Roberts/Smith - Grade 5 ELA
May Interim Assignments - in order to keep up with your May work, please follow this schedule:
Assignments 1 - 3 should be completed and submitted by Monday, 5/11
Assignments 4 - 8 should be completed and submitted by Monday, 5/18
Assignments 9-11 should be completed and checked off on the assignment document. Submit the document and the Hoot book by 5/22. The Hoot book can be placed in the drop box at the elementary school with the document tucked inside it. A picture of the document is also sufficient, but the novel will need to be returned!
Assignment 1: Over a three day period, May 4-6
Assignment 2:
Assignment 3:
Assignment 4:
Assignment 5:
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2. Complete the discussion questions for Chapter 17, if you are doing paper packet, you
may write your answers on the back of the question sheet for extra room.
3. Complete the journal prompt for Chapter 17 (1 paragraph, 5 sentences minimum)
Assignment 6:
Assignment 7:
Assignment 8:
Assignment 9: Use the check off sheet and return the sheet with the novel.
Assignment 10: Use the check off sheet and return the sheet with the novel.
Assignment 11: Use the check off sheet and return the sheet with the novel.
All completed work is due by May 22!
***Scroll down to the next page to find the May assignment worksheet pages for each day. These assignments can be found on our Google Classroom page and your student can type right on the assignment and turn it in there, you can print them out and work on hard copy, which can be turned in by sending me a picture of complete work or turned in at the elementary school drop box. If your student is working in Google Classroom, be sure they turn in their assignments. There is no need to send a hard copy in. If you send pictures of your students' work by Remind or email, there is no need to return a hard copy!
Roberts/Smith Grade 5 ELA Name:
MAY Assignment 1 (over 3 days) Newspaper Article Graphic Organizer
Directions: Over the next three days, you are pretending to be a newspaper journalist. You are writing an article for your newspaper about the new Mother Paula’s All American Pancake House that is coming to Coconut Cove. Use the graphic organizer below to organize your thoughts, before writing your rough draft. Read the information above each block of the graphic organizer to get ideas for your writing! Have fun and be creative!!
FIRST, fill in the graphic organizer, THEN write your rough copy, FINALLY write your final copy
Paragraph One - introduction, Explain what is being built in town and introduce the problem at the site(Hint: you should mention the vandal!) that is delaying construction.
Paragraph Two - Give a detailed explanation about some of the things that have happened to delay the construction. This paragraph should have a quote from either Curly or Officer Delinko about the vandal, delays, or issues at the site. This quote can be made up based on your knowledge of the story. What do you think the character might say!
Paragraph Three - This paragraph should discuss what steps have been taken to deal with the issue of the vandal and delays. You could also mention a possible time frame for opening the Mother Paula’s (make it up! For example, ...hopes to be open for business in two months.)
Write your rough copy. You should reread it looking for mistakes, then have someone else read it and give you some suggestions. Make revisions and prepare your rough copy for finalizing!
Write/Type your final copy. Type or write your final copy of your newspaper article. Double check it by proof reading one last time before turning your work in for a grade! Check out this rubric - Be sure that you: ___/1point explained what is being built, ___/1point what the problem is, ___/1point mention the vandal and some specific events that have delayed construction, ___/1point included at least 1 quote(can be made up!), ___/1 point tell what steps have been taken to deal with the issue of the vandal and delays and possibly a time frame for the opening, ___/1point correct grammar, ___/1point correct spelling and punctuation, ___/1point makes sense,reads well/good relationship to novel!
Name:
Roberts/Smith - Grade 5, ELA Interim Assignments
May Assignment 2, May 7 -3, May 8, Fluency Practice only, write the paragraph and word you read to below
May Assignment 4, May 11 Fluency Comprehension
First read: I read to paragraph:______, word:______________
Second read: I read to paragraph:______, word:______________
Of Floods and Fish
The Mississippi River flows more than two thousand miles from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Every few years, it floods. In April and May, 2011, a combination of melting snow and falling rain along the upper part of the river caused the lower part of the river to overrun its banks.
Floods cause widespread destruction. Floodwaters damage and sometimes knock down buildings. They destroy farmland and animal habitats. With nowhere to live, the animals often move into populated areas. What about the fish? Because they live in water, shouldn’t a flood be good for them? As it turns out, floods can hurt fish populations just as they harm many animals that live on the land.
The Dead Zone
The Mississippi flood waters proved most detrimental to the fish and other ocean life in the Gulf of Mexico. The Mississippi River is made of fresh water. The Gulf is made of salt water. The extra river water that flowed into the Gulf endangered the native saltwater fish. More harmful, though, were the pollutants the river water carried with it. As the swollen Mississippi washed over farmland, it picked up the fertilizer and pesticides that farmers had used on the land and crops. These chemicals are poisonous to ocean life. The river then dumped these poisons into the Gulf. The extra river water and the farm runoff created a dead zone along the coast. A dead zone is an area of water that does not have enough oxygen to support life.
