FIFTH GRADE NEWS
*The Young Authors Celebration will be held Friday Feb. 11th at 12:45pm. Class Valentine's Day parties will begin directly after at 1:30pm.
ELA NEWS
We will continue looking at the novel, Circle of Gold. We will take the novel test Tuesday.
MATH NEWS
This week in Math we are learning how to use the formulas for Perimeter and Area.
SCIENCE NEWS
Invention projects are due February 9th. The Invention Convention will be held February 10th.
SOCIAL STUDIES NEWS
We will begin studying the Great Depression and the Stock Market Crash.
SPELLING
1. discipline
2. remember
3. character
4. terrible
5. curious
6. graph-to write
7. autograph
8. solv- to loosen
9. resolve
10. exo-out
11. exoduster
12. nov-new
13. renovate
14. voc-voice
15. vocabulary
Quote
"Yesterday has gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin." Mother Teresa
Monday, February 7, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
Assignment Sheet Jan. 31- February 4
FIFTH GRADE NEWS
*February 2nd is now a FULL school day.
**Roaring 20s day will be Friday Feb. 4th. You MUST come dressed in order to participate!!!
ELA NEWS
We will finish Circle of Gold and take the unit test Friday.
MATH NEWS
We will review for our Geometry Unit Test on Wednesday. We'll end the week interpreting graphs.
SCIENCE NEWS
We are learning about changes on Earth--earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis.
SOCIAL STUDIES NEWS
We will be studying the Harlem Renaissance and the Racial & Ethnic Conflicts during the Roaring 20s.
FIFTH GRADE NEWS
SPELLING
1. really
2. probably
3. unfriendly
4. family
5. finally
6. super-over
7. supernatural
8. per-through
9. perfume
10. ject-throw
11. projection
12. stell-star
13. stellar
14. brev-short
15. abbreviate
Quote
"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young." -Henry Ford
Monday, January 24, 2011
Assignment Sheet Jan. 24-28, 2011
FIFTH GRADE NEWS
Report Cards will go home Friday 1/28/11.
ELA NEWS
We will be starting Circle of Gold, continuing the green book stories, and working on well-developed essays.
MATH NEWS
Congruency, Symmetry, Transformations--Nine Weeks Test 1/28
SCIENCE NEWS
Benchmark Test Wednesday, Continue to work on Invention Consumer Surveys and Promotional Backboards.
Social Studies
Begin Unit on Roaring Twenties, Nine Weeks Test 1/27/11
SPELLING
1. silence
2. compose
3. describe
4. whine
5. people
6. age-condition
7. wreckage
8.ate-to do, make
9. decorate
10. sion-state of
11. erosion
12. ous-full of
13. wondrous
14. ual-relating to
15. continual
Quote
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
Dr. Seuss
FYI:
PASS Writing is March 22nd & 23rd…Only 40 days to go!
Report Cards will go home Friday 1/28/11.
ELA NEWS
We will be starting Circle of Gold, continuing the green book stories, and working on well-developed essays.
MATH NEWS
Congruency, Symmetry, Transformations--Nine Weeks Test 1/28
SCIENCE NEWS
Benchmark Test Wednesday, Continue to work on Invention Consumer Surveys and Promotional Backboards.
Social Studies
Begin Unit on Roaring Twenties, Nine Weeks Test 1/27/11
SPELLING
1. silence
2. compose
3. describe
4. whine
5. people
6. age-condition
7. wreckage
8.ate-to do, make
9. decorate
10. sion-state of
11. erosion
12. ous-full of
13. wondrous
14. ual-relating to
15. continual
Quote
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
Dr. Seuss
FYI:
PASS Writing is March 22nd & 23rd…Only 40 days to go!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
WORLD POWER
WORLD POWER
Written by: Mrs. Bracken and Mrs. O’Neal’s
Fifth Grade Social Studies Classes ’08-09
Calhoun Academy of the Arts
Anderson, SC
Sing to: Independent by Webbie featuring Lil Boosie & Lil Phat
We got Alaska from Russia
only 7.2 million dollars
Seward’s Folly, Natural Resources
fish, lumber, oil, gold, coal, copper
Now we’re annexing Hawaii
Using cash crops to get more money
Yellow journalists told stories
‘Bout the battleship Maine exploding
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
Teddy’s Rough Riders were fighting
To get Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico
We’re becoming invincible
We’re brave, mighty, and ambitious
Now we’re needing
a better trade route
Instead of moving all around South America
Faster travel we’re attaining
using sea-level locks for sailing
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
Panama Canal
is finally finished
Even though mosquitoes caused diseases
Atlantic to Pacific
9 Hours to be more specific
Storms Arising- Tensions Growing
Everybody’s gonna be exploding
Alliances are forming
Protection from the enemies’ storming
Assassination from Serbia
1914 is all about disturbia
Before we know it-We’re competing
Other countries are becoming deceiving
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
Woodrow Wilson remaining neutral
Until the fighting gets way too brutal
Lusitania was torpedoed
By a German submarine called a U-Boat
Americans are dying
Isolationism we’re still trying
Mail to Mexico from Germany
Ganging up to be bring some harmony
Sending telegrams made us angry
Zimmerman note turned out crazy
1917 is the year
Central Powers will begin to fear
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
Allied Powers we are teaming
We’re tired of Germany’s scheming
Great Britain, France and Russia
Japan, Italy, Belgium, Serbia
Central Powers we’re attacking
All the soldiers have started packing
(Rest) Turkey and Germany
We’ve got Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
New technologies are arriving
A better way to help our fighting
Machine guns, trench warfare
Submarines, poison gas- say a prayer
We are testing tanks and airplanes
Dog-fighting pilots on their A-game
In the trenches we are steady
to enter no-man’s land we are ready!
