Pax: We started our new class novel today; Pax by Sara Pennypacker. Here’s a description that I nabbed from amazon:
National Book Award Longlist * New York Times Bestseller
From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes a beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the powerful relationship between a boy and his fox. Pax is destined to become a classic, beloved for generations to come.
Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day, the unimaginable happens: Peter’s dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild.
At his grandfather’s house, three hundred miles away from home, Peter knows he isn’t where he should be—with Pax. He strikes out on his own despite the encroaching war, spurred by love, loyalty, and grief, to be reunited with his fox.
Meanwhile Pax, steadfastly waiting for his boy, embarks on adventures and discoveries of his own…
Pax is a part of the Global Read Aloud (https://theglobalreadaloud.com/category/2016/). I’m very excited to read this with the class! Some of the concepts that we will be covering while reading are:
- Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
- Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas
We will reading about 5 chapters per week. Be sure to ask your child what the highlight of each chapter was…or to summarize what we’ve covered for the week.
English: – Write plural form of irregular nouns. Identify nouns as singular or plural.
– Form singular possessive nouns.
– Form plural possessive nouns.
Vocabulary: – Study for spelling test on Friday. These words are a direction connection to our English lessons this week, where we’re focusing on singular and plural possessive nouns.
- babies’
- baby’s
- child’s
- children
- classes’
- class’s
- sheep
- feet
- elk
- fish
- fishes’
- gooses’
- geese
- jeans
- mouse’s
- mice
- teeth
- women
- woman’s
- moose
Math: – Chapter 2 Test
– Take a survey. Collect and organize data.
– Identify the mode, median and outlier.
– Solve problems by making a table.
Science: – Observe how seeds germinate.
– Describe the stages in the life cycle of flowering plants.
– Describe how plants reproduce using only spores.
Social Studies: – Explore Caribbean culture.
Bible: – Study Bible verse for Friday. Parents, please encourage your child to study their Bible verse every week. These do impact their Bible grades.
– Match scriptures to fulfilled prophecy with correct statements.
– Deduce that God’s Word is for all people, for all time.
Jesus said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent”. Luke 4:43
HOMEWORK:
Monday
ENGLISH: page 29
READ: Read for at least 20 minutes.
Tuesday
SPELLING: Spelling Practice Book page 76
ENGLISH: page 31
Wednesday
MATH: Homework Practice page 16
ENGLISH: page 33
Thursday
MATH: Reteach page 39
SPELLING: page 78