Monday, March 25, 2013

Week 4-5 Lesson Topics & Activities

Spelling Quiz Keys to Correction - Week 5 & 6

 
March 15 & March 22 spelling quiz keys to correction are given below.  Please correct your quizzes.

March 22, 2013 Spelling Quiz
Words with Greek Parts

1.      He called his mother on the telephone.
2.      His biography was written by a famous author.
3.      We use a telescope to look at the stars.
4.      You can use my camera to take a photograph.
5.      Is a microwave easier to use than a traditional oven?
6.      The diameter of the circle is five inches.
7.      A barometer measures changes in air pressure.
8-9. Use a microscope to see the microorganisms.
10. She listened to music using her headphones.
11. He used a microphone to make his voice bigger.
12. I gave the singer a pen to autograph my CD.
13. We add the lengths of all the sides to get the perimeter.
14. The chapter began with a long paragraph.
15.  A lesson in phonics teaches letter sounds.
16. The symphony plays beautiful music.
17. A submarine used a persicope to spot a boat.
18. The tour leader brought a megaphone on the bus.
19. The doctor used a stethoscope to hear my heart.
20. I used wooden sticks to paly with my xylophone.
21. The musician blew into his brass saxophone.
22.  The honking geese made a loud cacophony.
23. A germ can also be known as a microbe.
24. A microchip is important to a computer.
25. Was the telegraph invented by a Taiwanese citizen?








 



March 15, 2013 Spelling Quiz
Syllable Patterns V/CV & VC/V  and Reading Vocabulary
1.      Ancient means belonging to times long past.
2.      The Internet is an important part of a modern society.
3.      The Statue of Liberty in New York was a gift from France.
4.      Did she go to the theater instead of the mall?
5.      Cleaning tombs in April is a Chinese tradition.
6.      He studies about civilizations in class.
7.      Elementary education teaches basic skills.
8.      A novel is a long book of fiction.
9.      My boss was incredibly kind to donate money.
10.  The standing tripod keeps the camera steady.
11.  Can you make flavored icicles for refreshment?
12.  They are finally building a house on the vacant lot.
13.  The dragon is a mythical animal.
14.  They planned the surprise birthday party in secret.
15.  The store discontinued using olives on their pizzas.
16.  I caught a big locust in the backyard!
17.  Lemonade is sweetened lemon juice and water.
18.  A man of honor always keeps his word.
19.  Tourists like to eat our local food.
20.  Spinach is good for your health.
21.  We only had a second instead of one minute left.
22.  Happiness is my favorite emotion.
23.  Beware of speed bumps when you drive fast.
24.  We stayed in a log cabin in the woods.
25.  They paid tribute to the fallen soldiers.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Reading Comprehension MSD5, Topic 2


Reading Comprehension


My Sidewalks on Reading Street:  MS-D5, Topic 2- Past Times

Name: _____________________ No. ___ Class ______ Date/Day _____________________



A.  Ancient Builders   Choose the correct answer from the box:
American Indians        burial places                            Cahokia                       architects
Lake Erie                     fiction                                      Mound People                        building mounds
tombs                         hunting and gathering food      leader                           rivers
child                            Great Lakes                             architects                     nonfiction
American settlers        beaches                                    artifacts



1.  The genre of the reading Ancient Builders is  ______________________.
2.  The ______________ was one of the Native American groups.
3-4  They lived along bodies of water such as ________, ______ and the Gulf of Mexico.
5.  They were different from each other, but one thing they had in common was _________.
6.  The mounds they built served as large graves or ____________.
7.  A new mound was built on top of the old mound where the _______ that died was buried.
8.  The ____________ mound was 100 feet tall.
9.  Mounds in the ______________ were often low.
10. The Mound People built their mounds in the shape of birds and other animals because they were great ____________.
11.  _____________ in the 1700s destroyed some of the mounds because they didn’t know that they were ___________.
12.  The Mound People buried their dead with jewelry and ____________.

HOW WERE THE MOUNDS DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER? (3 POINTS)
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B.  It’s Still Standing  Put a check (ü) if the statement is true.  If the statement is false, write the correct word to make it true.
1.  The setting of the story is in Greece.        ________________
2.  The Parthenon is a market place.   __________
3.  The Theater at Delphi is almost 3,000 years old. ________________
4.  They played football at this theater.  _______________
5.  Zeus was the king of the Greek gods. ______________
6.  Katie held a picture of amphora, a temple, to show Chris.     _______________
7.  Katie thought her town was exciting.           _________________
8.  They heard the church bells rang as they walked to the park.   ________________
9.  Chris’s great-great-grandfather helped build the town hall. ________________
10.  The children saw a __________ of the previous town mayor.  _________________

C.  Why did Chris and Katie think that their town was not as boring as they first thought it was?  (5 points)

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