Important Dates
- Spooky Science Night 10/30 @ DES
- Thanksgiving Break 11/25-11/29
This week in Mrs. Plante's Math....
We are starting our new unit on decimals covering multiplication and division of decimals.
HERE is the Parent Letter from the Georgia Department of Education outlining what we will be learning in this unit.
HERE is a video multiplying decimals using an area model.
You student can review skills through IXL.com (login information is located in their agenda) Skills to review are G.3 (word form), G.4 (place value), and G.10 (comparing decimal numbers), H.1 - H.4 (adding/subtracting decimals) and G.7 (rounding decimals).
This week in Mrs. Allen's Writing...
In writing this week we are beginning to work on our comparing and contrasting informational writing peaces Each night your student will have Daily Oral Language for homework. We will check them each day in class and each Friday they will be assessed.
ELA-Literacy RL.5.6: Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described. ELA-Literacy RL.5.9: Compare and Contrast stories in the same genre on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
This week in Mrs. Allen's Social Studies
In science we have begun our unit The Great Depression. Please encourage your student to read over their notes each night.
SS5H3 Explain how the Great Depression and New Deal affected the lives of millions of
Americans.
a. Discuss the Stock Market Crash of 1929, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, the Dust
Bowl, and soup kitchens.
b. Analyze the main features of the New Deal; include the significance of the Civilian
Conservation Corps, Works Progress Administration, and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
c. Discuss important cultural elements of the 1930s; include Duke Ellington, Margaret
Mitchell, and Jesse Owens.
Words to know
employment: the number of people who are looking for a job but can't find one.
depression: is a time when people can't find work and businesses close.
debt: is money that one person owes to another.
charity: is an organization that helps people in need.
hydroelectricity: is electricity produced by moving water.
social security: provides money to people over the age of 65.
regulation: is a rule or law.
minimum wage: is the lowest amount of money most workers can be paid.
dust bowl: swirling dust and dirt so thick it blocked the sun, it ruined crops and covered land and homes with dust. The areas known as the dust bowl are Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado because they had the worst damage.
Effects of the Dust Bowl
Social Studies Study Guide
SS5H3
Explain how the Great Depression and New Deal affected the lives of millions of
Americans.
a.
Discuss the Stock Market Crash of 1929, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, the
Dust Bowl, and soup kitchens.
b. Analyze
the main features of the New Deal; include the significance of the Civilian
Conservation Corps, Works Progress Administration, and the Tennessee Valley
Authority.
c.
Discuss important cultural elements of the 1930s; include Duke Ellington,
Margaret Mitchell, and Jesse Owens.
Here is a copy of our study guide that we are completing in class to prepare for our assessment October 28th.
Words to know
employment:
the number of people who are looking for a job but can't find one.
depression:
is a time when people can't find work and businesses close.
debt: is
money that one person owes to another.
charity: is an
organization that helps people in need.
hydroelectricity: is electricity produced by moving water.
social security: provides money to people over the age of 65.
regulation:
is a rule or law.
minimum wage:
is the lowest amount of money most workers can be paid.
dust bowl:
swirling dust and dirt so thick it blocked the sun, it ruined crops and covered
land and homes with dust. The areas known as the dust bowl are Kansas,
Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado because they had the worst
damage.
1. What event put an end to the prosperity of the 1920s?
_______________________
____________________________________________________________________
2. The time period where people were loosing jobs and businesses
were closing is called _______________________________________________________________.
3. The United States were
the only people suffering from the depression. T/F?
4. What caused the Great
Depression? _____________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
5. Why did factory workers
lose their jobs during the Great Depression? __________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
6. The were the name of the
towns that started to spring up? ____________________
7. What did charities and
religious groups do to help people during this time? ______
_____________________________________________________________________
8. Where was
the Dust Bowl? _____________________________________________________
9. Why did people build shantytowns and stand in
bread lines during the Depression? ________
______________________________________________________________________________
Causes
of the Dust Bowl
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Effects of the Dust Bowl
The New Deal
10. Who was the president during the Great Depression?
________________________
11. What was
his belief?_________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
12. Who loaned
money to struggling businesses and unemployed workers_________
_____________________________________________________________________
13. Which president came up with the New Deal?
_____________________________
14. What was
the New Deal? _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
15. Who fought
for laws that protected the rights of African Americans? __________
_____________________________________________________________________
16. What is an
interest rate? _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
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17. What was
the goal of the Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC? ______________
_____________________________________________________________________
18. What did
the Works Progess Administration or WPA do? ___________________
_____________________________________________________________________
19. What did people
do that worked for Tennessee Valley Authority or TVA? ______
_____________________________________________________________________
HERE is a great site to check out more information on our current unit.
This week in Mr. Brumbelow's Reading Class...
We will begin reading our newest informational text, Volcano by Patricia Lauber. We will be keeping track of all our text structure elements as
we progress through the book. We will begin with vocabulary work, read
chorally as a class, and then partner reread to ensure comprehension.
Students will use their reading notebooks to complete some vocabulary word work. Students will also be
answering a written response to the text in their reading notebooks. There will not be a spelling and/or vocabulary test over words from this book. We will use these words daily in our written response answers
***Please
make sure your child has a library book at home with them every day. It
should be kept in their book bags unless they are reading them and
brought to school with them every day. It is extremely important that
your child read at least 20 every night for them to continue to improve their reading abilities.
***Students will have reading homework this week. It will be given to them on Monday and is due by Friday morning at 8am.***
We will continue our NBI (Needs Based Instruction) reading rotations. Some students will be working in the computer labs on Read 180 or System 44. Other students will stay in the classroom and meet with me in small groups to work on reading fluency and comprehension. This program helps students that are reading below grade level become more proficient readers. It will also have students that are on grade level continue to grow their reading skills and vocabulary up to and beyond the fifth grade reading band. Each of these segments will last 45 minutes.
