This Week
Week of January 2nd
Text: The Birchbark House ch. 11-14
Reading Skill: Explain events, ideas, concepts - what happened and why
Writing: Students will work on a Literary Analysis Task using the texts; "The Little Red Hen" and "The Tale Of Peter Rabbit"
Math: Topic 8 Extend Understanding of Fraction Equivalence and Ordering
Social Studies: Geography: How does Geography affect the way people live?
SCIENCE:
The Birchbark House Vocabulary
Chapters 9-10
- Precious - very valuable
- Labored - worked hard
- Embrace - hug
- Compelling - interesting and attention-grabbing
- Oblivion - state of being unaware or unconscious
- Tingled - became prickly and thrilling
Chapters 11-12
- Transparent - see-through
- Confinement - imprisonment
- Heartily - sincerely
- Entirely - completely
- Throb - pound
- Keenly - eagerly
Chapters 13-14
- Occupation - an activity
- Calico - a cloth printed with a pattern
- Groped - fumbled with
- Anxious - feeling nervous or distressed
- Harsh - something unpleasant
- Awareness - knowledge of something