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: – Identify and write past tense verbs with the helping verbs has, have, or had with singular or plural subjects.
– Write past tense forms of irregular verbs.
– Recognize the different forms of the verb ‘be’.
Spelling: – Study for Spelling Test this Friday. These spelling words will be taken from our class novel; Because of Winn Dixie.
Math: – Multiply a multi-digit number by a one-digit number.
– Choose the best strategy to solve a problem.
Science: – Use the water cycle as an example as how to extract clean water from dirty water.
– Explain how Earth’s tilt affects the seasons.
– Describe the phases of the moon.
Social Studies: – Discover our European connection.
– Explore our African and Indian connections.
NOTE: Social Studies Projects on Arawaks and Caribs is due on January 27.
Bible: – Study Bible verse for Friday. Parents, please encourage your child to study their Bible verse every week. These do impact their Bible grades.
– Examine Scriptures describing God’s involvement as Creator.
– Identify what God know about them personally.
“Those who have faith are children of Abraham”. Galatians 3:7
HOMEWORK:
Monday
ENGLISH: English Workbook page 50
MATH: Reteach page 110 1-10
Tuesday
ENGLISH: English Workbook page 52
SPELLING: Complete 1 section of Spelling Contract
Wednesday
ENGLISH: English Workbook page 54
Thursday
MATH: Homework Practice page 46 1-13
SPELLING: Complete Spelling Contract, Study Spelling Words