1. Christy
Samira
Leon
Kareena
Philicia
Ayanna
Lilah
Remy
Donovan
Michael
Yamilee
Jessica
Leslie
Carlos
BryanRicardo
Alexis
David
Jordan
Alejandra
Kathy
Diana
Ixza
Emily
Jaileen
Jeffrey
Wednesday
April 25, 2013
On this date in 1901, New York became the first state to require license
plates on vehicles. Using no more than eight letters or numbers, design a
personalized license plate for yourself. Explain what it means and why
you chose it.
Edward
Adrianette

2. DO NOW:
Write the x9
Times Table ten
times.
Morning Work

3. Reading
Aim: Whales
(p. 604)
Talk About It
What are some
words that come
to mind when you
think about
whales? How many different kinds of whales
do you know about?

4. 1. The community held _______ to talk about new bus
stops.
2. Using her new eyeglasses, Amy _______ on the words
on the board.
3. Please _______ about what time dinner begins.
4. The boy lay _______ on the beach after swimming.
5. The dog _______ from its house to go get some food.
6. It was _______ to remove the dishes before I had
finished eating.
7. The sun finally _______ from behind the clouds.
8. The animal acts are a big _______ at the circus.
ventured discussions emerged sprawled
unreasonable inquire attraction focused

5. fat
Scary
killer
huge
chunky
blubber
the ocean
ugly
big tongue
bigmouth
mammal
lipstick
fins
predator leathery
prey
carnivore
tail

6. killer
sperm
blue
bugala
narwhal
whale shark
humpback

7. Ventured means "risked or dared to go."
Emerged means "came into view."
Someone who is unreasonable is not using
good sense.
An attraction is something that pulls people
or objects to it.

8. If you inquire about something, you try to
get information by asking questions.
Discussions are talks to exchange opinions
on a subject.
Someone who is sprawled is spread out
awkwardly or carelessly.
Focused means "concentrated on
someone or something."

9. Reading
Aim: A Song for
Makaio (p. 606)
Word Parts
Words can have
roots from other
languages. For example, attraction has the
Latin Root tract, which means "to draw or pull."
The root can hep you figure out that
attraction means "the act of drawing or
pulling something near."

10. Reading
Generate Questions
Summarize
A Summary Chart helps
you answer questions
about what happens at
the beginning, middle,
and end of a story.

11. Reading
Aim: The Gri Gri Tree
(p. 608)
Genre
Realistic Fiction has
real­life settings, well­
developed characters,
and realistic problems
and solutions.

12. mammals: are animals that use lungs
to breathe air, nurse their young, and
are warm blooded.
traits: characteristics that help you
define who you are.
organism: living animals or
plants.
carnivores: animals or plants that eat
flesh.

13. chica: girl
merengues: Dominican dances, or the
music for these dances.
amigos: friends
fiestas: parties

14. The girl sees what she thinks is a
sea monster.
The neighbors think the girl
imagined the monster, but it
appears a second time.
The villagers decide to make
up a friendly story about the
monster, and choose Ana Rosa
to write about it.
Ana Rosa sees a sea monster,
but people think she imagined
it. Then the monster appears a
second time, and the villagers
see it. They plan ways to make
the sea monster more friendly
for tourists. Ana Rosa writes a
story about the sea monster.
Everyone loves her story.

15. Reading
Think and Compare
Answer questions 1­6 in
your notebook. Write
the questions AND
answer using COMPLETE
sentences.
Homework
Use your Summary Chart to help you
summarize "The Gri Gri Tree." When you
prepare your summary, be sure to include
only important events and details.

16. Language Arts
Aim: Mixed Review (p. 194)
Lesson:
• Copy the REVIEW THE
RULES
• 1­25 on pp. 194­195
Homework:
• Writing Activity (p. 195)
• Exam tomorrow

17. Social Studies
Aim: The Bill of Rights (p. 334)
Lesson:
• Define Vocabulary words
• Read pages 334­339
• Write TEN (10) facts about the lesson
• Answer 1­4 on p. 339. Do not write questions.
Homework:
• Design a poster that honors the Bill of Rights.
List some of the amendments, and add
pictures of freedoms that you enjoy.
• Due MONDAY!

18. Homework Summary for Thursday April 25, 2013
Reading
Practice book, page 181
Math
"My Homework" pages 555­556
Language Arts
Writing Activity (p. 195)
Social Studies
• Design a poster that honors the Bill of Rights. List some of
the amendments, and add pictures of freedoms that you
enjoy.
• Due MONDAY!

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