Second Nine Weeks Coming to an End

Well, the fifth graders made it to and back from Barrier Island last week. We had some changes with the weather, but everyone had a great time and LEARNED A LOT!!!! We did have a whole week off from school last week because of snow, so this week we are finishing up the second nine weeks. We are in the process of completing 2nd nine weeks "Benchmark" testing. We will take Writing today, ELA tomorrow and then Science will be next Wednesday, Social Studies on Thursday and Math on Friday. Make sure you are studying through your notes a little each night. This will also help with PASS testing at the end of the year! (It will be here before we know it!)

Writing PASS is in March, so we are working a good bit with writing. This week we started with a fictional writing where the students are creating their own narratives. They are in the process of developing characters. They have had some interviews with other characters in the class to help develop their protagonist and antagonist even more! They are some very creative students.

We just wrapped up Becoming a World Power and WWI in Social Studies. The students learned a new song for that unit as well. The song will be posted in the next post, so you can enjoy it, too!
Second Nine Weeks test in Social Studies will cover the Industrial Revolution, Immigration and Reforms and Becoming a World Power and WWI. To review, the students have great notes and 3 GREAT songs to study for that!

Report cards will go home next week, so please review these with your child to see what needs to change for next semester. Middle school will be here before we know it!

America the Beautiful

America the Beautiful

Words by Katharine Lee Bates,

Melody by Samuel Ward

O beautiful for spacious skies,

For amber waves of grain,

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain!

America! America!

God shed his grace on thee

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet

Whose stern impassioned stress

A thoroughfare of freedom beat

Across the wilderness!

America! America!

God mend thine every flaw,

Confirm thy soul in self-control,

Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved

In liberating strife.

Who more than self their country loved

And mercy more than life!

America! America!

May God thy gold refine

Till all success be nobleness

And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriot dream

That sees beyond the years

Thine alabaster cities gleam

Undimmed by human tears!

America! America!

God shed his grace on thee

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for halcyon skies,

For amber waves of grain,

For purple mountain majesties

Above the enameled plain!

America! America!

God shed his grace on thee

Till souls wax fair as earth and air

And music-hearted sea!

O beautiful for pilgrims feet,

Whose stem impassioned stress

A thoroughfare for freedom beat

Across the wilderness!

America! America!

God shed his grace on thee

Till paths be wrought through

wilds of thought

By pilgrim foot and knee!

O beautiful for glory-tale

Of liberating strife

When once and twice,

for man's avail

Men lavished precious life!

America! America!

God shed his grace on thee

Till selfish gain no longer stain

The banner of the free!

O beautiful for patriot dream

That sees beyond the years

Thine alabaster cities gleam

Undimmed by human tears!

America! America!

God shed his grace on thee

Till nobler men keep once again

Thy whiter jubilee!

Immigration State of Mind

Immigration State of Mind

Written by Robin Bracken

Calhoun Academy of the Arts

Anderson, SC

Sing to: Empire State of Mind

By Jay-Z and Alicia Keys

Yeah Immigration

Moving to the U.S.

All seeking freedom

Jobs, food and homes

We need a better life

wars in the homeland

religious persecution

Just let us break away

Traveled in steerage

crowded with the luggage

moving alone from

South and East Europe

People are crying

others are dying

Is this worth it

to go to the Golden land

I want a decent job, go to school and eat really well

I miss my family

but I know it’s better there

Candy dropping from the sky

bread and butter- not a lie

steamship get me there

6 to 30 days who cares

Ellis Island- I have arrived

Lady Liberty- I survived

Inspection Station

Pass examinations

Waiting in the Great Hall

Answering questions

Chorus

New York!!!! America is where dreams are made of,

There’s nothing you can’t do.

Now you’re in New York!!!

These streets will make you feel brand new,

The Freedom will inspire you,

Let’s hear it for New York, New York, New York!

Immigrants were pushed or pulled

From their home countries

For social equality or

Political freedom

They made a huge impact

On America

In many different ways

A melting pot here today

Some moved to the West

To work in meat packing plants

Or grain mills and

some did work the fields

Most settled the East Coast

And showed city growth

Urbanization

And ethnic neighborhoods

Little Italy, Germantown

Little Poland, Chinatown

Providing labor

They became the workforce

Taking the dirty jobs

Working for low wages

Not appreciated

For economic growth

Prejudices against

Ethnicity and religion

Catholics and Jews

Discrimination

And resistance

From the native-born Americans

Despite all the troubles

Opportunities arose

Chorus

New York!!!! America is where dreams are made of,

There’s nothing you can’t do.

Now you’re in New York!!!

These streets will make you feel brand new,

The Freedom will inspire you,

Let’s hear it for New York, New York,

New York!

Public schools were established

In the early 1800s

To Assimilate immigrants

Into American values

Diversity helped promote

Tolerance and democracy

Increased Immigration

Brought growth of BIG BUSINESS

The workforce was a plenty

They worked for less money

They helped the businesses

To make a greater profit

Then Entrepreneurs

Using their business skills

Like Andrew Carnegie

John D. Rockefeller

Creating monopolies

Controlling the industries

Keeping wages low

Labor unions cannot grow

Many children had to work

To help support their families

Work conditions- dangerous

Long hours- outrageous

But immigration as a whole

The cultural contributions

From all around the world

They make America

what its known today

The land of the free and the land, the land, the land of opportunity

Chorus

New York!!!! America is where dreams are made of,

There’s nothing you can’t do.

Now you’re in New York!!!

These streets will make you feel brand new,

The Freedom will inspire you,

Let’s hear it for New York, New York, New York!

Bridge

One hand in the air for the big city,

New freedom, big dreams all looking pretty,

No place in the world that can compare,

Immigration give it up, everybody say YEEEEEEAAH!

