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Friday, March 4, 2011

March 3, 2011 Day One-Hundred and Ten

5 x 5 for 5th Grade

5 Vocabulary

1. Currency: Something that is used as a medium of exchange, money

2. Export/ Import: To bring in from a foreign country, to ship to other countries

3. Manufacturing: The making of goods or wares by manual labor or machinery

4. Merchant: A person who buys and sells profit; dealer; trader

5. Capitalist: A person who has capital (money), especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises, a very wealthy person

5 Sentences

1. The trade triangle was a trading system that gave each country currency.

2.
Edward, in my letters, wants to be a part of the importing and exporting business.

3. I think Lily would be good at manufacturing, don't you think?!

4. In my letters, Sarah came from a merchant family.

5. Sarah's father's grandfather was a capitalist.

5 Facts & Details *Sophie used some of her Guinness math workbook questions as her facts today

1. Answer these questions for some valuable prizes! Hint: Rahedran is from India and he made the world's largest painting by mouth. The painting is 30 feet long by 20 feet high. Over a 12 day time period, I already answered these questions, let's see if you can!

2. Rahedran's painting measures 9.14 meters long, what place value is the 4 in? A:

3. Rahedran's painting s 20 feet high, it is ________ inches high? A:

4. The World's largest painting by mouth measures 30 feet long by 20 feet high. What is the Area of the painting? A:

5. If Rahedran took 12 days to create a painting with an area with 55.75 square meters, what is the average number of square meters he painted each day? Round the number to the nearest tenth A:

5 Questions

1. What is a "market" in Colonial America? A: It's a place where colonists can go ad buy local things from local people

2. Who "invested" in the early Colonial economy? A: English merchants, aristocracy. They set up companies to fund the colonies in return for capital returned with profit.

3. Refresh your memory: What is mercantilism? A: An economic theory—all British citizens actively worked to make the King and the British nations as much money/capital as they can—the country that controls the most money has the most power—which is how 17th century Europe lived, the colonists wanted their own economy when they got to The New World, that's what started the Revolutionary War

4. What is "imperialism"? A: It is the policy saying that countries like Great Britain can go and take over another country because they are imperial or better than

5. Where are you going tomorrow? A: I am going to Boston for a spin class

5 Math from Fraction Stories Skill 13 cont.

1. Re-write Secret Riddle # 2 here: The sands of Mars, the rings of Saturn. Can you see a riddle pattern? Strong as an ox, light as a feather, add the NEW secret numbers together.

2. Add S# 4 & 5 to find S# 8 = 10 3/4

3. Add S#s 4 & 6 to find S# 9 = 14 1/4

4. Add S#s 4 & 7 to find S# 10 = 15 5/10

5. Add S#s 5 & 6 to find S# 11 = 13 1/3

Activities

Skating

Math Workbooks: 2 pages Guinness, 1 page Sylvan

Web Quest: Pocahontas/ John Smith web Quest

    1. Read through website (created by kids!) and list 5 facts/ details you learned

      1. Pocahontas was an Algonquin Native American

      2. Pocahontas saved John Smith

      3. The Native American tribe gave him a Native American name, Nantaquod

      4. Pocahontas then went to England to live

      5. Pocahontas married John Rolfe

    1. Read through website. At bottom of site, review "Disney's Pocahontas" and "In Real Life" chart. List 5 of the most interesting discrepancies you learned here in pairs—how Disney portrayed the story and what the real story is:

      1. Pocahontas had a great time at the Hunt ball, not a horrible time!

      2. When Pocahontas and John Rolfe really headed back to England, she got sick and died, instead of "Love is in the air" Which is what happened in Disney.

      3. Still believing that Virginia is full of gold, Ratcliffe schemes up a war. King James appoints him Admiral of the invasion armada. But this is what really happened…The same month Smith left Virginia, October 1609, Ratcliffe was caught by the Indians, and died a horrible death Ratcliffe was the bad guy

      4. Pocahontas is relieved to see John Smith alive, as he and John Rolfe rescue her from the Tower. But this is the real story… John Smith did visit Pocahontas. She was so shocked, she hid her face, and could not speak for two or three hours. Finally, she said, "They did tell me always you were dead, and I knew no other 'till I came to Plymouth. Yet Powhatan did command Uttamatomakkin to seek you, and know the truth – because your countrymen will lie much

      5. Back in England, Ratcliffe tries to have Smith killed. Smith escapes but decides to lay low. Pocahontas hears that he has died. Her you go Disney… When Smith was evacuated to England for treatment of his gunpowder wound in October 1609, the colonists told Pocahontas that he had died.

B . Click on the Tab for John Smith & summarize paragraph in 2 sentences

1. John Smith was not very well described in the movie, he was really a short little man with a beard.

2. According to John Smith, the colony wouldn't have survived if it weren't for him.

C. Read about John Rolfe & summarize paragraph in 3 sentences

1. John Rolfe was a handsome young man, he married Pocahontas and had a child named Bermuda.

2.Bermuda was named so because John Rolfe and Pocahontas got shipwrecked there on their way to Virginia.

3. Occipatath, Pocahontas's father's brother, was considering of giving chiefdom to John Rolfe


 

    1. How did John Smith describe Pocahontas according to the video? As his Darling Daughter
    2. What year did John Smith leave the colony? 1609
    3. What English name did Pocahontas take when she married John Rolfe? Rebecca
    4. Who does the video say claim Pocahontas as a symbol of peace? 3 different regions, The Powhatans, Americans, and the British
    1. Watch video and listen to the song. Even though the Disney movie version is not "true" to history, what can we learn from the Disney story about Pocahontas? That different kinds of people can love each other

Search Google Images for 6 images of Pocahontas and John Smith and John Rolfe images each~ only choose two from the Disney movie—or none if you can find 6 others and copy here:


 

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