The document provides information about homework assignments for Wednesday January 16, 2013. It includes assignments for Reading, Math, and Social Studies. For Reading homework, students are asked to summarize the events in Zathura in their own words and include only important information. For Math homework, students are to complete the Check My Progress handout. For Social Studies homework, students are to answer questions 1-6 on page 227 of their textbook by writing out the questions and providing answers in their homework notebook. Midterm exams are also scheduled for the following week in Reading, Math, Language Arts, Religion, and projects are due for Social Studies and Science. Students are provided review materials for the midterm exams.

1. Would you enjoy having a day with nothing to do?
Explain.
Wednesday
January 16, 2013
Donovan
Jeffrey
Emily Bryan
Leslie
Adrianette
Christy
Ixza Lilah Samira Ayanna
Leon Alexis Jose
Jessica
Ricardo
Kareena Jaileen
Kathy
Remy Alejandra
Michael
Jordan Yamilee Philicia
Diana
Edward
Carlos
David

2. Morning Work
DO NOW:
Write the x9
Times Table ten
times.

4. Reading ­ Into the Future (p. 357)
Talk About It
What kinds of new
technology do you
know about? What
inventions would you
like to see in the future?
Look at the picture and respond in writing.

5. Rotated means "turned around on an axis or
a central point."
A robot is programmed to do the jobs that
a person usually does.
Reversed means "moved in the opposite
direction.
Something that is defective has a flaw or
weakness.

6. A meteor is a piece of rock from space.
Something that is dangling is hanging or
swinging loosely.
Someone who staggered would be said to
have swayed or walked unsteadily.
Tokens are pieces that mark your place on
a game board.

7. Reading ­ Who Says Robots Can't Think? (p. 358)
Analogies
Analogies compare
two pairs of words.
Sometimes analogies
use synonyms, words
that have similar
meanings. For
example broken is to
defective as tidy is to
neat.

8. Evidence Conclusion
Meteors
Meteor interfere with
passing by radio waves,
Earth oven causing Sylvia
doesn't work, to make a
robot staggers strange
and almost request for
falls medals at end
of story

9. Reading ­ Zathura (p. 360)
Genre
Science Fiction tells a
story of imagined
events usually set in
the future and based
on science or
technology.

10. polarity: a pull toward an object or in
a particular direction.
gyroscope: a piece of equipment
with a spinning wheel or ball set in a
frame that helps keep its directions
from changing
malfunctioning: not working properly.

12. Evidence Conclusion
Mr. Budwing
says they will Mr. and Mrs.
be late. Mrs. Budwing are
Budwing says going out for
she will set out dinner.
dinner.

13. Character Trait
mischievous
Danny
snitch
slow
active annoying
sensitive victimized

14. Evidence Conclusion
A Zorgon Zorgon must
pirate is be the name
aboard a of a planet
Zorgon pirate where the
ship. Zorgon pirate
is from.

15. Evidence Conclusion
Walter tells Walter has
Danny not to learned the
play the game is
game. dangerous.

16. Reading Homework
Summarize the events that
happened in Zathura. Use your
own words and only include
important information.

17. Math ­ Power Practice / Homework Review
DO NOW:
• Complete
the
Multiplication
Record
Sheet.
• Go over
homework.

19. Math Homework
Check My Progress ­ handout

20. Social Studies ­ The American Revolution (p. 208)
Class Work
• Take the PRETEST
• Read pages
222­236.
• Define Vocabulary
words.
• Write five facts
about the
chapter.
Homework
Answer questions 1­6 on page 227. Write the
questions and use your homework notebook to
answer.

23. Midterm Schedule
Reading ­ Tuesday, January 22
Math ­ Wednesday, January 23
Language ­ Thursday, January 24
Religion ­ Friday, January 25
Social Studies ­ Midterm Project
Science ­ Midterm Project
* Due Friday, January 25

24. Review for Reading
• Miss Alaineus
• Exploring Space
• Rescue Dogs

25. Review for Math
• Place Value
• Multiply Whole Numbers
• Divide by a One­Digit Divisor

26. Review for Language Arts
• Nouns
• Adjectives
• Pronouns

27. Review for Religion
• Chapter 1 (p. 19)
• Chapter 2 (p. 31)
• Chapter 3 (p. 43)

28. Project for Social Studies
Write an advertisement to persuade settlers
to come to a new colony in North
America.
Tell where the colony is located, why it was
founded, and what life is like there.
Organize your ideas, and support your
position with evidence.
Typed, double space (font size 12 or less),
two page.
Unit 2 (page 97)

29. Project for Science
Find out about the density of the Dead
Sea. Write a one page story explaining why
swimmers don't sink in it.
Use evidence to support your analysis.
Typed, double space (font size 12 or less),
one page.

30. Homework Summary for Wednesday January 16, 2013
Reading
Summarize the events that happened in Zathura. Use
your own words and only include important
information.
Math
Check My Progress ­ handout
Social Studies
Answer questions 1­6 on page 227. Write the questions
and use your homework notebook to answer.

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