Dec. 15-19th

Greetings Families,

We our wrapping up our body systems unit and we are working on finishing up our class novel with a focus on literary response and analysis.  Because we are in between things we will not be having vocabulary this week.  We will be having a winter celebration in Room 12 on December 19th from 1:00 - 2:00.  The kids  will be creating various crafts at three different stations.  One will be oragami supervised by Ms. Sara, one will be a snowman food craft supervised by Ms. Stephanie and  third will be fingerprint snowmen.  We would love to have extra helping hands and guests if you would like to come by!


Thank you so much, 
Mrs. Sara

vocab- body systems

Body Systems Vocabulary

1. tissue- a group of cells that work together to do a certain job

2. organ – a group of tissues that work together to do a certain job

3. digestive system- the organ system that breaks down food into chemical nutrients the body can use. The stomach and intestines are 2 of its main organs.

4. excretory system- the system that removes wastes from the body.  It is made up of the kidneys and the bladder.

5. circulatory system- a group of organs that transports needed materials in your blood throughout the body.  It is made up of the heart, veins and arteries.

6. respiratory system- a group of organs and tissues that exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide between your body and the environment.  Its main organs are the lungs.

7.  nervous system- the system that transmits information, in the form of electrochemical impulses, throughout the body. It is made up of  the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.

8. brain- an organ that controls body activities, movement, thought, memory and emotion.  It receives and interprets impulses from the entire body.

9. heart- an organ of the circulatory system that pumps blood throughout the body

10. stomach- a baglike organ of the digestive system that has strong muscles that mix food with digestive juices.

11. kidney- an organ that filters out the wastes from our blood, helping to excrete them from out body. (humans have 2 kidneys)

12.  lung- an organ that helps the blood absorb oxygen.  (we have 2)

13. capillary- a tiny blood vessel that helps materials exchange between the blood and the bodies cells

14. artery- a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body

15. vein- a blood vessel that carries blood from different parts of the body back to the heart.

16 nerve- fibers of neurons that carry sensory and motor information throughout the body in the form of electrical impulses (how the body sends signals back to the spinal cord and to the brain).

MONDAY- fill out body charts with definitions under the words or on a separate paper if needed

TUESDAY- write the definitions of words that were not on the chart

WEDNESDAY- crossword

THURSDAY- Study (need to know definitions and be able to find where body parts are on a diagram like the one in your homework).

FRIDAY- Test

Intro to colonies

Introduction to Colonies Vocabulary

1. colony- a land ruled by another country

2. slavery- the practice of holding people against their will and making them carry out orders

3.  raw material- a resource that can be used to make a product

4.  stock- a share of ownership in a company

5.  Jamestown- the first English settlement in the “new world” (Virginia to be specific) 1607

6.  cash crop- a crop that people grow to sell

7.  indentured servant- a person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time in exchange for passage to North America

8.  established church- a church established and supported by the government

9.  royal colony- a colony owned by a monarch (King or queen)

10.  pilgrim- a person who makes a journey for religious reasons

11.   Plymouth Colony -the colony established in Massachusetts by the Pilgrims in 1620.

12. Wampanoag- Algonquian-speaking North American Indians who formerly occupied parts of what are now the states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts.  Corn (maize) was the staple of their diet, supplemented by fish and game. The tribe comprised several villages, each with its own local chief, or sachem.
13. Mayflower  - the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton, England to the New World in 1620.

Tuesday:  definitions             

Wednesday: use the words in a sentence.

Thursday: sketch a picture to show the meaning of each word and  study