History / Literature/ ELA Week of May 2-6

Reminder  - Muffins for Moms is this Friday the 6th.

History - We are working on our timeline. We will also discuss  Sports and Entertainment for Ancient Greek.  

Literature - "Detectives in Togas" - we will be reading and discussing Chapters 16-18. We have almost finish chapter 16.

ELA:  They will write a stem story using the stems that we have learned. We will also Lean about the stem SPEC and SUPER. We will have a quiz on Wednesday on the stems learned.

Spelling and Vocabulary

  1.    onion – plant – having an edible bulb

  2.    hookey – stay away from school or work without permission or explanation

  3.    gloomy – poorly lit, dark or depressed

  4.    shabby – in poor condition

  5.    nuisance – to cause an inconvenience or annoyance 

  6.    private – personal or exclusive

  7.    booty – spoil taken from an enemy in war; plunder 

  8.    malicious – intentionally harmful; spiteful

  9.    hassock – a thick, firm cushion used as a footstool or for kneeling

  10.                       theory – an idea or set of ideas that is intended to explain facts or events.

               Choose three of the following activity. Make sure to use all the spelling words.

        1. Make 4-square words

        2. Make an acrostic poem   Example: read

                                                                     red

                                                                     elephant 

                                                                      ant   

                                                                      dog

        3 . Create and color a cartoon strip 

        4.  Pendulum Words

    5. Roll and Spell   1=red  2=orange   3=yellow  4=green  5=blue                        6=purple

    6. Criss - Cross Words - write two of the spelling words that have a common letter----so that they criss cross

     7. write a story