YEEEEEEEAH!!!

Chorus

New York!!!! America is where dreams are made of,

There’s nothing you can’t do.

Now you’re in New York!!!

These streets will make you feel brand new,

The Freedom will inspire you,

Let’s hear it for New York, New York, New York!

Assignment Sheet November 15-19

FIFTH GRADE NEWS
It's not too late! Bring in any fingerprint ornament order forms ASAP! The next payment of $40 is due November 29th.


ELA NEWS
We will continue reading Qwerty Stevens. We are still working on various writings that will be a part of our Student Treasures books.

MATH NEWS
We are doing algebraic expressions and equations.

SCIENCE NEWS
We will be continuing in our Forces and Motion unit focusing on balanced and unbalanced forces. Keep thinking the Invention Convention!

SOCIAL STUDIES NEWS
We will be starting a new unit this week: Immigration.


SPELLING
1. mature
2. purpose
3. determine
4. nonsense
5. knowledge
6. hexa-six
7. hexagon
8. fract-break
9. fracture
10. tact-touch
11. contact
12. voc-voice
13. vocabulary
14. rid-laugh
15. ridiculous

"Failure is only an opportunity to start again more intelligently."
~Henry Ford

Inventions- Try Again

Inventions- Try Again

Written by Robin Bracken

Calhoun Academy of the Arts

Anderson, SC

Sing to: Try Again by Aaliyah

*Start as soon as music begins*

It may take a long time, long time

Inventions take hard work and commitment

Keep work’n, Keep work’n

Keep work’n, Keep work’n

Keep work’n, Keep work’n

Brainstorm

Make a plan

Change your plans

Talk about it

Try different things

Keep an open mind…

Be a problem solver

Discover, It all goes back to the late 1800’s

United States

Is changing from

Farm work

To factories

Industrial Revolution

Production of

Manufactured goods

Not so much

Trade and agriculture

But land and labor

and capital

and technology

the new ideas

and how to use

the equipment to do it

Chorus:

If at first you don’t succeed

Then dust yourself off and try again

Dust yourself off and try again, try again

If at first you don’t succeed

Dust yourself off and try again,

You can dust it off and try again, try again and again

Inventions helped

Industrial growth

The telegraph

Samuel Morse

Using Morse Code

To communicate

Then the telephone

Alexander Graham Bell

Communicate 1876

With the telephone

Than the telegraph

It’s easier and quicker

We’re on a move

It’s economic growth

Chorus:

If at first you don’t succeed

Then dust yourself off and try again

Dust yourself off and try again, try again

If at first you don’t succeed

Dust yourself off and try again,

You can dust it off and try again, try again and again

Bridge:

Thomas Edison is a famous inventor

Incandescent light bulb 1879

Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?

Electricity! Lighting all the factories

Safer than the kerosene

Now we have a brighter day

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!

Chorus:

If at first you don’t succeed

Then dust yourself off and try again

Dust yourself off and try again, try again

If at first you don’t succeed

Dust yourself off and try again,

You can dust it off and try again, try again and again

Speak this part:

The Wright Brothers

Orville and Wilbur

Started the aircraft industry

With their experiments in manned flight

1^st motorized flight flew for 12 seconds

in Kitty Hawk, N.C. in 1903

You see Inventors and scientists contributed to the Industrial Revolution in the United States and helped the US to become a leading industrial power in the world.

Thank you for not giving up!

Chorus:

If at first you don’t succeed

Then dust yourself off and try again

Dust yourself off and try again, try again

If at first you don’t succeed

Dust yourself off and try again,

You can dust it off and try again, try again

If at first you don’t succeed

Then dust yourself off and try again

Dust yourself off and try again, try again

If at first you don’t succeed

Dust yourself off and try again,

You can dust it off and try again, try again and again

It may take a long time, long time

Inventions take hard work and commitment

Keep work’n, Keep work’n

Keep work’n, Keep work’n

Keep work’n, Keep work’n

Brainstorm

Make a plan

Change your plans

Talk about it

Try different things

Keep an open mind…

Be a problem solver

Discover, It all goes back to the late 1800’s

It may take a long time, long time

Inventions take hard work and commitment

Keep work’n, Keep work’n

Keep work’n, Keep work’n

Keep work’n, Keep work’n

Brainstorm

Make a plan

Change your plans

Talk about it

Try different things

Keep an open mind…

Be a problem solver

Discover, It all goes back to the late 1800’s

Chorus:

If at first you don’t succeed

Then dust yourself off and try again

Dust yourself off and try again, try again

If at first you don’t succeed

Dust yourself off and try again,

You can dust it off and try again, try again and again

Life is...

Poem of the Week

LIFE IS...by Mother Theresa

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.

Assignment Sheet November 8-12

FIFTH GRADE NEWS
Don't forget about our Barrier Island fundraisers! The more you sell, the less you have to pay for your trip! For more information, see your homeroom teacher.

ELA NEWS
We'll be reading Back in Time with Thomas Edison and working on our invention writings.

MATH NEWS
we'll be taking a test on Fractions on Tuesday, then we'll spend the rest of the week studying patterns.

SCIENCE NEWS
We'll be continuing in our Forces and Motion unit by studying gravity, friction, and magnetism. We'll also be working on some creativity for our invention projects.

SOCIAL STUDIES NEWS
We'll continue looking at different inventors and their impact during the Industrial Revolution.


SPELLING
1. everybody
2. restaurant
3. predictable
4. calendar
5. substitute
6. -age=state of
7. damage
8. -ate=to cause
9. discriminate
10. -tion=result of
11. infection
12. -ous=full of
13. joyous
14. -ual=relating to
15. continual

Quote
"If we did all the things we're capable of, we would astound ourselves." Thomas Edison