Weekly Home Fun Sheet

Name: ______

Weekly Home Fun Sheet

Week of April 19th 2017 – April 21st 2017

Ms. Kalb 2-311

Dear Parents: Your child has a laminated card in his/her math toolkit with usernames and passwords for a variety of educational websites. Please encourage your child to get extra practice whenever possible.Please make sure you sign their reading logs in their blue reading folder every night. If students lose their homework sheets, they can download another one at catonschool.com. Please text @kalb249 to the number 81010 or (620) 450-4631 to join the Remind App for Class 2-311. Thank you!

Wednesday 4/19/17 / Reading: 50 minutes reading time (20 minutes of Fiction Reading and 30 minutes of Non-Fiction reading.) Fill in your reading log. As you read tonight, choose a section of your nonfiction book and ask yourself these questions to help you keep track of what you are reading. What is the title of that section? What is the main idea of that section? Use details from the text to support the main idea.
Writing: Unit 4 Make Your Case! Opinion Writing
This week we are finishing our opinion writing unit and starting our lab report and science writing unit. Summarize everything you learned about opinion writing in a paragraph in your homefun notebook. Tell someone in your home about your accomplishments this unit!
Math:Module 8: Time, Shapes, and Fractions as Equal Parts of Shapes
Short Response #1.
Social Studies: New York City Over Time. Read the passage “Telephones Now and Then” by Rachelle Kreisman and answer questions 1- 5.
Thursday
4/20/17 / Reading: 50 minutes reading time (20 minutes of Fiction Reading and 30 minutes of Non-Fiction reading.) Fill in your reading log. As you read your informational book tonight, choose another section of the book, andask yourself these questions to help you keep track of what you are reading. What is the subheading of that section? What is the main idea of that section? Use details from the text to support the main idea of that section.
Writing: Unit 5 Lab Reports and Science Writing
This week we are beginning a new unit on writing lab reports and non-fiction books on science topics. Make a list of experiments that we have done so far in science class. Then pick one and write down the materials we used, and the steps that we followed. What was the conclusion? Write your ideas in your homefun notebook.
Math:Module 8: Time, Shapes, and Fractions as Equal Parts of Shapes
Short Response #2. Lesson 6 homework sheet.
Social Studies: New York City Over Time. Re-read the passage “Telephones Now and Then” by Rachelle Kreisman and answer questions 6-8 in your homefun notebook.
Friday
4/21/17 / Reading: 50 minutes reading time (20 minutes of Fiction Reading and 30 minutes of Non-Fiction reading.) Fill in your reading log. As you read tonight, choose another section of your nonfiction book and ask yourself these questions to help you keep track of what you are reading. What is a question that you could write about that section? Write the question in your homefun notebook. Write the answer to your question in your homefun notebook as well.
Math:Module 8: Time, Shapes, and Fractions as Equal Parts of Shapes
Short Response #3. Lesson 7 homework sheet.
Social Studies: New York City Over Time. Re-read the passage “Telephones Now and Then” by Rachelle Kreisman and answer questions 9-10 in your homefun notebook.
Science: Balance and Motion
We are finishing up our unit on Balance and Motion. Summarize what you learned in this unit in your homefun notebook. Then think of an experiment you can do at home to further investigate balance and motion. Write your Investigation Question, Hypothesis, and the Materials that you will need in your homefun notebook. Share your idea with someone from home.
Weekly Content Area Vocabulary Words
1. timeline 2. urban 3. immigrants
4. transportation 5. buildings 6. technology
7. transportation 8. resources 9. citizens
10. balance 11. motion 12. level
13. push 14. gravity 15. pull
Word Study
When “c” is before e, i, or y it sounds like “s”
(practice reading and spelling words and review meaning each night)
1. cell 2. cent 3. crescent 4. excess 5. twice 6. ascend 7. access 8. concept 9. prince
Sight Words—List 2 Review Nightly!
steak beautiful very touch busy break
heavy could there about their friend
Wednesday our honest great speak buy
use quickly suppose though yesterday almost
stomach learn heart enough easy wonderful

Math Vocabulary

(review words each night)

polygon shape quadrilateral square rhombus trapezoid

triangle rectangle pentagon hexagon sides attributes angles

Short Response Math Word Problems

Answer the following questions in your Homefun notebook. Solve using two (2) different strategies. Show your work and explain each strategy used in 1-2 sentences.

Shapes and their Attributes

1. Jasmine uses toothpicks to make shapes. Each toothpick is 4cm long. Jasmine made two squares. What is the total length of her squares? Show all your work and use mathematical thinking.

2. Marc is building a tower out of toy blocks. Each block is 5 inches tall. Marc used 7 blocks for his tower. How tall is his tower? Show all your work and use mathematical thinking.

3. Linda has some shapes. When she counts all of the sides so gets a total of eight. Draw what shapes she may have. Show all your work and use mathematical thinking.