Last Week of School!

Happy Memorial Day!

This is a very short and fun week!  This post will be a reminder of all the fun things we will be doing:




Tuesday:  
     8-9   5th Grade Class will be walking to Tres Magueyas for a Graduation Breakfast
     9-10:45   4th and 5th graders will be Teaching the Teacher!  Wesley, Avery, Molly,
                                                                                                 Austin
     10:00     Happy Unbirthday Party for Sriram and Cassie
     We will finish watching the last two episodes of The Revolutionary War if time permits
     10:45     Zoo Man
     (We will not be taking part in the Fire Safety House today)
     6:15     Be in the Music Room, dressed for your Music Program and Graduation

Wednesday:
     8:30ish:  Get in cars to go to Ft. Hood on the field trip.
                  Drivers:  Mr. Dent; Mrs. Ratcliff; Col. Croley
                  Mr. Vandenbout--will accompany class as a chaperone, riding with one of the
                                               other adults
     2:30     Return to school

Thursday:
     8:45-11:00  Teach the Teacher:  Cassie, Sophia, Hudson
     We will finish watching The Revolutionary War
     Bring a fabric or larger paper bag with handles to take home your things!
     11:00  PARTY!
                Dents:  Chicken wings
                Ratcliffs:  Dessert
                We still need (as far as I know) volunteers to bring:  plates and napkins for 9;
                                                                                               pizza; drinks for 9

This has been a really wonderful year with you!  You can't know this, but after all my years of teaching, I can honestly say that you have been one of the very best classes I have ever taught!  I will miss you all.  Have a fun and restful summer.  Best wishes to those of you who will not be returning.  I will be excited to welcome you back for an even greater year if you are returning!

With Love and Peace,

Mrs. Horner

Bible: May 20-24

Memory Verse:

"While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him; but Jesus said to him, "Judas, is it with a kiss that you are betraying the Son of Man?"

Luke 22:47-48

 

This week we will be discussing Jesus betrayal and arrest, leading us into the crucifixion. In class we harmonized this betrayal from three Gospels; Mark, Luke and John. We began discussions of Jesus referral to himself as "I Am." Please look back at your notes from class here: CLICK ME

The “I AM” harkens back to God’s reference to himself as the Great I AM in the old testament. We discussed specifically the passage of Moses and the burning bush from Exodus 3.

Jesus said ‘I am’ on seven occasions.  Each ‘I am’ is a description Jesus gave of Himself and is recorded in John’s Gospel.  The Seven ‘I am’ sayings help us better understand the divinity of Jesus Christ.  

1.I am the bread of life, he who comes to me shall not hunger. John 6:35

2. I am the light of the world, he who follows me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life. John 8:12

3.  “I am the gate; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.” John 10:9

4. “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for His sheep.” John 10:11

5. “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me shall live even if he dies.” John 11:25

6. “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.” John 14:6

7.  “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.” John 15:1  

The divinity of Jesus Christ is further illustrated in John 8:58.  Jesus said,  “Truly, Truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am”, which means that Jesus existed before His human life on earth.

LIT & HISTORY for May 20-24

Howdy, Pardners!

Sorry to be getting this out so late this weekend--I almost forgot I needed to do it!  This week is going to be a week to get things finished and the loose ends "tied up."

When I pick you up each morning, Monday-Thursday, we will go straight to the computer lab so that you can work on your three PowerPoint slides for your ABCs of Johnny Tremain.  I will be giving you a rubric tomorrow with the expectations of what should be on each slide.  BRING YOUR OWN THUMB DRIVES from home if you have one.  That way, when your slides are completed and saved on your thumb drive, I can take those and compile one PPt from the 26 slides.

We will spend half of our time in the computer lab each day, and the other half upstairs continuing to watch the United Streaming series on The Revolutionary War.  You have your Causes of the Revolution Test on Tuesday.  Remember that you must also be able to recite the opening to the Declaration of Independence on Tuesday--you choose how much you want to memorize based on the grade you want to receive. Remember that if you want some "easy" extra credit, you need to find an article about the present day Tea Party and the illegal targeting of them by the IRS that has been in the news lately, and bring it in!

