I am so glad that Dorian decided to stay out to sea and spare our beautiful city of any damage! I look forward to hearing all your hurricane stories when we return to school Monday. That being said, we are simply going to pick up where we left off in social studies and language arts the week before the hurricane came. Here is your updated plan for the week:
Our social studies research will include studying the 13 colonies, the late 1800's in America, and continued research of Europe using the country study charts Montessori material. We will also read the next chapter in our novel study books. Some students will start a creative writing project that will give you a chance to create a magical adventure!
Our social studies research will include studying the 13 colonies, the late 1800's in America, and continued research of Europe using the country study charts Montessori material. We will also read the next chapter in our novel study books. Some students will start a creative writing project that will give you a chance to create a magical adventure!
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 about how Hurricane Dorian affected the Bahamas
- www.quill.org grammar activity
You will have a word study quiz on the following words Friday, September 13. Please write these words onto your workplan and study and throughout the upcoming week. It is important that you are writing your words down on Tuesday since you will have one less day to prepare for your quiz.
Circle group:
-er: promoter, analyzer, misnomer, sequester, milliner
-ier: amplifier, dehumidifier, intensifier, quantifier, emulsifier
Triangle group:
Long e (ee): breeze, fleet, leech, sweet, weep
Long e (ea): bleach, bleak, gleam, preach, spear
Square group:
singular: axis, crisis, ellipsis, oasis, thesis
plural: axes, crises, ellipses, oases, theses
Your vocabulary words this week will be about your social study lessons. Please copy and study the following words into your workplan. You will have a quiz on these words Monday, September 16th.
4th Grade Words
Stamp Act- law
that required colonists to buy stamps for paper goods and documents
Sugar Act- law that
increased the price of sugar, molasses, and several other colonial goods
Parliament- the body of
representatives that makes laws for Great Britain
Tyrants- a cruel and
unreasonable ruler
Boycott- to stop buying
or using goods or services from a certain company or country as a protest
Boston Massacre- an
event in 1770 where five colonists were killed by British soldiers
Townshend Acts- law that
taxed tea, glass, paper, paint, and lead
Engraving- a print made
from an engraved plate, block, or other surface.
Propaganda- information,
often misleading or one-sided, used to promote a particular cause
Quartering Act- law requiring the colonies to
provide housing for British troops in the colonies
5th Grade Words
Emigration- the act of
leaving one’s country to settle in another
Immigrant- a person who
moves to a new country
Assimilation- the
process of fitting into a new culture or becoming like others in that culture
Refugee- a person who
flees one country for another in search of safety.
Visa- a legal permit to
enter a country
Deportation- to force a
citizen of another country to leave a country
Ellis Island- in Upper
New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the U.S. as the
United States' busiest immigrant inspection station for over 60 years from 1892
until 1954
Steerage- the cheapest
passenger accommodations aboard a ship.
Persecution- the
subjecting of certain people to cruel or unfair treatment because of their
ethnic origin or religious beliefs
Pluralism- the existence
of groups with different ethnic, religious, or political backgrounds within one
society.
6th Grade Words
United Kingdom- a small island nation located off the coast of
mainland Europe.
Trade- the action of
buying and selling goods and services
Climate- The average weather
conditions in a certain place over many years.
Manufacturing- make something on a
large scale using machinery
Deposits- a natural layer of sand, rock,
coal, or other material
Heartland- the central or most important
part of a country, area, or field of activity.
Agriculture- the science or practice of
farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the
rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
Hub- a central airport or other
transport facility from which many services operate
Urban- characteristic of a city or
town.
Rural- relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town.
Have a nice weekend,
Mr. Trent
Mr. Trent
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