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YOUR DAILY ASSIGNMENTS

May 6

  1. Play the Flight to Freedom game. if you haven't finished already
  2. continue to read Uncle Toms Cabin - or listen to it -

April 30 and May 1

Start Reading Uncle Tom's Cabin
answer the questions

April 17

April 15

April 8

Read the 1st page passage on the Circulatory System

March 26

Work on History Westward Expansion Activities - work on level M reading and completing the writing activities. 
Read SECTION 2 removal of Native Americans
Review the Timeline for American Indian Removal Act
Review Pictures from This page


PRIMARY / SECONDARY SOURCES

March 20

Read the Story of Lewis and Clark
  1. Read about Meriweather Lewis.
  2. Read about William Clark. What was one of the primary reasons for the expedition?  (answer: to find a water route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean)
  3. Looking at this map, do you think they found one?

SCIENCE: 
read chapter 25



March 18

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Watch Brainpop on Mexican American War /Alamo
(if we haven't already) watch Western Expansion
Today, you will complete a Westward Expansion map using the animated map below.


SCIENCE: your bones that you must know the names and locations


ORIGINAL ANIMATED MAP
Animated Map
When you finish map and turn it in, go to
50 states game
If you score lower than 44/50, play again!

March 13

Watch: JOINTS
Read: Chapter 1 This is a summary of all the body systems we will cover. Don't worry we will review this information in more detail as we go through class.


Review: the bones in your body. Begin to memorize their names. 

MARCH 11

The WAR of 1812 - explore this website first start at the ISSUES page and then explore each individual.

March 5/6/7

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SCIENCE
  1. Read about aquatic plants.
  2. Read about the different types of aquatic plants.
  3. Make an outline. Title it “Aquatic Plants.”Write: I. Algae II. Floating Plants, etc. There are 4. Under each category list A. Habitat  B. Types.  Under A and B use 1. 2. 3., etc. to write one fact on each line.
    • If you haven’t learned what an outline looks like yet, here is an example.
  4. Read about algae. Read the intro on the page and then click on the algae link and click on the specific types. List the types and information you learned on your outline.
  5. Read about floating plants. Read the intro on the page and then click on the floating plants link and click on the specific types. List the types and information you learned on your outline.






HISTORY
WATCH this VIDEO: This video has a LOT of information don't worry if you don't get it all the first time. If you watched Liberty's kids you will know so of the names. Thomas Paine. 

WRITE: 
What is an inalienable right? 
What did John Locke say were the 3 rights that can't be taken by the government?
What do the Bill of Rights Protect? <hint: the last few pictures at the end of the video>

March 4

Watch: Bill of Rights
read what the authors said about Gun Rights: 
"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." (James Madison, The Federalist Papers #46 at 243-244) 

"...to disarm the people - that was the best and most effectual way to enslave them." (George Mason, 3 Elliot, Debates at 380) 

"the ultimate authority ... resides in the people alone," (James Madison, author of the Bill of Rights, in Federalist Paper #46.) 


Plants
SEEDS

L(*)

  1. Do all plants have seeds to make more plants? What do you think? Make a guess then read this page.
  2. Now turn the page. Can you figure out which seeds grows into which plant?

PLANTS

  1. *Do you remember woody and herbaceous plants? Connect the words to the correct parts of the tree (the woody plant) and the flowers (the herbaceous plant).
  2. What parts do both types of plants have?
  3. Read the poem at the top of the paper. Why couldn’t woody bend?
  4. Read pages 18-21 of The First Book of Plants. These pages are about two things that woody and herbaceous plants have in common.
  5. Are you remembering to record your daily observations of germination?

Feb Homework

Feb 27/28

HISTORY
Watch the video below
read this article via a slide show
write about: 1 fact about each of the first 5 presidents
Math Is Fun - here is a link to fractions to review and practice
Science
Read this book about plants. Start with the section TREES and Finish the chapter - to the human body. This is an OLD book but the information is all accurate.
Watch these short youtube videos about plants:
  • types of plants: annuals, bi annuals, perennials
  • a silly interview with flowers




Feb 25 

HISTORY
Read: How a Bill Becomes a Law 
REVIEW: Bill of Rights 
  • Read through the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments, or changes to the Constitution. -you can open this document and each page explains the Bill of Rights with pictures. might be easier to read and remember.
PLAY:  
  1. Play the Bill of Rights game. Choose Elementary Level.  
WRITE: The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments, or changes to the Constitution. Which is the most important. Write down an example in a paragraph - tell me why. 