We have our last spelling test on Friday, and you must turn in your last reading log on Friday, too!  Since you have no reading assignments this week, you need to be reading 30 minutes each night from a book of your choice!

This week, we have a few special events:

Tuesday night is your Music Concert.  You will need to be in the Music Room by 6:15.  Miss Boyd writes
       "The kids need to wear a white shirt/blouse (no print on them please) and khaki bottoms (pants, shorts, and skirts). I'm not going to be picky about shoes this concert because some of them have to get down on the floor when they play boom whackers."

On Friday, the Zoo Man will come with his "pets" at 10:30.  That is also the day that we begin our Johnny Tremain book reports, and Teach the Teacher lessons with our first three students.  Please  link to the document below that will tell you about this schedule.  You will also get a copy in class tomorrow.

Your spelling words for your last test are below.  Please study!  Grades have definitely dropped on spelling tests since I began giving them (at your request) on Fridays.

Have a nice, restful Sunday!

Assignment Chart for week
Rubric and Schedule for Teach the Teacher and Book Reports
Study Guide for Causes Test
Declaration Memorization

SPELLING & VOCABULARY for Friday, May 24

These words come from the Declaration of Independence.  You will need to be able to spell all 17 words, and define the 8 that have been labeled by memory (it will not be matching.)

1.         declaration

2.         independence

3.         *endowed       =    bestowed or given

4.         *unalienable  =      non-transferable

5.          pursuit

6.          instituted

7.         *deriving         =    receiving

8.         governed

9.         destructive

10.       *alter   =      change 

11.       *abolish           =    do away with

12.       foundation

13.       principles                                                        

14.       organizing

15.       *reliance          =    dependence

16.       *Providence  =       guidance of God

17.       *mutually        =      shared

Bible: May 13-17

Memory Verse:

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, "Sit here while I go over there and pray." And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed, "My Father if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not what I want but what you want." 

Matthew 26:36, 39


Monday: TEST!!!! I hope you studied!

Friday: Jesus and the Third Cup, Introduction to Prayer in the Garden

LIT & HISTORY for May 13-17

Happy Mother's Day! 
I hope you are going to do something very special for and with your Moms this weekend!

This week, we will gallop faster than Paul Revere to get finished with the Causes of the Revolutionary War!  We will also finish reading Johnny Tremain, and you will begin working on your ABCs for this novel.  Below are some important dates to remember as the school year nears its end:

Thursday, May 16--Spelling/Vocabulary Test over words below; Quiz over Johnny Tremain 7-12

Thursday evening, 6:00--Science Fair, Latin plays, Art Show

Friday, May 17--FIELD DAY!

Monday, May 20--Layered books must be completed and turned in

Monday, May 20--Your Parent Signatures are due for Teach the Teacher

Tuesday, May 21--Test over Causes of the Revolutionary War.                                                                                  This has been rescheduled from this Wed.

Tuesday, May 21--You will be reciting part of the Declaration of Independence by memory for a grade

Friday, May 24--Last spelling test--words will be given to you this Friday

Friday, May 24--You begin giving your ABC book reports, and Teaching the Teacher

Don't forget to bring in your signature page for your progress reports!

There are links below to this week's info.

Assignment Chart for week
Declaration of Independence for memorization
Study Guide for Causes test on Tuesday, May 21
Teach the Teacher
Book report guidelines for ABCs of Johnny  Tremain
Diagramming prepositional phrases that modify Direct Objects

SPELLING/VOCABULARY for Test on Thursday, May 16
You will need to be able to match the definitions to the correct words

1. Loyalist                 a  colonist who remained loyal to the British cause

2. militia                    a  citizen army

3. ragamuffin            someone dressed in rags

4. redoubt                 an  earthen hilltop fort

5. seditious               an  activity that is against lawful authority

6. treason                  the  offense of trying to overthrow a legitimate government

7. defection               the  abandonment of one's allegiance

8. allegiance             loyalty

9. inventory              a  list of goods or supplies

10. reconciliation     the  restoration of friendship or peaceful relationships

11. martial                of  the military

12. provincial            from  the provinces, or "country-fied"

Bible: May 6-10

Memory Verse:

 

Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me." And he did the same with the cup after supper saying, "This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood."

