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"