SCIENCE
 
  • Today do the mystery quizzes. Do them both.
  • Make sure to make observations on all the plants you have growing.
  • Give someone an update on the plants you have growing and the gardening you did at school this week. 

  • Feb 20

    Finish the Flower Worksheet (given to you the end of class) using the above video to help you complete it. You can color it in too if you wish. 

    Continue your writing for Black Beauty

    Watch Christian history - 

    Feb 11

    The Constitution quiz = watch Brainpop and email the quiz to juliebingham2008@gmail.com 
    watch branches of power
    Play Branches of Power - and be prepared to complete pages 2 - 5 of this worksheet
    begin to MEMORIZE the Preamble of the Constitution: the words in BOLD you will memorize the other column explains the meaning

    Constitution of the US Begin to Memorize the Preamble to the Constitution.


    Feb 6

    HISTORY: Finish reading the Chapter of American Revolution. 
    GRAMMAR: Don't forgot to do spelling. Continue to read Black Beauty. 
    SCIENCE:

    Watch this Video: What plants need to GROW
    1. Read about plant parts. Click next and next…the last one is fruit. STOP after you read about FRUIT.
    2. You don’t need to know all of those blue words in there. Just understand the basic parts of a plant. I bet you do. Try the next activity.
    3. Label the parts of a flower. Click on Labels. Drag the labels to the right boxes. You only need to do the Labels. We’ll come back and do the other parts soon.
    Feb 4 Tuesday

    History
    Finish reading the Chapter on American revolution in your textbook. Make sure you can answer the comprehension questions at the end of the last section. 





    January homework

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    Science
    CELLS

    read the chapter
    watch the cell phone song

    Tasks for today

    TASK 1
    (Game) What is a cell? Click Here

    1) Write down the 3 types of cells that Gabrielle is missing.
    2) Play the game and catch as many of the missing organelles as you can!


    TASK 2
    (Model) Explore a Cell Click Here
    Answer the questions using above link.
    1) List the 9 different parts of the animal cell
    2) Write down the summery of the part of cell.

    TASK 3
    (Video)  Parts of a Cell Click Here
    Watch this video and take notes.  At least 7 important ideas.  You may draw pictures too.                       


    TASK 4
    (Model) Inside a Cell Click Here
    Explore the animal cell.  When you are done, click on Change to Plant Cell.  What happens?  What are the 3 ways that plant cells are different as animal cells.

    TASK 5
    (Game) Cell Craft Click Here
    Play the cell craft game.  How did the game go?
    Write down 5 things you learned.

    Thursday Jan 30 
    Here's your school: We are going to be reviewing some ART from the Revolutionary Time Period. 
    WATCH: 
    Negative Space:  Virtual instructor 
    1. Look at the Revolutionary War artwork.
    2. Find an example of negative space.  (My observation: an easy example is the Join or Die poster)\
    3. Can you find an example of negative space?  (My observations:  how about the architecture along the top of the signing of the Declaration or in the dark spaces in the King George III painting)

    REVIEW
    1. Look at textures used in art.
    2. Look at these paintings and drawings. What textures do you see?
      • fruit
      • kitten
      • paper
      • cans
      • water
      • Van Gogh  These are different. It is not trying to emulate the real texture of an object. Van Gogh used brush strokes to create texture marks on his painting, making it much more interesting. (Scroll down to his paintings.)
    LISTEN: 
    Were the Founding Father's Christian?? Watch part 1 of this Video. The audio is a bit garbled at the beginning but it clears up during the interview. 
    ____________________________________________________________________________________

    Please watch the following Liberty Kids Episodes by the end of the second week of January: 

    Episode 1 - The Boston Tea Party (Samuel Adams)

    Episode 2 - Intolerable Acts (Phillis Wheatley)

    Episode 3 - United We Stand (Abigail Adams)

    Episode 4 - Liberty or Death (Patrick Henry)

    Episode 5 - Midnight Ride (Paul Revere)

    Episode 6 - The Shot Heard Round the World (John Parker)

    also:
    • Watch short BIO John Adams 
      Abigail Adams


    READ ABOUT The Key Players during the American Revolution,
    LEARN the Vocabulary for Unit

    Create a Timeline Like THIS: 
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    Picture
    Here is a sample of your latter. 


