Pax: 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 FINISHED! WOW! Please be sure to have your child give you the recap! We’ve had some really exciting chapters and the ended was really unexpected. Stay tuned for our Book Report Project. 🙂
English: – Form the past tense of verbs.
– Identify and write past tense verbs with helping verbs has, have, or had, with singular or plural subjects.
– Write past tense forms of irregular verbs.
Writing: Read a published model of a persuasive essay. Identify key points in creating a persuasive writing piece.
– Persuasive writing piece: Persuade Mrs. Suckoo to have a hotdog instead of a turkey for Thanksgiving.
Vocabulary: – Study and prepare for spelling/vocabulary test this Friday.
- Enraged 11. Whimpered
- Defiance 12. Hollow
- Yearning 13. Dangled
- Appeared 14. Menacing
- Skittish 15. Burrow
- Thrashed
- Gash
- Reemerged
- Extended
- Dangerous
Math: – Identify extra or missing information.
– Identify, describe and extend numeric and non-numeric patterns.
– Mid-Chapter Check
– Find and use rules to write addition and subtraction equations.
Science: – Make a model to infer how fossils are formed.
– Describe how plants and animals have changed over time.
– Describe the causes of extinction.
Social Studies: – Use text evidence to answer questions based on Australia’s Christmas.
– List facts about Christmas in Brazil.
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 descriptions for the categories of the books of the Bible.
– Express several purposes of the Bible.
Jesus said “Young man, I say to you, get up!’ The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.” Luke 7:14
HOMEWORK:
Monday
ENGLISH: page 48
MATH: Homework Practice page 35 1-3, 5-8
Tuesday
MATH: Reteach page 89
ENGLISH: page 50
Wednesday
SPELLING: Work on Spelling Contract
ENGLISH: page 52
Thursday
MATH: Reteach page 91
SPELLING: Spelling Contract