Lost and Found is full! Please remind your children to look for any lost items before the end of the year.
Field Day Change...
Due to the possibility of inclement weather, the intermediate field day will be moved FROM this Friday and will now be on Wednesday May 17th. If you ordered Field Day t-shirts, they were given out today.
If you would liketo volunteer for Field Day, there is a new sign up link.
Science Content Spelling List
Use the strategies you have learned to spell the words. (break words in parts, break in to syllables, say the words slowly etc)- Test Thursday
1. population
2. community
3. producer
4. consumer
5. herbivore
6. carnivore
7. omnivore
8. decomposer
9. habitat
10. niche
All retakes from last week will be on Wednesday of this week. Please be on the look out to see if your child received a test that they are eligible to retake. All additional practice must be completed, a parent signature must be included and it must be turned in by Wednesday in order to be eligible for a retake.
Your child received information on Monday about an assignment that they are to do for homework this week. It will be noted in their agenda as "Poetry Project". It will be taken for a social studies classwork grade and a writing classwork grade. The "project" will be due on Thursday. Please encourage them to USE THE RUBRIC that will be provided on the informational sheet they will receive.
Your child received information on Monday about an assignment that they are to do for homework this week. It will be noted in their agenda as "Poetry Project". It will be taken for a social studies classwork grade and a writing classwork grade. The "project" will be due on Thursday. Please encourage them to USE THE RUBRIC that will be provided on the informational sheet they will receive.
Social
Studies Poetry Project-Due Thursday May 11th.
Directions: In order to complete this project, you will need to
use what you have learned during our poetry unit so far and what you have
learned about Westward Expansion in Social Studies.
You will create 1
Couplet Poem, 1 Triplet Poem and 1 Acrostic Poem. Examples of each type
of poem can be found on the back of this paper. You may also refer to the notes
we took in class. Each poem will use information from Social Studies Chapter
10, lessons 1-4, your Social Studies notes and your study guide from chapter
10) USE THE RUBRICS below to be sure that you have included everything
necessary in order to receive full credit.
You will receive a Social Studies grade for the Social Studies content.
You will also receive a writing grade for each poem.
Rubric
for Social Studies Content
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3 points
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2 points
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1 point
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Included
in your three poems combined, incorporate 3 names of people we studied.
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Included
in your three poems combined, incorporate 2 names of people we studied.
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Included
in your three poems combined, incorporate 1 name of people we studied.
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Included
in your three poems combined, incorporate all 3 of the following terms.
(Louisiana Purchase, Westward Expansion, Trail of Tears)
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Included
in your three poems combined, incorporate 2 of the following terms.
(Louisiana Purchase, Westward Expansion, Trail of Tears)
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Included
in your three poems combined, incorporate 1 of the following terms.
(Louisiana Purchase, Westward Expansion, Trail of Tears)
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Included
in your three poems combined, incorporate all 3 names of the following
rivers. (Red River, Arkansas River, Missouri River)
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Included
in your three poems combined, incorporate 2 names of the following rivers.
(Red River, Arkansas River, Missouri River)
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Included
in your three poems combined, incorporate 1 name of the following rivers.
(Red River, Arkansas River, Missouri River)
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Included
in your three poems combined, incorporate 3 domain specific vocabulary words
from chapter 10.
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Included
in your three poems combined, incorporate 2 domain specific vocabulary words
from chapter 10.
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Included
in your three poems combined, incorporate 1 domain specific vocabulary word
from chapter 10.
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Rubric
for Poetry (Couplet)
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3 points
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2 points
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1 point
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Include
3 sets of two lines each.
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Include
2 sets of two lines each.
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Include
1 set of two lines.
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Each
of the 3 sets end with words that rhyme at the end of the lines.
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Each
of the 2 sets end with words that rhyme at the end of the lines.
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Each
set ends with words that rhyme at the end of the lines.
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Rubric
for Poetry (Triplet)
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3 points
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2 points
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1 point
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Include
3 sets of three lines each.
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Include
2 sets of three lines each.
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Include
1 set of three lines.
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Each
of the 3 sets end with words that rhyme at the end of the lines.
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Each
of the 2 sets end with words that rhyme at the end of the lines.
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Each
set ends with words that rhyme at the end of the lines.
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Rubric
for Poetry (Acrostic)
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3 points
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2 points
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1 point
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Word
is written down side of paper and contains at least five letters.
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Word
is written down side of paper and contains less than 5 letters.
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Word
is written down side of paper and contains 3 letters or less.
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All
lines of poem relate to topic word.
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Half
of the lines of the poem relate to topic.
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Less
than half of the lines of the poem relate to the topic.
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Couplet
Poem:
A poem that contains at least two sets of two lines. The ending of
each line rhymes, however the lines in set two etc do not have to rhyme with
set one.
The
Beach
Ocean
waves crash on shore
The
beach is definitely not a bore.
The
sand sticks to my feet
The
air is salty and sweet.
The
sun shines brightly in the sky
The
seagull stole my sandwich, “Oh my!”
Triplet
Poem:
A poem that contains at least two sets of two lines. The ending of
each line rhymes, however the lines in set two etc do not have to rhyme with
set one.
Nature
Everywhere
Flowers,
birds and bees
Beneath
the bushes and under the trees
The
long grass gives me itchy knees.
I
see the rain coming fast
I
wonder how long it will last
I
notice a cardinal flying past
Nature
is here
It
is near
It’s
beauty brings me cheer
Acrostic Poem:
Sundays
Sunshine
Under a tree I sit in silence
No one is up as early as I
Drinking my coffee in peace
Always we eat family dinner
Yet we wake early to start the glorious day
Supermarket to get ready for the week
