Happy TwosDay! 2/22/22

2/22/22

Happy TwosDay!

 

We have finished our discussion on our country’s founding and founding documents. I believe your kids are developing an understanding of our amazing history, and that thrills me!

 

Remember that one of our TEKS is to know the location and names of all 50 states, it is a continuing goal for the year and one we are working on a little at a time. 

 

Beginning tomorrow we will be learning about Westward Expansion. This is the period when the country really began to develop. Here is a list of topics we will discuss over the next week or two:

Who were the pioneers and what motivated them?

What was the Louisiana Purchase and why was it important?

Who were Lewis and Clark? Were they successful?

What were the causes and effects of The War of 1812?

 

What can you do at home? SO! Many! Movies! Old movies, new movies, TV series … oh my!

How the West Was Won – it is long, pace yourself!

The new series 1883 – It is not all kid-friendly, so watch it first and decide… but it is so good!

Even some of the old, old, old, westerns give a little insight as to what it was like in the old west. If you find something fantastic let me know!

 

ELA – 

We will be doing skill practice with IXL, and some specific topics to prepare for STAAR. In addition to the basics like capitalization and punctuation practice, we will be working on using stronger verbs to revise sentences, using possessive and plural possessive nouns, and identifying parts of speech.

Creating a New Nation 1/4/21

I hope you all had a safe, happy, and healthy break! That last week before break was busy and very hectic with our regular activities and all of the extras. Thank you for the gifts and kind words. Love ya bunches!

Social Studies ~Creating a New Nation

We will start out our week with a review and pick up with 1776 and the Founding of a New Nation.

Tuesday – Review 1565-1775

Wednesday – Review First and Second Contentinal Congress

Thursday – Declaration of Independence / You’ll Be Back

Friday –  Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz

English/Grammar

We will continue to review grammar skills using mentor sentences. 

  • Capitalization
  • Writing dialogue – using quotation marks
  • Writing possessive adjectives

12/6/21 Road to Revolution

12/6 Road to Revolution

 

Monday- Students will read about and discuss the Second Continental Congress.

Review  of Committees of Correspondence, Townshend Acts, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, First Continental Congress, The Battles of Lexington and Concord, The Shot Heard Around the World.  We will use Quizlet as a review.

 

Tuesday- Students will work in a small group to create a Road to Revolution poster. Review 

 

Wednesday – Road to Revolution Quiz 2

This quiz will cover the above sections and include one paragraph essay question.

 

Thursday- States  Bingo

 

Friday – States Bingo.  Let’s see what you know practice quiz of 50 states. This will not be a grade in the grade book.

 

Remember to work at home on learning the location of the U.S. States. Quizlet- Colonies/States

U.S. States and Capitals.

We will have a REAL States quiz at the end of Janurary and again in the spring.

If you have trouble getting into my Quizlet site try going in under my name, Becky_Canter. You should be able to get to my Quizlets that way.

11/29/21 Road to Revolution

I hope that you all had a wonderful, safe, and relaxing Thanksgiving holiday. I am rested and ready to go!

This week in Social Studies we will finish up our unit on the Road To Revolution (slides 21-33).

Monday: We will learn about the Boston Tea Party through an escape room.

Tuesday: The Coercive Acts

Wednesday: FIELD TRIP! We are so excited to go to The Kilgore Oil Museum.

Thursday: The Battles of Lexington and Concord – The Shot heard Around the World

Friday: The First Continental Congress & Review the events leading up to the Revolutionary War.

This week in English we will review adjectives. We will identify and use adjectives in sentences. We will also identify simple and compound sentences using a mentor sentence taken from the book George Washington’s Socks.

 

Your student should be able to identify at least 20 states on a U.S. map. They should know the states along the east coast as well as the states that border Texas. How many states can you (your family) name on a map? Can you name the capitals? It might be harder than you think! Make a game out of it!

Click here Tour the States.   Click here  Wakko’s America

11/15/21

Social Studies – This week we will discuss the events that lead to the Revolutionary War.

Monday – The Townshend Act and the Committees of Correspondence

Thursday -The Boston Massacre

Friday – We will complete an escape room on the First Thanksgiving.

ELA – We will take a common assessment for ELA

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday!

Take a break from football and watch a bunch of American History movies with your family!

Here are a few, I am sure you have a favorite that will fit with your family!

The Patriot 2000

Johnny Tremain 1957

The Crossing 2000

The Scarlet Coat 1955

Revolution 1985

1776 1972

April Morning 1988

11/1/21

This week for Social Studies we will finish up our learning about the Southern Colonies and have a quiz at the end of the week.

You can study for our quiz at quizlet.com.  Click Here

One fun learning activity your student can do at home is play Stack The States. Stack The States is a free app you can get for a phone or other device.  I am sure there are other apps to learn about states as well, you might find a better one! Knowing the names and locations of our 50 states is an ongoing learning goal this year. We will not do a “Unit Study” on states but will build knowledge throughout the year as we study our country’s development. At this point of the year, your student should know the names and locations of the states bordering Texas as well as the states on the east coast. Students have a U.S. Map in their student planner. Us this or any other map to point out places your family has been to add to their knowledge and experience.

ELA/Grammar

This week we will do a writing activity that was planned for Friday. We will do a Halloween story writing activity. We will discuss and review some revising and editing concepts that carry over from 4th grade.

Your student can study or review parts of speech from home using Quizlet.com. Click Here

 

 

10/11-15

This week in ELA we work with a mentor sentence from the book Stellaluna.  We will identify parts of speech, review using quotation marks when writing dialogue, and using apostrophes.

In Social Studies we will continue to learn about the colonial period. We will spend this week discussing the Middle Colonies.

Vocabulary for this week:

apprentice

triangular trade

export / import

breadbasket colony

self-rule

agriculture

9/27/2021

English / Grammar

We will have an English Common Assessment this week.  We will discuss and review common and proper nouns as well as identifying subjects and predicates in compound sentences.

 

Social Studies

We will continue to discuss our American Colonial period. We will specifically be discussing who the Puritans were and why they came to the New World.  

Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams were two important historical figures of the time. Ask your student about the accomplishment of these significant colonists.

9/20/21 Week 5

English / Grammar

Our Mentor Sententence this week is from a book called Fireflies by Brinckloe. We will be looking at compound sentences as well as reviewing parts of speech, subjects and predicates, and using commas. 

 

Social Studies 

This week we will begin to study our Colonial period. We will learn about Jamestown and Plymouth and then on to the New England Colonies next week.

Vocabulary – Topic – Reasons for Colonization
colonized.             explored.                    free enterprise.     
industries settled cash crops
economic gain religious freedom shipbuilding

Google Classroom code

Here are the codes for Mrs. Canter’s Google Classroom.

If you need the Google Classroom code for your homeroom they are as follows:

Canter’s homeroom – 0zdhfpb

Toal’s homeroom – zfgx77u

Oynes’ homeroom ecfo3k4

Trim’s homeroom – gwgfs5e

McBride’s homeroom apx63wz