1. Imagine that you are a cat and a huge dog is chasing
you. Write about what you would do to outwit the dog
and make your way to safety.
Tuesday
February 19, 2013
Ayanna Emily Lilah Ixza
Leslie Michael Bryan
Jose Edward
Ricardo Remy
Leon Samira Alexis
Kathy
Jaileen Donovan
Jordan Kareena
Yamilee
Jessica Alejandra Christy
Carlos
Adrianette
Diana Philicia
Jeffrey David

3. Morning Work
DO NOW:
Write the x4
Times Table ten
times.

4. Reading ­ Animal Defenses (p. 420)
Talk About It
How do animals
defend
themselves when
they are scared or
threatened? Look at the picture and respond in writing.
Activity
Using loose leaf paper, draw an animal
defending itself from their predator. Write a
sentence describing your picture.

5. A glimpse is a quick look at something.
Something that is secluded is private and
out of view.
Behavior refers to the way a person or
animal acts.
Arroyo is the Spanish word for stream or
creek.

6. Arousing is stirring up or causing excitement.
A person who is stunned is shocked or
overwhelmed.
Something that is nestled has settled into a
comfortable position.
Unpleasant things are offensive or
unattractive.

7. Reading
Aim: Nosey and the
Porcupine (p. 422)
Do Now: Review the
vocabulary words.
Context Clues
You can figure out the meaning of an
unfamiliar word by using Context Clues that
appear within the same sentence.
For example, "fishing" can help you figure out
that arroyo means "stream."

8. Author's Purpose
There are four basic reasons, or "purposes," for
writing:
• to entertain
• to inform
• to persuade
• to inquire
Entertain: create a story for enjoyment.
Inform: present information about a topic.
Persuade: convince readers of their opinion.
Inquire: ask questions to provoke a response.

9. Clues Author's Purpose
Nosey runs to the woods,
to entertain
living up to her name.
Nosey tries to swat a
to entertain
butterfly.
Nosey falls on a
to entertain
porcupine.
The quills get stuck on
to entertain, to inform
her face.

10. Reading
Aim: Carlos and the Skunk
(p. 424)
Genre
Realistic Fiction tells an
invented story that could have
happened in real life.
Author's Purpose
As you read, use your Author's Purpose Chart,
found on page 121 in your Practice Book.

11. chiles: hot­tasting pods of a red pepper,
used for seasoning.
dough: a soft, thick mixture of flour, liquid,
fat, and other ingredients for baking.
tortillas: thin, flat, round cakes made of
cornmeal or flour.

12. Clues Author's Purpose
Details of the
valley and
houses where Inform
Carlos and
Gloria live.
Something is
Carlos is
going to happen
boasting and
­ it maybe be
showing off.
entertaining.
Funny story
about a boy
To entertain.
trying to
impress a girl.
Stories that are
handed down
about animal
Inform.
behavior are
not necessarily
true!

13. Reading
Aim: Animal Self­Defense
(p. 442)
Genre
Nonfiction Article present
facts about real people,
animals, things, places, or events.
A Deck is a short preview of a magazine
article that is designed to grab readers'
attention.
Headings are subtitles that break an article
into different parts.

16. Camouflage is a disguise that animals
or people use to hide themselves.
A chameleon is a lizard that can
change the color of its skin to blend in
with its surroundings.
If you use mimicry, you make yourself
resemble something else.

17. Connect and Compare
1. How do the headings used in "Animal
Self­Defense" engage the reader's
attention?
2. Of the adaptations you have read about,
which kind of adaptation would you
choose for yourself and why?
3. If Carlos in Carlos and the Skunk had read
the article "Animal Self­Defense," do you
think he would have picked up the
skunk?

18. Reading Homework
• Science Activity (p. 445). Due
Friday. Typed or loose leaf.
• Practice Book page 123
• Study for exam tomorrow.

19. Math Quiz
Directions: Add decimals
1. 0.9 + 6.7 = 2. 3.1 + 9.4 =
3. 4.88 + 8.19 = 4. 14.05 + 9.2 =
5. 6.08 + 0.22 = 6. 9.14 + 7.99 =
7. 5.07 8. 6.37
+2.80 +2.96

20. Math
Aim: Addition Properties
(p. 341)
Do Now: Define
Commutative, Associate,
and Identity Properties of Addition.
Lesson: Complete Independent Practice
and Problem Solving (p. 343­344).
Homework: Complete "My Homework" (p.
345­346)

30. Language Arts
Aim: Object Pronouns in
Prepositional Phrases (p. 432)
Do Now: Copy the RULES in your
notebook.
Lesson:
1. Guided Practice, exercise 1­10, page
432­433.
2. More Practice, exercise 11­20, page 433.
Homework:
• Extra Practice, exercise 1­25, page 496.

31. Homework Summary for Tuesday February 19, 2013
Reading
Practice Book page 123
Science Activity ­ Due Friday (see classwork)
Study for exam ­ Tomorrow
Math
"My Homework" pages 345­346
Language Arts
"Extra Practice" exercises 1­25 pages 496

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