Homework 4/5

DUE: April 12, 2012

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

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

Math

Use pictures, words and numbers to show your thinking and your answer to this problem.

To ride a bike from Llewellyn to the zoo is 8 miles. If you decided to ride a bike from Llewellyn to OMSI it would be 1/4^th of that distance. What is the distance from Llewellyn to OMSI.

(Note:) It helps to draw your picture first…..and remember, what is your whole?

Spelling: (words come home Thursday)

When –y, -ment, -ish, or –hood is added to a word, most (not all) base words stay the same.

rocky

childish

childhood

rainy

selfish

treatment

movement

neighborhood

parenthood

foolish

arrangement

guilty

livelihood

environment

stylish

Choose 6 spelling words that you really want to work on.

What is the value of each word if consonants are worth $5.00 and vowels are worth $1.50.

Reading:

We have started talking about Inference. We are focusing on Chris Van Allsburg’s books. As an author, he loves for his stories to “leak” out, and not reveal themselves right away.

We read Just a Dream this week, think about what the boy experienced in the story. What were his emotions (feelings) at the beginning of the story and how did they change by the end of the story? What happened in the story that made his feelings change?

Writing:

Please write a short paragraph about a personal experience. BUT YOU CANNOT TELL PEOPLE HOW YOU FELT. Instead, write details or give clues that help the reader understand your feelings.

Ex. The teacher stomped into the classroom. Her face was red and her fists clenched. She was holding a pile of papers that she threw on her desk