Homework Week of January12, 2015
Mrs. Covey
This Week's Reading/ELA Skill(s): Making Inferences, Greek Mythology (introduction), and
Commonly Confused Words
This Week's Math Skill(s): Decomposing and Composing Fractions
*There is a math test on Tuesday January 13, 2015. It will cover last week's math skills
(Geometry).
*The math test on Decomposing and Composing Fractions will be on Tuesday January 20, 2015.
*The Reading/ELA test will be on Friday January 16, 2015. The Reading test will cover
Inferencing and the ELA test will cover the Commonly misused words.
Monday
Reading/ELA - Making Inferences Practice Page and Wordly Wise Lesson 10, Activity A
Math - Fractions Practice Page. Study for your Geometry test tomorrow!
Tuesday
Reading/ELA - Wordly Wise Lesson 10 Activity B and Commonly Misused Words Practice (in
the Language notebook)
Math - None due to assessment
Wednesday
Reading/ELA - Wordly Wise Lesson 10 Activity C and Reading the passage from the Reading
Notebook and answer the questions. ("They Glow by Night")
Math - Fractions Sheet (Lesson 1 Problem Set) Front only.
Thursday
Reading/ELA - Wordly Wise Lesson 10 Activities D and E. Grammar Sheet (Mechanics) Study
for your Reading and ELA test tomorrow!
Math - Fractions Sheet (Lesson 2 Problem Set and Lesson 2 Homework)
Homework week of January 19, 2015
Mrs. Covey
This Week's Reading/ELA Skill(s) - Author's Point of View and Character Description
This Week's Math Skill(s) - Decomposing Fractions using Area Models and Multiplication
This Week's Spelling Words - fourteen, plenty, relax, figure, determine, field, travel, sentence,
sketch, rancher, bleacher, richer, voucher, pitcher, catcher, urban, suburban, rural, estimation,
approximate, reasonable
This Week's Math Test will be on Monday January 26, 2015. It will cover the math skills above.
This Week's Reading Test will be on Tuesday January27, 2015. It will cover Author's Point of
View and Character Description.
There will be a Wordly Wise Quiz and Spelling Quiz on Monday January 26, 2015.
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Reading/ELA - Wordly Wise Lesson 11 Activities A and B.
Math - None due to the Math Assessment.
Wednesday
Reading/ELA - Wordly Wise Lesson 11 Activity D, write spelling words 3x each, Write a
sentence with each spelling word.
Math - Fractions Sheet (Lesson 5 Homework)
Thursday
Reading/ELA - Wordly Wise Lesson 11 Activity E, choose 7 spelling words and find a synonym
for each word, read and complete the questions for "Just a Bunch of Rocks and Bones" (in the
reading notebook).
Math - Fractions Sheet (Lesson 7 Homework Sheet)
Homework Week of January 26, 2015
Mrs. Covey
This Week's Reading/ELA Skill(s): Point of View, Character Analysis, Introduction to Greek
Mythology
This Week's Math Skill(s): Finding Equivalent Fractions through Division and Comparing
Fractions
The Reading Test on Point of View will be on Wednesday January 28, 2015.
This Week's Math test will be on Monday February 2, 2015 and will cover Equivalent Fractions
and Comparing Fractions.
The Spelling Quiz will be on Friday January 30, 2015 and will cover this week's spelling words.
The Wordly Wise Quiz will be on Monday February 2, 2015 and will cover the words from
Lesson 12.
Monday
Reading/ELA - Wordly Wise Lesson 12 Activities A and B, Reading Literature Practice Page
Math - None due to Assessment
Tuesday
Reading/ELA - None
Math - None
Wednesday
No Homework due to PTO
Thursday
Reading/ELA - Wordly Wise Lesson 12 Activities C and D
Math - Equivalent Fractions Sheet - Lesson 9 Homework Sheet (if not finished in class) and
Lesson 10 Problem Set.
Homework Week of February 9, 2015
Mrs. Covey
This Week's Reading/ELA Skill(s): Poetry (Reading) Idioms and Adages (ELA)
This Week's Novel Study: Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Chapters 1-4
This Week's Math Skill(s): Mixed Numbers
This Week's Spelling Words: Forty, English, arithmetic, half, minus, plus, percent, quarter,
finally, zero, fresher, usher, gusher, crusher, flasher, balanced, competition, interdependence,
hypothesis, endangered, extinction.
*There will be a Wordly Wise quiz on Wednesday February 11, 2015. It will cover Lesson 13,
all activities.
*There will be a Spelling quiz on Thursday February 12, 2015. It will cover the words listed
above.
