Homework Assignments: All homework is due on Thursday, October 7, 2010. Please make sure you have a parent sign your log sheet. You do not need to turn in your reading log or vocabulary cards. You must turn in your puzzle of the week with completed guideline questions, and your writing assignment. Keep in mind your writing assignment should be in final draft form.
Assignment #1: Puzzle of the Week- Banana Currency
An Island has no currency; it instead has the following exchange rate:
50 bananas=20 coconuts
30 coconuts=12 fish
100 fish= 1 hammock
How many bananas equal 1 hammock?
Create your own currency system with at least three items or different values. Write three word problems involving your own currency. Remember to answer your questions too!
Assignment #2: Vocabulary List #7
Words with Greek Parts: aero, belli, pan
Aero means "air".
Belli means "war".
Pan means "all".
1. Aerobics
2. Aerodynamics
3. Aerial
4. Aeronautics
5. Aerate
6. Rebellion
7. Belligerent
8. Panacea
9. Pandemonium
10.Panorama
Students must know the spelling, meaning, and part of speech for each word.
Assignment #3: Writing Task
"Thanks. Now, Where Do We Put This?"
The biggest gift ever is the Statue of Liberty. It was a present from France to the United States in 1886. It stands more than 150 feet tall and weighs 225 tons. What if your town could give a giant gift to another town in the United States or to another country? What would the gift be? For example, if your town is famous for pretzels, maybe you could send a huge iron pretzel to another town. Write about a big gift that your town might give to another town or country and explain why.
Assignment #4: Read 20 minutes each night. Record your reading on your reading log. Have your parents sign your homework sheet verifying at least 80 minutes of reading through the week. Try to find AR reading books too so you can test at school!
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Homework: September 23 - September 30
Homework Assignments: All homework is due on Thursday, September 30, 2010. Please make sure you have a parent sign your log sheet. You do not need to turn in your reading log or vocabulary cards. You must turn in your puzzle of the week with completed guideline questions, and your writing assignment. Keep in mind your writing assignment should be in final draft form.
Assignment #1: Puzzle of the Week-Summer Survey
The 24-member Student Council is trying to decide how the school should use the available money to celebrate the beginning of summer:
Six members want to hold a school dance.
Five members want to have an old-fashioned barbecue.
Four members want to buy an all-school pass to the amusement center.
Five members want to hold a carnival.
Four members want to divide the money up equally among the classes and
let each class sponsor decide.
Express this information in three different graphical forms. Think about the discussions we have had in class and the different graphs we have discussed to help guide you.
After you have completed the graphical representations, design your own survey about celebrating summer (or any other idea such as favorite ice cream flavor, sport, video game, etc) Survey at least 10 people. Express your results in a graph also.
Guideline Questions:
Guidelines for Writing about the Puzzle of the Week
1.What is the puzzle about? Restate the situation in your own words.
Check your writing:
What are you trying to find out?
Did you give enough information for someone else to be able to solve the puzzle?
2.What are your first impressions of this puzzle? How do you think you will solve it?
Check your writing:
What strategies do you think you will use?
Might you draw a picture, act it out, make a
table, chart, or list, use objects, or use some
other way?
Does this puzzle remind you of other puzzles?
3. Describe how you solved the puzzle. Explain your method.
Check your writing:
How did you start?
What did you try that didn’t work? Did you learn n anything from those tries? What did you do when you got stuck?
Did someone help you with this puzzle? Were they helpful or not?
What steps did you use to find you your solution? Be specific so others could try your strategy.
4. How do you know your answer is right?
Check your writing:
How would you prove your solution is right if someone disagrees with you?
Could there be more than one correct solution?
Assignment #2: Vocabulary List #6
Words with Latin roots of aud-, grat-, and ject.
Vocabulary: List #6
Words with Latin Roots
1. Audible
2. Audition
3. Auditorium
4. Audience
5. Congratulate
6. Gratitude
7. Gratify
8. Inject
9. Reject
10. Conjecture
Students must know the spelling, meaning, and part of speech for each word.
Assignment #3: Writing Task
"Adventure on the Nile"
The Nile is the world's longest river. It flows for 4,145 miles through African nations such as Egypt, Rwanda, and Uganda. Do some research about the Nile at the library or on the internet. Write a Nile river adventure full of crocodiles and pyramids and whatever else captures your imagination. Be sure to use at least three facts learned during your research.
