading Homework
Write a sentence using today's
Story Words only (Navajo, drills,
platoon, recruits).

14. Math
Aim: Write Numerical
Expressions (p. 493)
Lesson:
• Complete 1­11 p. 494­496
Homework:
• "My Homework" p. 497­498

18. Spelling
1. sadness 11. bottomless
2. gladness 12. foolishness
3. needless 13. fondness
4. harmless 14. effortless
5. darkness 15. meaningless
6. fullness 16. emptiness
7. stillness 17. forgiveness
8. hopeless 18. motionless
9. fearless 19. ceaseless
10. weakness 20. fierceness

19. Spelling
Aim: Definitions
Lesson:
• Use a dictionary and define each spelling
word.
Homework:
• Write a sentence using each spelling word.

20. Language Arts
Aim: Using Helping Verbs
(p. 184)
Lesson:
• Copy the RULES
• Complete 1­20
• Complete Writing Activity
Homework:
• Extra Practice 1­25 p. 249

21. helping verbs

22. Homework Summary for Thursday April 11, 2013
Reading
Write a sentence using today's Story Words.
Math
"My Homework" pages 497­498
Spelling
Write a sentence using each spelling word
Language Arts
Extra Practice 1­25 p. 249

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