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

Bible: March 25-28

Grab an empty shoe box kids! 
We're going to be creating a diorama this week after we study Jesus appointing his twelve apostles.

This will also be our last week to prayer journal in class. You may continue on your own, but we will be going back to memory verses after Easter.

Bible Factoid! 

Did you know that the word "Apostle" comes from the Greek word Apostello which means to "send forth" or "to dispatch". So Apostolos (Apostle) means a person who is sent forth or entrusted with a mission. 

Monday: Twelve Apostles Appointed: worksheet and introduction do diorama project

Wednesday: Stations of the Cross - Parents are invited to attend! 

Friday: No Class- Good Friday 

LITERATURE & HISTORY March 25-29

Hello, Students!

I hope you have had a wonderful and restful Spring Break, and that you have stories to tell about your adventures and travels!  It will be good to see you again!

This is a short week, due to our Good Friday Holiday on Friday.  And on Thursday, we are gone from campus all day to visit the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum!  Remember to bring your permission slip with your $6 fee by this Wednesday morning.  We leave EARLY on Thursday morning--by 7:45.  So be sure you and your parents set your alarms and get to school early on Thursday!

This week, you will have no reading homework at all--not even your 30 minutes for your reading log.  You will spend this "homework" time studying for your upcoming History and Spelling tests, on Tuesday, April 2. And you will also be writing a Texas legend and working on that in the evenings.  You will need your flash drive to bring back and forth from home to school.

Your weekly assignments are linked below.  Your spelling words for next week follow.

Enjoy your last day of break!

Assignment chart for March 25-29
Study Guide for History Test on April 2
Questions over Chapter 15 History
Handout on Fairy Tale Characteristics
Handout on Legend Characteristics
How to Write a Legend

SPELLING for TEST on TUESDAY, April 2

This week, you will only have to spell these words correctly.  There will be no vocabulary.

1.  Puritan

2.  charter

3.  Massachusetts

4.  constitution

5.  religion                                                 

6.  dangerous                                   

7.  burgess

8.  official

9.  foundation

10.  theocracy

11.  democracy

12.  governor

13.  assembly                                                      

14.  persecute

15.  representative

Bible: March 11-15

This week we will continue our lesson on "Jesus and the Woman at the Well."

Monday: Read John 4:1-42, then write four sentences explaining facts from Scripture that were not listed in our introduction in our reading cards.

Wednesday: Prodigal Son Chapel

Friday: Woman at the Well Venn Diagram

LITERATURE & HISTORY March 11-15

Hello, Students!

We have only this one week left in the third nine weeks of school!  If you have any make-up work to turn in, or spelling tests you're planning on retaking, those MUST be completed by this Wednesday, March 13.

Remember to get your last reading log for this 9 weeks turned in on Friday.  We will be finishing Old Yeller by the end of the week.  You will have only reading to do--no charts or questions, other than quizzes, like those we have been taking.

We'll finish Jamestown, study the Plymouth Colony and the Pilgrims, and have one day with the Salem Witch Trials before our spring break.  In Texas history, we'll try and do some catching up, since last week, we ran out of time.

We will be going to our park for a clean-up day on Friday.  I will need to have you bring in a permission slip, and will need another driver.  We'll be out there for about 2 hours, and our snack will be there.  We have Early Out on Friday at 11:45, with no lunch served.  However, Extended Care hours remain the same.  Remember to get your permission slip for the Bob Bullock Museum turned in with your $6 as soon as you can so that when we get back, you won't have to worry about it.

I hope that you and your families have a restful time over Spring Break.  If you are traveling, be safe, and learn something about where you are going--those of you leaving Texas and those of you staying here.

Links to our assignment chart  and the handouts for the week (if available) are below.  There will be no new spelling words this week--you'll get a new list when we get back from our break.

Questions over Chapters 7 & 8 Old Yeller Due Monday
Literature and History Assignment Chart for March 11-15
Puritans and Pilgrims
Mayflower Compact handout
William Bradford info
Of Plymouth Plantation handout
Witch Hunt handout
The Spanish in Texas
Permission slip for Park Day Friday
Permission slip for Bob Bullock Museum

Plymouth Research

Life at Plymouth Plantation

• The Mayflower Voyage and Plymouth Plantation

Visit the website below to see and hear about the voyage of the Mayflower.

