Homework:
1) Math: Create two story problems: a) 1/5 divided by 2 b) 3 divided by 1/4 2) Spelling: WTW Sort 16--sort and spell quiz Friday. 3) Social Studies: Quiz on the 1920s (Harlem Renaissance & Jazz Age) tomorrow. *Students received the 5th grade class t-shirts they ordered today. Please wear this class t-shirt on our field trip to the Atlanta Symphony (Wed., 12/6).
Homework: 1) Math: Dividing fractions by whole numbers with models, Vol. 2, page 773. 2) Spelling: WTW Sort 16 cloze quiz Thursday. I hope everyone is having a relaxing Thanksgiving Break with their families.
If you want to practice your math facts, you can log in to the MyMath textbook and review/practice multiplying fractions and mixed numbers. Don't forget that your Social Studies "What's In Your Suitcase?" project is due Friday, December 8th. See you all on Monday! -Mrs. Alwardt Please come to Turkey BINGO tonight at 6:30pm!
Pleases get your 2nd Quarter Progress Report signed. There is a bonus of $100 classroom dollars if it is returned tomorrow. 1) Math: One mixed numbers problem on lined paper (please include the model): 1 1/4 x 1/2 2) Spelling: WTW Sort 15 quiz *Symphony field trip forms must be turned in by Friday, 11/17. Our trip is on December 6th.
*Support 5th Grade fundraisers for $1.00 and win a pie a day this week! *Thursday is Turkey BINGO! Please come at 6:30pm to win a turkey! Homework: 1) Math: Multiplying mixed numbers, Volume II, page 747 (only #2-10). 2) Spelling: Cloze Quiz WTW Sort 15 on Thursday. 3) Language Arts: Vocabulary quiz on Thursday. Chapter 9, World War I Study Guide
************************************************************************* 1. The belief that your country deserves more success than others is called: ______nationalism_______________________. 2. The building of a strong military to frighten or defeat other countries is called: _____militarism__________________________. 3. An agreement that nations make to support and defend each other is called an ____alliance_______________. 4. Fighting from long, narrow ditches is called ____trench warfare_______. 5. The two important alliances made during World War I were the Allied Powers___ and the __Central Powers____. 6. In 1915, Germany sank the ___Lusitania____________________, a British passenger ship that was also carrying Americans. 7. The Lusitania was hit by a torpedo in the ocean near the country ___Ireland________. 8. When __Archduke Franz Ferdinand_____ was assassinated by a terrorist group from Serbia, World War I began. 9. Serbia wanted the territories of Herzegovina and __Bosnia____________. 10. The country _Austria-Hungary_____ declared war on Serbia in July of ___1914__________. 11. ____Rations_______________ are the limits on the amounts of goods civilians could have during the war. 12. Information that is used to persuade or shape people’s thinking is called ____propaganda___________________________. 13. An agreement to stop fighting is called an __armistice_____. 14. The term ___isolationism____ means that you have a desire to stay out of world events. 15. While many American men were away fighting in the war, __African Americans___ came North to work in factories. 16. __Women___________________ who were not away in the war also worked in factories. They made weapons for the war and repaired cars and machines. 17. The United States entered the war in ___1917____________. 18. One reason USA entered the war was because Germany sank several American ___cargo________________ ships. 19. Another reason USA entered the war, is because Germany sent secret codes to __Mexico_____________, in an attempt to get ___Mexico____ to attack USA by land. Britain found this out. 20. ___Uncle Sam____________________ is a symbol for our American government. “His” famous slogan is “I Want You.” 21. In __1918__________ the Central Powers were overwhelmed by the Allied Powers. 22. Germany signed an ___armistice____, and agreed to stop fighting. 23. Germany had to give back _________territories_____________, or land that it had taken over during the War. 24. Germany’s __military__________________ forces were then limited. 25. Germany had to return war materials, ships, other goods, and even ___livestock_______________ stolen from farms all over Europe. 26. All in all, Germany paid for damages, or paid ____restitution____, in the amount of $__33________________ billion for its part in World War I. *Last call for field trip permission slips to the Atlanta Symphony, on December 6th. All signed permission slips are due this Friday, 11/17. No students may board the buses without a parent's signed permission. Thank you for returning the forms. A second permission slip will be coming home shortly for our trip to the Atlanta History Center.
*Progress Report for Quarter 2 go home this Thursday, 11/16. Homework: 1) Math: Multiplication as scaling, Volume II, pages 753, 755. 2) Social Studies: TEST on World War I tomorrow, 11/14. The answers for the Study Guide will be posted this afternoon. Please study your notes from your notebook. Please return Symphony field trip permission slips!
Homework: 1) Math: Quiz on fractions x fractions, with models. Practice on page 741, #2-10 in Volume II. 2) Spelling: WTW Sort 14 sort and spell quiz. Please get your permission slip signed for the Symphony field trip on 12/6/17.
*Reminder: Progress Reports will go home next Thursday, 11/16. Homework: 1) Math: Multiplying fractions x fractions in notebooks, #3, 4, 5, 6. 2) Spelling: WTW Sort 14 cloze quiz Thursday. Please keep returning all of the permission slips for our first field trip to the Symphony on 12/6/17.
Homework: 1) Math: Multiplying fractions and whole numbers, Volume II, page 727, #2-10. 2) Social Studies: Study for quiz on immigration 1880s-1900s; use your notebooks. 3) Spelling: WTW Sort 13 quiz. |
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