 

Luke 22:19-20

 

 

Monday: Plot to Kill Jesus - Luke 22:1-6

Today we discussed and took notes on Judas Iscariot's plot to kill Jesus. Your Greek word reference today was "Methodeia" meaning, "Method, the following or pursuing of an orderly and technical procedure in the handling of a subject." In other words...Satan is professional at strategy and he does not make messy plans.

Friday: Plot to Kill Jesus Continued

 

Notes from Monday's class: Click here for Monday's Notes

Notes from Friday's class: Click here for Friday's Notes






There will be a test next Monday, May 13th over:

Triumphal Entry
Plot to Kill Jesus
Plot to Kill Jesus Continued
Last Supper

LIT & HISTORY for May 6-10

Happy Weekend, Students!

This week, we will continue to read Johnny Tremain,  and work our layered book about the Causes leading up to the Revolutionary War.  Muffins for Moms is Friday, so be sure and let your moms know to come that morning and eat breakfast and be with you at school!  We'll be working on our surprises for our moms on Tuesday this week.

I will be giving you your Progress Reports on Monday, and you need to get those signed and back to me by Wednesday.  You will also hear about Teach the Teacher week, which is our last week of school.  I have included a link to the handout below if you want a sneak peek!

You will have two spelling tests this week--one on Monday, and the other on Friday.  From now on, spelling tests will be on Friday--May 17 and May 24.  You will get a study guide this week for the History test over Causes of the Revolution, which is also available below.  The test will be a week from this Wednesday, May 15.  There is an earlier blog post from last weekend that includes ALL of the causes with pictures, so that you can work on this at home if you would like to get ahead (or caught up!)

If you need any of the charts for Johnny Tremain, you can find them on the blog post for the Week of LIT & HISTORY April 29-May 3.

The handouts and this week's Friday spelling words are below.  Have a good Sunday!

Assignment chart for this week
Progress Report signature page (also will be given as a hard copy in class)
Study Guide for Causes of the Revolution Test
Teach the Teacher handout
Diagramming Review and Sentences
Diagramming Commands and Questions
Diagramming Prepositional Phrases

Spelling List for Test on Monday, May 6

1.  wharf = a pier or boat dock

2.  autocratic = like a dictator

3.  politely = with manners                                                                                   

4.  apprentice = one who is learning a trade or skill from a master craftsman

5.  venerable  = worthy of respect

6.  haughty  =  someone who is full of pride and looks down on others

7.  consequence = as "a person of consequence"--someone notable

8.  lamentable  =  grievous, mournful

9.  belligerent =  war-like, argumentative and quarrelsome

10.  maimed =  a deformity caused by an injury

Spelling List for Test on Friday, May 10

1.  belligerent   =  likely to argue or fight

2.  chagrin  =  to distress by disappointment or humiliation

3.  enigmatic  =  puzzling

4.  exuberant  =  enthusiastic

5.  fatuous  =  foolish or silly

6.  flaccid  =  without energy; limp

7.  nonchalantly  =  in a way that shows casual indifference

8.  unobtrusively  =  without being noticed

9.  venerable =  worthy of respect or awe

10.  intricate  =  complicated

May 6-10

May 6-10
Lesson 10 8 Tranformations
Lesson 110 Symmetry
Lesson 112  Multiplying and Dividing Integers
Lesson 115  Writing Percents as Fractions
Lesson 12 Volume of a Cylinder
Journal Check - May 10

May 13-17
Next week End of Year Review and Test over Saxon
We will review for two days and test on Wednesday, May 15.
Tin Man Project
Divide in groups
Go over rules
Begin Planning on Paper (Drawing)
Journal Check May 17

May 20-24

Design and Build Tin Man
Complete all Journal Activities

May 28 Last Day of Math

Report about Tin Man

Include Drawing
Report - Measurements

Bible: April 29-May 3

Memory Verse:

 

And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”  And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”

 

Matthew 21:9-11

Monday: Triumphal Entry, we took notes in class on this lesson and had discussion about the many elements of this event. You can find your notes on the link below:

Click Here: Triumphal Entry notes


Friday: Recite your memory verse for the teacher, then we will continue our discussion of Jesus entry into Jerusalem leading us into the study of the last week of Jesus life before the resurrection.