*There will be a Reading test on Thursday February 12, 2015. It will cover Poetry and Chapters
1-4 of the Lightning Thief. Please complete and study your Lightning Thief Discussion
Questions to help you.
*There will be an ELA test on Wednesday February 11, 2015. It will cover Idioms and Adages.
*The math test on Mixed Numbers will be on Tuesday February 24, 2015 (after Mardi Gras
Holidays).
Monday
Reading/ELA - Choose 10 spelling words and write a sentence for each word. Wordly Wise
Lesson 13 Activity C. Finish reading The Lightning Thief Chapter 1 and complete discussion
questions for Chapter 1.
Math - None due to Math Assessment
Tuesday
Reading/ELA - Read The Lightning Thief Chapter 2 and complete the discussion questions.
Adages, Proverbs, and Idioms Worksheet. Study words for Wordly Wise Quiz (Lesson 13)
Math - enVision workbook page 12-6 both sides
Wednesday
Reading/ELA - Read the rest of chapter 3 and chapter 4 in The Lightning Thief and complete the
discussion questions. Study you poetry packet for your test tomorrow!
Math - No homework
Thursday
Reading/ELA - Study spelling words for your quiz tomorrow. Study your Percy Jackson
discussion questions for your test tomorrow.
Math - None
Homework Week of February 23, 2015
Mrs. Covey
This Week's Reading/ELA Skill(s): Drama (Play) Structure and Capitalization Skills
This Week's Math Skill(s): Mixed Numbers, Improper Fractions, and Adding and Subtracting Mixed
Numbers
This Week's Reading test will be on Thursday February 26, 2015. It will cover Drama Structure
This week's ELA test will be on Friday February 27, 2015 and will cover the skills above.
This week's math test will be on Monday March 2, 2015 and will cover the skills above.
Monday
No Homework
Tuesday
Reading/ELA - Wordly Wise Lesson 14 Activities B and C. Read "The Hare and the Hedgehog" on page
112 of the Common Core Language Arts Book. Answer the questions in the white boxes on a sheet of
loose-leaf.
Math - None due to Practice PARCC Test
Wednesday
Reading/ELA - Page 2 of the Grammar Packet (Capitalization Rules), William Tell Play Practice Page
Math - Adding Mixed Numbers Practice Sheet
Thursday
Reading/ELA - Complete Grammar Packet and Wordly Wise Lesson 14 Activity D
Math - enVision Math workbook Page 12-9 (both sides)
Homework Week of March 2, 2015
Mrs. Covey
This Week's Reading/ELA Skill(s): Comparing Theme and Mood in Two Texts/Capitalization Rules and
Dialogue Rules
This Week's Math Skill(s): Fractions and Decimals (denominators of 10 and 100)
*The Percy Jackson Lightning Thief test has been postponed until Friday, March 6, 2015. It will cover
chapters 5-8. Please remember that the test questions will come directly from the discussion questions.
*There will be a Wordly Wise Quiz on Thursday March 5, 2015. It will be on ALL words from Lesson 14.
(Lesson 14 Activities were completed last week, but due to testing conflicts, the quiz was scheduled for
Thursday)
*The ELA test will be on Friday March 6, 2015. It will cover Capitalization Rules and Dialogue Rules. You
may use your Grammar Packet (from last week) to study.
*The Math test on Fractions and Decimals will be on Monday March 9, 2015.
Monday
No Homework due to Mrs. Covey being out with the FLU.
Tuesday
Reading/ELA - Wordly Wise Lesson 15 Activities A and B, Continue working on Discussion Questions for
Percy Jackson (if you aren't already finished)
Math - None due to Assessment
Wednesday
Reading/ELA - Wordly Wise Lesson 15 Activity D. Study Lesson 14 words for tomorrow's quiz! (Lesson 14
Activities were completed last week, but due to testing conflicts, the quiz was scheduled for tomorrow)
Math - enVision Workbook Page 13-4, both sides.
Thursday
Reading/ELA - Study discussion questions for your Percy Jackson test tomorrow! (Chapters 5-8) Study
Capitalization and Dialogue Packet for Grammar test tomorrow!
Math - enVision workbook page 13-6 - front only (Reteaching)
Homework Week of March 9, 2015
Mrs. Covey
This Week's Reading/ELA Skill(s) - PARCC Review
This Week's Math Skill(s) - PARCC Review
*There will be no English or Math tests this week. Tests will resume after PARCC.
*There will be a Reading Test on will be Friday, March 13, 2015. It will be on using context
clues to find the meaning of words.*Hint* You should brush up on the vocabulary contained in
lessons 1-10 of Wordly Wise.
