April 26 & 27tth, 2011 Days One-Hundred and thirty-seven & eight

5 x 5 for 5th Grade

The Sugar & Tea Acts

5 Vocabulary

1. Tariff: an official list or table showing the duties or customs imposed by a government on imports or exports.

2. Duty (in relation to money): a specific or ad valorem tax imposed by law on the import or export of goods.

3. Pence: a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves

4. Revenue: the income accruing from taxation to a government during a specified period of time, usually a year

5. Port: a geographical area that forms a harbor where ships come in and sell their goods making commerce

5 Sentences

1. One of the reasons that the Sugar Act didn't last was because of tariff.

2. The Sugar and Tea Acts said the colonists had to pay duties on tea and sugar.

3. The colonists saved up all their pence to pay for their sugar and tea.

4. The Sugar Act made revenue to King George.

5. The sugar and tea came in from ports; usually in big cities like Boston and Charleston.

5 Facts & Details

1. George Washington disapproved of the Boston Tea Party, however, he did approve of getting back at the British for the Tea Act.

2. The Sugar Act was a few years before the Intolerable Acts.

3. The Sugar Act started in 1764

4. The Sugar Act was repealed in 1776

5. Molasses was also taxed during the Sugar Act.

5 Questions

1. What was the original name of the Sugar Act of 1764? A: The Revenue Act

2. What other goods besides sugar did the act tax? A: textiles, indigo for dyeing, coffee, wine, and molasses

3. How many pence per gallon of molasses was the tax for the Sugar Act? A: six

4. Why did Parliament withdraw the Townsend Act and what product remained taxed even after its repeal? A: tea and because of how the colonists boycotted British goods after the Boston Massacre

5. What event occurred that was in response to the "Tea Act"? A: The Boston Tea Party

5 Math from Fraction Stories Skill 16 cont.

1. What is 3/5 of 5/6 of a pizza? A: 1/2

2. What is 5/8 of 16/25 of a pie? A: 2/5

3. What fraction of an hour did Alice and Bob spend in the parlor drinking tea? 1/3

4. What fraction of an hour did Carmen and Ron spend out of sight? A: 5/8

5. What fraction of an hour did Digby spend playing the violin? A: 1/10

Farm School

Tuesday April 26, 2011

 

Sophie and I worked on the 2^nd week of her project Midden Earth Farm Almanac which is loosely based on Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richards Almanac.

• We changed the template to a Microsoft Publisher format for ease of editing etc. Sophie proof read the front page making changes to Althea's Poem and creating the Inside Index and Points of Interest Boxes.
  
• She went on-line to http://www.allrecipes.com and chose an Easy Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream recipe. She created and formatted the text box and added clip art with a caption. We plan on trying out the ice cream before the end of the semester.
  
• I showed her how to find a suitable quote on-line and she selected and then went through the index until she found the quote she liked. I showed her how to format the side box and to then how to change the look of the text box with a new boarder. www.smokymountainfarm.com
  
• Sophie decided that one of the on-going articles would be a 5 or 6 week 'Garden Update'. She placed the first article on Page 2 and selected and inserted the clip art.
  

 

ASSIGNMENTS

• Write the 'Garden Update' (part 1)
  
• Start her Weather Calendar. We discussed why it would have been important in both Ben Franklin's day and the present day to have weather information included in the almanac.
  
• Write a story about pigs, we are picking up two baby pigs this weekend. Use two internet sources.
  http://www.junglewalk.com/
  was suggested as a possible site.
  
  

  
   

Reading Journal Entry –

Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

Chapter Title or pages read:

1. What happened in the chapter?
   

   Well Johnny met an apprentice boy at the Printing press in town. His name was Reb, he understands about Johnny and his hand. Johnny told Reb his story and Reb listened, he did not stare at Johnny's crippled hand or tease him about it. In this chapter, Johnny made a new friend.
   

 

1. Were there any words you didn't understand? What were they and how did you learn the definition?
   

   NA
   

 

1. How did the chapter make you feel?
   

   This chapter made me feel happy for Johnny since he found a new friend that did not care if he was crippled.
   

 

 

1. Was there anything in the chapter that relates to what you're learning elsewhere in the unit?
   

   Yes, in this chapter people around town have started talking about war
   

 

 

1. What do you think will happen next?
   

I think that the idea of the Boston tea party is going to happen next and Reb and Johnny are going to help with it

Math—1 page Guinness, 1 page Sylvan

Reading: George vs. George The American Revolution as seen from both sides by Rosalyn Schanzer, published by National Geographic Books

This is a fantastic book that accomplishes one of my goals in teaching Sophie about the revolution—that there were both sides to the war and it's important to understand each perspective in order to have a complete education. Sophie really enjoys this book, which is challenging to read but full of great illustrations. She will use this book specifically for two of this week's 5 x 5s one for George Washington and one for King George.