Last Day of school…Sophie’s final blog of 5th grade~

Sophie's Last Day of School Blog:

Hi every one today was my last day of school for 5^th grade! Can you believe it because I remember the first day of school like the back of my hand it's been 175 days! We started with the unit of Explorers if you remember correctly. For science in that unit we did astronomy. For my final projects we did the scrapbook video and the play. In the second unit we studied Colonial life. For science we did the human body. And the final projects were the video and the collage and poem books. My favorite unit was the Revolutionary war especially because we had Liberty Kids. For science we did chemistry and I did my almanac at the farm. It was one of my final projects also the chemistry lab projects and my totally cool almanac. The math this year was much harder than in regular school but I think it really paid off. Guinness math was my favorite and then I liked Fraction Stories a lot as well. Sylvan is really hard but it does teach you a lot of great mathematics skills. 5^th grade is hard and we had a few rough patches just like in regular school but I think homeschooling is better for me and for all of us and I can't wait to move on to 6^th grade. I'm looking forward to a lot of things in 6^th grade. Maine studies and Civil war especially. Mom is a great teacher and I think she is going to teach me again the most important thing about homeschooling which is learning how to learn. I had a great year and I know I will have a great year next year!

 

-Sophie

June 9, 2011 Day One-Hundred and Seventy-One

Math review & Power Point!

*Her Power Point is almost done and then we'll work on posting it to the site.

Sophie's been hard at work….here is her Math Review, which I am still reviewing for her but here it is—try it out for yourself:

Math Review selected from Guinness World Records Math, Grade 4 & 5

1. If one polar bear weighs 880 pounds and another weighs 1,320 pounds, what is their mean (average) weight?
   

   
    

2. Write 37.5 as a fraction.
   
3. If a person's arm span is 5  1/3 feet, how much longer is the span of Lurch's horn (7 feet)? Write your answer in feet and in inches.
   

   
    

4. What is the value of the 5 in 15,000?
   
5. If squid were selling for $9.75 per pound and you needed 3 pounds, how much money would you spend?
   

 

 

1. The frog's 3 jumps totaled 33 feet, 10 inches. If the frog jumped twice as far, how many feet and inches would it have jumped?
   

 

 

1. On one particular day, a group of hummingbirds ate the following amounts of food: 1.5 grams, 2 grams, 1.75 grams, 1.5 grams, 1.25 grams, and 1.8 grams. Find the mode of the data.
   

 

1. Suppose Midge, the world's smallest police dog, has a dog house at the station for when she is off duty. If her dog house measures 3 feet by 4 feet, what is the total area of Midge's dog house?
   

 

 

1. The Tyrannosaurus rex corprolite weighed 15 pounds. Which item would most likely weight the same?
   

   A. a dictionary B. a pair of shoes C. 2 gallon jugs of water D. a car
   

2. If Mount Stromboli erupted every hour, how many hours did it erupt during the period of March 2010 to June 2010?
   

   
    

   
    

3. If one day on Venus equals 243.16 Earth days, about how many Earth months does it equal? Round the answer to the nearest whole month.
   

 

1. How many yardsticks standing end to end would be needed to measure Olympia , the world's tallest snowman (122 feet, 1 inch) height?
   

 

 

1. About 95 percent of Yellowstone National Park lies in Wyoming . How much of the park's 3,470 square miles lie outside of Wyoming ?
   

   A. 3,296.5 square miles  B. 347 miles   C. 173.5 miles  D. 86.75 miles
   

2. Yellowstone National Park consists of more than 3,470 square miles. Square miles indicate which measurement?
   

A. perimeter   B. length   C. area   D. volume

15. A cabbage most closely resembles which three-dimensional shape? 

A. circle   B. cylinder   C. sphere   D. prism

16. If the World's Heaviest Hailstones averaged 2.2 pounds each, approximately how many hailstones would total 74 pounds?

 

17. The maze has 16, 830 feet of tree-lined passages. Write the number in expanded form.

 

18. Complete the following expanded form that describes the length in feet of the world's Longest Tightrope Crossed (11,368 feet and 1,32 inches).

