10/29 Thursday

1. BONUS-The first student who correctly emails me with the answer to the following question will receive 5 bonus points on their next quiz or assignment! This should be in your OWN WORDS and not copied and pasted.

Where does the name Thursday come from?

2. Article Review-Read the following article . After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Language Arts Google doc. Your review should answer the following questions:

-What was the topic of the article?

-What was the article's main idea? Supporting details?

-What was one thing about the article that you found fascinating? Explain your answer.

-If you were to rename this article, what name would you choose and why?

3. Context Clues-We have practiced this before in class, and now let's do some on your own.Being able to use context clues to figure out a word's definition is an extremely important skill when reading. See if you can figure out the definitions of the bolded words.

-1t was almost exactly two hours later that Jessica found herself suddenly wide awake and staring through the darkness at the luminous hands of her clock.

-Hal was not just a typical introverted artist. Sometime in the last year he had become an actual recluse. He didn't come out of his room except, as far as anyone could tell, in the middle of the night, when he was reasonably certain everyone else would be asleep. 

4. Inference Pictures-It was so awesome the first time around that I am bringing it back!! Head to this link and in your ELA google doc, infer what is happening in the pictures. Make sure to use both types of information needed to make a good inference. 

5. Inference Assessment-Let's see how good we are!

6. Channel One-We are going to watch Channel One news. Afterwards, you are to got to your Social Studies google doc and answer the following questions about the newscast. Remember to use complete sentences, and fully explain your answers.

1. What were the stories on today's newscast?

2. Which story did you find most interesting?

3. What was interesting about this story?

7. Origins of Halloween-Part of truly understanding something is learning about its history. The more we know about something, the better we can appreciate it. With that in mind, we are going to be researching the origins of things associated with Halloween. You have 2 days to complete this. Complete this assignment on a blank piece of paper. You are to research the origins of the following:


-Halloween-research the holiday itself. When did it start? Where did it start? Why did it start?
-Jack-o-Lanterns-What is the origin of the Jack-o-Lantern? Why are they made from pumpkins?
-Costumes-Why do kids dress in costumes on Halloween? When and where did this tradition start?
-Candy-For this one, you need to pick your all-time favorite candy and research its origin.

You are to put the findings of your research into a Google doc titled "Halloween Origins" and share it with Mr. Norman.