Click here for Friday's Notes

Math April 29 - May 3

Next Journal Due Date is May 10

These items will be checked
Rounding
Supplementary and Complementary Angles
Steps for =, -, x, / Decimals
Transformations
Dividing Fractions
Points, Lines, Rays, and Segments
Measuring Capacity
Decimal, Fraction, Percent

Bring tin cans - We will be starting our final project next week.  We need soup, tomato sauce, sardine, tuna, etc. cans.  Five cans = one ring pop.


Fifth Grade
Tuesday - Lesson 98 Sum of the Angles
                Lesson 99 Fraction, Decimal, Percent
                Lesson 100 Addition of Integers

Thursday  Lesson 103  Perimeter of Complex Shapes
                Lesson 106  Two Step Equations
                Lesson 107  Area of Complex Shapes

Fourth Grade
Wednesday - Lesson 97 Ratios
                      Lesson 99 Adding and Subtracting Decimal Numbers
                      Lesson 100 Simplifying Decimal Numbers

Friday - Lesson 103 - Volume
             Lesson 104 - Rounding Decimals to Nearest Whole

Math Websites -
Perimeter and Area
Ratio Race
Factor Feeder
Meteor Multiplication
Multiples Blaster
Wonderputt Angles
Dress Up Math
Speedboat Negative Numbers
Volume Shapes Shoot

LIT & HISTORY Week of April 26-May 3, 2013

Hello, Students!

This is the week some of you have been waiting for!  This week, we begin the study of the Revolutionary War by analyzing the things the British did that made the colonists want to overthrow that government and become INDEPENDENT!  And to help us picture these events, we get to read a great novel of American historical fiction, Johnny Tremain!

I will be giving you a reading guide so that you can keep up with your reading assignments (1 LONG chapter each night), your reading charts, and your book report research.

You will also be creating a layered timeline  book about the Causes of the Revolutionary War.  These next three weeks will be FAST and FURIOUS, but FUN:  F to the 3rd Power!  

Your assignment chart for this week, and your handouts are below if you find you need to access them here on the blog.  Your spelling/vocabulary words are listed below.  Your test will be Monday, May 6.

This week on Friday, we will be celebrating Cinco de Mayo, so wear something festive!

See you on Monday!

Assignment chart for week
Johnny Tremain introduction
Characters from Johnny Tremain
Johnny's Head graphic chart (scroll to page 6)
ABCs Chart for Johnny Tremain
Historical Events chart, Chapters 1-5
Historical Events chart, Chapters 6-10
Study Guide for Chapters 1-6
Maps of Boston, Then and Now
Reading Log for next 2 weeks

Causes of the Revolutionary War layered book
French and Indian War primary sources for layered book

SPELLING WORDS for Test on Monday, May 6:  (you must be able to match the word to its definition)

1.  wharf = a pier or boat dock

2.  autocratic = like a dictator

3.  politely = with manners                                                                                   

4.  apprentice = one who is learning a trade or skill from a master

                          craftsman

5.  venerable  = worthy of respect

6.  haughty  =  someone who is full of pride and looks down on

                         others

7.  consequence = as "a person of consequence"--someone notable

8.  lamentable  =  grievous, mournful

9.  belligerent =  war-like, argumentative and quarrelsome

10.  maimed =  a deformity caused by an injury

CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR Research Sites

CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

You will only have 15 minutes at the computer, so you must work quickly.

Only the 1^st person at the computer needs to do this. Download the article that comes up when you click on the Cause you are looking up. When the article has been downloaded, click on it to bring it up. Then, “Save As” to the Desktop.  Then, open the article and follow the directions below.

1st, read the article for the Cause you are researching.

                2nd, take notes in order to answer the questions for your layered book.

3rd, choose the picture you want to copy by right clicking, copying, and pasting it into a Word Document  or thumb drive. 

Label your file: (Your Name) Causes Pics

Be sure that you write a caption for it as soon as you save it so you don't forget what the picture is!

THE SUGAR ACT

THE STAMP ACT

THE STAMP ACT CONGRESS

THE QUARTERING ACT

THE TOWNSHEND ACTS

THE BOSTON MASSACRE

THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

THE INTOLERABLE ACTS

THE 1ST AND 2ND CONTINENTAL CONGRESSES

THE SHOT HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD

Bible: April 22-26

Memory Verse:

He sat down, called the twelve and said to them, "Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and a servant of all." Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, "Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes not me but the one who sent me."

