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Week 8 Day 5 Agenda Merged Week 8 Day 5 Math: MULTIPLICATION WORD PROBLEMS: PARKING LOT (2:05) DIVISION WORD PROBLEMS: SCHOOL BUILDING (4:18) RELATE DIVISION TO MULTIPLICATION WORD PROBLEMS PRACTICE QUIZ 2 Khan: Video #1: https://youtu.be/6QZCj4O9sk0 Video #2: https://youtu.be/5GOhM3jq9Fc Practice: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-third-grade-math/intro-to-division/imp- relating-multiplication-and-division/e/relate-division-to-multiplication-word-problems?modal=1 Quiz #2: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-third-grade-math/intro-to-division/quiz/intro- to-division-quiz-2?modal=1 ELA: Reading: Please pick a book to read, try to find a book that is at your level. I have sent invites to Epic books, if you need this sent again please let me know. Epic books has a huge library free for students to use. Please if using Epic books for this assignment do not pick a book that is read to you. If you are reading a chapter book you can report about a chapter or two. Please use the Retell a Story pdf attached to this lesson. Answer the questions on your own paper, take a picture of your work and turn in using class dojo. Reading Comprehension Khan: Connecting Steps Khan: Practice: https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/cc-2nd-reading-vocab/ xfb4fc0bf01437792:cc-2nd-reading-informational-text/xfb4fc0bf01437792:cc-2nd-ri-key- ideas-and-details/e/connecting-steps-ri-2?modal=1 Social Studies: Vikings Chapter 3: Viking Sailors and Ships Video #1: https://youtu.be/kge0c2mNmRQ Video #2: https://youtu.be/yB4s3nQtZqE Video #3: https://youtu.be/QxKw68Xo4eI Optional Social Studies Work: Viking Domain Vocabulary Worksheet pg. 1 & 2 If you would like to send in please write the answers on your own paper and submit in Class Dojo, you will need to submit using the create new located at the bottom of the list of assignments. Name _________________________________________________________ After you read, try to remember the important parts of the story. What was the story’s title? __________________________ ___________________________________________________ Who wrote the story? _______________________________ ___________________________________________________ Resources Who were the main characters? ____________________ Teaching Title and author ___________________________________________________ Scholastic When and where did the story happen? ____________ Characters Blaise, ___________________________________________________ Kim © Setting How did the problem in the story start? _____________ ___________________________________________________ Organizers Problem kick-off How did the main characters feel then? ____________ Graphic & ___________________________________________________ Feelings of main What happened first as the character tried to solve character (beginning) Bookmarks the problem? ______________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Response First... What happened after that? ________________________ Reading ___________________________________________________ Next... What was the most exciting thing to happen? _______ Then... ____________________________________________________ How did the problem get solved? ___________________ Problem wrap-up ___________________________________________________ How did the main characters feel then? ____________ Feelings of main ___________________________________________________ character (end) 19 Name Date Activity Page 3.1 Use with Chapter 3 Domain Vocabulary: Chapters 1–3 Directions: Use the words in the word bank to complete the crossword puzzle. berserker moored ransom !ord oarsmen rune goblet plunder tow jarl prow mast raid Across Down 2. on a ship, those who are responsible for 1. a Viking chief rowing 3. secured in place using chains, ropes, or an 5. to drag anchor 6. one of the most fearless and frightening 4. a large container used for drinking Viking warriors 7. a letter of the Viking alphabet 10. a large vertical post on a ship that helps hold up the sails 8. money paid to release someone being held captive 11. the pointed front end of a ship 9. to attack suddenly and with force 12. a deep and narrow portion of the sea that stretches inland, with high cliffs on 11. to take something by force either side TEACHER RESOURCES 63 Name Date Activity Page 3.1 Continued Use with Chapter 3 Domain Vocabulary: Chapters 1–3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 64 THE VIKINGS Chapter 1 The Vikings Mighty Warriors A thousand years The Big Question ago, a seafaring people called What did it mean to Vikings lived in northwest Europe. go “a-viking,” and They made their homes in the region how does this show now known as Scandinavia. Vikings the Viking way of life? were skilled shipbuilders and sailors. Their ships, called longships, were so sleek they seemed to fly through