Harris Room 3 and 4

HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT  THE LINKS ON THE HOMEWORK/ASSIGNMENTS PAGE?  THEY ARE VERY INTERESTING.

 

HARRIS DAILY WORK FOR TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2020

 

READ ALL DIRECTIONS BEFORE BEGINNING ASSIGNMENTS.

 

IF YOU ARE A PANTHER, SEND WORK IN YOUR SCHOOL EMAIL TO panthers@flps.com

IF YOU ARE A TIGER, SEND WORK IN YOUR SCHOOL EMAIL TO tigers@flps.com

IF YOU ARE A BOBCAT, SEND WORK IN YOUR SCHOOL EMAIL TO bobcats@flps.com

IF YOU ARE A LION, SEND WORK IN YOUR SCHOOL EMAIL TO lions@flps.com

 

ALL WORK MUST BE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.

BE SURE THAT ALL HANDWRITTEN AND TYPED WORK HAS A FULL FLP HEADING WITH YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME.

ALL PROJECTS, TESTS, AND WORKSHEETS MUST HAVE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND THE DATE.

SHOW ALL WORK WITH MATH PROBLEMS AND/OR SHOW HOW THE PROBLEM APPEARS IN THE TEXTBOOK, SO WE KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SOLVING.

 

READING

BOBCATS AND LIONS

READING:  YOU HAVE READ YOUR WEEKLY STORY SELECTION, A DO-IT-YOURSELF PROJECT, ON PAGES 440 TO 454,  AND YOU HAVE ANSWERED THE THINK AND RESPOND QUESTIONS ON PAGE 454.  NOW, TURN TO PAGE 456 AND READ THE POEM, PREFACE.  NEXT, GO TO MAKING CONNECTIONS AND COMPARE TEXTS AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS #’S 1 TO 4 IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.

SPELLING:  REMEMBER THAT YOUR SPELLING WORDS ARE EXCITEMENT TO BASEMENT.  USE THOSE WORDS TO ANSWER THE SPELLING QUESTIONS BELOW.

WRITE THE SPELLING WORD THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF EACH CLUE.

CLUE                            SPELLING WORD

1) CORRUPTION          _____________________________________

2) ANONYMITY           _____________________________________

 

FILL IN THE BLANKS BELOW WITH VOWELS TO SPELL SOME OF OUR SPELLING WORDS.

3) J__ DGM__ NT             _________________________________

4) __ __ TH__ R__T__       _________________________________

5) __ PP__ RT__ N__T __  _________________________________

6) __L__CTR __C __T__    __________________________________

7) S__C__R__T__             __________________________________

8) __CT__V__T__            ___________________________________

 

WRITE THE TWO SPELLING WORDS THAT HAVE FIVE SYLLABLES.

9) _____________________________________________

10) ____________________________________________

 

PUT THE FOLLOWING SPELLING WORDS IN ALPHABETICAL  (ABC)  ORDER.

ENVIRONMENT, IDENTITY, BASEMENT, AUTHORITY, PURITY, COMMUNITY, MAJORITY, JUDGMENT, STATEMENT, GOVERNMENT, SECURITY

 

LANGUAGE ARTS

PANTHERS

IN THE TEXTBOOK, READ RULES ON PAGES 186 AND 187.  THEN, COMPLETE PAGES 186 AND 187, QUESTIONS #’S 1 – 10.

 

TIGERS

IN THE TEXTBOOK, BOTTOM OF PAGE 197, “WRITING ACTIVITY:  HOW-TO MANUAL.”  WRITE A HOW-TO MANUAL ON HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE SAHARA DESERT , IF YOU WERE OUT OF FOOD AND WATER.  ORGANIZE YOUR THOUGHTS IN A LOGICAL ORDER.

 

BOBCATS AND LIONS

IN THE TEXTBOOK, BOTTOM OF PAGE 191, “WRITING ACTIVITY:  A PARAGRAPH.”  IMAGINE STUDYING A CERTAIN WILD ANIMAL.  WRITE A PARAGRAPH TELLING HOW TO OBSERVE THE ANIMAL, INCLUDE DETAILS AND EASY TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.

 

SOCIAL STUDIES

ALL GROUPS – PANTHERS, TIGERS, BOBCATS, LIONS

THROUGHOUT HISTORY, COUNTRIES HAVE HAD TO MAKE COMPROMISES, BOTH WITHIN THEIR COUNTRY AND WITH OTHER COUNTRIES.  FIRST, LOOK UP THE MEANING OF THE WORD COMPROMISE AND WRITE THE MEANING IN A COMPLETE SENTENCE.  THEN, USE YOUR TEXTBOOK, YOUR NOTES, OR THE INTERNET TO DISCOVER WHAT FAMOUS AMERICAN WAS KNOWN AS THE GREAT COMPROMISER.  WRITE A BRIEF HISTORY OF WHO HE WAS AND WHY HE RECEIVED THAT TITLE.  FINALLY, EXPLAIN WHY BEING ABLE TO COMPROMISE IS IMPORTANT TO ALL PEOPLE, WHETHER THEY ARE POLITICIANS OR NOT.