September 21-25, 2009

Note: Please check this site at the end of each day for specifics which are related to the subjects/topics posted for the day. You will see the specific assignment. Upon your request, I can cut and paste these into your e-mail. Hard copies are available.

Reading:
Monday- "The Story Telling Stone", Do assigned questions.
Tuesday- No Assignment. We will review stories to the present for the test tomorrow.
Wednesday- No assignment. Test 1, Quarter 1
Thursday- Read "Do or Die"(pages 63-65). Do assigned questions.
Friday- Read "Do or Die"(pages 66-67). Do assigned questions.

Language:
Monday- No assignment. We will practice for the test tomorrow.
Tuesday- Test 1, Quarter 1
Wednesday- Capitalization worksheet and cursive worksheet
Thursday- Capitalization worksheet and cursive worksheet.
Friday- use of commas. Worksheet

Geography:
Monday- Test 1, Qtr 1
Tuesday- Read pages 45-47. Solar system, tilt, rotation, greenhouse, revolution.
Wednesday- Read 48-51. Latitude, elevation, elevation, wind and landforms.
Thursday- No assignment. We will locate fifteen places on a desk map.
Friday- Read pages 52-54. Various climates. Do assigned questions.

Math2:
Monday- Chapter 2, Lesson 1. Order of operations.
Tuesday- Chapter 2, lesson 2. Powers and exponents.
Wednesday- Chapter 2, Lesson 3. Patterns and divisibility tests.
Thursday- No assignment. Review practice.
Friday- Chapter 2, lesson 4. Patterns and primes.

Math 1:
Monday- Chapter 2, lesson 1. Basic ten place value.
Tuesday- Chapter 2, lesson 2. Addition and Subtraction.
Wednesday- Chapter 2, Lesson 3. Multiplication and area.
Thursday- No assignment. Review and practice.
Friday- Chapter 2, Lesson 4. Whole number division.

9/21/09 Reading “The Story Telling Stone”

1. What is Orenda?
2. The boy thought that the source of the voice was what?
3. What was the story about?
4. What part did the old woman play?
5. What does the word “enthralled” mean?
6. Name some of the gifts brought to the stone!
7. What is a tale?
8. What gift was the boy to bring?
9. What do you think all these stories are about?
10. Name at least five of the stories!


Math Book 1
Problems: 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18

Math Book 2
Pages 60 and 61
Problems: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22

September 22, 2009
Math Book 1 Chapter 2, Lesson 2
The Byzantine Empire lasted from 395 to 1453. How many years did the Byzantine Empire last?
Page 68: problems 6-13, 18, 20, 21, 23

Sept 22, 2009
Math Book 2 Chapter 2, Lesson 2 (pages 66 & 67)
Dolores went to the theater with $20 and came home with $11.25. How much money did Dolores spend at the theater?
Problems: 3,4,5,6,11-21, 25, 26, 27


September 22, 2009
Geography
Pages 45-47
1. What is the difference between weather and climate?
2. What is the Greenhouse Effect?
3. What is rotation?
4. What is an axis?
5. What is temperature?
6. What is revolution?
7. What is a solstice?
Sept 23, 2009
Geography
Pages 48-51
1. What is latitude?
2. What does windward side mean?
3. What does prevailing winds mean?
4. Define in your own words “precipitation”
5. Tell me what the word current means!
6. Diagram p50. About where are the horse latitudes?
7. Where are the high latitudes?

Sept 23
Math Book 1 2.3
A rectangular chalk board is 3 times as long as it is wide. If it were 3 metres shorter and 3 metres wider, it would be square. What are the dimensions of the chalk board?
Problems: 1, 2, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12


Sept 23
Math Book 2 Chapter 2, Lesson 3
A rectangular chalk board is 3 times as long as it is wide. If it were 3 metres shorter and 3 metres wider, it would be square. What are the dimensions of the chalk board?

Problems:
1. copy divisibility test chart on page 71
2. Do problem 1