Mark 9:35-37

Last week we discussed and quizzed ourselves over the information we could gather from scripture about Jesus Transfiguration. This week, we open with the scene of Jesus and his 3 disciples, Peter, James, and John coming down from that mountain and finding the other disciples in an argument.

Monday: Healing the boy with a spirit

Below is a link to the notes we took on the board today in class.

Jesus heals the boy NOTES

Friday: Triumphal Entry

STANFORD TESTS

Hello!  I hope you are having a relaxing and fun weekend.  The weather is perfect!

This week, I will not be giving you an assignment chart, because the only day we will really have class is on Monday morning (history and literature.)  We will try to learn as much as we can about the French and Indian War in the short time we have that day.  Below is what we will be doing this week and some reminders!  Please make every effort to get to school every day this week, and to be on time!  Making up the Stanford Test is NOT FUN!

MONDAY:  * Take Spelling Test--be able to use words correctly in sentences
* Study the French and Indian War
* Discuss our Expository Writing from Friday
* Hand out packets about writing your Science Fair Projects
* Bring permission slip for Park Day in the afternoon 12-2:00
*  AT HOME:  Study for 13 Colonies Test; Read 30 minutes each night in book of choice;                     Get a good night's sleep!

TUESDAY:  * Eat a good breakfast:  Bring a sweater or jacket/hoodie; a pillow and blanket if you want them; a book you are reading from home; DO NOT bring any electronic devices of any kind
*  Stanford Testing:  Mrs. Aly Barnes will pick you up from Activities Center
You will have your:  Reading Vocabulary Test, Reading Comprehension Test, Social Studies Test, and Science Test            
Please BE ON TIME to school--the tests begin at 8:20!

WEDNESDAY:  *Eat a good breakfast!
*  Stanford Testing:  Miss Vicki Boyd/Mrs. Horner will pick you up from Activities Center
You will have your:  Word Study Skills Test (4th Grade only); Math Problem Solving Test, Spelling Test, and Listening Test

THURSDAY:  *Eat a good breakfast!  Bring your 5$ for the Dr. Pepper Museum and permisison slips
*  Stanford Testing:  Mrs. Scott will pick you up from the Activities Center
You will have your:  Math Procedures Test and Language Test
When testing is completed, we will finish the French and Indian War

FRIDAY:  Treat yourself to Doughnuts!!!  (just kidding!)
Today is your field trip to the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco.  Be sure you have your sack lunch, and that you have turned in your 5$ fee and your permission slip BEFORE today, please!

Your Test over the 13 Colonies is Monday, April 29!  New Chart and Practice Map
No Spelling this week, no Spelling Test next week!

LITERATURE & HISTORY April 15-19

Good Morning, Students!

This week, we will be finishing our study of the 13 Colonies, and you will be studying for a test over the Colonies on Monday, April 29.  I know that seems a long way off,  but next week, we will only have class on Monday.  Tuesday-Thursday, April 23-25, you will be taking the Stanford Achievement Test.  On Friday, April 26, you will  be in Waco at the Dr. Pepper Museum.  So, you'll get your study guide way ahead of time to prepare for this major test!

We will finish reading The Light in the Forest this week, and you'll finally have your answer--does True Son ever get to go back to live with the Lenni Lenape?

You will have a reading log due on Friday, and a quiz over the last 5 chapters of the book on Thursday.  You have a spelling test tomorrow, and one more on Monday, April 22.  To prepare for this spelling test, you will actually have spelling homework that will be due on Thursday.

Whew!  School will be out before we know it!

Have a beautiful Sunday afternoon, and I'll see you tomorrow.  Connect below to the posted handouts for the week--and you'll also get them in class tomorrow.