11,368= 10,000 + ___________________ + __________ + 60 + ________

 

19. If 1 canned soft drink cost 40 cents, how much would all the cans Evans balanced on his head (429) cost in all?

 

20. Which number is closest to 33 seconds?

A. ¼ minute  B. ½ minute   C. 1 minute

 

21. Arrange the following numbers in order from the least to the greatest.

128, 089         16,209        33,826         25,408

 

22. What is 375.07 written as a mixed number?

 

23. Suppose you have 50 dollar, 20 dollar, 10 dollar, 5 dollar, and 1 dollar bills. What is the least number of bills you could use to pay for the world's Most Expensive Hamburger ($186.00)?

 

 

24. Is 33.2 inches greater than or less than 3 feet? How many inches greater or less than 3 feet is it?

 

25. If the world's Largest Pizza Base Spun in 2 minutes (33.2 inch diameter and 17.6 ounces of dough) were cut into 4 equal pieces, how many ounces of dough would make up each piece?

 

 

26. Suppose a braid was made from the hair of 130 people and each person's hair was about the same length as the hair that was used to break the record in 1998 (65 people's hair braided for a braid 123 feet) how long would the braid be?

 

 

27. Is the distance of 12.7 miles closer to 12 miles or 13 miles? Draw a number line to show your thinking.

28. Shri Shri Baba Shr Jr.'s beard dreadlock is 6 feet long. That is equal to __________ yards.

29. How many quarters are in $200,000 dollars?

 

30. What is the greatest common factor of 21 and 24?

31. The average height of a 5^th grader is 4 feet 8 inches tall. How much more would a 5^th grader have to grow to reach the height of the world's Tallest Living Man (6 feet 9.75 inches)?

 

32. Id each diamond on the world's Most Expensive Computer Mouse (59 diamonds) was worth $5000.00 how much would the diamonds on the computer mouse be worth altogether?

 

33. If Anting was able to keep his pace of extinguishing 5 candles every 17 seconds, how long would it take him to extinguish 25 candles?

 

34.The average length of a 5^th grader's foot is 8 inches. Estimate how many 5^th graders feet would be needed to equal the length of the world's Largest Cowboy Boot (8 feet 2 inches tall and 7 feet 10 inches long)?

 

35. What does circumference express?

A. the inside volume of a sphere   B. the distance around a circle or sphere   C. the inside volume of a trapezoid   D. the distance around a prism

36. Which geometric figure does a brick most resemble?

A. cylinder   B. square pyramid   C. rectangular prism   D. sphere

37. Singh pulled the double-decker bus 69 ½ feet. Write this number as a decimal.

38. The total weight of Hardy's 16 blocks was 1, 173 pounds. Write the weight in expanded form.

 

39. Chess is a board game for 2 people. How many total board games could have been going on at the same time during the tournament on June 2, 2007 if 1,214 people played chess?

 

40. If the Pacific bluefin tuna traveled at a rate of 15 miles per hour, about how many days would it take it to travel 5,800 miles without stopping? Explain your thinking.

 

41. Suppose you lined up 100 viperfish teeth (0.5 inches length). How long would they measure in all?

 

42. The world's Largest Amethyst Geode is 9 feet 10 inches long. What fraction of a foot is 10 inches equal to?

A. 1/10 of a foot    B. 5/6 of a foot    C. ½ of a foot  D. 9/10 of a foot

 

43. A tornado that travels 30 miles per hour will travel __________miles in 1.5 hours.

 

44. "Hang ten" is a surfing phrase that refers to 10 toes on a surfboard. How many toes rode the wave ridden by the Most Surfers Riding the Same Wave (110 surfers)?

 

 

45. If each piece of the world's Longest Loaf of Bread were equal (3,975 feet long and fed 15,000 people) about how long would each person's piece be?

 

 

46. Up to how much can the Andean condor weigh in ounces (27 pounds)?

 

47. Which of the following could not be a width measurement of the Grand Canyon ?

A. 16 kilometers  B. 16,000 meters   C. 1, 600,000 centimeters   D. 16 kilograms

 

48. Suppose you walked 27 dogs, each valued at the same price as the world's Most Expensive Dog ($563,000). How much would the dogs be worth altogether?

 

 

49. If a giraffe were measured in hands (1 hand = 4 inches), how many hands tall would the tallest giraffe be (19 feet)?

 

50. If each acre of Central Park has the same number of trees (5 million trees over 700 acres), estimate the number of trees per acre.

 

June 7 & 8 2011 Days One-Hundred and Sixty-nine & seventy!

