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: –Form contractions using verbs and the word not.
– Unit 3 Check-Up
– Identify adjectives that tell what kind or how many.
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.
– Multiply multi-digit numbers with zeros by a one-digit number.
– Chapter 6 – Study Guide and Review .
– Chapter 6 Test on Friday.
Science: – Describe our solar system.
– Identify the planets and other objects in our solar system.
Social Studies: – Create a poster based on your heritage.
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.
– Define omnipotent and answer questions about God’s power.
– Examine God’s power as demonstrated in Scripture.
“But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.” Titus 3:4-5
HOMEWORK:
Monday
MATH: Homework Practice page 46 1-5, 11, 13, 15
Tuesday
SPELLING: Complete 1 section of Spelling Contract
Wednesday
ENGLISH: English Workbook page 59
Thursday
MATH: Homework Practice page
SPELLING: Complete Spelling Contract