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Week of May 4, 2020 Each week optional work packets for ELA and Math will be available. You can pick up packets at school or upload them from the McMinn County or Niota School websites to print.

Our office hours are Monday – Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feel free to e-mail questions about your optional work. We miss you and hope you are healthy and well at home.

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English/Language Arts

*Reading Comprehension –

Monday-ReadARideinSpacewithyourgrown-up.Discussstorytogether.

Tuesday-Rereadpassageifneeded.Answercomprehensionquestions1-10.

Wednesday–Answervocabularyquestions1–7.Revisitthepassageifneeded.

Thursday–ReadAwesomeAnimalHomeswithyourgrown-up.Discussstorytogether.

Friday–Rereadpassageifneeded.Answercomprehensionquestions1-6.

*Daily Language Review –

Monday-CompleteAprilDailyLanguage#9.

Tuesday-CompleteAprilDailyLanguage#10.

Wednesday–CompleteAprilDailyLanguage#11.

Thursday–CompleteAprilDailyLanguage#12.

Friday–

*ELA Choice Board – Chooseoneactivityeachdaytocomplete.

Week of May 4, 2020

Each week optional work packets for ELA and Math will be available. You can pick up packets at school or upload them from the McMinn County or Niota School websites to print.

Our office hours are Monday – Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feel free to e-mail questions about your optional work. We miss you and hope you are healthy and well at home.

Mrs. Bethel [email protected]

Mrs. Moses [email protected]

Mrs. Sherlin [email protected]

Math

*Daily Math Review –

Monday–CompleteAprilDailyMath#9.

Tuesday–CompleteAprilDailyMath#10.

Wednesday–CompleteAprilDailyMath#11.

Thursday–CompleteAprilDailyMath#12.

Friday–

*Fluency Practice – 3-digitadditionand3-digitsubtractionpractice–Complete5or6problemsperday.

*Math Choice Board – Chooseoneactivityeachdaytocomplete.

A Ride in Space

A Ride in Spaceby Kate Paixão

Sally Ride always loved science and sports. In high school, she thought about becoming a tennis player. Her love of science won out, however. Ride went to college and studied physics, a branch of science.

In 1978, Ride saw an ad in a newspaper for an exciting job: astronaut! The position was at NASA, the United States government agency that runs the country's space program. Eight thousand college students applied. Only twenty-five were accepted. Sally Ride was one of them.

While training at NASA, Ride helped develop a robotic arm to use in space. She went on her first space shuttle trip on June 18, 1983. She was the first American woman to travel in space. Flying on a rocket was dangerous and difficult. It took courage to fly into space. But when Sally Ride returned to Earth from her six-day shuttle trip, she said, "It was the most fun I'll ever have in my life."

Ride left NASA in 1987 to teach science. She later started her own company, Sally Ride Science. She wanted to excite girls and boys about working as scientists.

Sally Ride's courage and dedication to science inspired people around the world.

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A Ride in Space - Comprehension Questions

Name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________

1. What job did Sally Ride see an ad in the newspaper for?

A. teacher

B. scientist

C. astronaut

2. The article describes a sequence of events in the life of Sally Ride. Which event

happens last?

A. Sally Ride helps develop a robotic arm to use in space.

B. Sally Ride becomes the first American woman to travel in space.

C. Sally Ride starts her own company.

3. Sally Ride always loved science.

What evidence from the article supports this statement?

A. When Sally Ride returned to Earth from her six-day shuttle trip, she said, "It was the most fun I'll ever have in my life."

B. Sally Ride studied physics in college and became a science teacher in 1987.

C. In high school, Sally Ride thought about becoming a tennis player.

4. Sally Ride loved science and sports. Based on the information in the article, what

else did she probably enjoy?

