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This Week.. ELA:    Lesson  4  –    Ac+vity  –  Ruby  Bridges  and  Amazing  Grace  Students  will  KNOW:  • Students  will  be  able  to  dis+nguish  their  own  point  of  view  from  that  of  the  author  and  understand  that  their  own  point  of  view  is  personal.  It  is  an  opinion  they  have  about  the  overall  story  or  ar+cle.  Science:  We  will  con+nue  our  study  of  Earth  Materials  with  our  Delaware  Science  Kits  Social  Studies:  “If  I  Ran  for  President”  by  Catherine  S+er  

ELA  Homework:    Spelling  work    Reading  /  Respond  to  Reading  Sheets  

Reading Writing Social Studies/Science

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK

Lesson 4: The  point  of  view  of  the  author  may  be  different  from  your  own  point  of  view.  Using  details  in  a  story,  we  are  able  to  understand  the  theme.  Students  will  know  how  to  compare  and  contrast  the  theme  of  two  texts.

Science  -­‐Earth  Materials  • Students  inves+gate  the  physical  proper+es  of  rocks  and  minerals.  Social  Studies:  What  does  the  President  do?  What  does  it  take  to  be  President?  

Crafting True Stories: •  I remember… •  Things that are

special to me •  Small  Moments

Student of the Week (McCool-Rm11)

Elizabeth  Hernandez  

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Homework Math  Homework:  Due  as  listed  in  agendas.  ELA  Homework:  *Homework  due  on  Friday  Monday  –    Spelling  -­‐  Write  spelling  words  3  +mes  Write  sentences  with  spelling  words  Tuesday  –    Reading  –  Read  stories  Wednesday    Reading  –  Read  stories  and  answer  ques+ons  Thursday-­‐    Spelling  -­‐  Worksheet  Spelling  Words  Spelling  test  on  Friday  

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Name ___________________________ Date ____________________________

Spelling Study List Unit 1- Lesson 4:

Skill- More Short and Long Vowels ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Read Write Say and Spell Cover, Spell, Check

1. math ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

2. toast ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

3. easy ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

4. socks ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

5. Friday ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

6. stuff ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

7. paid ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

8. cheese ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

9. June ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

10. elbow ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

11. program ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

12. shiny ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

13. piles ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

14. sticky ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

Challenge Words

+5 comb ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

+5 holiday ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

Name: ____________________________________________________________

Directions: Read the fables below and answer the questions.

The Dogs and the Hides

The Tanner put some animal hides in the bottom of a stream to soak. Several

hungry dogs noticed the hides but realized that the water was so deep that they

couldn't reach the hides from the bank. So they came up with a plan. They decided

to drink the water from the river until it uncovered the hides.

All of the dogs began drinking the water as quickly as they could. Regardless

of their effort, the water remained as high as ever. They drank and they drank and

they drank until each of them burst.

Do not try to do the impossible.

The Frog and the Ox

An ox came to a pond to drink. As he was splashing in the water, he

accidentally crushed a young frog into the mud. Soon afterward, the frog's older

sister missed him and asked her brothers and sisters what happened to him.

"It was a terrible accident!" one replied. "A great big monster stepped on our

brother," said another. "So, this monster was quite big?" replied the sister frog,

puffing herself up. "Was he as big as this?" "Much bigger!" they responded. So the

sister frog puffed herself up some more. "Surely, he can't be bigger than this," she

said. But her brothers and sisters declared that the monster was much bigger. So

the sister frog continued to puff herself up more and more until finally, she burst.

Do not attempt the impossible.

Themes in Literature: Aesop's Fables

1. Both of these Aesop's fables have the same theme, which is that a person

should not try to do the impossible. Why do you think the author felt that this

message was important enough to write about? ___________________________

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2. Why did the dogs want to drink all of the water out of the river?___________

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3. Make an inference. Why would it be impossible to drink all of the water out of

a river? ____________________________________________________________

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4. Why did the sister frog keep puffing herself up?

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5. Do you agree with the author's theme? Why or why not? _________________

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