Weekly homework for 10/27-10/31

Unless otherwise stated, homework will always be due by Fridays.

Homework:
*Read (or be read to) for 20 minutes per night
*Practice multiplication facts for 10 minutes per night
*Review spelling words: Tests are on Fridays

Additional Homework:
*Spelling packet #8
*Practice states and capitals

Projects: (Choose one or more of the projects listed below)
*Interview your family/ancestors and write a summary about how your family ended up in Hillsboro, Oregon.

*Research an explorer of your choice and write about report about your findings. (Examples: Columbus, Cortez, Drake, Magellan, Vasco de Gama, Ponce de Leon etc.)

*Describe a day in the life of an early American settler. (Examples: Arctic, Intermountain, Northwest, Plains, Woodland, Southwest tribes.)

*Trace the routes of the explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries coming to the Americas. Display on a map.

*Make a time-line of exploration of the Americas, including the Clovis people, the Vikings, early American settlers, and European explorers.