Homework 2/21

Goal:  Write a goal that supports your learning this week.

Goal Evaluation:  Write a sentence or two explaining how you did on your goal.

Spelling:

This week we are looking at words that have a vowel whose sound is changed because it is paired with an r.  They are called r-controlled vowels…..the r is bossy!

In your border, write you spelling words.  Write the r-controlled vowel team in a different color (ar, ir, er, or, ear, ur)

Reading

This week, we are talking about how we read Non Fiction differently.  We don’t always read it from beginning to end.  We often skip sections in order to find the information we are looking for.

Look at a non-fiction book.  Just by looking at the cover, what questions or information are you looking for?  Write that thinking in your journal.  By looking at the TABLE OF CONTENTS or the INDEX, try to find that information without reading the entire book.  Were you able to do this?  What helped you locate the information on the page (HEADINGS?)?  Write about what you did as a reader and a researcher.

Writing

Looking at this paragraph, please find and fix the errors.  There are 10 errors

Alaska, what is nicknamed The Last Frontier," became a state on Janaury 3, 1959. Did you now that in 1867 the United States purchased Alaska from Russia four a price of $7.2 million. At just 2 cents an acre, that was a bargain! Alaska is rich in forests wildlife and minerals such as gold. The king salmon is the state fish, and it's state gem is jade Dog mushing, once a mane form of transportation in Alaska, is its official sport.

We are starting to talk about fractions!!!!

Looking at this figure, show how you would divide it in HALF.  You can cut the grid out to put in your journal.