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:

We do have a spring break packet. Here it is.

Greetings Family (from Southern California),

I hope Spring Break is going well for everyone. This is just a reminder that Spring Break packets were distributed to each student in addition to our class novel Shiloh. Students must read up to chapter 7 by the end of Spring Break. The were given a set of questions to accompany each chapter at the conclusion of last week. Students were also given a reading log to complete using the assigned novel.

Each assignment will be due on May 1, 2017. Please reach out to me via email if you have questions or concerns.

-Ms. Sheps

The PARCC is upon us.

Family,

The PARCC schedule and notification letter went home yesterday. If you did not get it, a copy is below for your reference.

-Ms. Sheps

 

Bringing Words to Life (BWTL) Words

Family,

Our Bringing Words to Life notes from last week are below:

1. Repetition is a noun that means the act of repeating something that has already been said or written.
2. Comfort is a noun that means something that makes you feel at ease.
3. Relative is a noun that means a person connected to you by blood, marriage, adoption, or foster care; someone in your family.

Social Studies Notes- Chapter 1, Lesson 5

Family,

Here are the social studies notes from last week:

• Important Terms
• Transportation- how people or goods moves from one place to another
• Communication- the ways and tools that people use to send information to one another
• Infrastructure- Forms of transportation and communication
• Network- a system of connected parts that work together
• Port- a place where ships dock to load or unload goods or merchandise
• Cargo- Goods and merchandise transported by ship, truck, boat, or airplane
• Why were the first settlements near water, such as oceans or rivers? 
• Water was a means to get from place to place by boat. At first, there were no roads. 
• It was easier to to travel and trade on water.
• What were some types of transportation that developed before the invention of airplanes?
• Railroads 
• Gasoline-powered automobiles 
• Horse-drawn wagons
• Carriages 
• Trains 
• Boats
• Why did roads become necessary? 
• Waterways were not always available or usable where people needed to go. Settlements spread out across the land, and people needed ways to connect these settlements. 
• How did railroads change transportation?
• They were faster than horse drawn wagons. There were more railroad tracks that went farther distances than roads. 
• What was the common change in each form of transportation as it was developed? 
• Each form of new transportation was faster and could go farther than the previous form. 
• How does the Chesapeake Bay Bridge make travel faster between the eastern and western shores? 
• The Chesapeake Bay Bridge makes it faster and easier to travel over the Chesapeake Bay instead of crossing the bay on a ferry.
• Why was building the national road an important accomplishment? 
• It was the first federal road in the united states. 
• The road opened new areas for settlement.
• Why is the college park airport so important? 
• The college park airport is important because it is the oldest operating airport in the nation. 
• Why did people need a national road? 
• The road opened new areas for settlement. 
• It was built through unsettled land when there was not big road-building machines to help with the work. 
• Why did people lose interest in the national road? 
• The rapid growth in railroads caused people to lose interest in the national road. 
• What was invented first, the radio or the telephone? 
• The telephone was invented first.
• What skills would a telegraph operator need? 
• A telegraph operator would need to know how to use the machine and how to read incoming messages.
• What was the sequence (order) of ways developed to send messages in the 1800s? 
• Letters and newspapers 
• Morse Code 
• Telephone
• How many years was it between the invention of the telephone and the first cell phone? 
• It took 107 years.
• How many years was it between invention of the first cell phone and the sale of the first smart phone? 
• It took 10 years.
• How long did it take for the world wide web to launch after the invention of the internet? 
• It took 20 years

Spelling Words 4.1

Greetings Family,

The spelling words for this week are below:

1. Reaction
2. Prerecorded
3. Incorrectly
4. Incredibly
5. Disobedient
6. Diagreeable
7. Refreshment
8. Unbreakable
9. Declaration
10. Retirement
11. Misdialed
12. Undefined
13. Unhappily
14. Watchfully
15. Gleefully
16. Sportsmanship
17. Repayment
18. Questionable
19. Displacement
20. Midshipman
21. Multicultural
22. Universally
23. Understatement
24. Outlandish
25. Inflammable

Quarter 4 Creative Arts Schedule

Hi Family,

The Quarter 4 Creative Arts Schedule is below.

-Ms. Sheps

Announcements for the Week (more to follow)

Greetings Family,

Welcome to the final quarter of the school year. A few things will be posted following this email:

1. The new creative arts schedule
2. The spelling words (yes, that's right) for the week
3. The social studies study guide from last week's notes
4. The Bringing Words to Life Words and definitions from last week's notes

A few things to remember, folks:

1. The book fair started today! It was awesome. We have a great selection of books. Homeskillets had the opportunity to write down titles and prices of books that interested them. They will have a few more opportunities this week to re-visit the book fair. 
2. We will have a spelling test and a weekly quiz on Friday.
3. The PARCC is approaching. I will keep you abreast of information as it comes to me. I just want parents to be aware schedules may be a bit different for kids in the near future. 
4. We are TWO WEEKS away from Spring Break. The kids are excited!

Let's make it a great week.

-Ms. Shepes