Fifth Grade Homework Menu

February 22 (Friday)–February 28 (Thursday) Due March 1 (Friday)

Reading/Comprehension Math

  Read at least 30 minutes for 5 days this Complete the four math pages. week. Complete the reading log. Turn them in when they are due.

Social Studies/Science Vocabulary/Word  Work Could you have survived during the Great Depression? A lot of people had to do without a  lot of things for a long period of time. In a chart, Learn to sign 10 of your spelling make a list of twenty things you have or that you words for this week. Teach someone use a lot during the week. Make a prediction in your family. about what life would be like without those things around. Choose ten of your items to do without during the entire week. On Thursday,  write a report about how life changed for you Practice spelling your words while you because you weren’t able to use those items. write them in cursive. Be sure to write What did you do, or use, instead? Was your each word two more times after you prediction close to your results? Could you trace it the first time. have survived the Great Depression? (You should choose items that make life a little bit  easier…ex: electronic devices, washing Study your spelling words and machines, showers instead of baths, etc) definitions every day!

 Study your notes as much as possible for science and social studies.

 Science projects are due on Friday, March 1!

Study your Smart Facts a little each day! Math Challenge: Go to http://www.mrnussbaum.com/stockshelves.htm. Play the game. Can you help Sammy stock the shelves? Write a paragraph summary about the game and what you learned. How many times did you have to play in order to win? Why is it important to know how to use coordinate pairs and how to correctly graph information?