Assignment Chart for this week
Spelling Homework Due Thursday
Charts comparing the Colonies
Study Guide for 13 Colonies Test
13 Colonies Map for test

SPELLING & VOCABULARY for Test on Monday, April 22

For vocabulary, you must be able to: 

            1.  Define the word as used in the sentence in the book (or you can look it up) and,

                2.  Be able to use the word in a meaningful sentence, not the same as in the book. 

1.  oration (p. 108) =  Meaning:  ____________________________________
            Your sentence:  ___________________________________________

2.  remnant (p. 109) = Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  ____________________________________________

3.  wreathed ( p. 110) = Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  _____________________________________________

4.  commotion (p. 113) = Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  ______________________________________________

5.  caution (p. 117) =  Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  ____________________________________________

6.  alacrity (p. 129) =  Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  ____________________________________________

7.  dialect (p. 134) =   Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  ____________________________________________

8.  immense (p. 136) =  Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  _____________________________________________

9.  plunder (p. 137) =   Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  ____________________________________________

10.  pillage (p. 137) =   Meaning:  ____________________________________

            Your sentence:  _____________________________________________

Math April 15-19

New Journal Entries for Week
Classify Triangles
Transfomations
Fractions and Decimals as Percents
Simplifying Improper Fractions

4th Grade
Wednesday - Lesson 92 - Dividing by 2 Digit Numbers
                      Lesson 94 - Using Estimation when Dividing by Two Digit Numbers

Friday - Lesson 93 Comparative Graphs
             Lesson 95 Reciprocals

5th Grade -

Tuesday -    Lesson 94 Writing Fractions and Decimals as Percents Review
                   Lesson 95 Reducing Rates Before Multiplying

Thursday - Lesson 96 Graphing Functions
                 Lesson 97 Transversals

Bible: April 8-12

I spoke with you all in class about us catching the fast train in our study of the Gospels so that we might end with Jesus Ascension by the end of this school year. Please be sure to come to class on time, even on special days such as Park Days or Field Trip days. We still have bible class on those mornings.

Sadly, we are going to have to skip some of the miracles and other events along the way. I want to encourage you to read the introductions on our reading cards and scriptures to the lessons we are going to have to skip over. I could spend a whole year on Jesus miracles, but we have our whole lives to read God's Word so don't let me stop you from seeking knowledge in the word on your own time!

• That being said, we are going to finish up Jesus Sermon on the Mount this coming Monday by going over the scriptures and finding how Jesus came to explain and fulfill the law, not to destroy it. Go back and review our notes we took on Friday into our prayer journals. 

• Friday we will begin Jesus sending his Apostles out two by two. Come prepared with your pencils, bibles, and review who these 12 Apostles were. Ask someone if they know the difference between an Apostle and a Disciple. 

COLONY RESEARCH

Below is a great site for finding out more about the Middle and Southern Colonies!

  http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies2.htm

LITERATURE & HISTORY April 8-12, 2013

         

Are you ready for a FULL week of school?  We've been spoiled by spring break and two short weeks. Now, we have to get down to getting this year completed!

This week, you will be studying the rest of the 13 Colonies:  the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies.  We will have a short unit on Slavery as it applied to agriculture and economics in these colonies.

You will need to be working on your Texas Legend PowerPoint at school and at home, if necessary.  It is due this Friday.  Friday is also Grandparent's Day, and after the concert, please invite your Grandparents up to the room to see your PowerPoint presentations of your Legends!  I'm sure they'll enjoy your stories!

You have a spelling test this Monday, as well as a quiz over Chapters 4-6 from The Light in the Forest.

Your new spelling and vocabulary words for next week's test (Monday, April 15) are below.  So are links to your weekly assignment chart and the few new papers I will be handing out this week.

I hope you have a blessed Sunday, and I'll see you tomorrow!

Assignment Chart for this week
Questions over Chapter 29, Benjamin Franklin
If you need charts or information on the 13 Colonies, please see last week's blog post for links.

SPELLING WORDS and VOCABULARY for TEST on Monday, April 15

1. realm  =        an area ruled by a king or government

2. abiding =      lasting or permanent

3. massacre =   when large numbers of people are murdered

4. dispute =      to argue

5. harangue =   to lecture someone forcefully

6. drivel  =        silly talk

7. scurvy =       a disease resulting from not enough Vitamin C

8. pestilence = a plague or disease

9. abhorrence = extreme hatred or loathing

10. subscribe = to sign a document; to “buy into” (as an idea, or a magazine or newspaper)

11. moccasins = leather shoes worn by Indians

12. miasma =   poisonous gas

Math April 8-12

Tin Can Math

Our end of year project will consist of creating a Volume Tin Man and/or Woman.  This will all be done in class and we will begin working on these in May.  Here are some sample tin men.
   
