Happy Sunday, 5th Graders!
I hope you had a great day off on Friday! We had a great time at the convention, and learned lots of new ideas!
Don't forget that tomorrow, you have a spelling test and 4 vocabulary words to learn, as well as a quiz over the characteristics of Native American mythology.
Our next book will be The First Voyage to America by Christopher Columbus. It is a re-writing of the original log that was kept by Columbus on his first trip to "discover America." Actually, he thought the whole voyage that he and his sailors and admirals were headed to India for spices and silk. He even mentions another sailor wanted to continue on to Japan from India once they would arrive. What a shock it must have been to realize that they had landed somewhere totally unexpected!
I will give you your book on Wednesday, with some questions that will guide your reading AND help you pass your reading quizzes. Below are your reading assignments for this coming week. Your spelling words and vocabulary are also included in this post.
Happy sailing!
READING ASSIGNMENTS:
To be read by Thursday, November 10: pages 3-15 and pp. 88-91, with study guide
To be read by Friday, November 11: pages 19-30,, with study guide
To be read by Monday, August 30: pages 31-43, with study guide
SPELLING and VOCABULARY: Test on Monday, November 14 during Lit class
1. testament (be able to write the definition)
2. Gospel
3. character
4. Christopher Columbus
5. league (be able to write the definition)
6. caravel (be able to write the definition)
7. admiral
8. uncharted (be able to write the definition)
9. reckoned (be able to write the definition)
10. amplitude (be able to write the definition)
11. commencement (be able to write the definition)
12. apparently