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    Homework
    Jan 20 - Jan 24

    • Watch Episodes 7 - 11 of Liberty Kids
    • Look for these individuals: Ethan Allen, John Handcock, John Adams
    _______________________________________

    Jan Week 3: “No More Kings” George Washington, Patrick Henry, Paul Revere
    Jan 23 THURSDAY: 

    Activity 1: Continental Congress reading comprehension and worksheet

    Activity 2: Paul Revere’s Ride

    Students will recite the stanzas they memorized, and we’ll discuss what we like about the poem and what was misleading. Each student will then make an interactive 3-D map.  You can find the lesson plan (which is excellent) and all of the materials to print in the book Interactive 3-D Maps: American Revolution.  The map allows you to teach about Paul Revere’s life, as well as the ride.  

    Activity 3: “The Shot Heard Round the World” 

    We’ll watch “Shot Heard ‘Round The World.”  After watching it we’ll discuss why people call the battles at Lexinton and Concord the shot heard ’round the world.   I’ll read them the beginning of the Emerson poem “Concord Hymn,” which is the origin of the phrase.  We’ll talk about why no one could have used that phrase until decades later.
    fill out worksheet for Shot Heard Around the World from teacherspayteachers we will save the second page (NO MORE KINGS) for later lessons

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    continue to Watch Liberty Kids (if you are enjoying it)
    JAN 27 MONDAY
    Watch these videos on George Washington

    George Washington Portrait -interactive
    BRAINPOP- George Washington
    or History.com 2 minute video on George Washington
    younger kids might enjoy this animated book instead








    December work


    You will be working on History and Science at Home. Listen and read your daily assignments complete them and turn them in by Friday.

    Lesson 1 (tuesday)
    • Do you next spelling list.
    • Work on your grammar (we prepared to turn in a page from your grammar book)
    • WATCH:  Part 1 (take notes - hint the bold words are keywords)
    • READ the History of US 13 Colonies. Chapter 24 WRITE complete the worksheets.
    • Science: Write up all you know about Killer Whales and prepare a presentation for the group (2 - 5 minutes) include facts that you think they won't know

    Lesson 2 (thursday)

    • Continue your spelling list.
    • Work on your grammar (we prepared to turn in a page from your grammar book)

      WATCH PART 2
    • Read the History of US 13 Colonies. Chapter 25-26 complete the worksheets.
    • complete your handwriting worksheets for the Lord's Prayer. do you have it memorized yet?

    Lesson 3 (friday)

    • Take a spelling quiz.
    • Work on your grammar (we prepared to turn in a page from your grammar book)
    • WATCH Part 3 - this is a longer lesson as we are going to talk about Slavery
    • Ready the History of US 13 Colonies. Chapter 27 complete the worksheets.


    Lesson 4 Tuesday

    Do your next spelling list
    work on your grammar worksheets
    Continue to fill out your Colony worksheets.

    13 Originals
    GREAT JOB ON YOUR WORK! thank you for completing your assignments. 
    I hope this activity will be fun and educational some short movies to watch.

    • Colonial House - reenactment of life in Colonies
    • Life as  Child in the Colonial Times
    • Colonial Trades/Jobs 

    Lesson 5 Thursday
    Continue to study spelling
    work on your grammar worksheets
     
    WRITE:
    • Complete: Here's a printable MAP complete
    Interactive activity for you to complete


    EXTRA activities/optional:
    Watch the Movie
    The New World



    STUDY HELPS:

    If you get stuck you can look at these online sources:




    More Videos to Watch
    Movies of Early America

    CODE FRED

    YOUR MISSION game

    AUDIO BOOK
    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    1. (If you want to download the book instead of reading it on the computer, here is a link.)
    2. Read chapter 1  of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
    3. Who are Tom, Harry and Eliza?  (answer: They are slaves. Harry is Eliza’s son. Eliza is a maid in the house.)

