SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT, Procedures and Data Collection Tool DUE ON THURSDAY, please remember to get packet signed before Thursday! Monday
Standard 5.09 Analyze the major goals, struggles, and achievements of the Progressive Era, including Prohibition (18 Amendment) women’s suffrage (19 Amendment and the lack of child labor laws. )
GQ—What was life like for Immigrants arriving at Angel Island vs. Ellis Island?
Tuesday Standard 5.08 Describe the challenges of the journey and process of successful entry into the U.S. through Ellis Island and Angel Island, and examine the roles of immigrants in the development of the U.S. GQ –In what ways were Asian immigrants treated differently than immigrants from Europe? GQ—What did immigrants do to help the United States grow?
Wednesday GQ-Why did so many people move to cities in the late 1800-1900'? GQ--What kinds of help did immigrants find in settlements houses?
Standard 5.09 Analyze the major goals, struggles, and achievements of the Progressive Era, including Prohibition (18 Amendment) women’s suffrage (19 Amendment and the lack of child labor laws. GQ—What did the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act do to make food safer? GQ—What is the NAACP and what is its purpose?
Friday Skills Builder pg. 222-223 Fact and Opinion Students will review for TCAP by completing practice test questions .
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MATERIALS AND VARIABLES DUE ON THURSDAY, please remember to get packet signed before Thursday! Vocabulary Test this Friday Imperialism, Rough Riders, USS Maine, and Yellow Journalism, 18th Amendment, 19th Amendment, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, prohibition , Gilded Age, Buffalo Soldiers, Settlers, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Monday- complete-Lollipop Lab Standard 5.05 Examine the contributions, and impact of inventors on American society, including Alexander Bell, George W. Carver and Thomas Edison.
Tuesday Standard 5.07 Analyze the causes , course, and consequences of the Spanish-American War, including Imperialism, Rough Riders, USS Maine, and Yellow Journalism.
Wednesday-- Standard 5.09 Analyze the major goals, struggles, and achievements of the Progressive Era, including Prohibition (18 Amendment) women’s suffrage (19 Amendment and the lack of child labor laws. )
Thursday-- Standard 5.08 Describe the challenges of the journey and process of successful entry into the U.S. through Ellis Island and Angel Island, and examine the roles of immigrants in the development of the U.S.
Students will be tested on unit vocabulary. Students will review for TCAP by completing practice test questions Tuesday
Student will complete a on open book test covering standards 5.41-5.46 Guiding Question: How did US emerge from Civil War?, Begin Gilded Age Unit 1 Chapter 1, US 1-US 17 Read and discuss lesson 1 View Discovery videos on Gilded Age Wednesday 5.01 Students will explain the need to the South’s move toward industrialization after the Civil War. GQ: How did the changes of Industrialization promote the development of a New America?
Thursday 5.02 The Student will examine the appeal and challenges of settling the Great Plains from various cultural perspectives, including, settlers, Immigrants, Buffalo Soldiers, and Am. Indians. GQ—Why did westward expansion appeal to Americans and Immigrants?
