Social Studies Ch. 4 Short Answer Questions

These are the four short answer questions that will be on the Ch. 4 Test Thursday. They need to be answered in 3-5 complete sentences.

1. What happened to American Indian groups as a result of the discovery of agriculture?
2. Choose one of the following pairs and explain the importance of the activity to the culture.
Anasazi- Rain Dance
Makah- Potlatch
Mississipians- River Trade
Creek- Green Corn Dance
3. Give an example from an American Indian culture to support this statement: American Indians valued their relationship with nature.
4. What did the five tribes of the Iroquois Nation gain by joining together? What can present-day groups learn from their example?

Due Dates Week of Oct. 27th

Social Studies Ch. 4 Test: Thursday, Oct. 30th
Vocabulary Unit 8 Test: Friday, Oct. 31st
Book Report Selection: Wed. Oct. 29th


HALLOWEEN PARADE 8:30 A.M. Friday, Oct. 31st
* Remember to check guidelines for appropriate Halloween Attire!

***Reminder From Room Our Parents***

A few friendly reminders from our room parents: (Please provide the following by Friday, Oct. 31st.)

1. Roster Information to Gina Delahoussaye @ gina_dela@yahoo.com

2. Donation to the Class Basket for the Casino Night Silent Auction. The basket theme is "Christmas." You can donate a Christmas item or send in $10 towards the basket. Your donation, cash or check (Payable to Gina Delahoussaye), can be sent to school with your child. Let's make the fifth grade basket great!

Thanks for your help!

Virtue Award Winner- October

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

The Fifth Graders being recognized for displaying our Virtue "Compassion" this month are:

Valerie

Joshua

Jeannie

Good Job! Continue to be great Christian Leaders!

Computer Class 10/20/08

Computer Class 10/20/08

You are going to create an organizational chart for your social studies notes on Microsoft Word.

1. Open Microsoft Word to a new blank document

2. Click on File

- Go to page set up

- Change the Orientation of the paper to "Landscape" Click ok

3. In size 14 , Times New Roman font type your complete heading with Social Studies being the subject.

4. Type the title "Outline for Chapter 4 Lesson 1" in Size 14, Times New Roman font and make it bold and centered.

5. Go to "Insert"

- Diagram

- Choose the "Organizational Chart" and click ok

6. Click inside of the first box and type "Chapter 4 Lesson 1 Outline" Hit return and type the title of that lesson.

7. In one box type "Vocabulary"

8. In the two remaining boxes type the Subtitles of the social studies lessons.

9. Click in the Vocabulary box and then use the formatting box to "Insert shapes" Insert 3 boxes, one for each vocabulary word. Make sure to change the layout to "hanging right".

10. In the two subtitle sections you will also insert shapes to add more information. They will also "hang right."

11. Remember that one subtitle section has another subdivision you must divide up first into two sections before you may add notes.

12. Complete the shapes and organizational chart with information from your notes.

You will Save this document on your disk in the computer lab. Remember to "Save As" and that when you it you see YOUR NAME in the "where" space before you save.

October 14th- October 24th

FYI

*PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES: HALF DAYS Oct. 14th to Oct. 17th

* Spelling Test Unit 6 : Friday, October 17th
* Spelling Test Unit 7 : Friday, October 24th
* Math Ch. 2 Test: Wednesday, October 22nd
* English Ch. 2 Test: Friday, October 24th

*GATEWAY TO ART THURSDAY, OCT. 23rd!!!

5th Grade Culture Projects

Halloween Mural

Sign of Beaver Study Tools

Practice quiz for The Sign of the Beaver test can be found at these websites:(cut/copy and paste to your browser.)

http://library.thinkquest.org/6299/quiz.htm
http://www.quia.com/quiz/126759.html
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz115906d46ff8.html

These are ONLY references and practice tools. You must read and keep up in the novel!

HALLOWEEN MURAL CONTEST...TRICK OR TREAT!

October 2, 2008
Dear Parents/Guardians,

The LAX Coastal Chamber is hosting a contest this Saturday, October 4th for a Halloween Mural window painting. Many of the fifth graders expressed interest in painting a Halloween mural on the window. As a class, some students created a sketch to have in the contest, and I am glad to announce that they chose us to participate. This does mean that I will need some of the students who expressed interest to come join in on Saturday. There is a cash prize for the winners of the contest that day.
I will be at the location all day, so please do not feel like you will have to spend your day painting windows! However, if you would like to stay you are more than welcome to. The contest is from 10am to 4pm on Saturday. The address we will paint at is 9100 S. Sepulveda Blvd. Ste. 210 Westchester, CA 90045. If your child can help even for a few hours I know our class would love to be able to take home a cash prize for our artistic hard work and be proud of the hard work on the window painting!
Please let me know if your child will be coming. We will NOT be able to paint unless we have enough for a team! Your student will just need to bring a lunch or money for lunch. All other supplies will be at the site for us. Please return this or email me ASAP if your student is interested, so that I can get some type of count. If you have any questions, please email me, and I will be glad to answer them.

Thanks,
Miss Carter

______Yes, my child will be able to help paint!

Student Name ___________________________________

Parent Signature _________________________________

Week of October 6th

We will be finishing up the ITBS and CoGAT testing this week! We WILL start back full force in other subjects too. Prospective major due dates are as follows:

Social Studies: Ch. 3 test- Friday
The Sign of the Beaver: Final Test- Friday
Spelling: Unit 5 test- Friday

Computer Class- October 1st

Good Afternoon! You are going to type a minimum of one paragraph about any topic you want. You must follow all directions exactly as written. Include at least FIVE of the vocabulary words listed below. You will print this out and turn it in for a grade.

-Open a new blank document on Microsoft Word

--DO NOT SKIP LINES BETWEEN ANY LINES—
-- Use size 14, and Comic Sans font type

- Type your complete correct heading with the subject as “Vocabulary”

-On the next line type your Title as “Correct Word Usage”
-Highlight your title
-Go to the “alignment” tab on the formatting palette and click center
Alignment
-Highlight and make the title bold

- On the next line (make sure you are left aligned again) begin typing your paragraph.
- Indent your paragraph
- Include FIVE of the words listed below, exactly as they are written.
You may use it more than once, but you must use five different words total
- Underline each word as you use it

Vocabulary List
Blunder
distribute
temporary
solitary
Strategy
numerous
villain
impressive
Cautious
treacherous
miniature
despise
Deceive
luxurious
aggressive
glamour

- Go to the top and click on “Insert”
- Click on “picture”
- Click from “clip art”
-Choose any picture to match your story and insert it at the bottom of
your page

- DO NOT SAVE YOUR PAPER! Go to “File” and “Print”

-Exit Microsoft word once you have completed the assignment and printed. Go to www.sheppardsoftware.com and practice your states.