February 18th - 21st
This week’s reading selection: Night Shift
Summary: As most people get ready for bed, some are getting ready for work on the night shift. Street sweepers, security guards, truck drivers, and bagel bakers are just some of the people who work between dusk and dawn.
Essential Questions: Why do some people do their jobs at night? In what ways do people who work at night help their community?
DISCUSS with your child some of the jobs that people do during the night in your community.
1. shift noun the time when a person works smartly adverb neatly and trimly
2. jam noun something that blocks or wedges
3. adjust verb to change or regulate so as to correct or improve
4. assemble verb to put or fit together
5. lingers verb stays on as time passes
6. nocturnal adjective active at night
7. perishable adjective likely to spoil or decay quickly
8. freight noun goods that are carried by ships, trucks, or airplanes
9. port noun a place where boats and ships can dock or anchor safely; harbor
10. nudges verb pushes or touches gently
11. maneuverable adjective capable of being moved easily
Tuesday
Reread the story of the week.Complete Text Connections question 1 - 4 at the end of the story.
*Vocabulary: Choice Board Activity
*Math: Eureka Math Activity Sheet
Wednesday
1. Why is the light on for the nocturnal animals?
2. What happens at the end of the night shift?
*Vocabulary: Choice Board Activity
*Math: Eureka Math Activity Sheet
1. How does the night shift worker make it hard for another worker?
2. Where is a hawk’s nest mentioned in the selection, and why?
*Vocabulary: Choice Board Activity
You will take your reading and vocabulary assessment tomorrow.
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