We're winding down and getting all set for the start of Annie rehearsals and summer! We spend Tuesday driving to Friendship and having music lessons with Kat. This has been important this week because we learned that one of the first things that will happen Saturday morning is that each "orphan" will meet with the director for another individual audition to determine which orphan part each girl gets and she will have to sing one of the Annie songs for that audition. Sophie and Kat have been busy learning other Broadway songs and composing their own music, so it was good to reacquaint Sophie with the Annie music so that she feel confident and assured for Saturday morning.

Then we took a couple of hours and made the drive out the Pemaquid to walk around Fort William Henry and the remains of Fort Frederick, which were important to Maine during the Indian wars. It was a lovely day, a little chilly in the sea wind and we happened to coincide with a couple of school groups but it was still fun and a nice drive and day in the summer sun.

*Sophie also studied for the Math Review—50 questions~

We spent time at the farm and Sophie finished her Chemistry, which she had to do all at once because she forgot her book at Kat's in Friendship last week. So here are the last four chapter reports for Kitchen Chemistry:

Chemistry Chapter Report for Amazing Kitchen Chemistry Projects You Can Build Yourself

by Cynthia Light Brown

Chapter Name: gases

1. List any glossary words and definitions.
   

   Gas: A state of matter where the particles are not bound to each other and move very fast in all directions
   

   Temperature: a measure of the average speed of molecules in a substance
   

   Gas Pressure: the force of gas molecules hitting the surface of a container
   

   Elevation: height above sea level
   

   Vacuum: A space that is empty of matter
   

   Atmosphere: the blanket of air surrounding Earth
   

2. List 5 facts/details you learned from the chapter.
   
   1. Because gases have so much space between the molecules gases can be compressed or squeezed into a smaller space
      
   2. Oxygen gas molecules on a warm day travel an average speed of 1,030 miles per hour faster than a jet plane
      
   3. Those oxygen molecules don't cross a room very fast though
      
   4. Because they each have about 5-6 billion crashes with other molecules in one second
      
   5. Water bears are smaller than the head of a pin
      

   
    

   
    

3. Summarize the chapter in at least 5 sentences.
   

   
    

   I wonder how many molecules are in one tank of gas, I wonder how many molecules come out of your ear when it makes that popping noise!? These questions will be answered and were answered by me in the chapter "Gases." The gases they talk about in the chapter are not the kinds that you get after beans, but there are tons of molecules in those gases as well. One interesting thing I learned about gases is that the atoms inside the molecule disappear when the molecule touches gas.
   

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

4. What did you learn?
   

   
    

   I learned about how molecules collide with each other in tight, locked in spaces like gas
   

Chemistry Chapter Report for Amazing Kitchen Chemistry Projects You Can Build Yourself

by Cynthia Light Brown

Chapter Name: Poly

1. List any glossary words and definitions.
   

   Polymer: a long chained molecule made up of smaller molecules, called monumers to form a polymer
   

   Monomer: a small molecule that can link with other monumers to form a polymer
   

   Kevlar: A polymer fiber that is stronger than steel but very light, it is used to make bullet-proof vests and other body armor
   

   Dialant liquid: A liquid that flows more slowly when a force is supplied
   

   Polymertazation: A chemical reaction in which two or more molecules combine to form larger polymer units
   

   
    

   
    

   
    

2. List 5 facts/details you learned from the chapter.
   
   1. Poly comes from a Greek word that means many
      
   2. Mono, means one in Greek
      
   3. Kevlar is 5 times stronger than steel
      
   4. Frisbees, Fingernails, Latex Paint, Nylon Clothing, Balloons, Silk, wool, and cotton, Basketballs, Cellulose in plants, Tennis Racket strings, Plastic Bags, Toys, and YOU, are all made of Polymers!
      
   5. Water cannot form polymers
      

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

3. Summarize the chapter in at least 5 sentences.
   

   This chapter teaches the readers about polymers and monumer molecules. They are connected molecules that make up tons of stuff. This chapter doesn't want you to think that everything is made up of water though, so one of the science projects is trying to see if there are any polymers in water. That's right you guessed it there aren't!
   

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

4. What did you learn?
   

   I learned what polymers were, And what they do. I think polymers are really cool. And I think it is interesting that a monumer is attracted to other monumers because I thought no molecules could join each other, but monumer molecules can. The monumers form a polymer which is the chain like chemical found in almost everything!
   

Chemistry Chapter Report for Amazing Kitchen Chemistry Projects You Can Build Yourself

By Cynthia Light Brown

Chapter Name:

1. List any glossary words and definitions.
   

   1. Phase change: the change of one state of matter-solid, liquid, or gas to another
   

   2. Heat: the total energy from the motion of all of the particles in a substance
   

   3. Latent heat: the heat that is released or absorbed when a substance changes its state
   

   4. Water vapor: the gas state of water
   

   5. Temperature: a measure of the average speed of molecules in a substance
   

   
    

   
    

   
    

2. List 5 facts/details you learned from the chapter.
   

   1. Heat always flows from hot objects to cold objects
   

   2. That is known as the second law of thermodynamics
   

   3. Tungsten is used in nearly all incandescent light bulbs
   

   4. A metal must be heated to very high temperatures before it will emit light
   

   5. Most metals melt before they reach that point
   

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

3. Summarize the chapter in at least 5 sentences.
   

   This chapter talks about how liquids, solids, and gas, change to make different substances of gas, liquids, and solids. That is called a change of state, light bulbs perform a change of state in temperature when you turn them on. Vacuums also produce a change of state they are getting used. When the gas reacts to the liquid or solid, it is a change of state.
   

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

4. What did you learn?
   

   
    

   
    

   I learned that liquids, gas, and solids could collide together and that is a change of state. Before I read this chapter I thought they were all different substances and I had no idea that they could perform a change of state.
   

Chemistry Chapter Report for Amazing Kitchen Chemistry Projects You Can Build Yourself

by Cynthia Light Brown

Chapter Name: Water, Water

1. List any glossary words and definitions.
   
   1. Aquifer: Rocks, Sand, or gravels, located underground that contain water
      
   2. Microorganism: Anything living that is so small that you can only see it with a microscope
      
   3. Polarity: the quality of a molecule having one end with a negative charge, and the other with a positive charge
      

      That's all for this chapter
      

   
    

   
    

   
    

2. List 5 facts/details you learned from the chapter.
   
   1. Eiffel Plaster, a high school science teacher who experimented with bubbles, blew a bubble that lasted for 341 days
      
   2. Sir James Dewar, A Scottish chemist and physicist, made a disc of soap that filmed over 3 years!
      
   3. Rubidium is so reactive it will burst into flames when exposed to water
      
   4. Rubidium sometimes catches fire in the air because of water vapor in the air!
      
   5. A single grain of sugar contains… 1,000,000,000,000,000,000, molecules
      

 

 

 

 

 

1. Summarize the chapter in at least 5 sentences.
   

   This chapter ties in with the whole book and everything we learned about has something to do with water. I think that the most interesting thing is that the water in just a glass of water is completely uncountable and all of the molecules in the glass are microscopic. This is the final chapter so it wraps the whole book with a super cool project that has to do with BUBBLES!
   

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

2. What did you learn?
   

   
    

   I learned about polymers in the ocean and how some people who go scuba-diving mistake them for tiny bugs. I think water is very interesting, and it is definitely interesting with chemistry.
   

June 5 & 6, 2011 Days One-Hundred and Sixty-seven & eight

5 x 5 for 5th Grade

This is Sophie's last and final 5 x 5 for 5^th grade!

She worked on this "double" 5 x 5 and then also studied for the up-coming math review and worked for a couple hours on her Power Point Presentation for the American Revolution. We're in our final week of 5^th grade homeschool year and she's doing great!

The Constitution

5 Vocabulary

1. Constitution: The fundamental political principles on which a state is governed

2. Revise: to amend or alter

3. Ordain: to decree or appoint

4. Election: the selection of a person or persons by office of vote

5. Union: the act of uniting two or more things

6. Executive, legislative, judiciary: The three branches of the government ordained by the United States Constitution and the people

7. Quorum: the number of members in a group or organization required to be present in order to transact business legally

5 Sentences

1. The Constitutional Convention met in May, 1787.

2. The Articles of Confederation was revised into the United States Constitution.

3. "To ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America," was the last line of The Preamble to the Constitution.

4. George Washington declared that there would be an election every four years to let the people vote and decide whether the president is worthy of serving two terms, two terms was the limit.

5. The Constitutional Convention came together as a union to discuss the new country.

6. The executive branch is the President, the legislative is the Congress, and the judiciary is the courts.

7. There were twelve in the quorum of the Constitutional Convention.

5 Facts & Details

1. Gouverner Morris was nicknamed "the tall boy" because he gave 173 speeches during the Constitutional Convention

2. Patrick Henry didn't want to be a part of the Constitutional Convention so he walked in and said, "I smell a rat" and then walked out.

3. Elbridge Gerry was nicknamed "The Grumbletonian" because he complained so much.

4. Jefferson was impressed by the list of delegates calling them "an assembly of demi-gods."

5. Rhode Island did not come to the Constitutional Convention

6. The Constitution declared that slaves were to be treated as three fifths of a person

7. Ben Franklin wrote the preamble for the Constitution

5 Questions

1. How many men gathered at the Grand Convention? A: 55 men from 12 states

2. Who was James Madison? A: The youngest member of the Constitutional Convention, the 4^th president of the United States and "no bigger than a half piece of soap!" he was also the important because he was the secretary

3. How many votes did each state have? A: One vote, no matter the delegates

4. What was the "Virginia Plan"? A: It was plan that proposed to national government with an executive, a court system and a two branched legislature

5. What was the Great Compromise? A: The argue between the states about how many representatives each state should bring

6. What is the first sentence of the Constitution? A: We the people, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense promote the General Welfare and secure the blessings of Liberty, to ourselves and our posterity, to ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America

7. What are the first 10 amendments of the Constitution called? A: The Bill of Rights

5 Math from Fraction Stories Skill (LAST ONE!) 26: Fraction Number Sense

1. Names two fractions that are smaller than 5/6= ½ & 1/4

2. Name 2 fractions larger than ¼ and smaller than ½ = 3/8 & 1/3

3. Names a fraction smaller than ½ that has an odd number = 3/7

4. Name a fraction that's smaller than 3/8 and larger than ¼ = 1/3

5. What fractions could you split in half to get 1/6? 1/3

6. Write the fraction 1/3 as a decimal = .33

7. Write the decimal .33 as a fraction = 33/100 or 1/3

 

 

June 3, 2011 Day One-Hundred and sixty-six

Sophie studied then took her final Vocabulary Review for 5^th grade.

She struggled a bit and then took a break, studied some more and had a conversation about the importance of really studying and then she sat down again with a better attitude and did awesome on this really tough vocab review!

*she also studied in preparation to take her final Math Review on Monday—another hard 50 questions from the Guinness math book. Good luck Sophie!

1. To formally disagree: _________________. The colonists _______________ against the Stamp, Tea, and Sugar Acts.
   
2. The colonists called themselves ______________, while the British referred to them as this term _______________.
   
3. An army is separated into groups of soldiers called _________________.
   
4. To find unbearable: _________________. The British Parliament and King George passed the Coercive Acts, which the colonists called the _______________ Acts.
   
5. Colonists in America that wanted to stay British subjects of the crown called themselves _______________, while the American colonists who wanted revolution called them ___________________.
   
6. The British army used heavy ______________ like cannons to __________________ the Patriot army, who had little ammunition at the beginning of the war.
   
7. The _______________________ taxed American colonists on all sorts of legal paper transactions like deeds, copies, broadsheets, letters, and newspapers.
   
8. The British army soldiers were called ________________ because of the color of their coats, while the Sons of Liberty called them _________________ for the same reason.
   
9. To informally disagree, usually in a chaotic, uncivilized manner: __________________. The Sons of Liberty caused _____________ in cities in protest over the taxes on tea, sugar, and paper-goods.
   
10. One famous incident was called the Boston _______________, although not that many people were actually killed.
    
11.  To import goods illegally: __________________. In response to the many restrictions imposed by the British Parliament and King George, some colonists practiced _____________________ to import and sell goods like tea, sugar, and rum.
    
12. Two words that mean to agree, one in general, the other by a group in writing: ____________ and __________________.
    
13. To practice protest by refusing to purchase certain goods or services: ___________________. The colonists ______________ the Tea Act by making their own from herbs found in America instead of the tea from China .
    
14. The relations between the Tories and the Whigs ____________________ or fell apart after events like the Boston Massacre and Tea Party.
    
15. To announce formally: _______________. One of the significant Acts passed by the British Parliament and King George was the ________________ Act, which stated the colonies were still under control and subject to the British King and his laws and taxes.
    
16. To recall or take back a law: ________________.
    
17. Two words for a tax: _____________ and ________________.
    
18. King George believed in his ________________________ to be King as ordained by God.
    
19. To make one think or agree with an idea or opinion: _______________. Thomas Jefferson _________________ the representatives from the thirteen colonies to sign his Declaration of Independence with the power of his words and ideas.
    
20. The representatives from the colonies as elected or appointed by the people to discuss the future of America were called ________________.
    
21. The product of collecting money through taxation or commerce (usually figured annually): __________________.
    
22. When Sybil Ludington and other revolutionary heroes made courageous decisions to ride the American countryside to muster troops and alert Patriots, the actions and reactions can be referred to as _______________ and _________________.
    
23. To approach quietly, usually militarily: __________________. The American colonists moved through the countryside with _____________ alongside the Battle Road between Lexington and Concord , which made it hard for the disciplined British army to fight the Patriots.
    
24. To pay back after loss, usually financial: _________________. The East India Company demanded __________________ for the loss of its product after the Boston Tea Party.
    
25. To surprise attack, usually planned:_________________. The Patriot army won many small battles with the British by planning an _______________, which was easy for them because they were familiar with the countryside.
    
26. To destroy property on purpose, with intent to cause harm: ________________. Loyalists and the British Parliament and King George called what the Sons of Liberty were doing in Boston _____________________, while the Patriots believed it was protest.
    
27. Patriots thought King George was a _________________, because they believed he made laws and rules just to show his power against the colonies.
    
28. Africans who were brought to America against their will lived in ____________________, which was usually one road with many houses where they lived as families and were married even though it was illegal and against the ____________________. The wedding ceremony was called __________________________, because that's what they did at the end to make the marriage official.
    
29. The first American soldiers that were _______________ by heroes like Paul Revere and Sybil Lundington were called ________________ because that's how long it took them to get ready.
    
30. The British __________ of ships anchored in ports up and down the coast, creating a _________________ of goods and products that were illegal to sell according to British law, which furthered angered the Sons of Liberty and other Patriots.
    
31. To hold together; to strengthen by adding: ___________________. General Washington asked the Continental Congress to send more _____________________ to relieve his men after the Patriot army had fought many hard battles against the British.
    
32. To take by force: _________________. The British finally _________________ Fort Ticonderoga after a hard, violent battle with the Patriot army.
    
33. Ethan Allen was a leader of the __________________________, which were a group of frontier troops well suited for fighting in the wilderness boundaries of the colonies and the war.
    
34.    To release from slavery legally: ___________________
    
35. The ________________ were German soldiers hired by King George and feared by the Patriot army.
    
36. Fort Ticonderoga stood atop the ____________________ of a mountain in Vermont , which made it an important strategic site for both armies to control.
    
37. To give up or give in: ________________. General Cornwallis eventually had to __________________ to General Washington at Yorktown because he was surrounded.
    
38. A word for bravery; to show spirit: __________________The women who together make the stories of Molly Pitcher had _______________ to carry water to their husbands and other soldiers on the battlefield.
    
39. To give up without reserve, usually with a purpose: ________________. Many people, both Tories and Whigs, gave up so much during the revolution, some even ___________________ their lives and the lives of people they loved.
    
40. Baron Von Steuben joined the war effort helped the American troops ___________ and practice over and over, which made them a more ___________________, alert, controlled army.
    
41. People who don't fight in the military are called ________________.
    
42. Government by the people: ______________________.
    
43. Deborah Sampson used a _________________ that made her look like a boy and she was able to join the army as a soldier.
    
44. Thomas Jefferson wrote this document to declare that the American colonists were separate from the King and England : ________________________________.
    
45. Both Jefferson and Ben Franklin were ________________, which means they could speak more than one language fluently.
    
46. "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" are the _______________________ or natural rights stated in the Declaration of Independence.
    
47. A written statement to come before: __________________.
    
48. John Adams and other Patriot leaders and writers wrote about the importance keeping the balance of power in the government by having different branches of government, this idea is called _____________________________.
    
49. John Dickinson wrote the _____________________________, which officially declared the colonies' willingness to come together as a group against the tyranny of England and the King, but he was hesitant to sign Jefferson's _________________________.
    
50. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson traveled to France to _______________ the end of the war, which resulted in the _______________ of Paris.
    

