Announcements for this Week and Notes for the Week

Greetings Family,

My apologies for the late post. This is one of the weeks were I was a Soldier and a teacher. Things have been very busy, but I have not forgotten about you all. Here is a look at what we are planning for the next few days:

• There will be no spelling test this week. Spelling tests and BWTL words will resume in 2017.
• We have been able to replace some of the lost books in our library due to donations from parents whose child lost a book. If you choose not to replace a lost book please ensure that your scholar brings a book from home for independent reading time.  
• Keep up the good work with reading logs and iReady.
• Thanks to those who came out to the Arts Program Information Orientation earlier this week. Hopefully it was helpful.
• For the rest of the week and on Monday, students will have some time to visit the Christmas giftshop. 
• Next week we plan on holding a special holiday activity for students. Please stay-tuned for more details.
• There will be a quiz for students tomorrow. The following is what will be on the quiz:
• The Four Steps to Unlocking the Prompt:
• Read the prompt carefully. 
• Circle the key direction verbs and underline important ideas.
• Explain what the prompt is asking you to do in your own words. 
• Plan your response to the prompt.
• Fact vs. Opinion
• Fact- A true statement 
• Opinion- A belief not always based on facts 
• Valid Opinion- Supported by facts
• Invalid/Faulty Opinion: Not Supported by facts
• Chapter 5, Lesson 1 Vocabulary:
• Prehistoric- Before written records
• Historian- A person who studies the past
• Archeologist- A person who studies ancient people and their cultures
• Culture- a way of life shared by a group of people
• Artifact- objects made by humans
• Confederacy- an association
• Chapter 5, Lesson 1 Information:
• Why did most explorers come to the Americas? 
• They wanted to become wealthy, and they were looking for adventure. 
• Why did many Native Americans die after the Europeans settled in the Chesapeake Bay area? 
• Europeans carried germs which the Native Americans were unable to fight off.
• How were the Piscataway and the Nanticoke different? How were they they same? 
• The Piscataway were the most powerful on the Western Shore, and the Nanticoke were the most powerful on the eastern shore. 
• Both were Algonquians.
• How is a historian and an archeologist different? 
• A historian studies the past and an archeologist studies ancient people and their cultures. 
• How did people change what they ate after the weather got warmer? 
• Native Americans moved closer to the water and began to eat fish. They hunted closer to the coast. They began to eat nuts and berries.
• Why were the woodland people called the woodland people?
• They lived in the woodlands and used the resources around them.
• What was one effect of Maryland’s climate becoming warmer?
• Native Americans had new sources of food.
• Whose land bordered the Atlantic Ocean? (Use the map on page 44.)
• The Nanticoke people.