Weekly Assignments

Daily Geography
Due every Friday

Using a new map each week students will complete two questions per day using that map as a reference. Answers must be in complete sentences. 

Current Events
Due every other week

Students will complete the worksheet below to analyze a current event they are interested in. Scholasticnews.com and timeforkids.com are great resources for articles. Parents are also a great resource for discussing a current event. 

Paragraph of the Week
Due every Friday

Every Monday students will be given a new topic. Each day they will add a different element to the paragraph and on Thursdays the paragraph will be completed and edited. 

Rubric for Paragraph of the Week

Students will also complete one free write per week in their writing notebooks.

Vocabulary and Spelling Assignments

Vocabulary and Spelling alternate each week. 

Vocabulary assignments are online via Sadlierconnect.com. Each student has a log-in and can go online and listen to the story, play games and complete their assignments. 

Students are given a spelling packet on Monday and are to be completed on Thursday. Students are quizzed on Friday. Each week focuses on a different spelling pattern. Students can go to SpellingCity to practice words and play games with their weekly words. 

SpellingCity