Mrs. Lin has been collecting large cans for me and I'm sure we will have enough of those.  What I need is smaller cans like tomato paste, tuna, sardines, etc.  The students will figure the volume, measurement and capacity of their final work.


Fourth/Fifth Lessons and Activities

Monday - Fifth Grade Assessment over Lessons 80-88
                Fourth Grade Assessment over Lessons 80-87

Monday Journal Prompts -  Introductions

Geometric Formulas
Catch up on Journal Entries - Turn in Journals Friday

Fifth grade will work on these activities on Wednesday Friday
Fourth grade will work on these activities on Tuesday, Thursday

Tuesday 5th Grade
 Lesson 91  Geometric Formulas - Square, Rectangle, Parallelogram, Triangle
 Lesson 92  Expanded Notation with Exponents, Powers of Fractions
Lesson 93 Classify Triangles - Review

Wednesday 4th Grade
Lesson 88 Transformations
Lesson 89 Analyzing Prisms
Lesson 90 Reducing Fractions Review

Thursday 5th Grade
Lesson 93 Classify Triangles - Review

Friday 4th Grade
Lesson 91 Simplifying Improper Fractions

Literature & History Week of April 2-5

Happy Easter, Students!

First, I'd like to thank you for being so well behaved and attentive on our field trip to the Bob Bullock Museum.  You are a delight to be with!  I hope you had as much fun as I did!

I hope you are enjoying this beautiful celebration of the Resurrection of Our Lord, Jesus!  You have one more day off (unless you are in Extended Care on Monday), so enjoy yourselves.  It's our last holiday until May 27th.  Wow!  That's nine weeks from now, and school will almost be over.

This week, we will be studying for our History Test over the Early British Colonies of Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth, Salem, and Massachusetts Bay--and there is so much to go over that I have postponed the test from this Tuesday until Friday, April 5.  You still ought to be studying those colonies we have already reviewed.   You can access your study guide here if you have lost it.

We will begin a short study of the 13 American Colonies this week, and will start with the New England and Middle Colonies.  You will be doing some group research, filling out charts, and watching films that will help summarize the differences in these regions.

We will also begin a new historical novel this week, and it's one of my favorites--The Light in the Forest.  You won't have a book report or project with this book, but will have to keep track of the geography (which is a very important "character,") as well as the British, American Colonists, and Native Americans who are important characters, too.

You have a Spelling Test Monday; you will have a new Reading Log to fill out for this Friday; and you will continue to work on your Texas Legend writing and PowerPoint.  Don't forget to bring a flash drive to school so that you can save your work from the computer lab.  The rough  draft of your legend is due this Wednesday, and  you'll turn it in on your flash drive.

This Friday morning, you are in for a very special concert!  Mrs. Sullivant has a very famous cousin, David Holt, who is a folk song and instrumental performer of American folk music, and an amazing storyteller.  He has put out CDs,  has even won Grammy's, and he'll be at CCS to sing and perform for us!  You can link to his website here!

Below are your links for this week.  Don't forget that you have a spelling test on Tuesday!

Literature and History Assignment Chart for the Week
Bob Bullock Museum Field Trip Evaluation
Early Colonies Comparison Chart
Thirteen Colonies Map
New England Colonies Chart
Middle Colonies Chart
Thirteen Colonies Information
Ohio/Pennsylvania River Map
Intro to The Light in the Forest
Light in the Forest Reading Charts

SPELLING WORDS/VOCABULARY for TEST on Monday, April 8
You will need to spell the word correctly, using cursive writing; then match the word to its definition

1. aversion = a strong dislike for something or someone                       

2. palaver = flattering speech

3. doughty = strong and brave                                                 

4. spunky = courageous

5. frontier = unexplored territory                                                           

6. excitation = being in an excited state

7. grimace = a facial expression of dislike or pain

8. acknowledge = to recognize

9. soberly = with seriousness

10. cumbersome = burdensome and clumsy