Today we briefly shared our Science Fair projects then put them in the ES Lab for judging over the next two days. We went to the library for borrowing and reading.
We continued working on our Thirteen Colonies essay. Many people have finished the Peer Edit and are up to the Teacher Edit.
In the afternoon we read about the American War of Independence from the British point of view. We imagined that we were members of the British Parliament and wrote a speech about what we think should be done. Later we had a vote and a motion to allow American self-rule won by a small margin. Too bad for the Americans Gr. 5 wasn’t running things 240 years ago.
We were unable to check last week’s homework in time because Mr. Sharp had to cover another class. We will check two weeks’ worth next week.
Homework
- Read for at least 30 minutes every day and record in your log.
- Write ten new words in sentences. These words will be chosen from the ones we learned in class. Also, write 5 new words from your own reading and their definitions. Due Friday.
- Practice the spelling words (below).
- Use Khan Academy for a total of an hour over the week.
- Challenge: Find some real, interesting examples of percentages and present to the class on Friday. For example, did you know that 35% of Australia is desert? Also, 36% of Americans have a passport, compared to 70% of Brits. Perhaps it’s so nice in the US that they don’t want to leave. One more: 36% of people in the world live in either China or India. That’s more than a third. Try to find percentages that no one else will think of.
Spelling List 1
prank stank drink Frank blink
chalk stalk Falkland Islands sulk
ghost ghoul
enough tough
although thorough
loyal oppose retreat skirmish liberty
Spelling List 2
expression impression profession discussion oppression
extinction prediction subtraction contraction selection
pamphlet reinforcements boycott fertilizer supplement
abundance desolation petition compromise interference
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