HW -Thursday, 1/21

Parents:

• Being out with an illness stinks. So take care of yourselves!
• Ruskin Math Olympiad will resume next Wednesday, 1/27.
• Keep collecting pennies for the Pennies for Patients fundraiser for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
• The next Ruskin Lego Challenge has been posted: RuskinLUG.blogspot.com

1.  Read for 30 min. 
Sharks Reading Is Cool goal for JANUARY: MOST AUTHORS READ (Due 2/1)
HAVE YOU BEEN ENTERING YOUR PAGES IN YOUR READING LOG?!

2.  Language Arts

• Wordly Wise Lesson 15e / Test on Friday
• Cinderella second drafts reminders:
• Dialogue needs to be separated into new, indented lines when a different person speaks
• Make it sound like a story and not just a "checklist of the elements"
• It's gonna be a long story. So if you think you're done, you're probably not. Make sure you describe the settings, characters (major and minor), the characters' emotions and actions, etc.
• Have different people read your second draft. Listen to their critiques. Think: "How can I make it better?"

3.  Math

• TEXT pgs. Topic 8, Lesson 4
• WKBK pgs. P 8-1, P 8-2
• Topic 8 Test on Tuesday, 1/26
• DUE MONDAY: Text Topic 8-5; Wkbk P 8-3, 8-4 (all assigned and started in class)

4.   History pgs. Unit 3, Lesson 3

5.   Science 

• TEXT pgs. 214-215 (Write a paragraph or more answering the questions on page 215)
• Chapter 6 Open Book Test on Wednesday, 1/27