Ms.

Wong Murray’s Home Learning:

Week of January 27, 2020
Theme: Who We Are
Unit Title: Becoming US

Monday
 iReady – 45 minutes by Sunday night
 Write meaningful sentences using all vocabulary words.

Tuesday
 iReady – 45 minutes by Sunday night
 Grammar worksheet - Articles
Wednesday
 iReady – 45 minutes by Sunday night
 Chapter 7 of Iron Dragon Never Sleeps Reading Response questions:
Chapter 7
1. How does Eli feel about the strike?
2. Why does Marjorie think that the railroad owners are getting what they deserved?
3. How does Winnie confuse the facts and issues?
4. Why won’t the Chinese go back to work?
5. Why is Winnie uncertain about how she feels about Lee?
IMPORTANT DATES
 Vocabulary Test tomorrow
Mon. 01/27/2020 – Author
Kyandreia Jones
Thursday Visits AMK8
 iReady – 45 minutes by Sunday night Thurs. 01/30/2020 – Vocabulary
 Reading passage with questions Test
 Grammer Test tomorrow
Fri. 01/31/2020 – Grammar Test
Friday Mon. 02/03/2020 – Spelling Test
 iReady – 45 minutes by Sunday night
 Spelling Test on Monday

 You will also need the novel “Across the Wide and
Lonesome Prairie” We will begin reading after the first novel.
 Vocabulary

1. buckboard - a horse drawn wagon with seats for people in front and a large
open back for hauling supplies
2. conductor - an official in charge of the running of a train who also collects
fares.
3. depot - a railroad or bus station where they arrive and depart.
4. livery stable - a stable where horses are fed and groomed for a fixed
charged, and where horses and wagons are rented.
5. platform - a raised level surface on which passengers stand when boarding or
deboarding the train.
6. potbelly stove - a small, round, wood-burning stove
7. stationmaster - an official in charge of a railroad station who often sells
tickets.
8. surveyor - a person who makes a map or plan by measuring the distances
and coordinates of a section of land.
9. trestle - a supporting bridge made of an open-braced framework of
crossbeams.
10. tunnel blasters - railroad workers who place the nitroglycerin or other
explosives in position and them to blast a hole through the solid rock of a
mountain.

SPELLING WORDS – Endings

funnier families pennies worried replied
babies marries carries easily silliest
jumpier emptier merrier applied cozily
sorriest prettily lazier happiest dizziest