5th Grade Assignments
August 19-Sept 20, 2002
 

Monday, August 19, 2002
Math p 3 #2-4 (Using Numbers)
Reading  First, go to the introduction (click here). Read p 12-23 ("A Time for Courage") and poem p 24-25. Be able to answer the questions on p 23.
Spelling  Pretest and “Spelling and Thinking” page 8
English  p 1-3: 6-20; Journal p 3 (What is a sentence?)

Tuesday, August 20, 2002
Math  p 4-5 #13-26 (place value to billions)
Reading  SP p 1-3
Spelling “Spelling and Vocabulary” page 9
English  p 4-5: 6-20; Journal p 5 (4 kinds of sentences)
Handwriting  p 2-3 Pretest “The Wakeupworld” poem

Wednesday, August 21, 2002
Math  p 6-7 #11-31 odd (Mental math)
Reading  SP p 4-6
Spelling  “Spelling and Reading” page 10
English  p 6-7: 6-20; Journal p 7 (Complete Subjects and Predicates)

Thursday, August 22, 2002
Math  p 8-9 #3-8 (Problem Solving: making a table)
Reading  SB p 7-10
Spelling  “Spelling and Writing” page 11 and Study words
English  p 8-9: 6-20; Journal p 9 (Simple Subjects)
Handwriting  p 4-6 Read poem on p 4, do p 6 on size legibility

Friday, August 23, 2002
Math  p 10-11 #12-30 even (Estimating Sums)
Reading  SB p 11-13
Spelling  “Vocabulary Connections” page 12-13 and Study words
English  p 10-11: 6-20; Journal p 11 (Simple Predicates)
Handwriting  p 7 shape, slant, spacing, smoothness legibility, then score box

Monday, August 26, 2002
Math  p 12-13 #7-27 odd (Estimating Differences)
Reading  First, go to the introduction (click here). Read p 26-45 "A Mother and a Prophet." and poem p 46-47.  Be able to answer the questions on p 45.
Spelling Unit 1 test, new Pretest, and  “Spelling and Thinking” page 14
English  p 12-13: 6-20; Journal p 13 (Compound Subj and Pred)
Handwriting  p 8 “l”

Tuesday, August 27, 2002
Math  p 14-15 #13-23, 27-29 (Add and Subtract)
Reading  SP 7-11
Spelling  “Spelling and Vocabulary” page 15
English  p 14-15: 6-20 (Compound Sentences)

Wednesday, August 28, 2002
Math  p 16-17 #1-8 (Problem Solving: using strategies)
Reading  SP 12-15
Spelling  “Spelling and Reading” page 16
English  p 16-17: 6-20 (Correcting Sentence Fragments)
Handwriting  p 9 “b” blimps, includes write your own sentence

Thursday, August 29, 2002
Math  p 18 #1-17 (Mental Math: Addition) *
Reading  SB p 14-17
Spelling  “Spelling and Writing” page 17 and Study words
English  p 18-19: 6-15; Journal p 19 (Capitalizing and Punctuating Sentences)

Friday, August 30, 2002
Math  p 19 #1-21 (Midchapter Review)
Reading  SB p 18-20
Spelling  “Vocabulary Connections” p 18-19 and Study words
English  p 20-21: 6-15; Journal p 21 (Using Context Clues)
Handwriting  p 10 “f”

Monday, Sept 2, 2002
Labor Day
No School

Tuesday, Sept 3, 2002
Math  p 20-21 ** Math World, make an ancient counting board, online: http://www.eduplace.com/math/mathcentral/grade5/501m.html
Reading  First, go to the introduction (click here). Read p 48-62 “The Milestone Group”and poem p 63. Be able to answer the questions on p 62.
Spelling Unit 2 test, new Pretest, and  “Spelling and Thinking” page 20
English  p 22-23: 4-10 (Combining Sentences)
Handwriting  p 11 Write a report on balloons, outline given, score box
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Wednesday, September 4, 2002
Math  p 22-23 Do Activity #1-13, Do #1-3 (Tenths and Hundredths) (use grid paper)
Reading  SP 16-18
Spelling  “Spelling and Vocabulary” page 21
English p 24 Unit 1 Checkup
Handwriting  p 12 “h”
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Thursday, September 5, 2002
Math  p 24-25 Do Activity #1-15, Do #1-6 (Thousandths) (use grid paper)
Reading  SP 19-21, SB 23-25
Spelling  “Spelling and Reading” page 22
English p 25 Unit 1 Checkup
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Friday, September 6, 2002
Math  p 26-27 #13-28 (Reading and Writing Decimals)
Reading  SB 26-28
Spelling  “Spelling and Writing” page and Study words
English  Read p 40-46. Answer questions p 46: 3-5; Journal p 46: 1-2
Handwriting  p 13 “k”
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Monday-Friday, September 9-13, 2002
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Monday-Friday, September 16-20, 2002
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