Assignment #4: Read 20 minutes each night. Record your reading on your reading log. Have your parents sign your homework sheet verifying at least 80 minutes of reading through the week. Try to find AR reading books too so you can test at school!
Have fun!
Assignment #1: Puzzle of the Week-Summer Survey
The 24-member Student Council is trying to decide how the school should use the available money to celebrate the beginning of summer:
Six members want to hold a school dance.
Five members want to have an old-fashioned barbecue.
Four members want to buy an all-school pass to the amusement center.
Five members want to hold a carnival.
Four members want to divide the money up equally among the classes and
let each class sponsor decide.
Express this information in three different graphical forms. Think about the discussions we have had in class and the different graphs we have discussed to help guide you.
After you have completed the graphical representations, design your own survey about celebrating summer (or any other idea such as favorite ice cream flavor, sport, video game, etc) Survey at least 10 people. Express your results in a graph also.
Guideline Questions:
Guidelines for Writing about the Puzzle of the Week
1.What is the puzzle about? Restate the situation in your own words.
Check your writing:
What are you trying to find out?
Did you give enough information for someone else to be able to solve the puzzle?
2.What are your first impressions of this puzzle? How do you think you will solve it?
Check your writing:
What strategies do you think you will use?
Might you draw a picture, act it out, make a
table, chart, or list, use objects, or use some
other way?
Does this puzzle remind you of other puzzles?
3. Describe how you solved the puzzle. Explain your method.
Check your writing:
How did you start?
What did you try that didn’t work? Did you learn n anything from those tries? What did you do when you got stuck?
Did someone help you with this puzzle? Were they helpful or not?
What steps did you use to find you your solution? Be specific so others could try your strategy.
4. How do you know your answer is right?
Check your writing:
How would you prove your solution is right if someone disagrees with you?
Could there be more than one correct solution?
Assignment #2: Vocabulary List #6
Words with Latin roots of aud-, grat-, and ject.
Vocabulary: List #6
Words with Latin Roots
1. Audible
2. Audition
3. Auditorium
4. Audience
5. Congratulate
6. Gratitude
7. Gratify
8. Inject
9. Reject
10. Conjecture
Students must know the spelling, meaning, and part of speech for each word.
Assignment #3: Writing Task
"Adventure on the Nile"
The Nile is the world's longest river. It flows for 4,145 miles through African nations such as Egypt, Rwanda, and Uganda. Do some research about the Nile at the library or on the internet. Write a Nile river adventure full of crocodiles and pyramids and whatever else captures your imagination. Be sure to use at least three facts learned during your research.
Assignment #4: Read 20 minutes each night. Record your reading on your reading log. Have your parents sign your homework sheet verifying at least 80 minutes of reading through the week. Try to find AR reading books too so you can test at school!
Have fun!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Homework: September 16, 2010 through September 23, 2010
Assignment #1: POW- The Local (Couch) Bank
Gen's father always lets her keep the change she finds stuck between the cushions in the couch. Last week, she found ten coins worth $1.19. Her father wanted to exchange the coins for a $1.00 bill, but Gen couldn't give him exactly $1.00 in change. One of the coins was a half dollar (which Gen wouldn't trade anyway, since she collects them). What were the other nine coins?
Now, use coins and write two of your own coin puzzlers.
Assignment #2: Vocabulary Words- Eponyms
An eponym is a word that comes from the name of a person or place.
derrick
zinnia
cardigan
maverick
boycott
mesmerize
saturnine
laconic
sequoia
bacitracin
Assignment #3: Writing Task- Small World
Ever notice how things keep getting smaller and smaller? The world's smallest telephone is just two inches long. The smallest camera is only about an inch wide. How do you feel about things getting smaller? Small stuff is easier to carry, right? But it's easier to lose, too. Do you think there's a way to make teeny tiny cars? Smallness is kind of a big topic, isn't it? Use your imagination and write about the good and bad sides of things getting smaller.
Assignment #4: Reading
Read 20 minutes each night, or some combination that totals 100 minutes between Thursday and Thursday. Don't forget to fill in the attached reading log.
Gen's father always lets her keep the change she finds stuck between the cushions in the couch. Last week, she found ten coins worth $1.19. Her father wanted to exchange the coins for a $1.00 bill, but Gen couldn't give him exactly $1.00 in change. One of the coins was a half dollar (which Gen wouldn't trade anyway, since she collects them). What were the other nine coins?
Now, use coins and write two of your own coin puzzlers.
