February 22-26 Homework

Homework for this week is as follows: Vocabulary-Last CSAP list! Yippee! Choose 15 words from your list to use in complete, well-written sentences. Study all list words for Friday's test. You should know all words and definitions. 1. square 2. square number 3. square unit 4. standard form 5. standard units of measure 6. strategy 7. subtraction 8. sum 9. summary 10. survey 11. symmetry 12. table 13. temperature 14. translation 15. triangle 16. turn 17. style 18. suffix 19. summary 20. supporting details 21. symbolism 22. synonyms 23. theme 24. title 25. tone 26. topic sentence 27. transition 28. valid 29. verb 30. voice 31. word web Writing: Students will respond to "The Cheetah and the Sloth" prompt. Writing must include a minimum of three paragraphs. Please make sure you have well defined main idea sentences, with supporting details. Prompt: The cheetah is the world's fastest land mammal. It can reach speeds of 65 miles per hour. The world's slowest land mammal is the sloth, which moves along at just 0.07 miles per hour. That means it would take a sloth 15 minutes just to cross the street. Write a story about a race between a cheetah and a sloth, a kind of wacky version of the old fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare". Here's the twist: Use your imagination to dream up a way for the sloth to win. Math: Practice sheets on weight, volume, and decimal fractions. Also look over green study sheet for Unit7 test on Friday. Read nightly for a minimum of 20 minutes. Project Due Dates: Poetry Books due-2/24/2010 Night of the Notables written project due-2/24/2010 Ms. Okimoto's Reading Groups: independent & novel study book projects due 2/25/2010 Night of the Notables Event-Thursday, February 25, 2010, 5 -7 pm, Edison Auditorium