Mrs. Severance's Class Assignments for ALL 5th Grade Science and Social Studies             Unfinished classwork is also homework and usually due the next day Unfinished End of Week home/class work due the first day of the following week will result in Lunch Tutoring and/or Afterschool Tutoring                     Be sure to check your student's assignment notebook for updated changes to homework and for school notices                      (Information about tests or projects is in red)                  Assessments lower than 80%, 2, DNM, or C- will result in  additional study materials/tutoring session(s)/parent involvement followed by retaking/reworking(s) of the assessment                    Questions/Comments- contact Mrs. S. at severances@hermon.net(email) or 848-4000/school, 825-8764/home                             Week May 14-May 18, 2012 SOCIAL STUDIES ON GOING SOCIAL STUDIES ASSIGNMENT OPPORTUNITIES: - KEEP A DAILY DIARY/JOURNAL TO DOCUMENT YOUR PERSONAL HISTORY - KEEP A CURRENT EVENT LOG TO RECORD NEWSWORTHY EVENTS OF LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL, WORLD HISTORY - READ & REPORT ON YOUR CHOICE OF BIOGRAPHIES, HISTORICAL FICTION, NON-FICTION TEXTS Unit Learning Target: We are working on this material because it is important to know ME.C. History: Historical Inquiry, Analysis, and Interpretation: Students will learn to evaluate resource material such as documents, artifacts, maps, artworks, and literature, and to make judgments about the perspectives of the authors and their credibility when interpreting current historical events. C.5. Formulate historical questions based on examination of primary and secondary sources including documents,eyewitness accounts, letters and diaries, artifacts, real or simulated historical sites, charts, graphs, diagrams, and written texts. 41 ME.A. Geography: Skills and Tools: Students will know how to construct and interpret maps and use globes and other geographic tools to locate and derive information about people, places, regions, and environments. A.1. Visualize the globe and construct maps of the world and its sub-regions to identify patterns of human settlement, major physical features, and political divisions. 49 A.2. Develop maps, globes, charts, models, and databases to analyze geographical patterns on the earth. 48 A.3. Understand United States social, political, and economic divisions and the more significant social and political divisions in world geography. 19 ME.B. Geography: Human Interaction withEnvironments: Students will understand and analyze the relationshipsamong people and their physical environment. B.2. Explain patterns of migration throughout theworld. 22 B.3. Explain how cultures differ in their use ofsimilar environments and resources. 22 B.4. Demonstrate an understanding of how societychanges as a consequence of concentrated settlement. 14 Unit Learning Target: When we complete this unit you will be expected to know and/or be able to demonstrate on a summative assessment Key Vocabulary and Key Concepts from this unit of study 5/14/12 Mon. UNIT 10-11 CONFLICTS WITH GREAT BRITAIN In Class- King George III Homework-Finish, if not done Fri or today, Int. Notebk pgs 56-59 (due by 5/15) LT- Fuller- see above Ross- see above Severance- see above 5/15/12 Tues.  UNIT 10-11 CONFLICTS WITH GREAT BRITAIN In Class- Review Unit 10 Homework- Study Study Guide 2 for Unit 10 Test (due 5/18) LT- Fuller- See Above Ross- See Above Severance- See Above 5/16/12 Wed. UNIT 10-11 CONFLICTS WITH GREAT BRITAIN In Class- Review for Test 10 Homework- Study Study Guide 2 for Unit 10 Test LT Fuller- See Above Ross- See Above Severance- See Above 5/17/12 Thurs. UNIT 10-11 CONFLICTS WITH GREAT BRITAIN In Class- Review w/Study Guides 1 & 2 for Unit 10 Test (5/18) Homework-Study Study Guides 1 & 2 for Unit 10 Test (5/18) LT Fuller-See Above Ross-See Above Severance-See Above 5/18/12 Fri. UNIT 10-11 CONFLICTS WITH GREAT BRITAIN In Class- Unit 10 Test Homework-Make Your Own History & Memories! LT- Students will review and record the major vocabulary terms and ideas of this unit. Fuller-Have a Great Vacation!! Ross-Have a Great Vacation!! Severance-Have a Great Vacation!! SCIENCE ON GOING SCIENCE ASSIGNMENT OPPORTUNITIES: - INDOOR GARDEN/PLANT & LOG - STARGAZING CHART/LOG - WEATHER JOURNAL/GRAPH - INVENTION NOTEBOOK - INDEPENDENT PROJECT/INVESTIGATION OF INTEREST -READ AND REPORT ON YOUR CHOICE OF SCIENCE FICTION, SCIENCE BIOGRAPHY, NON-FICTION TOPIC Unit Learning Target: We are working on this material because it is important to know ME.G. TheUniverse: Students will gain knowledge about the universe and howhumans have learned about it, and about the principles upon which itoperates. G.1. Studentswill be able to compare past and present knowledge aboutcharacteristics of stars (e.g., composition, location, life-cycles)and explain how people have learned about them. 12 G.2. Studentswill be able to describe the concept of galaxies, including size andnumber of stars. 3 G.3. Students will be able to compare andcontrast distances and the time required to travel those distances onearth, in the solar system, in the galaxy, and between galaxies.1 G.4. Students will be able to describe scientists' explorationof space and the objects they have found (e.g., comets, asteroids,pulsars). 49 G.5. Students will be able to describe the motions ofmoons, planets, stars, solar systems, and galaxies. 