Assignment #2: Vocabulary Words- Eponyms
An eponym is a word that comes from the name of a person or place.
derrick
zinnia
cardigan
maverick
boycott
mesmerize
saturnine
laconic
sequoia
bacitracin
Assignment #3: Writing Task- Small World
Ever notice how things keep getting smaller and smaller? The world's smallest telephone is just two inches long. The smallest camera is only about an inch wide. How do you feel about things getting smaller? Small stuff is easier to carry, right? But it's easier to lose, too. Do you think there's a way to make teeny tiny cars? Smallness is kind of a big topic, isn't it? Use your imagination and write about the good and bad sides of things getting smaller.
Assignment #4: Reading
Read 20 minutes each night, or some combination that totals 100 minutes between Thursday and Thursday. Don't forget to fill in the attached reading log.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Homework, Thursday September 9th through Thursday, September 16th
Sorry I didn't get this information posted earlier. I have been experiencing major computer issues at home.
Assignment #1: Puzzle of the Week
All the Angles: Use one set of tangrams.
Take the square, parallelogram, two small triangles, and one medium triangle.
Task #1: Make 2 different shapes that each have 4 right angles. Use all the pieces in each shape. (trace the shape onto your paper, with each individual tangram piece outlined)
Task #2: Make a shape having 2 right angles, 2 acute angles, and 1 obtuse angle. Use all the pieces. (trace the shape onto your paper, with each individual tangram piece outlined)
Task #3: Choose 4 or more pieces and make up two similar kinds of problems. See if a friend, someone in your family or Ms. Okimoto can solve your problems.
Assignment #2: Vocabulary
No work need be submitted regarding vocabulary, just study your words.
Homophones
A homophone is a word that sounds like another word but has a different meaning, spelling, and origin.
1. Sari, noun. A garment worn by Hindu women; loose clothing worn by Pakistani, Indian, and other women of South Asia
2. Sorry, adjective. Apologetic.
3. Waver, verb. To hesitate.
4. Waiver, noun. A document that gives up a claim.
5. Hostel, noun. An inexpensive hotel or lodging place.
6. Hostile, adjective. Unfriendly, aggressive, ready to fight or argue.
7. Hue, noun. A gradation of color.
8. Hew, verb. To chop or cut.
9. Insight , noun. The ability to understand something.
10. Incite, verb. To stir up, or rile.
Assignment #3: Writing
Egypt worksheet packet
Assignment #4: Reading Log
Assignment #1: Puzzle of the Week
All the Angles: Use one set of tangrams.
Take the square, parallelogram, two small triangles, and one medium triangle.
Task #1: Make 2 different shapes that each have 4 right angles. Use all the pieces in each shape. (trace the shape onto your paper, with each individual tangram piece outlined)
Task #2: Make a shape having 2 right angles, 2 acute angles, and 1 obtuse angle. Use all the pieces. (trace the shape onto your paper, with each individual tangram piece outlined)
Task #3: Choose 4 or more pieces and make up two similar kinds of problems. See if a friend, someone in your family or Ms. Okimoto can solve your problems.
Assignment #2: Vocabulary
No work need be submitted regarding vocabulary, just study your words.
Homophones
A homophone is a word that sounds like another word but has a different meaning, spelling, and origin.
1. Sari, noun. A garment worn by Hindu women; loose clothing worn by Pakistani, Indian, and other women of South Asia
2. Sorry, adjective. Apologetic.
3. Waver, verb. To hesitate.
4. Waiver, noun. A document that gives up a claim.
5. Hostel, noun. An inexpensive hotel or lodging place.
6. Hostile, adjective. Unfriendly, aggressive, ready to fight or argue.
7. Hue, noun. A gradation of color.
8. Hew, verb. To chop or cut.
9. Insight , noun. The ability to understand something.
10. Incite, verb. To stir up, or rile.
Assignment #3: Writing
Egypt worksheet packet
Assignment #4: Reading Log
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Homework-Thursday, September 2, 2010 -Thursday, September 9, 2010
Students should have new homework log sheets with assignments attached. The assignments are as follows:
Assignment #1: Puzzle of the Week and Guideline Questions: Students must solve the following math problem and answer the four guideline questions. All work should be shown on paper, and explained clearly through question responses. Please consult previous week's homework blog for guideline questions and rubric.
