Friday, January 11, 2013
How To . . . Clean an Outhouse
"How-to-writing is perhaps the simplest, most common kind of expository writing." Ralph Fletcher
Students brainstormed what they would need to clean an outhouse.
Then, wrote a step by step piece.
First, Pull up you sleeves, gloves on your hands, a bucket, scrubbing brush, and clorox
Then, lift the lid and scrub inside to clean the toilet. Then you scrub with clorox.
Finally, fill the bucket with water, get a freshener. Then check if it's all clean. Timothy
Finale: Read directions on "How to" use chopsticks. They used chopsticks to eat rice.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
China
Pandas: We learned a giant panda has an insatiable appetite for bamboo. It eats for a full 12 out of every 24 hours. There are only about 1,000 giant pandas left in the wild! The Panda. Giant pandas live in zoos in China, the United States, Mexico, Japan, Germany and North Korea. National Geo Giant Pandas
ZooBooks Virtual Zoo
Pinterest Origami Panda Ideas
Origami
NG Kids News
Scientists Help Giant Pandas Raise Twins A two-month-old male panda gets his bottle from a caregiver in China.How to use chopsticks
China
Monday, December 17, 2012
Arctic Tundra
What is the Arctic Tundra?
Name a large animal that is common in the Arctic tundra.
Which animals are common along the coasts of the Arctic tundra?
Arctic Haze
Daily Geography Practice, Grade 5 Teacher's Edition
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Trail of Tears
Why did certain Native American tribes take this annual journey across the continent?
View Video, Living with the Land We weren't nomads, we had a annual journey that we made. "They were the freest people the world has ever known." They obtained their food, water, and other supplies they needed from their surrounding environment.
 Link to Cherokee Print |
| Photo A: Morning Tears |
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| Photo B: Image Credit: The Granger Collection, New York |
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| Link: Obsevation Sheet |
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| Photo C: Choctaw Trail of Tears Link to Choctaw Print |
What was the Indian Removal Act? The Indian Removal Act was the law that ordered all Indians east of the Mississippi River to move west on that river.
Fifth grade students have been studying the Age of Jackson.
Why it Matters . . .
American Indians were forced to move west, and live in a new environment. Their removal changed the history of people both east and west of the Appalachians. Retrieved from, Houghton Mifflin Social Studies Textbook (2005)
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil, & the Presidency: An Introduction of an overview of the two-term American president.
References:
John G. Burnett’s and Samuel Worcester Story of the Removal of the Cherokees
Cherokee survivor later recalled: "Let me tell you this. My grandmother was a little girl in Georgia when the soldiers came to her house to take her family away. . . . The soldiers were pushing her family away from their land as fast as they could"
Walking the Trails of Tears Students will read accounts and learn about what happened on the Trail of Tears. They will discuss the causes of removal, explore the trail, and understand the effects it had on the Cherokee.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
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