Thursday December 1, 2016

Good afternoon,

We had so much fun today! To begin the morning we had a great lesson about using transition words in writing. I gave students a variety of transition words to use for different writing occasions. Afterwards we learned how to divide multiples in Math. In Science we did a couple of experiments to further explore the water cycle and the processes of evaporation and condensation!

*********Tomorrow we are going on our field trip! Please wear your P.E. uniforms, and bring an extra sweater in case you get cold. You may bring a small backpack with your water bottle, a lunch, a snack, sunscreen, a hat, a blanket or towel to put on the beach and sit on, and some beach toys such as balls, frisbees etc. If you want to buy food or snacks please bring money. Please also pack your Science notebook and a pencil and eraser because we will be doing some learning activities on our field trip as well! Don't forget your HEALTH CARD!***

HOMEWORK

*Practice CHRISTMAS POEMS!

LANGUAGE:

*If you haven't already, finish cutting and pasting the transition notes into your notebook.

MATH:

*Workbook page 54

SOCIAL STUDIES:

*The New Deal and FDR poster project due Monday December 12. See below:

Lesson 4: The New Deal

Poster Summative Project

**I will be giving you a paper copy of this on Monday**

Goal: Your challenge is to create an incredible and informative poster that provides key information about the New Deal and FDR.

*This poster will count for 15% of your final exam grade for Social studies. The test, which will focus on Lessons 1-3 will count for the other 15%.

Your poster must include all of the following:

1.      *A short biography of FDR. You must talk about why you think he won the election so easily.

2.      *Describe the 3 goals that FDR had: relief, recovery, and reform

3.   *Discuss at least 2 of the New Deal programs and their purposes

4.   *Identify one complaint that some people had about the New Deal

For each of the above parts, you must include the following:

*A written explanation that clearly describes the concept. (This must be typed in Times New Roman Size 14 font, double spaced)

*A drawn or printed illustration to go along with it

Other:

*Make sure to include a clear, easy to read, neat, title

*Make sure your poster is well organized with pictures near their written explanations

*You must have at least two sources for your research. You may use the textbook as one source and a reliable internet site or a book for the other. You may not use Wikipedia.

*You must list the sources on your poster under the heading: Sources.

*I will give you a piece of poster board from the library in the color you choose. This project will be done entirely on your own time and is due on Monday December 12 by 8:35 am.