Dr. Crosby’s 5thGrade Weekly Homework SheetWeek Of: Oct 26-30

If possible have students go to IXL and Study Island throughout the week to review skills taught.

Language Arts
Benchmark Oct 30 / Math / Science
Benchmark Oct 26 / Social Studies
M / Read for 20 min
Complete 1 appetizer / Jerry bought 6.95 lbs of cherry and lime jelly beans for his birthday party. If 1.75 lbs were cherry flavor, how many pounds were lime flavor?
Paige was measuring how much taller she got over two years. In the first year she grew 4.62 cm. In the second year she grew 7.7 cm. How much taller did she get altogether?
Vanessa downloaded two apps which were 17.73 kb total. If one app was 8.63 kb, how big was the other app? / Study Notes on Matter
-What does Matter look like in each phase
-What are the parts of an atom
Quiz Thursday / Students will be doing an in class project. All the wok must be done in class, but they are free to bring in supplies to help them create their presentation on an assigned Explorer. How they present is entirely up to them. They may use posterboard, powerpoints, etc. I will provide more information to students so they will know exactly what they may need or want to bring in. Our project will tentatively start on Monday- Oct 26
T / Read for 20 min
Complete 1 main course / 2 x .15= 5x 6.1= 12 x .78=
W / Read for 20 min
Complete 1 dessert / .22 x 7.1= .09 x 6.1= .34 x .5=
Th / Read for 20 min / Johnny makes $4.75 per hour at his work. If he works 6 hours, how much money will he earn?
Tina’s cat weighs 2.6 kilograms. Her dog weighs 4 times as much as her cat. How much does her dog weigh in kilograms?
Baby Isabel plays with blocks. Each block is 3.7 inches tall. She has a collection of 41 blocks. If she could stack all of the blocks up one on top of the other, how many inches tall would her tower of blocks be?

Response Menu

Directions: Choose an appetizer, main course, and dessert. Complete one activity from each section.

APPETIZER

  • Personality Poppers

Who is the main character? Write five descriptive words about the main character’s personality and explain why you chose those words using evidence from the text to support your thinking.

  • Word Choice Wraps

Choose three examples of amazing word choice- write the sentences and the page numbers.

  • Background Knowledge Biscuits (Nonfiction)

What do you already know about this topic? Write down 3-4 facts.

MAIN COURSE

  • Summary Sandwich

Write a summary of the chapter(s) you read. Include the character, setting & main events.

  • Character Pot Pie
  • Make a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast two characters in your book. How are they similar? How are they different? Include at least 3 bullet points in each section.
  • Text Feature Tacos (Nonfiction)

What text features do you notice in the book? List 3-5 and tell how they help explain the information.

DESSERT

  • Prediction Pudding

What do you think is going to happen next? Why do you think that?

  • Connection Cake

Write three connections you have made to the story (T-S, T-T and/or T-W). Describe why you made the connection and how it helped you understand the story more.

  • Lingering Questions Lollipops (Nonfiction)

What questions do you still have about your topic? What new questions came up during your reading? Write 2-3 questions you still have.