water. The Vikings were also fierce warriors. Vocabulary Sometimes they would raid towns and take raid, v. to attack suddenly and with property by force. In the story that follows, force you will learn more about the Vikings. fjord, n. a deep and Long ago a young Viking boy named Ivar narrow portion of the sea that stretches walked down a grassy path along a deep, inland, with high cliffs narrow inlet of the sea, called a fjord on either side (/fee*ord/). The grass was still wet with dew. The morning sun was still low in the sky. But Ivar had been at work since before sunrise. Ivar’s family lived on a farm. He had to get up very early each day to milk the goats and cows, and care for the other animals, too. 2 Viking children did not go to school. Most people farmed, and boys and girls were expected to help with the chores. As children grew, they learned more skills. For example, boys were taught to fight with weapons, and girls learned to spin wool and make clothes. This training prepared young people for their roles in adulthood. Ivar was also learning to be a blacksmith. As soon as he was done with his chores, he had to run to the village blacksmith’s shop to help make some iron tools. Vocabulary When Ivar had any free time, he spent it blacksmith, n. a type with other boys, learning how to hunt and of craftsperson who fish and ride horses. Music and board games makes iron tools by hand were also popular among both boys and girls. Viking childhood did not last long, though! Young people had to take on adult roles as soon as they could. In addition to his work at home, Ivar was learning how to be a blacksmith. 4 A Viking boy might look forward to one day getting his own sword. Today the blacksmith was pleased that Ivar had kept his promise to stop daydreaming when they had work to do. Yesterday, Ivar’s mind had wandered. He had accidentally knocked over a large water bucket. As a result, the blacksmith had become very angry—and very wet. Ivar hoped that the blacksmith would make a sword for him, but he did not ask about it today. Ivar thought he would wait a few days. He wanted to give the blacksmith a chance to forget about what had happened with the water bucket. Viking Raiders As he worked, Ivar thought about his Vocabulary father, Tor. Ivar’s father was a Viking jarl jarl, n. a Viking chief (/yahr*ul/), or chief. He had been away from home for many months, leading a long voyage at sea. 5 A Viking raid was a terrifying event. Tor the Jarl and his men had taken a voyage to plunder towns, villages, and churches near seacoasts and along rivers. The Vikings raided these places with their swift longships. They stole treasure, burned buildings, and took captives. The Vikings demanded that the families or friends of the captives pay a ransom. If they refused, the Vikings forced the captured people into slavery. The Vikings killed anyone who tried to stop them. Everyone feared the Viking raiders. Vocabulary The Vikings had a special saying for going on this kind of raiding voyage. They said plunder, v. to take something by force Tor and his men had gone “a-viking.” ransom, n. money paid to release someone The Viking Alphabet being held captive Ivar was happy because he had just rune, n. a letter of the Viking alphabet finished carving a special rune stone as a 6 Chapter 2 Traders and Raiders Coming Home Ivar was startled by The Big Question the blast of a loud horn. The sound How did the Vikings signaled the approach of a Viking get the riches they ship. Ivar looked down the fjord. brought back to their He saw that his homeland? Vocabulary father’s great oarsmen, n. on a longship, with its crew of oarsmen, ship, those who are was about to come ashore near responsible for rowing the village. 8 Ivar’s father and his crew had been a-viking for more than a year. The horn sounded again. The sailors cheered as the ship approached the shore. Four men wearing animal hides jumped Vocabulary from the ship onto the beach, shouting for berserker, n. one of the others to follow. These warriors were the most fearless and called berserkers. This word comes from frightening Viking warriors the Viking words for “bear shirt.” Berserkers believed they could not be wounded. So, tow, v. to drag they fought without armor for protection, wearing only bearskin shirts. As they charged their victims, they let out terrifying screams. With their screams and their clothes, the berserkers appeared like wild animals. Of all the Vikings, they were the most fearless—and the most frightening. The next man into the water was Ivar’s father, Tor the Jarl. He ordered the men to lower the sail, raise their oars from the water, and tow the great ship onto the beach. Ivar ran fast down the pathway that led across the steep wall of the fjord to the beach. He hoped to surprise his father. Ivar had grown while his father was gone.
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