Are you ready for another great week at Ellis? There's a lot of fun and learning awaiting you!
Our social studies research will include continued studies of the Fundamental Needs of Humans chart, westward expansion in the United States, and a review of European geography. Language lessons will include some more sentence analysis work.
In addition to any followup work from your lessons, you will have the following required assignments that will be due Friday:
- www.newsela.com current event quiz
- www.quill.org activity
You will also have a word study quiz on the following words:
Circle Group
ex- expressionless, extrinsic, extrusive, excruciate, extensivein- inflate, innate, induced, incline, incisor
Triangle Group
oa- coach, toast, throat, roach, floato_e- pose, woke, tone, dose, mode
Square Group
change "y" to "i", add "ed": worried, studied, buried, married, hurried
add "ed": played, stayed, delayed, dismayed, conveyed
Finally, please copy the following vocabulary words onto your work plan to prepare for a quiz on Monday, August 26th.
4th Grade Vocabulary Words
Fundamental- of central importance
Shelter- a structure that provides protection
Fauna- animal life
Vanity- pride in oneself or appearance
Textiles- a woven or knit cloth
Flora- plant life
Culture- the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group
Folk Art- the traditional, typically anonymous, art of usual non-professional artists
Ornamentation- an object or action done to embellish one's appearance
Material- relating to physical matter rather than spiritual or intellectual things
5th Grade Vocabulary Words
Gold Rush- a large-scale and hasty movement of people to a region where gold has been discovered, as to California in 1849.
Chisholm Trail- a cattle trail leading North from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas It was used for about twenty years after the Civil War.
Black cowboys- Roughly 9,000 African American cowboys who had been freed from slavery to work in the American west.
Westward expansion- The movement of people towards the western United States during and after the Civil War.
Wright Brothers- achieved the first powered flight in an airplane they built themselves in 1903
George Washington Carver- An African American scientist who made an enormous impact on American life by inventing plastics, dyes, medicines, flour, and fertilizers from sweet potatoes and peanuts.
Alexander Graham Bell- invented the telephone in 1875.
Thomas Edison- An inventor best known for creating the first practical light bulb and electrical generating system.
Phonograph- a sound-reproducing machine using records in the form of cylinders or discs.
Transcontinental Railroad- A train route across the United States, finished in 1869.
Chisholm Trail- a cattle trail leading North from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas It was used for about twenty years after the Civil War.
Black cowboys- Roughly 9,000 African American cowboys who had been freed from slavery to work in the American west.
Westward expansion- The movement of people towards the western United States during and after the Civil War.
Wright Brothers- achieved the first powered flight in an airplane they built themselves in 1903
George Washington Carver- An African American scientist who made an enormous impact on American life by inventing plastics, dyes, medicines, flour, and fertilizers from sweet potatoes and peanuts.
Alexander Graham Bell- invented the telephone in 1875.
Thomas Edison- An inventor best known for creating the first practical light bulb and electrical generating system.
Phonograph- a sound-reproducing machine using records in the form of cylinders or discs.
Transcontinental Railroad- A train route across the United States, finished in 1869.
6th Grade Vocabulary Words
Eurasia- the large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia
English Channel- a narrow sea between Great Britain and France
Rhine River- a river that originates in the Swiss Alps mountain range and flows northwest to the North Sea
Mediterranean Sea- World’s largest inland sea
Population- the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
European Plain- a vast, flat area stretching from France’s Atlantic coast to the Ural Mountains.
Pyrenees- a mountain range that forms a border between France and Spain
Iberian Peninsula- located in southwest Europe, this landmass contains Spain and Portugal
Landform- a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills and valleys
Peninsula- an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
There are a number of other special things happening this week. They include:
Monday- Math MAP assessment
Tuesday- School pictures (free dress down day)
Thursday- Reading MAP assessment & PTA meeting at 6:30 in Ellis MPR
Finally, you will be receiving your first progress report of the year this Tuesday! Please review it with your family, sign the front cover of the workplan, and return it to your teacher Wednesday. Part of the report is found at www.transparentclassroom.com. Feel free to contact me on the Remind app if you have any questions.
Enjoy your weekend!
Mr. Trent
English Channel- a narrow sea between Great Britain and France
Rhine River- a river that originates in the Swiss Alps mountain range and flows northwest to the North Sea
Mediterranean Sea- World’s largest inland sea
Population- the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
European Plain- a vast, flat area stretching from France’s Atlantic coast to the Ural Mountains.
Pyrenees- a mountain range that forms a border between France and Spain
Iberian Peninsula- located in southwest Europe, this landmass contains Spain and Portugal
Landform- a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills and valleys
Peninsula- an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
There are a number of other special things happening this week. They include:
Monday- Math MAP assessment
Tuesday- School pictures (free dress down day)
Thursday- Reading MAP assessment & PTA meeting at 6:30 in Ellis MPR
Finally, you will be receiving your first progress report of the year this Tuesday! Please review it with your family, sign the front cover of the workplan, and return it to your teacher Wednesday. Part of the report is found at www.transparentclassroom.com. Feel free to contact me on the Remind app if you have any questions.
Enjoy your weekend!
Mr. Trent
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