A. reading

B. writing

C. teaching

5. What is the main idea of this article?

A. Sally Ride started her own company to excite boys and girls about working as scientists.

B. Sally Ride went on her first space shuttle trip on June 18, 1983.

C. Sally Ride's love of science led her to accomplish many things.


A Ride in Space - Comprehension Questions

6. Read this paragraph from the article.

"Sally Ride always loved science and sports. In high school, she thought about

becoming a tennis player. Her love of science won out, however. Ride went to college

and studied physics, a branch of science."

What does it mean that Sally Ride's love of science "won out"?

A. Sally Ride thought about becoming a tennis player.

B. Sally Ride chose to pursue science instead of sports.

C. Sally Ride won a science contest after losing a tennis game.

7. Most of the students who applied to NASA were not accepted, _______ Sally Ride

was.

A. but

B. because

C. so

8. What was Sally Ride the first American woman to do?

9. According to the article, what two things about Sally Ride inspired people around the

world?

10. Explain why Sally Ride might have inspired people around the world. Support your

answer with at least one example from the article.


A Ride in Space - Vocabulary: inspire

Name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________

1. What is a meaning of the word inspire?

A. to cause to happen

B. meaningless

C. to give up

2. What is another meaning of the word inspire?

A. to listen to music

B. to ignore

C. to fill with an uplifting influence

Please use each answer choice only once. Choose the one word that best completes the sentence.

3. By making better wheelchairs, Hamilton has _____ people with disabilities to enjoy life

and stay fit.

A. inspire

B. inspired

C. inspires

4. A composer who writes music that _____ others is a pathfinder.

A. inspire

B. inspired

C. inspires

5. Heroes _____ us by making us want to do our best.

A. inspire

B. inspired

C. inspires

6. Please write your own sentence using the word inspire.

7. What would you like to remember about the meaning of the word inspire so that you can

use it when you write or speak?


Awesome Animal Homes


Animals build safe places to sleep, eat, and raise their young. Some

animals build homes that have different rooms, tunnels, and much more!

Read on to learn about some awesome animal builders and their homes.

MoundsTermites are insects that live in large groups called colonies. Some termites

build mounds as their homes. Termite mounds are made with dirt and saliva.

Termites build tunnels inside the mound. Termites travel through the tunnels.

The tunnels help keep the termite mound cool. Some mounds can be more

than 20 feet tall!

National Park Service

Beaver Some beavers build lodges in rivers or ponds as their homes.

Nests

Cliff swallows are birds that live in large groups called colonies. Cliff ReadWorks.org

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swallows build nests with thousands of tiny balls of mud. They build their

nests on the steep sides of cliffs or under bridges. It is hard for other

animals to reach the nests in those places. So the nests are safe places to

lay eggs and to raise young.

BurrowsPrairie dogs are rodents that live in big groups called towns. Prairie dogs dig

burrows as their homes. Burrows are underground tunnels. Prairie dogs

sleep and raise their young in small rooms inside the burrows. Some prairie

dog towns are many miles wide and are home to millions of prairie dogs!

LodgesBeavers are rodents that live in small groups called families. Some beavers

build lodges in rivers or ponds as their homes. They use logs, tree

branches, and mud to build a lodge. A beaver lodge has one room that is

above water. Beavers have to swim underwater to get inside their lodge.

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Awesome Animal Homes - Comprehension Questions

Name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________

1. What do termites make as their homes?

2. Which of the animals build their homes in water?

3. Based on the passage, where do cliff swallows build their homes?

4. What is this passage mostly about?


Awesome Animal Homes - Comprehension Questions

5. The question below is an incomplete sentence. Choose the word that best completes

the sentence.

Cliff swallows want to protect their eggs and young, _______ they build their nests in

hard-to-reach places.

A. because

B. but

C. so

6. Complete the following sentence:

I stood facing the steep hill and


APRIL Daily Language #9Name:___________________

PRESENT TENSEFill in the correct present tense.

FIX THE SENTENCE.me and my brother went fishing tomorrow

KINDS OF SENTENCESColor in the correct ending for each sentence.

It flew.

