S.S. quiz study guide!

Chapter 6, Lesson 2 and 3 Study Guide and Quiz

1. What does strike mean, when talking about labor unions and workers?
Strike means to stop working until demands are met.
2. What are Buffalo Soldiers?
Buffalo Soldiers were African-Americans who performed some of the most difficult and dangerous work in the army.
3. Jim Crow laws were created to do what?
Jim Crow laws segregated whites and blacks. Blacks and whites had to go to different schools, use different drinking fountains, use separate parts of the train, etc.
4. Which side of the Civil War did Missouri join?
Missouri, although pro-slavery, joined the Union to fight the Southern states.
5. What does it mean to reconstruct?
Reconstruct means to rebuild something. Reconstruction was a time when the U.S. rebuilt broken cities and towns after the Civil War.
6. What did the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments try to do?
The purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments was to give equal rights to all citizens after the Civil War.
7. How did transportation change in Missouri following the Civil War?
Before the Civil War, transportation was mainly by wagon. After the war, railroads helped make Missouri a stronger economy.
8. Bonus: Why did the South want to secede from the Union?
The South seceded because of slavery and because unfair taxation.
9. What does “segregated” mean?
To segregate means to separate. The words is often used to describe separating people because of race or skin color.

Choose a picture, write a very short story!

Unit 20 Words (Spelling)

Unit 20 Words

Often
Together
Everything
Leave
Morning
All ready
Usually
Bring
Several
Their
Already
Because
Game
There
Only
Cannot
Too
Through
Carefully
Answer
System

MATH!!!!!

We have skipped ahead in math, and I'm teaching these lessons, together as a unit:
28.1, 28.2, 29.1, 29.2, 30.1, and 30.2. After this unit, we'll return to fractions, decimals, and percents.

Fun Poem Online!

Click HERE to make a neat-o "wordle" poem!

Look into my eyes...

Pretty funny picture, huh? This is from Halloween a few years ago. My wife said it looks like I have my "game face" on when I play racquetball. She says I look very serious, like I'm going to win the game.


Speaking of game face, we are now heading into the end of third quarter, and MAP testing is right around the corner (end of March to mid-April). We'll be doing quite a bit of review, using our Tungsten test data to drive some of the reteaching. Time to get your game face on.

You are all doing a fantastic job in the classroom, reading, working out tough arithmetic equations, etc. Our focus will be working out more of the "blue sheet" math questions, giving complete responses, and practicing our number skills. In reading, we'll continue to investigate a wide range of literature, but still focus on those key "good reader" skills: rereading, summarizing, inferencing, and connecting.

If you have a "game face" picture you'd like me to upload, bring it on your flash drive. Get your GAME FACE ON!!!!

Busy!

Busy, busy week! We're working with geometric translations, rotations, and reflections. In addition, students are working on independent in-class projects:
perimeter, area, tessellations, and heiroglyphics! Here are some pics of our class at work:

Ch. 18 Spelling Words

Unit 18 Words

almost
there
probably
power
girl
all ready
however
past
because
problem
young
longer
didn’t
until
understand
before
course
warm
deep
winter
instead
change

Harcourt Math Link!

Here are some great Think Math Geometry games:

http://www.harcourtschool.com/thinkmath/topics/geometry.html

Enjoy, and make sure to try the coordinate geometry games. It's like the game Battleship!

Pattern Blocks Online!

Click here for a pattern block game!

Make a Mixture!

Click HERE to make your own mixture!