Monday
Reading/ELA - Read the first passage in your PARCC review packet and answer questions 1-3.
Math - None due to the assessment
Tuesday
Reading/ELA - Read the "Honey: Nature's Germ-Killer" passage in your PARCC review packet
and answer questions 8-10.
Math - Complete problems 14-24 in your PARCC packet
Wednesday
No Homework due to PTO
Thursday
Reading/ELA - Read "A Uniform Issue" in the PARCC review packet and answer questions 1822. Study Wordly Wise Lesson 1-10 words.
Math - Complete the PARCC Review packet.
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Homework Week of March 23, 2015
Mrs. Covey
This Week's Reading Skill(s): All skills will be reviewed through our novel study of Percy Jackson's The
Lightning Thief. We are reading Chapters 9-14.
This Week's ELA Skill(s): Conjunctions
This Week's Math Skill(s): Comparing and Ordering Decimals and Mixed Numbers
This Week's Reading test will be on Thursday March 26, 2015 and will cover Chapters 9-14 of Percy
Jackson.
This Week's ELA test will be on Friday March 27, 2015 and will cover Conjunctions.
This Week's Math test will be on Friday March 27, 2015 and will cover Comparing and Ordering Decimals
and Mixed Numbers.
Monday
Reading/ELA - Finish reading chapters 9 and 10 in Percy Jackson
Math - Lesson 9 Homework Sheet (Comparing and Ordering Decimals)
Tuesday
Reading/ELA - Finish reading chapters 11 and 12 in Percy Jackson. Complete section A of your grammar
packet.
Math - Lesson 10 Problem Set Sheet (Comparing Decimals)
Homework Week of March 30, 2015
Mrs. Covey
This Week's Reading/ELA Skill(s): Reading Historical and Scientific Nonfiction Articles
This Week's Math Skill(s): Money
There will be a math test on Wednesday April 1, 2015 and it will cover money.
Monday
Reading/ELA - Read "Jim Lovell: Stranded in Space" on page 80 of your Common Core Language Arts
Book. Answer all questions in the margins and the three discussion questions on page 86.
Math - Money Worksheet (Lesson 15 Homework)
Tuesday
Reading/ELA - None
Math - Solving Problems with Money Worksheet. Study for your test tomorrow!
Homework Week of April 6, 2015
Mrs. Covey
This Week's Reading Skill(s): Multiple Reading Skills will be reviewed, with a focus on Historical NonFiction.
This Week's ELA Skill(s): Formal vs. Informal Language
This Week's Math Skill(s): Measurement Conversions
*This Week's Reading Test will be on Friday April 10, 2015. It will focus on Historical Non-Fiction as well
as pull in other Reading Skills that have been reviewed (i.e. Text Structure, Text Features)
*This Week's ELA Skill(s) will be assessed on the writing portion of the Reading Test.
*The Percy Jackson Lightning Thief test will be on Monday April 13, 2015. It will cover Chapters 15, 16,
and 17.
*This Week's Math test will be on Friday April 10, 2015. It will focus on Measurement Conversions.
Please use the Problem Sets and Homework Sheets as guides to study from.
*There will also be a math test next week on Friday April 17, 2015. It will cover ALL Measurement Skills
from this week and next. Be sure to hang on to all of your Problem Sets and Homework Sheets from
Lessons 1-5.
Monday
No School - Spring Break
Tuesday
Reading/ELA - Read "Adapting to Survive" on pages 222-228 in your Common core Language Arts Book.
Answer the questions in the margins.
Math - Finish the Lesson 1 Problem Set from class and complete the Lesson 1 Homework Sheet.
Wednesday
Reading/ELA - Read Chapter 15 of Percy Jackson
Math - Finish the Lesson 2 Problem Set and complete the Lesson 2 Homework Sheet
Thursday
Reading/ELA - Read Chapters 16 and 17 of Percy Jackson
Math - Complete the Lesson 3 Homework Sheet
Homework Week of April 13, 2015
Mrs. Covey
This Week's Reading Skill(s): Recognizing Story Elements - Myths, Novel Study - Percy Jackson
This Week's ELA Skill(s): Choosing Precise Words and Differentiating Between Formal and Informal
Language
This Week's Math SKill(s): Metric Measurement Conversions and Solving Problems Involving
Measurement Conversions
*The only test this week is a math test on Friday April 17, 2015. It will cover all Metric Measurement
Skills covered this week and last week.
Monday
No Homework. Get a good night's sleep and rest up for the Science LEAP tomorrow!
