Assignments for 11/6 - 11/9

Monday FreeRangers

Language Arts

• Study your grammar cards!  You'll be adding a new card to your stack next week: Linking verbs!
• We talked about linking verbs in class.  They are used to connect a noun to a describing word (it can be another noun or an adjective).  Here is a sheet to help you practice recognizing the difference between linking verbs and action verbs!  (We will check these in class.)  **For some reason, it has a blank page before the page starts!  Not sure why!)**

• Read chapters 1-5 in Mystery in the Amazon Rainforest.
  
• Here is a link to the new vocabulary list.  We do activities and review of these words in class, but it really only works if the kids study them at home during the week.  (Parents, if you prefer to have the kids look up the words, here is the list!  
• affectionately
  anaconda
  avid
  basin
  cabana
  divert
  faxed
  infatuation
  inquire
  preoccupied
  Samba
  strenuous
  

• Here is the Quizlet page to help you study and practice!

• Add to your field guide!  This book will have so many interesting plants, animals, and places to learn about.  Let's add them to your field guide and share them with your friends in class!

★Diving Deeper (choose one!)

• What do you know about the rainforest?  Use your knowledge and a little research about this amazing place and share with the class!
• Imagine that you are standing in the middle of a rainforest.  Write a story about what you see, hear, smell, and feel all around you!  Add a picture if you'd like!

Geography

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• In your folder you have a page on Brazil.  Read through the information about this South American country.  We'll be talking about it in class!
• Use a map, the globe, the video above, or even the map on the back of the Brazil sheet to complete the coloring map.  You'll need to choose a color for each country.  Color in the rectangle on the KEY and then color the country.  Bring these to class in your folder!

Science

• Look back through your entire science notebook to review.
• We started learning about bacteria!  Check out this BrainPOP video and activities!
• In your folder you'll find a virus life cycle sheet that was given in class.  We talked about it, but didn't have time to complete it!  This is just a review of what we have already learned about how viruses replicate.  Just cut out the pictures at the bottom and paste them down, in order.  Then, write a little sentence for each.  You can scroll back to last week's assignment post to find the virus brainpop link if you'd like a refresher!  
• Cut around the large rectangle and glue this down in your science notebook.  Parents, I can email you an example of the finished product, if needed!
• ★ There is a sheet in your folder with different types of viruses and bacteria.  Feel free to color and add the virus and bacteria if you want.
• ★Read through the little booklet in your science journal on germs.  This is just for fun.... but you can do the activities if you'd like!

Farm Fusion Journal Assignment  Choices

• We talked about turkeys in class!  Write a story about a turkey.... you can get creative!  (Try to use some of the "Turkey Terms" you learned in class!)
• Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving?  Write about the first thanksgiving, why it is celebrated, and what it may have been like!