In the U.S, we are busy
To help make win the war very easy
Sending vegetables from the war gardens
To help the fighters who might be starvin’
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
SPOKEN:
On November 11, 1918 at 11:00AM, the Central Powers surrendered, and an armistice ended the war.
January 1919, the Treaty of Versailles officially ended the war.
Germany had to pay heavy fines and could not rebuild its army.
The League of Nations was formed to prevent future wars, but the senate did not approve.
The United States would return to isolationism.
Everyone hoped this would be the “WAR TO END ALL WARS.”
Peace and Isolation would only last for about 20 years.
Written by: Mrs. Bracken and Mrs. O’Neal’s
Fifth Grade Social Studies Classes ’08-09
Calhoun Academy of the Arts
Anderson, SC
Sing to: Independent by Webbie featuring Lil Boosie & Lil Phat
We got Alaska from Russia
only 7.2 million dollars
Seward’s Folly, Natural Resources
fish, lumber, oil, gold, coal, copper
Now we’re annexing Hawaii
Using cash crops to get more money
Yellow journalists told stories
‘Bout the battleship Maine exploding
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
Teddy’s Rough Riders were fighting
To get Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico
We’re becoming invincible
We’re brave, mighty, and ambitious
Now we’re needing
a better trade route
Instead of moving all around South America
Faster travel we’re attaining
using sea-level locks for sailing
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
Panama Canal
is finally finished
Even though mosquitoes caused diseases
Atlantic to Pacific
9 Hours to be more specific
Storms Arising- Tensions Growing
Everybody’s gonna be exploding
Alliances are forming
Protection from the enemies’ storming
Assassination from Serbia
1914 is all about disturbia
Before we know it-We’re competing
Other countries are becoming deceiving
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
Woodrow Wilson remaining neutral
Until the fighting gets way too brutal
Lusitania was torpedoed
By a German submarine called a U-Boat
Americans are dying
Isolationism we’re still trying
Mail to Mexico from Germany
Ganging up to be bring some harmony
Sending telegrams made us angry
Zimmerman note turned out crazy
1917 is the year
Central Powers will begin to fear
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
Allied Powers we are teaming
We’re tired of Germany’s scheming
Great Britain, France and Russia
Japan, Italy, Belgium, Serbia
Central Powers we’re attacking
All the soldiers have started packing
(Rest) Turkey and Germany
We’ve got Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
New technologies are arriving
A better way to help our fighting
Machine guns, trench warfare
Submarines, poison gas- say a prayer
We are testing tanks and airplanes
Dog-fighting pilots on their A-game
In the trenches we are steady
to enter no-man’s land we are ready!
In the U.S, we are busy
To help make win the war very easy
Sending vegetables from the war gardens
To help the fighters who might be starvin’
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
WORLD POWER-do you know what that means?
SPOKEN:
On November 11, 1918 at 11:00AM, the Central Powers surrendered, and an armistice ended the war.
January 1919, the Treaty of Versailles officially ended the war.
Germany had to pay heavy fines and could not rebuild its army.
The League of Nations was formed to prevent future wars, but the senate did not approve.
The United States would return to isolationism.
Everyone hoped this would be the “WAR TO END ALL WARS.”
Peace and Isolation would only last for about 20 years.
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!
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!
Friday, November 12, 2010
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!
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