Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Homework (March 18th, 2014)

5th Grade Homework 1. Spelling- write words 1-10 in sentences 2. Spelling workbook- page 58 3. Write 1-2 paragraphs using the word aggressive 4. Bring in a picture of yourself Spelling Test on Friday!! 4th Grade Homework 1. Spelling- words 1- 10 in sentences 2. Write 1-2 paragraphs using synonyms, antonyms and homographs 3. Bring in a picture of yourself 4. Please bring in a pack of loose leaf. Spelling Test on Friday! **Announcementes** Students will have Spelling test EVERY Friday! They will also have vocabulary test each week.

Friday, March 7, 2014

FRiday 3-7-14

ELA Interviews/Stories are due Monday March 10, 2014   Should be written in Essay form
S.S Test Friday March 14th Both Grades

Study Guide for Chapter 7 Social Studies 4th grade


Vocabulary: Frontier, Pioneer, canal, tow-path, toll, boomtown, locomotive, Industrial Revolution, Famine, tanning

Identification:

Genesee Road

War of 1812

The Clermont

Robert Fulton

Erie Canal



Multiple Choice:

1. What waterway did Colonel Rochester settle in?

2. What year was the Steamboat built?

3. Who started the first steam train?

4. Who invented the first sewing machine?

5. What country did the famine occur?



Short Answers

1. Where did Robert Fulton’s go on its first trip?

2. What was the importance of the Genesee Road?

3. Why was the Battle of Lake Champlain important during the War of 1812?

Study Guide Chapter 8 for 5th grade Social Studies Test

Vocabulary: Proclamation of 1763, voyageur, Treaty of Paris, mission, presidio

Multiple Choice

1. What did Diego de Vargas promise the Pueblo?

2. What was the last part of New Spain to be settled by Europeans?

3. What was the most important industry in New France?

4. Why did the French and the British go to war in 1754?

5. William Pitt helped the British win the war by?



Identification

Don Juan

El Camino Real

Rene Robert La Salle

Fort Necessity

Coureurs de bois



Short Answers



1. What was the most economic activity of the French in New France?

2. What agreement did Diego de Vargas make with the Pueblo people?

3. Why were the 13 colonies unable to expand after settlements were built in Louisiana?