1.  First, click on the words above the map on the left, “Tour the Ship.”  You will see numbers on the ship itself.  As you click on these numbers and on the volume button on the picture that comes up, you will hear about that part of the ship.

http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/journey.htm

2.  Then, go back to the page below and click on the words “The Journey of the Mayflower.”  As you click on one of the blue dots, the narrator will tell you about that part of the voyage.  Start at Plymouth, England on the right of your map, and travel across the Atlantic Ocean toward the New World until you have reached Plimoth.

http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/journey.htm

3.  Now let's visit the REAL Plimoth Plantation—a living museum—and meet two settlers and two members of the Wampanoag tribe that will show us what life was like back in 1621. Click on this Internet site to begin your tour, and choose the last video on the right at the bottom of the page:

Plimoth Plantation, Virtual Field Trip

http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/webcast.htm

4.  After watching this video, you may choose to take one other virtual field trips by choosing from the videos at the bottom of the page.  If you should “get lost,” click on the following link, and choose among:

Mayflower

Pilgrim Village

Wampanoag Homesite

http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/webcast.htm

Bible: March 4-8

Monday: We will finish the comparison of scripture and reading card facts that we started last week about Jesus Driving the Merchants from the Temple. We will then create a Merchant Maze, creating paths and false paths in order for the Merchants to escape Jesus ire at their defilement of his Father's house. Who remembers what "DEFILE" means?


Friday: The Woman at the Well, reading cards and worksheet

LITERATURE & HISTORY March 4-8

                                                         
Hello, Students!

I'm sorry to be so late with my blog post this weekend.  As you will see, we are doubling up on our History lessons this week in order to finish the Early British Colonies before Spring Break, and to take advantage of March to learn Texas History.  We will also be starting a great (but sad) novel, Old Yeller.  So I've had to get more ready for the week than usual.  One of the things I think you'll be most excited about is our upcoming field trip to the Bob Bullock Museum in Austin on March 28th!  So, before we reach that date, we have so much to learn!

Get ready to juggle!

You have a spelling test this Monday morning and will have to write the definitions for all 10 words by memory.  Hope you are studying!

Tomorrow in class, you will receive your new packet for the week, with most of the history lessons on Colonial America; a new Texas History folder with this week's work; and your copy of Old Yeller, with the questions/charts for each chapter.  There will be no book report project for this novel.

Those handouts that I have available at this time (Sunday night) will have links below.  If there is no link yet, I will be adding those as I get the papers created!




Literature and History Assignment Chart
TEXAS:  Chapter 1 Overview:  Land of Contrasts
TEXAS:  Chapter 2 Overview:  Texas Regions
Map of Regions
TEXAS:  Chapter 3 Overview:  Native Americans
Map of Native Americans
TEXAS:  Chapter 4-6 Overviews:  Early Explorers and Missions and Settlements
               End of Spanish Rule
Intro handout for Old Yeller
Texas questions for Intro page 2 to Old Yeller
Question Charts for Chapters 1-3, Old Yeller
Question Charts for Chapters 4-6, Old Yeller
Question Charts for Chapters 7-9, Old Yeller
Writing Prompt #1 for Old Yeller 
Writing Prompt #2 for Old Yeller
Article, The Pocahontas Myth
Questions for US History, Chapter 7 and Pocahontas Myth
Questions for US History, Chapters 8 & 9

SPELLING and VOCABULARY for TEST on Monday, March 11

The following words are taken from the first 8 Chapters of Old Yeller.

You will need to be able to spell each word correctly, writing in cursive.

Then, you must define the 7 words that have a * by them from memory.

1.  dingy*     =       dirty-colored

2.  separate                    

3.  frontier*   =       that which is beyond the edge of civilized society; the
                                                   unexplored areas

4.  varmint*   =       vermin, or troublesome animals

5.  solemn*   =       sacred or serious

6.  prairie*    =       large area of grassland

7.  frazzle*    =       torn or tattered, as in clothes; tired or exhausted

8.  thieving

9.  spasm*    =       an involuntary muscular contraction

10.  blizzard

11.  heifer

12.  plague

Math March 4-8

Monday - Introduce Centers
                Assessment Cumulative Test 14

Tuesday - 5th - Lesson 75 Writing Fractions and Decimals as Percents
                4th - Lesson 74 Units of Length

Wednesday - 5th - Lesson 76 Comparing Fractions by Converting to Decimal Form
                      4th - Lesson 75 Changing Improper Fractions to Whole or Mixed Numbers

Thursday - 5th - Lesson 77  Finding Unstated Information in Fraction Problems
                  4th - Lesson 76 Multiplying Fractions

Friday - 5th Lesson 78 - Capacity
             4th Lesson  77 - Converting Units of Weight and Mass



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