It ________.

SEQUENCINGPut the events in order by placing a

number 1, 2, 3, or 4 on the line.

AUTHOR’S PURPOSERead the genre of the book. Use the color code:

PERSUADE INFORM ENTERTAIN

JokeBook

Recipes NewsArticle

Billboard

Next, she got and mixed all of the ingredients and put them in a pan.

Finally, she put the cake in the oven to bake.

She turned on the oven to preheat it.

Janie wanted to bake a cake.

ADVERB SORTSort the words into the correct category.

WHEN? WHERE? afterbeforeawaytoday

somewhereyesterday

CONJUNCTIONSColor in the correct conjunction.

He wanted to ride his bike, it started to rain.

or but so


INFERENCESLook at the picture. What can you infer?

AW OR AU?Look at the picture. Write “aw” or “au” on the line.

SpellingChoose the correct spelling.

A

B

C

pooshpushpuesh

CLASSIFY WORDSWrite a word that belongs with the group.

It was the perfect day to fly her kite:

VERBS (Highlight the verb in each set below.)

triangle

square

rectangle

winter

spring

summer

SORTING ADJECTIVESSort the words into the correct category.

SHADES OF MEANINGWrite 2 words that mean the same as…

angry

How Many?

WhatShape?

What Size?

eightmassivenarrowthree

scrawnyround

flewflowers

woodschirped

hairshakes


Fix the Sentence.the wind blue sew hard it knocked an plant over

MAKING WORDSHow many words can you make from the word…

EARTH DAY ?

CONTEXT CLUESRead each sentence. Use the context clues to figure out

the meaning of the underlined word.

1. Joey was in a somber mood when he heard the bad news. A sad B excited C happy

2. Molly was elated when she received an A+ on her test.

A happy B sad C upset

ANTONYMS / SYNONYMSSYNONYMS COLOR = ANTONYMS COLOR =

shopstore

rugcarpet

leftright

catchthrow

weakstrong

SYLLABLESWrite the number of syllables

for each word below.

awakeevening

1. break _________

2. leave __________3. say __________

PAST TENSEWrite the past tense for each word.

877777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

777


ANTONYMSWhat’s an antonym for close?

A

B

C

nearopenshut

SIGHT WORDSWrite the words in the correct box.

sametellalsodoes

does

alsotell

same

SYLLABICATIONDivide each word into the correct syllables.

compete plenty

fifteen happen

/

/

/

/

-ER & -EST ENDINGS Complete the chart below.

WORD -ER -EST

colder

rough

weakest

FUTURE TENSEWrite the future tense of each word.

hiked__________

began_________

drove__________

What’s Missing?Write the word that is missing in each

sentence below.

1. I dropped my gold______ on the ground.

cointoys join

2. My sister plays with my _______.

3. Can I ________ your group?

COMMAS IN A SERIESPlace the missing commas correctly in the sentences below.

2. We saw a hippo giraffe and a sea otter at the zoo.

1. June July and August are my favorite months.

ELA Choice Board

Week of May 4 – May 8

Students will choose 5 of the activities to be completed.

Get on Reading Eggs

for 30 minutes.

If you could go

anywhere on vacation,

where would you go?

Write 5 sentences

about your dream

vacation.

Read a fairy tale.

Would you rather be

the hero or the

villain? Why? Write 5

sentences.

Write 5 words with

the short i sound.

Write another 5

words with the long i

sound.

Write a story about a

student that uses

superpowers at

school. Illustrate

your story.

Read a book and

complete an AR test.

Write the contraction

for the following:

1. can not

2. it is

3. what is

4. I am

5. has not

6. it would

7. I will

8. they are

A synonym is a word

that means the same.

Write a synonym for

the following:

1. big

2. pretty

3. small

4. hot

5. soft

6. bright

Write the following

sight words 5 times

each. Practice the

sight words with a

grown up.

1. animal

2. father

3. together

4. through

5. every

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