1. April is Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month. Write a letter
to the editor of your local newspaper expressing your
thoughts on animal cruelty.
Monday
April 15, 2013
Michael Bryan
Remy
Lilah RicardoSamiraChristy
Emily Alexis David
Carlos Jordan
Kathy
Alejandra
Ixza Donovan
Philicia Yamilee
Jessica
Kareena
Ayanna
Diana Leslie
Adrianette
Jaileen
Leon
Edward
Jeffrey
3. Reading
Aim: Talking in Codes
(p. 578)
Talk About It
Name some different kinds
of codes. What are some
situations in which you
might want to talk in
code?
Picture Prompt
Look at the picture and respond in writing.
4. A corridor is a long, narrow hallway.
A reservation is land set aside by the
government for a specific purpose.
Someone who has enlisted has volunteered
to join the military.
Invasion refers to armed forces entering a
region to conquer it.
5. A shield is a person or thing that protects
against danger.
A location is an exact place.
Sagged refers to things that drooped down
in the middle from weight.
Something that is creased is lined, folded,
or wrinkled.
6. Reading
Aim: Rita, the Storyteller
(p. 580)
Context Clues
Context Clues are
words or phrases that
surround an unfamiliar word and can help
you define it. They can appear in a nearby
sentence or somewhere else in the
paragraph.
7. Author's Perspective
An Author's Perspective Chart helps you ask questions to
determine an author's opinion or point of view.
Clues Author's Perspective
8. Reading
Aim: The Unbreakable
Code (p. 582)
Genre
Historical Fiction tells a
story in which fictional
characters take part in actual historical
events from the past.
Author's Perspective
Look for clues that reveal the author's point of
view.
9. Navajo: a member of a Native American
people of northern New Mexico and
Arizona.
drills: training exercises.
platoon: a division in the military.
recruits: new members of the armed forces.
10. Clues Author's Perspective
The Navajo
The author has a
language is as warm
favorable attitude
and familiar as the
toward the Navajo
patterns on a
language.
Navajo blanket.
The author feels that
Grandfather tells
the Navajo
John never to forget
language is
the Navajo
important to
language.
remember.
The Navajo has The author feels that
many survival skills the Navajo platoon
and had experience was one of the
with marching at toughest platoons in
boarding school. boot camp.
The author admires
the code talkers and
Grandfather says feels that they made
the unbreakable an important
code helped save contribution to World
America. War II that should
always be
remembered.
11. Math
Aim: Check My Progress
(p. 505)
Lesson:
• On loose leaf paper,
complete questions 111
on pages 505506.
• Will be graded as a quiz.
13. Spelling
Aim: Definitions and Review
Lesson:
• Complete pages 149151.
• Complete the Writing Activity in your
writing notebook.
Homework:
• Spelling words ABC order ten times each.
• Study for exam tomorrow.
14. Language Arts
Aim: Linking Verbs (p. 186)
Lesson:
• Copy the RULES
• Complete 120
• Complete Writing Activity
Homework:
• Extra Practice 125 p. 250
16. Social Studies
Aim: The Constitutional
Convention (p. 316)
Lesson:
• Define Vocabulary
words
• Read pages 316322
• Complete 16 p. 322
Homework:
• Write one sentence about each of the
following leaders: James Madison, Edmund
Randolph, William Paterson, Roger Sherman,
and Gouverneur Morris
17. Homework Summary for Monday April 15, 2013
Spelling
Spelling words ABC order ten times each
Study for exam
Language Arts
Extra Practice 125 p. 250
Religion
Pages 128129
Study for exam tomorrow
Social Studies
Write one sentence about each of the following leaders:
James Madison, Edmund Randolph, William Paterson, Roger
Sherman, and Gouverneur Morris
