Week 32 · Day 1 Practice Pages
Practice page · Week 32, Day 1
Mathematics
I can tell area and perimeter apart and find both for shapes made of rectangles.
Look: floor and fence
- The floor is area: count the tiles inside, or multiply.
- The fence is perimeter: add the sides all the way around.
- Area uses square units. Perimeter uses plain units.
Shade the inside for area and trace the edge for perimeter. Find both.
- 1.
A 6 by 7 rectangle
- 2.
A 3 by 9 rectangle
- 3.
A square with 8-unit sides
- 4.
An L made of a 5 by 3 rectangle with a 2 by 2 square on top of its left end. Its sides are 5, 3, 3, 2, 2 and 5.
Solve each word problem.
- 5.
Mrs. Okafor tiles a 5 ft by 8 ft floor with 1-foot squares. How many tiles?
- 6.
Ravi puts trim around a 3 ft by 7 ft window. How much trim?
Challenge: Can two different rectangles have the same area but a different perimeter? Give an example.
Materials: square tiles · yarn
Practice page · Week 32, Day 1
English Language Arts
I can figure out important words and paraphrase a passage.
Arctic Foxes in Winter
Arctic foxes live in the frozen far north. Their thick white fur is good camouflage, because it blends in with the snow so enemies cannot see them. Their small, rounded ears lose less heat than big ears do. When a fox sleeps, it curls up and wraps its bushy tail around its face like a scarf. In winter, food is scarce, or hard to find, so foxes sometimes follow polar bears and eat the leftovers.
Use the text above.
- 1.
What does camouflage mean? What clue helped?
- 2.
What does scarce mean?
○ Hard to find○ Very cold○ Very large - 3.
Unknown = un- + known. What does it mean?
- 4.
Split into syllables: winter
- 5.
Paraphrase: 'When a fox sleeps, it wraps its bushy tail around its face like a scarf.'
- 6.
What is the main idea?
Write the tricky word that fits.
Word bank: rough · thought
- 7.
The fox's fur feels ____. (not smooth)
- 8.
We ____ about foxes all week. (past of think)
Challenge: Write a three-sentence summary of the passage in your own words.
Practice page · Week 32, Day 1
Science
I can sort traits and behaviors as inherited or learned and explain my reasons.
Card Sort. Write each new card in the right column.
| Inherited | Learned |
|---|---|
Circle inherited or learned.
- 1.
a goose's orange webbed feet
○ inherited○ learned - 2.
a baby bird opening its mouth wide for food
○ inherited○ learned - 3.
learning to whistle
○ inherited○ learned - 4.
a horse jumping a fence when its rider signals
○ inherited○ learned - 5.
using chopsticks
○ inherited○ learned - 6.
Bean cups: write today's height of the tallest sprout in each cup.
Challenge: A young lion gets better at hunting each time it tries. Is hunting inherited, learned or both? Explain.
Materials: sorting cards from Week 29 · 10 new index cards · bean cups · ruler
Practice page · Week 32, Day 1
Social Studies
I can trace goods through a chain of people and read a map key.
Number each chain in order from 1 to 5.
- 1.
Honey: store worker, bees, you, beekeeper, truck driver
- 2.
Notebook: paper mill worker, tree, store worker, logger, printer
- 3.
What does every chain start with?
Use this population map key: dark green = many people, light green = some people, white = very few people.
- 4.
A city on a river is dark green. That means ___.
○ many people live there○ it is very hot○ it has many trees - 5.
A high mountain area is white. Give one reason why.
- 6.
Why should you read the key before you read a map?
Challenge: Fixed It! Write one thing you understand better now, with an example.
Materials: picture cards drawn on index cards · U.S. population map