    Day 128 L

    1. Read chapter 2 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
    2. What is Eliza going to do?  (answer: runaway with Harry so he won’t be sold)
    3. Is Tom going to run away?  (answer: no)
    4. George is a slave who lives on a nearby farm. He is running away. Who is he?  (answer: Eliza’s husband)
    5. Read about Frederick Douglass.

    Day 129 L

    1. Read chapter 3 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
    2. Mr. Shelby is a good owner, not a harsh and cruel one. He doesn’t want Eliza caught. What do his workers do to give Eliza time to get away? (answer: They let the horses loose and scare them all about so that they keep running away. Then it is too late and the horses are too tired to go.)
    3. Do the online crossword puzzle.

    Day 130 L

    1. Read chapter 4 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
    2. What is the name of the man who wants to catch Eliza and take Harry?  (answer: Haley, He is very mad right now!)
    3. How did she escape?  (answer: jumping from block of ice to block of ice on the river)
    4. Read about Sojourner Truth.

    Day 131 L

    1. Read chapter 5 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
    2. How did the family help Eliza get away?  (answer: They drove her to a family out in the country that would take care of her. They gave money as well for her care.)
    3. Do the Sojourner Truth matching game.

    Day 132 L

    1. Read chapter 6 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
    2. Who is Chloe?  (answer: Uncle Tom’s wife)
    3. Who took Uncle Tom?  (answer: Haley)
    4. What town did they go to?  (answer: Washington)
    5. When you see weird spelling of words, that’s the author trying to write the words the way they were pronounced by the character speaking. The slaves often speak this way in the book. Sound out the words out loud to help you figure out what they are saying.
    6. Read about Harriet Tubman.

    Day 133 L

    1. Read chapter 7 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
    2. Who bought Tom?  (answer: Mr. St. Clare)
    3. Who is his little girl?  (answer: Eva)
    4. How did Tom rescue her?  (answer: She fell in the water and he pulled her out.)
    5. Play Rags to Riches.

    Day 134 L

    1. Read chapter 8 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
    2. Describe the Quakers.  (answer: They were gentle and quiet. They dressed plainly. They believed it was right to help the slaves even if the law said it wasn’t. The Quakers were a group of Christians with distinct beliefs and dress.)
    3. Who came to the same home as Eliza?  (answer: George, her husband)
    4. Read or listen about life on a plantation.

    Day 135 L

    1. Read chapter 9 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
    2. Miss Ophelia is Mr. St. Clare’s cousin. She is from the north where they don’t like the mistreatment of slaves. But what does she think of blacks?  (answer: She doesn’t want them hurt, but she doesn’t like them. She can’t stand to be near them. She can’t stand the thought of Eva playing with Tom and touching him at all.)
    3. Read or listen about escaping.

    Day 136 L

    1. Read chapter 10 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
    2. What are Tom and Eva trying to do?  (answer: write a letter to Chloe)
    3. What does Mr. St. Clare not believe?  (answer: that Mrs. Shelby would buy Tom back)
    4. Read or listen to safety.

    Day 137 L

    1. Read chapter 12 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.  (I can’t find a chapter 11.)
    2. Eliza and George are almost caught. The leader of those trying to catch the slaves, Tom, is wounded and the rest run away.
    3. The Quakers would not use guns. George had fired at Tom.
    4. Even though they were fighting him, they took Tom to the house with them to care for him until he was better. Everyone he had been with just abandoned him.
    5. Eliza says they are close to where?  (answer: Canada)
    6. Why was Canada a good place for slaves to go?  (answer: It was controlled by the British and they had outlawed slavery.)
    7. Read or listen about reaching freedom.

    Day 138 L

    1. Read chapters 13 and 14 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. (This is the first half of 14. We’ll finish it tomorrow.)
    2. What is the name of the new slave girl?  (answer: Topsy)
    3. What did she steal?  (answer: gloves and ribbon)
    4. Why did Mr. St. Clare buy her?  (answer: because she was beaten every day and he couldn’t stand hearing her scream)
    5. Play the Day in the Life game.