Students will participate in the Lollipop Lab. Students will use the Scientific Process to measure, calculate, identify variables, create and rea graphs and charts as well as make observations as they find the answer to ; Does the size (circumference) of a lollipop affect how fast it dissolves when licked? Monday
Standard 5.42- Describe the significance of the following Civil War events and battles on Tennessee · TN Chapter 10 pg. TN 112-113 · Stu. will create a model of important TN Battles of the Civil War. · Worksheet pg. 187 · Main Battles-Fort Donelson, Stones River, Franklin, Nashville Tuesday Standard 5.42- Describe the significance of the following Civil War events and battles on Tennessee · TN Chapter 10 pg. TN 114-115 · Stu. will create a model of important TN Battles of the Civil War. · Worksheet pl. 187 · Main Battles-Fort Donelson, Stones River, Franklin, Nashville Create a flip book with battle facts. Wednesday Standard 5.43, 5.44, 5.45, 5.46 Reconstruction in TN Students will explain the impact of the TN Constitutional Convention of 1870 Including (poll tax, segregation, Freedmen’s Bureau, Fisk University, KKK, black codes, Jim Crow laws) Students will explain how the end of Reconstruction impacted TN African American elected officials. · TN Chp. 11, pg TN 122 Continue with flip book Thursday Standard 5.43, 5.44, 5.45, 5.46 Reconstruction in TN Students will explain the impact of the TN Constitutional Convention of 1870 Including (poll tax, segregation, Freedmen’s Bureau, Fisk University, KKK, black codes, Jim Crow laws) Students will explain how the end of Reconstruction impacted TN African American elected officials. · TN Chp. 11, pg TN 122 Concept Map-wkTN122 Friday ½ Day Begin research on famous person- Biography or Event from the 1850-1890 HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope all of you had a wonderful, restful winter break. We are ready to dive back into our work!
*Report cards will be sent home on Wednesday, January 8th *Science Fair will be March 10th We are back to Social Studies for the first half of the 3rd quarter. We will look at the Civil War (briefly) and reconstruction in the US for the next 4-5 weeks. Monday- Using our old textbook -ch 3. Beginning of the Civil War. Students will discuss the war, its causes, and some important battles. They will write vocabulary words and definitions in their SS notebooks as well as answer review questions after our lesson. VOCAB WORDS/TERMS (10): border states, casualties, draft, emancipation, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, secession, and Anaconda Plan Tuesday- Old text ch 4. The States at War. We will discuss the Anaconda Plan, how the states could use the border states to their advantage. We will discuss the importance of the Battle of Antietam. Wednesday- Continue in ch 4. We will continue the discussion of the Battle of Antietam, as well as Battles of Bull Run, Vicksburg and Gettyburg. Students will begin working on a Battle Map from the Civil War. Thursday- Review of Ch 4 and the vocabulary terms associated with the Civil War Era Friday- Vocabulary Quiz on 10 words/terms listed on Monday's lesson Finish Battle Maps Wow, I can't believe this is our last week of school before our holiday and Christmas Vacation. I know the students are as excited as I am with the fun dress-up days this week.
However,just like Santa's elves, we still have lots of work to do. I do want to give you a heads up about the Wednesday Folder this week. The Science Fair Packet will be coming home this week. This packet is like "GOLD" Your child only gets 1 copy Your child must 1. work in it, 2. present it to you for a signature, 3. bring it to school for me to check and sign 5 times before the Science Fair Your child will have to keep up with this packet for 3 months. I will upload a copy of it to the 5th main page in late December. Monday-and Tuesday Standard 5.LS3.2 Provide evidence and analyze data that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variations of these traits exist in a group of similar organisms.
Wedndesay (Wear holiday plaid) and Thursday (Wear PJs) Standard 5-ETS 1.2 Students will generate and compare multiple solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem Standard 5.ETS1.3 Students will plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved Discuss the Polar Express movie. The 1st gift of Christmas was a Bell.
Friday-- Holiday Party 10-12:00 Games, Crafts and Lunch will be provided Have a Very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all. **** We encourage all Richland Students to log onto I-Ready Reading and complete at least 30 minutes of reading twice a week during the holiday break. There will be awards for the highest usage during the break. I know my kiddos are wonderful readers. On the 5th Grade list of TOP AR Readers on the bulletin board beside the library, there are 8 students from our class!!! Soooo proud!!! n science this week we are beginning lessons on Heredity and Traits. We will have a test on Friday, December 13th. Students will have a study guide for the test, it will include content and the 11 vocabulary words from our unit. The students can make flash cards for 5 bonus points on the test.
