Because of Winn-Dixie – A classic tale by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo, America’s beloved storyteller. One summer’s day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries – and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It’s because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it’s because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie. Featuring a new cover illustration by E. B. Lewis and an excerpt of Kate DiCamillo’s newest novel, Raymie Nightingale.
We’ll be covering about 5 chapters per week and completing a quiz each Friday.
Some of the objectives that we will be covering while reading are:
- Offer observations, make connections, react, speculate, interpret, and raise questions in response to text
- Identify and discuss book themes, characters, plots, and settings
- Connect their experiences with those of the author and/or with characters from the books
- Support predictions, interpretations, conclusions, etc. with examples from text
- Practice key reading skills and strategies (cause-and-effect, problem/solution, compare-and-contrast, summarizing, etc.)
- Monitor their own comprehension
English: – Begin sentences with capital letters and end them with the correct end marks.
– Capitalize the names of people and pets.
– Capitalize titles used with names.
Spelling: – Study and prepare for Spelling Test on Friday.
- Hymns 6. Manufacture 11. Magazines
- Burglar 7. Downpour 12. Umbrellas
- Melancholy 8. Shimmery 13. Convinced
- Drizzle 9. Complicated 14. Enlist
- Yawned 10. Myths 15. Taillights
Math: – Multiply four- and five-digit numbers by a two digit number.
– Study Guide and Review
– Chapter 7 Test on Wednesday
Science: – Chapter 9 Review and Test Preparation
– Chapter 9 Test on Thursday
Social Studies: – Chapter 2 Round-Up
Bible: – Study Bible verse for Friday. Parents, please encourage your child to study their Bible verse every week. These do impact their Bible grades.
– Identify additional attributes of God evidences in Scripture.
– Describe the triune nature of God.
Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once, the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. John 5:8-9
HOMEWORK:
Wednesday
READ: Read for at least 30 minutes
ENGLISH: page 76
Thursday
SPELLING: Complete Spelling Contract. Study.