My last day.

Greetings Family,

As some of you may have heard, I have been called out of the country for military service. My last day with students this year will be June 1, 2017. Schoolwork will be left for students to complete in my absence. They have already been made aware of this and know to do their very best on their assignments.

We will be having a brief celebration tomorrow. Students have been invited to bring snacks to share with the rest of the class if they so choose.

I have greatly enjoyed working with each of you and your scholars this school year. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be a part of your lives.

Love,

Ms. Sheps

Weekly Quiz Study Guide

Greetings Family,

The following items will be on this week's quiz. The quiz will take place on Wednesday.

• All highlighted terms from lessons 2, 3, and 4. 
• List three ways people can buy goods and services today.
• They can:
• Use paper money and coins
• Write a check
• Use a credit card
• Why do people form businesses? 
• They have goods or services they want to sell.
• Look at the advertisement for the German Fire Insurance Company on page 122. In what way does the advertisement make people want to purchase the company’s product? 
• By showing a sympathetic image of a fireman rescuing a baby, the company wants people to feel that buying insurance will protect them and their property.
• What are the three characteristics of a small business? 
• Owned by an individual 
• Small number of employees 
• Small amount of sales
• Why do some companies choose not to do business in Maryland? 
• They might feel that state government regulations lead to higher business costs.
• What is another word for regulation? 
• Rule
• How did Henry Blair change farming in the state? 
• He invented new planting machines that helped farmers work faster and better. 
• What is one way Maryland companies use technology to help people? 
• They use technology to find new ways to treat illness. 
• In what products does Maryland specialize? 
• Chicken and seafood
• Name three jobs people have in the Atlantic Coastal Plain. 
• Fisher 
• Scientist 
• Government Worker 
• Why is water important to the Piedmont Plateau? 
• It is used to produce hydro electric power. 
• What do farmers grow in the Appalachian Mountain region? 
• Oats 
• Potatoes 
• Apples 
• Look at the map of resources on page 136. What are two resources found in the Appalachian Mountains? 
• Coal and Dairy 
• What are two resources found in the Piedmont Plateau?
• Limestone and Livestock 

It's your favorite day of the year.

This week in a nutshell.

Greetings Family,

A few quick announcements:

• Thanks to those of you who were able to make it out to our Honor Roll Assembly yesterday. Congrats to our scholars!
• Today and tomorrow, students will be taking the iReady and MAP tests. Hopefully their names will end up on our final set of banners!
• This week, students will need to complete 60 minutes of iReady and their reading log.
• Our weekly quiz and spelling tests will be next week! Stay tuned for details.
• This week, on Friday, each class will have a celebration for winning the monthly round of the Family Gems game (4.1 for March and 4.2 for April). Homeskillets are free to bring snacks if they please. I ask that the snacks are sharable (in individually wrapped packages), and that there are enough for all students in the class. I am on an eternal diet.

Let's have a great week!

Social Studies Notes

Family,

Opportunity cost

A note about this week's study guide. Students need to understand the following concepts and be mindful that the scenarios listed my change. It is less important for students to memorize a scenario and more important for them to understand the concept.

Notes were emailed out to parents this time around. Hopefully they are helpful!

-Ms. Sheps

Weekly Announcements

Greetings Family,

Welcome to the halfway point in the 4th quarter! These last few weeks have been a blur. I hope everyone enjoyed Spring Break. I certainly enjoyed working for the Army while I was away. Now it is time for us to push until the end.

• Career day is tomorrow! We look forward to learning all about jobs we may have in the future.
• This week students will have a reading log and 60 iReady minutes for homework. 
• The weekly quiz will be on social studies chapter 4, lesson 1 and Shiloh chapters 1-15. A study guide will follow.
• This week, we will complete our reading in the novel Shiloh! 
• In two weeks, students will take the Spring MAP and iReady diagnostics. This will establish their final levels of performance on each assessment. Following these tests, standardized testing for the year will be complete (yay!).
• Students will also have a spelling test this week. Here are the words:

1. Please
2. Pleasant
3. Breath
4. Breathe
5. Image
6. Imagine
7. Product
8. Production
9. Heal
10. Health
11. Triple
12. Triplet
13. Relate
14. Relative
15. Meter
16. Metric
17. Compose
18. Composition
19. Crumb
20. Crumble
21. Origin
22. Original
23. Academy
24. Academic
25. Inspire
26. Inspiration

Have a great week.

-Ms. Sheps

This week students are reading chapters 8-11 in class.

Greetings Family,

Students should be finishing up chapters 8-11 of Shiloh.  In case homeskillets need to complete the work over the weekend, the questions are here: