5 x 5 for 5th Grade
Battles of Bennington, Brandywine, & Germantown
5 Vocabulary
1. Fleet: the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes
2. Hodgepodge: a heterogeneous mixture; jumble
3. Artillery: guns, cannons, howitzers mortars, of calibre greater
4. Stealth: a furtive departure or entrance
5. Abandon: to forsake completely; desert; leave behind
5 Sentences
1. There were fleets of British ships at all the important ports.
2. A hodgepodge of materials collected is a hodgepodge.
3. The Americans ran out of artillery in a lot of battles, but when they won they stole the British artillery .
4. General Burgoyne was very stealthy.
5. Lots of hessians abandoned the war after Saratoga, they were called deserters.
5 Facts & Details
1. Ben Franklin was the first postmaster.
2. By the battle of Bennington, General Burgoyne's troops were moving at a snail's pace.
3. The Americans celebrated their victory at Germantown too soon, it was exactly like Bunker Hill.
4. Burgoyne's slow movements gave the Americans plenty of time to prepare for the battle of Germantown.
5. Daniel Morgan was a frontier men.
5 Questions
1. Where is Bennington? A: Vermont
2. How were the Americans able to overtake and win in Bennington? A: The hessians were told all of the people in the town
3. What happened to General Howe? A: he was replaced by General Clinton
4. What happened at the Battle of Brandywine? A: They fought at Philadelphia
5. Who was Daniel Morgan? A: He was a Virginian that led 500 picked riflemen to help fight Burgoyne's army.
5 Math from Fraction Stories Skill 20 Multiplying and Dividing Mixed Numbers
1. In all, how many ounces of ingredients are in Sad Sack salad? A: 5
2. Suppose you divided the Sad Sack salad into 4 equal parts. How many ounces would each portion contain? A: 1 1/4
3. Suppose you put 3/5 of the salad in a bowl. How many ounces of salad would be in the bowl? A: 3
4. How many 5/6 ounce servings could you get from the recipe? A: 6
5. Cooking for 2 days shrinks a 3 ¾ pound ham to 2/3 its original size. How many pounds is this? A: 2 1/2
Book Report:
Book Report
Title: The Chronicles of America: Road to Revolution!
Author: Stan Mack and Susan Champlin
- Summarize the story:
Peggy and Nick are friends from Boston, it is only the road to revolution so it does not include all the battles. It starts with the Boston Tea Party and goes to The Battle of Bunker Hill. It tells how some Tories became Americans and how the Revolution starts.
- List at least 3 characters with one sentence describing them:
- Penelope Brown: The daughter of the owner of a local tavern, became a patriot and helped fight for freedom
2. Nick: An orphan on the streets of Boston, became a patriot and fought in war
3. Paul Revere: A famous men from Boston, warned militia for the battle of Lexington and Concord
- What did you like best about this book?
The cartoons
- Write a one sentence advertisement for the book.
If you're studying revolution and think it's boring, then think again Road to Revolution is educational and fun for the reader.
- What did you learn from the book? What lesson does the book teach?
I learned more about Bunker Hill and again how the Revolution started again. It teaches what I learned
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