9 Unit Learning Target: When we complete this unit you will be expected to know and/or be able to demonstrate on a summative assessment Key Vocabulary and Key Concepts from this unit of study 5/14/12 Mon. Unit HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS In Class- Homework- LT Fuller- See Above Ross- See Above Severance- See Above 5/15/12 Tues. Unit HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS In Class- Homework- LT Fuller- See Above Ross-See Above Severance- See Above 5/16/12 Wed. Unit HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS In Class- Homework- LT Fuller- See Above Ross- See Above Severance- See Above 5/17/12 Thurs. Unit HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS In Class- Homework- LT Fuller- SEE Above Ross- SEE Above Severance- See Above 5/18/12 Fri. Unit HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS In Class- Homework-Science is All Around You- LT Fuller- Unfinished homework and/or classwork (see above) (due 3/26/12) Ross-Unfinished homework and/or classwork (see above) (due 3/26/12) Severance-Unfinished homework and/or classwork (see above) (due 3/26/12) MATH-(Severance) ON GOING MATHEMATICS ASSIGNMENT OPPORTUNITIES: - www.mathforum.com. This online community includes teachers, students, researchers, parents and educators who have an interest in math and math education. The site includes Ask Dr. Math, Problems of the Week, discussion groups and much more. - www.AAAmath.com. Customized by grade level and topic, AAA Math features explanations of various mathematical topics, practice problems and fun, challenging games. - www.coolmath.com. This fully interactive site and allows the user to sharpen basic math skills, play games and explore new math concepts. - www.figurethis.org. Created by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, this site helps families enjoy mathematics outside school through a series of fun and engaging challenges. - www.mathcats.com. Math Cats provides playful explorations of important math concepts through games, crafts and interactive projects. Includes a magic chalkboard and an art gallery. - www.easymaths.org. This South African Community website for teachers, parents and students is complete with lessons, tests, exams, worksheets, study skills and much more. - www.bbc.co.uk/education/megamaths/tables.html. This lively, interactive Web site, based on the popular BBC Schools Television series “Megamaths,” is for practicing and testing times tables. - www.mathleague.com. The Math League, designed for students in fourth grade through high school, specializes in math contests, books and computer software. The “Help Facility” is handy reference guide for math topics complete with examples, definitions and explanations. - www.fleetkids.com. FleetKids games teach elementary children several different aspect of money management. Games include Windfall, where a child can run an imaginary business and BuyLo/SellHi, where children can play the stock market. Students can sign up as an individual or as part of an elementary school team. - www.funbrain.com/numbers.html. This site includes 17 original games based on soccer, car racing and much more Other games include Math Baseball, where a child can score runs with correct answers and Operation Order, where students can build pyramids with their knowledge of algebra. Unit Learning Target: We are working on this material because it is important to know ME.A.Number: Students use numbers in everyday and mathematical contexts to quantify or describe phenomena, develop concepts of operations with different types of numbers, use the structure and properties of numbers with operations to solve problems. A.4. Rational Number: Students understand, name, compare, illustrate, compute with, and use fractions. A.4.a. Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators. A.5. Rational Number: Students understand and use number notation and place value in numbers with three decimal places. A.5.a. Compare, order, read, round, and interpret decimals with up to three decimal places. A.5.d. Develop the concept of a fraction as division through expressing fractions with denominators of two, four, five, and 10, as decimals and decimals as fractions. ME.B. Data:Students make measurements and collect, display, evaluate, analyze,and compute with data to describe or model phenomena and to makedecisions based on data. Students compute statistics to summarizedata sets and use concepts of probability to make graphs. B.2. Data Analysis: Students read, construct, and interpret graphs. B.3. Data Analysis: Students find and use median, mode, and range for a set of data. Unit Learning Target: When we complete this unit you will be expected to know and/or be able to demonstrate on a summative assessment Key Vocabulary and Key Concepts from this unit of study 5/14/12 Mon. Unit In Class- Homework- (Severance) LT- 5/15/12 Tues. Unit In Class- Homework- (Severance) LT- To review data landmarks and methods for organizing data. Students organize and describe previously collected data and review the minimum, maximum, mode, median,and mean as data set descriptions. Key vocab landmark, line plot, minimum, maximum, mode, median,and mean 5/16/12 Wed. Unit In Class- Homework-(Severance) LT 5/17/12 Thurs. Unit In Class- Homework-None (Severance) LT 5/18/12 Fri. Unit 6 In Class- Homework-Finish all unfinished homework/classwork for the week (due 5/21/12) (Severance)                 LT                                            Arithmetic Carl Sandburg Arithmetic is where numbers fly like pigeons in and out of your head. Arithmetic tells you how many you lose or win if you know how many you had before you lost or won. Arithmetic is seven eleven all good children go to heaven-or five six bundle of sticks. Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper till you get the answer. Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky-or the answer is wrong and you have to start all over and try again and see how it comes out this time. If you take a number and double it and double it again and then double it a few more times, the number gets bigger and bigger and goes higher and higher and only arithmetic can tell you what the number is when you decide to quit doubling. Arithmetic is where you have to multiply-and you carry the multiplication table in your head and hope you won't lose it. If you have two animal crackers, one good and one bad, and you eat one and a striped zebra with streaks all over him eats the other, how many animal crackers will you have if somebody offers you five six seven and you say No no no and you say Nay nay nay and you say Nix nix nix? If you ask your mother for one fried egg for breakfast and she gives you two fried eggs and you eat both of them, who is better in arithmetic, you or your mother? Severance: LITERACY/ELA- See Mrs. Ross or Ms. Fuller's Homework Page (Reading, Writing, Spelling, Vocabulary)