Threat of Invasion
The flooding of the Mississippi River posed a different threat to the fish that lived in it: the spread of an invasive species called Asian carp. Asian carp were brought to fish farms in the United States in the 1970s. A flood washed some of them from the farms into parts of the Mississippi River. In these places, the carp took over, threatening the native fish. When the Mississippi flooded again in 2011, scientists feared that the Asian carp would spread even farther.
Fluency pg. 2
Supporting Life
Despite these problems, though, the freshwater fish that lived in the Mississippi River fared much better than those in the Gulf. For these Mississippi River fish, the extra river water provided advantages that helped them breed and survive.
As the river grew, so did the available habitat for the river’s fish. River fish usually stay along the edges of a river, where the water is slower and shallower. The underwater plants and overhanging branches in these areas provide protection and food. When the Mississippi flooded, it increased the amount of shallow water on the river’s edges. This gave the fish more water to swim in and more places to hide from predators. The spreading water also introduced more food. These factors improved the fish’s chances of survival.
The expanded habitat provided more benefits than extra hiding places and food sources. It also created more areas for fish to spawn. The newly flooded areas allowed fish to lay eggs safely, away from predators and other dangers. This, in turn, meant more new fish hatched successfully.
If the flooding of the Mississippi teaches any lesson, it is that changes in the environment can affect living things in surprising ways. Despite its harmful effects, some animals benefited from the change.
Day 4, May 11 Comprehension Questions
Roberts/Smith - Grade 5 ELA
May Assignment 2 May 7
Name _________________________________ Chapter 15 Comprehension Questions
(Standards: RL 5.1, 3, 10; SL 5.1, 2; W 5. 1, 4, 10, FS 5 )
1. Roy comes up with a unique way to deal with Dana. Give your opinion on Roy’s plan for dealing with Dana.
2. Read this passage from the story(pg. 182):
“Smiling, Roy dropped to the lawn and took two steps back from the Matherson house. He proceeded to do something that was drastically out of character for a boy who was basically shy.
What he did was salute crisply, spin around, drop his pants, and bend over.” Based on this passage and how Roy has dealt with Dana in the past, compare and contrast how Roy’s character and relationship with Dana has changed since the beginning of the book.
**For the writing prompt below, think about this definition of noble - good moral character, a noble cause is something that is worthwhile and moral, something worth standing up for. For example, standing up for abused and abandoned animals.
Journal response should be at least a paragraph, 5 sentences minimum!!
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Chapter 15: Make a connection: excluding the vandalism, Roy believes that Mullet Fingers trying to save the owls is a noble cause. Write about a cause you think is noble; tell how you would be willing to help this cause and why it is something worth supporting.
Roberts/Smith - Grade 5 ELA
May Assignment Day 3 May 8
Name: __________________________________ Chapter 16 Comprehension Questions
(Standards: RL 5.1, 3, 10; SL 5.1, 2, 3; W 5.2, 4, 5; FS 5.3, 4)
1. Describe the types of wildlife that Roy sees in the Everglades and explain why his feelings towards Florida change after this trip into the wilds of Florida.
2. Give your opinion: Is Curly a likeable character? Cite evidence from the story to support your opinion.
Journal response should be at least a paragraph, 5 sentences minimum!!
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Chapter 16: Pretend you are telling a friend about the chapter. Summarize the chapter for your friend. Remember to include a beginning, middle and end. Give the big details!
Roberts/Smith - Grade 5 ELA
May Assignment Day 5 May 12
Name ______________________________ Chapter 17 Comprehension Questions
(Standards:RL 5.1, 2, 10; SL 5.1, 2, 3; W 5.4, 5; FS 5.3 )
1. Think about what it means to infer, make an inference about Chuck Muckle and the owls.
2. Roy tries to avoid calling attention to himself while school is buzzing with talk of Dana’s arrest. Describe if this is typical of Roy’s character? Why or why not?
3. Explain why Officer Delinko does not believe that Dana is the vandal.
Journal:
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Chapter 17: There have been many instances of vandalism that Mullet Fingers has used to delay construction. Tell which one was your favorite and why. (5-7 sentences, so provide some details!)
Roberts/Smith - Grade 5 ELA
May Assignment Day 6 May 13
Name: ______________________________ Chapter 18 Comprehension Questions
(Standards: RL 5.1, 2, 3, 10; FS 5.3, 4; SL 5.1, 2; W 5.3, 4, 5)
1. Neither Officer Delinko nor Curly believe the vandal has been caught.Explain why each man feels this way.
2. There are many examples of figurative language in Chapter 18. Identify two examples and define/tell what each example means.
