I am so proud of the work you did last week. You learned so much! These are skills that you will be able to use the rest of your lives. I am excited about seeing your Colonial dolls, dressed in costumes YOU designed and created with your own hands! I am looking forward to hearing you read your character sketch of your character from The Witch of Blackbird Pond! We will have only two and a half hours on Monday to finish your doll costumes in class. If you need more time, you will have to take them home and finish them there on Monday and Tuesday evenings.
Those of you who have finished your clothes and the other parts of the project can present your book report on Tuesday and receive 10 extra points for being finished early. Those of you who need an extra night at home to finish will not lose any points, and must present them on Wednesday.
The rest of the week, we will finish studying Roanoke (I mean it this time!), and will begin studying the Jamestown Colony. To find out more about Jamestown, link to:
www.historian.org/local/jamstwnva.htm#aa2
We won't begin another novel until next week, so each night, you will need to read 30 minutes from a book of your choice. We will have new spelling words this week--and you will need to be able to write the definitions of each from memory for your test.
Friday is COWBOY DAY and we will have fun activities that will kick off our study of Texas history during the month of March.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Your assignment chart link for the week is below, as well as links to any papers you will need to work on during class this week.
Assignment chart for this week
Questions and Picture Activity Chart for Chapters 2-4
SPELLING and
VOCABULARY for TEST on Monday, March 4
These words come from our
History textbook
For this test, you must be
able to WRITE THE DEFINITIONS from memory!
1. embark = to set off
(as on a trip)
2. gaudy = showy
and brightly colored
3. peril = a
danger or risk
4. privateer = a
pirate with a government license
5. abundance = plenty
6. paradise = a
perfect place of great beauty
7. ballast = something heavy, carried in a
ship, to
make it more stable
8. estuary = a body of water where the mouth of
a river meets the sea
9. misperception = an
error in the way things are seen
10. yeoman = small
farmer who cultivated his own land
