Just a heads up....

Hey! As we have been taking Language notes, I've realized that I should probably put them up on the blog as well. Just in case we have any kiddos that haven't copied neatly or all the way. I will be trying to put them up daily under the "Great Grammar" tab. Hope this helps everyone!

Chapter 6 Social Studies Vocab

boycott -- to stop buying something specifically to make a point
intolerable -- impossible to tolerate, unbearable
lease -- a rental contract
quartering -- providing housing for soldiers
Regulators -- a group of Scots Irish men who wanted to separate from North Carolina
riot -- a violent protest
shoal -- a shallow and often dangerous section of a body of water
tax -- money people pay to the goverment
American Revolution -- the war in which American colonists fought for independence from Great Britain
betray -- to be disloyal
delegate -- a person chosen to act for others
grievance -- a complaint against an unjust or unfair act
independent -- not ruled by anyone else
Loyalist -- a colonist who was loyal to Great Britain and did not support the American Revolution
minutemen -- colonial soldiers who were ready to fight at a moment's notice
Patriot -- a person who wanted the colonies to be free from British rule
revolution -- a time when a group overthrows and replaces its government
traitor --     a person who commits treason by betraying his country
tyranny --   the cruel use of power
station -- a fort built by early settlers
surrender --   to give up

Happy Valentine's Week!

Hope you are having a great week so far! This week is going to be PACKED full of learning and fun!

We started off Monday with a BANG! We took the Constructed Response Assessment in Math which wore the kiddos out! It's difficult to sit answering Math questions for an hour in silence! They did great, though, and I am so proud of them!

This week at a glance:

Reading: We will be reading Harvesting Hope, a biography about Cesar Chavez.

Language: We will continue our study of Adjectives and Adverbs... Ask your kids about Adjective Annie... she was pretty fun to create!

Spelling: This week our Spelling words focus on suffixes. We will be learning words with -ful, -less, -ness, and -ment in them.

Social Studies: We are coming to the end of the American Revolution! We will be having a Vocab quiz on Thursday and a Chapter Test on Friday. Study those study guides and we'll be in good shape! The Paul Revere poem is also due on Thursday, so be sure to be studying that!  

Science: We will be beginning a new chapter this week on Measuring Matter!

Math: We will be continuing to work on Fractions this week, adding and subtracting them! It should be fun! :)

Let me know if there is ever anything that I can do to help you or your child!

Paul Revere's Ride

Here is Paul Revere's poem... due Feb 13! 


Paul Revere's Ride
by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.

He said to his friend, "If the British march
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch
Of the North Church tower as a signal light,--
One if by land, and two if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country folk to be up and to arm."