Posted: April 27, 2020
Due Date:
Reading:Try and read everyday for 30 minutes. On Friday, tell me how many pages/chapters you read this week and how you broke it up (example: I read 4 times this week for 45 minutes and read 12 chapters). If you needed to finish your current novel by May 8th, how many pages/chapters would you need to read each day? (I could finish my novel by May 5th by reading 30 minutes for the next 8 days).
Writing:
As the weather gets nicer, there are several spring activities that you can do outdoors. Choose a topic from the list below or select your own topic and write a piece of procedural writing giving instructions on how to do, make, or be your topic.
Text Structure for Procedural Writing
Purpose: To provide instructions about how to make, do or be something:
Do | How to Make | How to Be a |
plant a flower | a garden | good friend |
play hopscotch | a kite | soccer player |
care for a pet | a bike Ramp | gymnast |
go fishing | a birdhouse | good student |
fly a kite | a bird Feeder | dancer |
skip rope | a sandwich (choose your favourite sandwich) | at home helper at your age |
ride a bike | a bed | good pet owner |
Try to include the following in your procedural writing: Title, Goal: What is going to be made or done? Materials: What is needed? Steps: How will it be made or done?