Puzzle of the Week: Ft. Knox
Late one night a burglar somehow got into one of the vaults in Fort Knox and started out with a big sack of gold coins. No one really knows how much he stole. At any rate, on his way out, he was stopped by one of the guards, who caught him "holding the bag" so to speak. Fortunately for him, the burglar was able to talk his way out of trouble by offering the guard half the money he had taken with a bonus of $2,000 thrown in. Just as he was walking away, praising his good luck at having gotten free, he was stopped by a second guard. It took the same bribe, half of all the money he had left, with $2,000 thrown in, to get by the second guard. Just as he was about to leave, you guessed it, he was stopped by yet a third guard who let him go only after receiving half of all the burglar had left, with $2,000 thrown in.
By the time the burglar left the front gate of Fort Knox, he had mixed emotions. After all, he did leave with $9,000 more than he had when he arrived and he escaped a free man. But as he thought of all the money he had left behind with the guards, he wept. Oh, by the way, you now know enough to calculate how much he had taken in the first place.
ideas for solving: http://www.hawaii.edu/suremath/k4_12dir/fortKnox1.html
Assignment #2: Study Vocabulary words, definitions, and parts of speech for Friday test.
List #3: Antonyms
1. malice
2. slovenly
3. mandatory
4. reverence
5. posterity
6. kindness
7. immaculate
8. unnecessary
9. disrespect
10. ancestors
Assignment #3: Writing Task
A Fifth Face on Mt Rushmore
Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota features the faces of four U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. The faces are 60 feet high, making them the world's largest portrait busts. What if you could add a fifth face to Mt Rushmore? It doesn't have to be a president--it can be a sports hero, a doctor, or even your next door neighbor. Now, write about who you would choose for Mt Rushmore and describe why this person is important to you.
Plan and draft your paragraph on the back of your prompt sheet. Write the final copy on the lines on the front of the sheet. Remember capitalization, punctuation, and grammar rules. This writing should be minimum of one well written paragraph. (5-6 sentences)
Assignment #4: Read 20 minutes each night, or some combination that totals 100 minutes between Thursday and Thursday. Fill in reading log and submit on Thursday.
Assignment #1: Puzzle of the Week and Guideline Questions: Students must solve the following math problem and answer the four guideline questions. All work should be shown on paper, and explained clearly through question responses. Please consult previous week's homework blog for guideline questions and rubric.
Puzzle of the Week: Ft. Knox
Late one night a burglar somehow got into one of the vaults in Fort Knox and started out with a big sack of gold coins. No one really knows how much he stole. At any rate, on his way out, he was stopped by one of the guards, who caught him "holding the bag" so to speak. Fortunately for him, the burglar was able to talk his way out of trouble by offering the guard half the money he had taken with a bonus of $2,000 thrown in. Just as he was walking away, praising his good luck at having gotten free, he was stopped by a second guard. It took the same bribe, half of all the money he had left, with $2,000 thrown in, to get by the second guard. Just as he was about to leave, you guessed it, he was stopped by yet a third guard who let him go only after receiving half of all the burglar had left, with $2,000 thrown in.
By the time the burglar left the front gate of Fort Knox, he had mixed emotions. After all, he did leave with $9,000 more than he had when he arrived and he escaped a free man. But as he thought of all the money he had left behind with the guards, he wept. Oh, by the way, you now know enough to calculate how much he had taken in the first place.
ideas for solving: http://www.hawaii.edu/suremath/k4_12dir/fortKnox1.html
Assignment #2: Study Vocabulary words, definitions, and parts of speech for Friday test.
List #3: Antonyms
1. malice
2. slovenly
3. mandatory
4. reverence
5. posterity
6. kindness
7. immaculate
8. unnecessary
9. disrespect
10. ancestors
Assignment #3: Writing Task
A Fifth Face on Mt Rushmore
Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota features the faces of four U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. The faces are 60 feet high, making them the world's largest portrait busts. What if you could add a fifth face to Mt Rushmore? It doesn't have to be a president--it can be a sports hero, a doctor, or even your next door neighbor. Now, write about who you would choose for Mt Rushmore and describe why this person is important to you.
Plan and draft your paragraph on the back of your prompt sheet. Write the final copy on the lines on the front of the sheet. Remember capitalization, punctuation, and grammar rules. This writing should be minimum of one well written paragraph. (5-6 sentences)
Assignment #4: Read 20 minutes each night, or some combination that totals 100 minutes between Thursday and Thursday. Fill in reading log and submit on Thursday.
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