Tuesday
No Homework. Get a good night's sleep and rest up for the Social Studies LEAP tomorrow!
Wednesday
Reading/ELA - None due to LEAP
Math - Complete the Lesson 4 Problem Set from class
Thursday
Reading/ELA - Read Chapter 19 of Percy Jackson and write a one-page summary of the chapter.
Math - Lesson 5 Homework Sheet. Study for your test tomorrow. Use all Problem Sets and Homeworks
from Lessons 1-5 to help you!
Homework Week of April 20, 2015
Mrs. Covey
This Week's Reading Skill(s): Myths
This Week's ELA SKill(s): Using Precise Language
This Week's Math Skills(s): Perimeter and Area
*There will be a Reading Test on Thursday April 23, 2015. It will cover Myths.
*There will be a Math test on Friday April 24, 2015. It will cover Perimeter and Area.
*There will be an ELA test on Friday April 24, 2015. It will cover Precise Language.
*There will be a Wordly wise Quiz on Wednesday April 22, 2015. It will cover the words from Lesson 16.
Monday
Reading/ELA - complete the second page of your ELA packet
Math - None due to Mrs. Covey being out
Tuesday
Reading/ELA - Complete the second page of your ELA packet.
Math - None
Wednesday
None due to Math and Science night
Homework Week of May 4, 2015
Mrs. Covey
This Week's Reading Skill(s): Novel Study of Percy Jackson's The Lightning Thief and Poetry
This Week's English Skill(s): Using Precise Language
This Week's Math Skill(s): Angles (Complimentary and Supplementary)
*This Week's Math test will be on Thursday May 7th, 2015. It will cover complimentary and
supplementary angles. Use the Problem Sets and Homework Sheets to study with.
*This Week's English test will be on Thursday May 7th, 2015. It will cover Using Precise Language. Use
your English packet to study from. This was given out a week and a half ago.
*The last test for Percy Jackson will be on Monday May 11th. It will cover chapters 18-22.
*There will be a Wordly Wise Quiz on Friday May 8th. It will cover Lesson 17.
*There will be a Spelling Quiz on Friday May 8th. It will cover the words listed below.
*The Poetry test will be on Friday May 15th, 2015.
*REMINDER: GREEK MYTHOLOGY PROJECTS ARE DUE FRIDAY MAY 8TH.
Spelling Words: vegetable, tomatoes, slowly, potato, carrot, onion, jungle, crumble, voice, puzzle,
ankle, freckle, knuckle, sprinkle, dimple, camouflage, habitat, hibernate, mimicry, predator, prey
Monday
No homework due to PARCC. Students were given a Problem Set and Homework Sheet on Angles. These
were completed in class. Students should have these in their Math folders.
Tuesday
Reading/ELA - Work on Percy Jackson discussion questions. Study Wordly Wise Lesson 17. Write Spelling
words 3x each.
Math - Lesson 11 homework Sheet
Wednesday
No homework due to PTO. Students will complete a Problem Set and Homework Sheet in class to use as
a study guide for their test tomorrow on Angles.
Thursday
Reading/ELA - Poetry sheet. Use each spelling word in a sentence. Study Lesson 17 words from Wordly
Wise.
Math - None due to Assessment
Homework Week of May 11, 2015
Mrs. Covey
This Week's Reading Skill(s): Poetry
This Week's Math Skill(s): Finding Perimeter and Area of Irregular Figures
This Week's Spelling Words:
sixteen, chicken, elephant, island, gorilla, dolphin, machine, ticket, diet,
puppet, banquet, blanket, gadget, musket, poet, squatter, strike, exclusion,
watt, fluorescent, circuit
*The Spelling Quiz will be on Friday May 15, 2015.
*There will be a Wordly Wise test on Friday May 15, 2015. Students will be able to use their Wordly wise
books. This will count as a Reading Test Grade because the test involves a Reading Passage that students
must comprehend and use their knowledge of their vocabulary words to answer the questions.
*The Poetry test will be on Monday May 18th, 2015
*The LAST math test will be on Monday May 18, 2015. It will cover Area and Perimeter of Irregular
Figures.
Monday
Reading/ELA - Complete Activity A of Lesson 18 in Wordly Wise
Math - None
Tuesday
Reading/ELA - Spelling words 3x each, Wordly Wise Activity C Lesson 18
Math - None
Wednesday
No homework due to the 4th Grade Field Trip
Thursday
Reading/ELA - Choose 10 spelling words and write a sentence for each word, Activity D Lesson 18 in
Wordly Wise, Poetry Sheet
Math - Irregular Figures Sheet