Example 1 | Example 1 meaning |
Example 2 | Example 2 meaning |
3. On page 244 the author uses an example of foreshadowing, or a hint that something is coming, when Mullet Fingers says, “You go on back to school. I got work to do.” Infer what Mullet Fingers might mean by that.
Journal: 5-7 sentences!!
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Chapter 18: Pretend you are a student in Roy’s history class and you have just listened to Roy tell about the burrowing owls and Mother Paula’s grand opening. Write a paragraph describing how you would feel about the situation. (5-7 sentences! Give details!)
Roberts/Smith - Grade 5 ELA
May Assignment Day 7 May 14
Name: __________________________________ Chapter 19 Comprehension Questions
(Standards: RL 5.1, 2, 3, 10; FS 5. 3, 4; SL 5.1, 2; W 5.3, 4, 10)
1. Make an inference about why Officer Delinko is worried about the owls. What does this say about his character?
2. Make a prediction about the noise that woke Curly up. What do you think it might have been?
3. Compare and contrast the reaction of Roy’s mother and father when he asks if he can leave school during lunch. How are their reactions the same/different?
Journal: 5-7 sentences!
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Chapter 19: In this chapter, when the two men were talking about the owls, Curly told Officer Delinko, “Want my advice? Don’t think about it. Put it out of your mind is what I do.” Write a paragraph expressing how you feel about what might happen to the owls. (Remember, 5-7 sentences, give some details about why you feel the way you do!)
Roberts/Smith - Grade 5 ELA
May Assignment Day 8 May 15
Name: _______________________________ Chapter 20 Comprehension Questions
(Standards: RL 5.1, 2, 3, 10; FS 5.3, 4; SL 5.1, 2, 3, 5; W 5.1, 4, 10)
1. Describe how the relationship between Roy and Beatrice has changed since the beginning of the book. Cite evidence to support your answer.
2. Using the information in Chapter 20, explain the impact of Roy’s speech during history class in Chapter 18.
3. Compare and contrast how Chuck Muckle’s reaction to the crowd and situation changes throughout the chapter.
Journal Activity- for your information a definition for slogan is a distinctive cry, phrase or motto. So a slogan is a phrase that expresses your feelings about something! Take a picture and send me your protest sign!!
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Chapter 20: On a sheet of paper, design and draw a sign that you could have used in the owl protest. Include a picture and a slogan. Be prepared to show and explain your sign at our next online meeting! If you are unable to be at the meeting, show someone at home and explain your sign!
Roberts/Smith - Grade 5 ELA
May Assignment Day 9 - 13, May 18-22
Name: _________________________________
Mark each activity as you complete it and turn this sheet in by 5/22. This sheet and the Hoot novel can be turned in together in the drop box near the elementary school office or at the meal distribution sites. Make sure your name is on your document and it is securely tucked inside your book! No need to turn in the book review or book jacket, if it is marked on this sheet. You may send a picture to me if you wish!
________ Day 9, May 18: Read Chapter 21, Hoot
________ Day 10, May 19: Read the Hoot Epilogue
Watch the movie trailer; if you would like to watch the movie, it used
to be available at the library, but I am not
sure if it still is, or it is available to rent
($1.99) on Prime Video. You may be able to
find it available in other places, such as
HBO, STARZ, HULU, etc...
________ Day 11-13, May 20-22: 1. Write a book review using the document that follows this
page. If you join our online meeting on May 20 at 2 pm, we
will be sharing our reviews! I you are unable to join us, use
your review to persuade someone you know that they should
read the book, or maybe you feel the book is not worth
reading and you would persuade them to not waste their
Time.
2. Create a book jacket for the novel. Pretend you are the
illustrator and you have been asked to design the front
cover of the book. You must include the title of the book
and the author’s name, beyond that, be creative! You
could use something from the book, a scene, your favorite
thing… just do not draw what is on the front cover of the
real novel!! You can take a picture of this and share it with
me if you choose, you do not have to turn it in, keep it to
enjoy! If you have it finished by our online meeting, May
20, you can share it there, if you want to!
Roberts/Smith - Grade 5 ELA
May Assignment Day 11 - 13, May 20-22
Name: Book Review Form
Directions: The answers on this page should be at least a sentence in length! No one word responses!
1 star - it was bad and you didn’t enjoy it,
2 stars - it was ok, but you might not recommend it to anyone,
3 stars - you enjoyed the book and would recommend someone else reading it,
4 stars - this was one of the best books you have ever read
One star Two stars Three stars Four stars