Our vocab words are: inherit, trait, variation, dominant, recessive, learned trait, environment, instinct, adaptation, survival and reproduction. Monday- Begin investigating traits and heredity. We will read textbook pages 63-64, 66-69. We will watch a Brainpop video "Heredity" and also a Generation Genius video "Variation of Traits". HW: Write the definitions of our vocab words. Tuesday- We will explore Learned traits in humans and animals. We will compare and contrast learned vs inherited traits. Wednesday- We will discuss adaptations that help animals and humans survive in their environment. Short video on "Adaptations and the Environment" We will begin working on our study guide and review vocab words. Thursday- We will complete and go over our study guide from the unit. Friday-- Unit 3 Test HW: We will send home a fun paper about family traits. This will be due on Monday, Dec 16th All 5th grade students were given an extra credit project form on Friday, Nov. 7. Projects will be graded as a test grade. Projects are due Friday, November 22, 2019. No LATE Projects will be accepted. We are reaching back to a 4th grade standard because these current 5th graders only received a very brief summary of causes and events of the Civil War and working from our old textbooks. Vocabulary Words for the Week Test on Friday tariff, states rights, sectionalism, slave state, free state, Union, popular sovereignty, fugitive Secession, Confederate States of America, Civil War Monday-- 4.25 –Students analyze the sectional differences between the North and the Antebellum South, including: economic, political, population, social, and transportation. Tuesday 4 .25 –Students analyze the sectional differences between the North and the Antebellum South, including: economic, political, population, social, and transportation. · Stu. will interpret economic issue and sectional differences using bar graphs, circle graphs, and line graph · Text pp 84-85 Handout-- page 31 Wednesday 4.27 Students will explain how slavery became a national issue during the mid-19th century, including the significance of : Missouri Compromise, compromise of 1850 , Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Kansas-Nebraska Act, · Stu. will use cause and effect to understand how one event effects another. Thursday 4.28. 4.29 Stu. will compare and contrast the various sectional stances on states’ rights and slavery represented by the presidential candidates in the election of 1860, including Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Students will also evaluate the significance of the Battle of Fort Sumter and the impact it had on secession · Lesson 4 pp.102-107 · Create a Flipbook that compares and contrasts events. Friday Students will complete a vocabulary test on the week’s words. Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving Holiday Week!! All 5th grade students were given an extra credit project form on
Friday, Nov. 7. Projects will be graded as a test grade. Projects are due Friday, November 22, 2019. No LATE Projects will be accepted. Monday-- Happy Veterans Day!!!! Tuesday--Standard 5.40--Identify the impact of important Tennesseans prior tothe Civil War, including: David Crockett, Sam Houston, President James K. Polk, Sequoyah Unit 2-Chapter 9 Wednesday--Standard 5.41-Examine the issue of slavery in the three grand divisions and the impact their differences had on Tennessee's secession from the Union. Chapter 10 Thursday: Students will complete a study guide for Unit 2 test. Friday--Unit 2 test covering standards: 5.35-5.41 MONDAY-- Standard 5.37-- Describe Tennessee's involvement in the War of 1812 including: Andrew Jackson, the TN Volunteers, and the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
Chapter 7 --Students will create a flip book in their interactive social studies spirals. Tuesday--5.38--Students will analyze the impact of Andrew Jackson's presidency on the American Indian population of Tennessee, including : the Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears, Treaty of Echota, and John Ross. Chapter 8-- Students will create a flip book in their interactive social studies spiral and list 5 facts about each event. Wednesday--5.39 Explain how the western boundary of Tennessee was expanded with the Jackson Purchase. Create a map of Tennessee before and after the Jackson Purchase. Thursday--5.38-5.39 Students will create a trifold book about important events in the Life of Andrew Jackson and his presidency Friday--1/2 Day and school wide Spelling Bee |
Hello, I'm Katherine Reed. This is my 31st year of teaching and my 25th year at Richland. I am a graduate of the University of Mississippi where I received my undergraduate degree and masters degree in Elementary Education.
I am married to an amazing man, David, and have two wonderful boys, Garrett age 22, who is studying Business Analytics at UT Knoxville and Cooper age 20, who is a s0phmore at UTK . I also have a dog named Archives
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