5th Grade Literature (Period 6) Assignments

Lesson 5 - Citing Sources (Packet pgs. 45-48)

Lesson 4 - Character Analysis (Packet pgs. 33-37)

Lesson 3 - Capitalization (Packet pgs. 18-22)

Lesson 2 - Academic and Domain Specific Vocab (Packet pgs. 4-6)

Review directions of the at-home learning packet for this week with your parents. Think of a good time of day that you could set aside for school work while you are at home. 

Review the directions for this week's learning packet with your parents. Decide on a time of day that you can set aside to complete school work at home. 

Study Vocabulary for Friday's Open Court Assessment. 

Prefix and Suffix Activity #1 - Unit 5, Lesson 1 

 

Complete Vocabulary Practice - Unit 5, Lesson 1 (front and back) 

Finish Vocabulary Assignment for Unit 4, Lesson 6 (What's the Buzz About?) 

Close Reading – Park Volunteers are crucial
Read this passage at home, circle unfamiliar words, and have parent initial your assignment

R.I.1 Focus Standard – "Liger or Tigon?" Informational Text and Response questions

(Remember, this is really helpful at-home practice for upcoming assessments.)

Theme Reteach: Short Story Passage and response questions

Open Court -  4.5 - Prefixes and Suffixes practice

Theme Reteach: Short Story passage and response questions.

Study your vocabulary for Friday's assessment. (20 minutes) parent initial in planner. 

Write an original sentence using each of your vocabulary words for this week. 

Review your vocabulary for Friday's assessment. 

Study for Literature Unit 4 - Lesson 1 group quiz. (The quiz will be taken Friday)

AZMerit Practice Passage - Bag and Old T-Shirt (expository text) 

Study for Literature Unit 4 - Lesson 1 group quiz. (The quiz will be taken Friday) 

Review your vocabulary for the week – parent initial on Lesson Summary Sheet
Read for 30 min. – Parent Initial

AzM2 Close Read Practice- Fighting for Freedom  

Please read the passage and answer the questions that follow. 

Brainstorm 5 bullet point ideas to use for Wednesday's writing prompt. 

"Write a short biography summarizing the life of Juan from "The Pot that Juan Built". 

***This is a rescheduled assignment due to NWEA testing.

Study your vocabulary for tomorrow’s assessment.
Review the extended response question, list 4 bullet-point ideas from this week’s story that may help you answer this question on tomorrow’s test.

Open Court: Vocabulary Activity

Vocabulary is from, “The Pot that Juan Built” and the definitions can be found on your lesson summary sheet for this week.  

Open Court: Latin Roots Exercise (pg. 185-186)

Open Court: Latin Roots Exercise (pg.175-176)

Fact vs. Opinion review 

Please complete this short review of distinguishing facts vs. opinions. 

Read the informational text "From Food to Fuel" and have parent initial paper. 

Finish the Mind Map for "From Food to Fuel" by finding three details that support the central idea of the text. 

Read the Short Story "Choosing a King" and have parent initial your paper. 

Write one sentence using each of your vocabulary words from Lesson 6 (Cycles). 

Complete the Cause and Effect activity given out at the end of today's class. 

Write one sentence using each of your vocabulary words for this week. 

Read for Thirty Minutes - Receive a Parent Signature 

Students brainstormed words and phrases that describe the life cycle of the salmon in our story for this week.  

Their homework is to use these notes to compose a paragraph describing the salmon's life cycle. This is a rough draft that can be used for tomorrow's assessment. 

Write once sentence using each of your vocabulary words. 

Vocabulary Review Handout. (Short quiz tomorrow on vocabulary words) 

Open Court: Compound Sentences Review (Handout)