This document proposes creating a new family tradition for celebrating the holidays. It asks the reader to explain what would make this tradition so special to their family.
1. Create a new family tradition for celebrating the
holidays. Explain what would make this tradition so
special to your family.
Tuesday Jeffrey
December 18, 2012 Donovan
Ixza
Bryan
Jose
Emily
Christy Adrianette
Leslie AlexisRemy
Samira
LeonRicardo
Kathy
Philicia Jordan Edward
Jessica Carlos
Ayanna Yamilee Michael
Lilah
Kareena
Diana Alejandra
Jaileen
David
3. Reading Desert Habitats (p. 326)
Talk About It
What images come to
mind when you think of
deserts?
How do animals and
people survive in the
desert? Look at the picture and respond in writing.
4. Scorching means "extremely hot and dry."
Gushed means "flooded out with sudden
force."
A landscape is a scene or view.
Parched means "very dry or thirsty."
5. Brimming means "filled to the top and
almost overflowing."
Scrawny means "very thin or skinny."
Something that is gnarled has a rough,
twisted look.
Progress means "forward movement or
improvement."
6. Reading The Best Place To Be (p. 328)
Connotations
A thesaurus entry will include
several different synonyms for a
word. Each synonym will carry
negative or positive feelings,
called Connotations.
For example, scrawny has a
negative connotation. It would
not be a positive word to
describe a trim athlete.
7. Make Inferences and Analyze
Compare and Contrast
Making inferences and
analyzing what happens in a
Different
story allows you to notice
similarities and differences
between characters, events,
and settings.
A Venn Diagram will help you
to compare and contrast
these similarities and Alike
differences.
8. ARIZONA NORTH
CAROLINA
tall, leafy
wild flowers mountains
trees
animals
big horn racoons
sheep deer
bears
10. Math Power Practice / Homework Review
DO NOW:
• Complete
the
Multiplication
Record
Sheet.
• Go over
homework.
11. Math Divide Three and FourDigit Dividends
(p. 201)
Math in My World
In a 4hour period, 852 people
rode an amusement park
ride. If the same number of
people rode the ride each
hour, how many people rode
the ride in the first hour?
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
What strategies can
be used to divide
whole numbers?
22. Homework Summary for Tuesday December 18, 2012
Reading
Practice book, page 97
Math
Handout
Reminder
Christmas Show tomorrow at 9:30am. Remind your
parents. Dress in green tops and black bottoms with
red Santa hats.