"After winter, but before spring, there’s a muddy, cold, gray sliver of a season. . ."

". . .The ground is almost bare, yet very little grows. This season is not good for much . . . unless you’re one of those overalls-clad, Northwoods diehards who eagerly awaits the running of the maple sap. If you are, you lovingly set aside this season, “from the Ides of March to the singing of the spring peepers,” for tending your trees."

~by Eva Apelqvist

ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF 

APRIL 8--12

LANGUAGE ARTS, GRADES 5/6

Monday:  Complete "Millions of Mummies" cartoon activity &amp
Tuesday:  Bibliography lesson

Wednesday:  Type final draft/complete final touches of Pharaoh report

Thursday:  Continue typing final draft/complete final touches of Pharaoh report

Friday:  Turn in completed Pharaoh Report

SPELLING, GRADE 6

Monday:  Homonym activity, part 1


Tuesday:  Homonym activity, part 2


Wednesday -- Thursday: Have fun playing these interactive games!

• Homonym Memory Game
• Guess the Homonym
• Homonym Madness 
• Word Confusion 
• Homographs -- Tossed-Up Talents 
•  Synonym Hangman
•  Antonyms Millionaire                                                                                               

Friday:  Fairy Tale Homograph activity.


SOCIAL STUDIES, GRADES 5/6

Monday/Tuesday & Wednesday/Thursday: Painting Chicken Mummies and Sarcophagi & concluding project

Friday: Activity day, Mrs. M.'s class

Wonderful maple sugaring  photo:  http://www.fruitlands.org/sites/default/files/image/iStock_maple%20sugaring.JPG

Quote:  http://www.travelwisconsin.com/article/things-to-do/a-walk-in-the-sugar-bush?articleid=186