Dear Parents,
I am looking forward to our field trip to the Life Lab. We have a lot of permission slips that still need to be turned in and I am in dire need of drivers for this trip. Again it is Friday, Feb. 25th (9am-2pm). Please let me know if you can drive. If you have already stated you can drive on your child’s permission slips, I have you down to drive. I will be sending out chaperone information next week.
Science fair project boards are due on Wednesday (Feb. 9th). Students will also begin presentations of their projects in class. These presentations will merely consist of having students present their board and tell us what they were trying to figure out and what were the results of their experiment.
In class this week we will also begin our Famous (mostly) American Reports. This will be a mostly in class assignment over the next couple of weeks (due Feb. 25th), however some research and notes will need to be taken at home, as well as some of the “finishing touches” for their reports. Your child will be required to have at least 1 source that is a book, which may require a trip to the public library. Students will be given a handout Wednesday, outlining the report requirements. I will also post a copy here.
Thank you so much for your support!
-Ms. Sara
P.S. We have been having a rather large problem with students coming to class ill prepared (no penicls/paper). Please help your child be ready with the supplies they need at school every day!
Wish list:
pencils, binder paper, expo markers (especially darker colors), tissue
Week of Feb. 7th vocabulary
Social Studies Chapter 9: The Revolutionary War
1. neutral- not taking a side
2. inflation- an increase in the price of goods (generally due to lack of supply of falling value of money)
3. profiteering – charging extra-high prices for crops or goods
4. regiment- a large group of soldiers
5. enlist- to sign up (usually for duty in the army)
6. mercenaries- hired soldiers
7. campaign- a series of military operations carried out for a certain goal
8. turning point-an event that causes an important change
9. negotiate- to try to come up with an agreement that is acceptable to everyone involved
10. traitor- someone who acts against his or her country
11. abolish- to end, to stop
12. territory - land that belongs to a nation but is not a state (and is not represented in the National Government)
13. ordinance- a set of laws
Review Vocabulary
abolitionist-
Loyalists-
Patriots-
Monday- definitions
Tuesday- crossword
Wednesday- sentences or cartoon using at least 10 words
Thursday- study for test
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