    Day 139 L*

    1. Read chapter 14 cont. of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
    2. Topsy seems to have been told that she is wicked, so she acts wicked. The pillows are stuffed with feathers and she takes off the pillow cases and rubs her hair in the pillow stuffing until her hair is full of feathers. She won’t do her work if she is left alone. She isn’t bothered by whippings because she’s been beaten so often.
    3. Is Topsy smart?  (answer: Yes, she is very smart and is learning to read quickly.)
    4. *Make a Harriet Tubman book. Choose one: full color pictures with many pages; simple one page with small b/w and color pictures; lift-the-flap book with several pages, all b/w, for a young reader

    Day 140 L

    1. Read chapter 14 cont. of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.  
    2. Topsy doesn’t know right from wrong. She has only been treated meanly and never loved her whole life. She never even knew her mother.
    3. Play the Flight to Freedom game. You’ll have eight days to play this. It’s hard to get free. You’ll need lots of tries.

    Day 141 L

    1. Read chapter 15 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.  
    2. What has happened to Eva?  (answer: She has gotten sick and will likely die.)
    3. What finally makes Eva cry and decide to try and be good?  (answer: Eva loves her.)
    4. What did Eva make her father promise?  (answer: to set Tom free as soon as she died)
    5. Play the Flight to Freedom game.

    Day 142 L

    1. Read chapter 16 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.  
    2. Who dies in this chapter?  (answer: Eva and her father)
    3. Who belongs to Miss Ophelia?  (answer: Topsy)
    4. What other paperwork did Mr. St. Clare see to?  (answer: free papers for Tom)
    5. The paperwork wasn’t finished though.
    6. Play the Flight to Freedom game.

    Day 143 L

    1. Read chapter 17 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
    2. Mrs. St. Clare thinks that slave owners are good people and that Tom is better off being a slave than free. Is she right? What do you think? Why?
    3. Who is Tom sold to?  (answer: Legree)
    4. What is Tom’s job at the plantation?  (answer: cotton picker)
    5. Is his new master kind or cruel?  (answer: cruel)
    6. Play the Flight to Freedom game.

    Day 144 L

    1. Read chapter 18 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
    2. Who gave Eliza advice on how to get past those searching for them?  (answer: Thomas Loker)
    3. How did Eliza and Harry disguise themselves?  (answer: Eliza cut off her hair and dressed as a boy. Harry dressed as a girl.)
    4. Now they are free!
    5. Play the Flight to Freedom game.

    Day 145 L

    1. Read chapter 19 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
    2. Who came to buy Tom back?  (answer: Mr. Shelby’s son, George)
    3. How did Tom become free?  (answer: He died and went to heaven.)
    4. Why did he die?  (answer: He was beaten severely for helping other slaves runaway.)
    5. Play the Flight to Freedom game.

    Day 146 L

    1. Read chapter 20 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
    2. What did Master George do?  (answer: He freed all of his slaves.)
    3. What are the slaves going to do now?  (answer: They will continue to work there for pay.)
    4. What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin supposed to remind them of?  (answer: their freedom)
    5. Play the Flight to Freedom game.
    1. .
    Day 147 L

    1. Read the Uncle Tom’s Cabin Bible story.
    2. What is the cruel master?  (answer: sin)
    3. Who is the loving master who bought us with His blood?  (answer: Jesus)
    4. Play the Flight to Freedom game.

    Day 148 L

    1. Write about Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Retell the story in your own words. Write why you think this book helped many people decide that slavery should end.

    Day 149 L

    1. Tell your story. Answer the questions to tell about your life as a slave.



    Everything on the RIGHT should be done each Tuesday and Thursday. 
    On the left will be homework or assignments that we didn't complete in class or are extra work based your grade level. Check the date - if you see today's date then its assignments you need to complete. 
    Teacher NOTES: 
    Our Comprehension Questions



    • A virtual tour of the Great Barrier Reef
       at National Geographic
    • Shedd Aquarium {this is a really cool site ~ I have it bookmarked for my kids}
    • Information about the Earth’s Oceans at Enchanted Learning
    • Learn about Ocean Animals at Home Science Tools
    • The Ocean at National Geographic
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