November 2, 2010 Day Thirty-Nine

5 x 5 for 5th Grade

5. Vocabulary

1. Iroquois: A member of the North American Native American tribe

2. Confederacy: an alliance

3. Ethereal: Light or airy

4. Monotony: tediously unvarying

5. Hiawatha: A 16^th century Onandoga Native American chief

 

5 Details/Facts

1. There are 12 different zodiac constellations

2. Most if the constellations have Greek myths

3. Music fools the critical mind

4. The gas price on the signs for regular is the price per gallon

5. Toy Story 3 came out on Tuesday

 

5 Sentences

1. There are 6 different tribes in the Iroquois confederacy.

2. The Iroquois were a confederacy, which is an alliance.

3. My makeup, for my goddess costume e=was very ethereal.

4. Monotony means tediously unvarying.

5. Henry Wadsworth wrote a poem called the Song Of Hiawatha.

 

5 Questions & Answers

1. What is the name of the emperor of the Aztecs that Cortes tricked? A: Montazuma

2. Why did I describe your Halloween costume as ethereal? A: Because my face sort of looked shiny, and like the air.

3. What was Balboa the first see when he crossed Panama? A: The Pacific Ocean

Bonus Question: Who named what he saw? A: Sir Francis Drake, Balboa named the pacific, the southern sea. *Actually, it was Magellan who named the Ocean. Drake was the first Englishman to see the Pacific.

4. Why were Cortes and other conquistadors able to conquer so many Aztecs and Incas? A: Because they had guns, and swords.

5. What were the six tribes that made up the Iroquois Confederacy? A: Mohawks, Oneidas, Onandagas, Cayugus, Senucus, and Tusaroras.

 

Encyclopedia Entries: Night Sky

The Night Sky Pgs 74-End

1. What is one way to help identify Taurus the Bull?
   

   Pleidas
   

2. What special power did Zeus grant Pollux to give to his twin brother Castor?
   

 

The power to live forever

1. What makes Virgo special in the Zodiac?
   

   The biggest constellation
   

2. What is the name of the prominent star in the Scorpio constellation?
   

Antares

 

1. Why are there different views of the night sky for different times of year?
   

   Because when the Earth orbits around the Sun in a year, the backdrop of the stars slowly change
   

2. About how many minutes earlier does each star rise in the sky than the night before?
   

 

4 minutes

1. In what direction do the stars rise and set?
   

   Rises East and set West
   

2. Does the sky move or do we? How does an umbrella help explain?
   

We do, the edges of the world rotate above you (spin in a circle)

 

1. What happens to the Pole Star at the equator? What is the Southern Cross?
   

   It disappear—you can't see it. A constellation you can see at the equator and in the southern hemisphere
   

2. What did American astronaut John Glenn do in 1962?
   

 

Orbit the Earth

Math Drill—Division 100 problems

Explorers You Should Know—Cortes, Balboa, Vespucci, Aztecs and Incas—fact gathering, map work, reading through our explorers books. She also planned out her scrapbook pages for these guys, which we will finish on Friday.

Skating—2 hours, practicing for testing next week!