June 2, 2011 Day One-Hundred and Sixty-five

5 x 5 for 5th Grade

Treaty of Paris

5 Vocabulary

1. Treaty of Paris: The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783 ratified by the Congress of the Confederation on January 14, 1784, and by King George clearly stated the American War of Independence or the American Revolution

2. Negotiate: to arrange for or bring about by discussion and settlement of terms

3. Boundary: Something that indicates the farthest limit or border

4. Peace: The state existing during the absence of war

5. Treaty: The document in which such a contract is written

5 Sentences

1. King George the third signed the Treaty of Paris on April 9^th 1784.

2. Ben Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay negotiated the Treaty of Paris with the French government and King.

3. The Americans set the boundaries from the Great Lakes to Florida, Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi.

4. After the war, America had a good peace.

5. A peace treaty is an agreement between two or more hostile parties, usually countries or governments .

5 Facts & Details

1. 25,000 Continental Army men died in the Revolutionary War.

2. The war last eight years to the day since the first shot at Lexington

3. Washington kept his army near the river in case things went wrong

4. Washington resigned on December 23^rd, 1783

5. The Annapolis Convention was in September, 1786

5 Questions

1. What did Ben Franklin say about the end of the war? A: "There is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace!"

2. Who negotiated the peace treaty in Paris? A: John Jay, John Adams, and Ben Franklin

3. What were the American boundaries set by the Treaty of Paris? A: Great Lakes to Florida, Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi

4. What happened to the British troops, Loyalists, and Hessians after the Treaty of Paris? A: The Loyalists moved to Canada, England, and even the West Indies, 5,000 Hessians stayed in the states to make homes here.

5. Why did Washington's retirement shock the world? A: He didn't want to be king, and he wasn't a dictator

5 Math from Fraction Stories Skill 24 cont.

1. 6 341/1000 = 6.341

2. 7/100 = .07

3. 4 8/100 = 4.08

4. 3/1000 = .003

5. 2 37/1000 = 2.037

John Paul Jones Web Quest

 

1. Follow this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Jones 
   

Find & record: 5 Facts and Details

1. He was the first American Revolution naval fighter

2. Jones first assignment was aboard The USS Alfred

3. He captured the Drake, a British ship

4. John first started as a British naval officer

5. John was a Scottish Officer

 
 

1. Follow this link: http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/jones_jp_conrad.htm
   

 Read first section, 5 sentences

1.The Bonhomme Richard, the ship John fought his major battle on is named after Ben Franklins Poor Richards Almanac.

2. The Bonhomme Richard was a 44 gun vessel.

3. John made the British ship hold fill with water.

4. Only one gun exploded during this major battle.

5. He commanded a fleet of ships.

 

1. Follow this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Are65YG4S8 
   

Listen to song and watch video

Summarize in 5 sentence paragraph

 This video was a song sung by an old guy and an old country band, but they got the facts all right. It teaches you about how daring and brave John Paul Jones was. And about all of his really cool battles and ships. It goes on through all of his life, and what he did to help make America free.

 

 

 

 

1. Follow this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s58mlY1R6k 
   

Listen to song and watch video & then answer questions

 

1. What makes John Paul Jones a hero? A: Because he helped set America free-ee

2. Who is John Paul Jones' ship named after? A: Ben Franklin

3. Why is John Paul Jones called the "Father of U.S Navy"? A: Because he was the first U.S navy officer

4. What was John Paul Jones famous line he called out during battle? A: Sir, "I have not yet begun to fight"

5. How did John Paul Jones help win the surrender of the British at Yorktown? A: He helped command the fleet of ships on the sea

 
 

Search the internet and save, copy and paste 5 images of John Paul Jones

Wednesday June 1, 2011

 

Sophie and I are finished her project Midden Earth Farm Almanac based on Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richards Almanac.

 

• Sophie worked in Publisher with me adding new stories and editing the existing stories and photographs
  
• She wrote her DIY article "Drinkable Chemistry" based on her homemade Root Beer experiment.
  
• While she was visiting Cape Cod, Sophie read the following article http://energyis.ipower.com/gardeningbythemoon.pdf and wrote her full moon poem.
  
• She choose the Ben Franklin quote "He that rises late must trot all day" for her opinion piece.
  
• Sophie wrote an article "Sustainable Living a Circle of Life" and she added 3 short living green suggestions.
  
• Sophie wrote her final "Garden Update" and added a Rebus Poem and Franklin Mad Lib.
  
• Sophie wrote and included a Ben Franklin and Revolution Quiz to the Almanac.
  
• When she returned home she edited the final version of her almanac and I checked and repaired formatting errors.
  
• We created both a Publisher copy and a PDF version of her edited almanac.
  

 

Click to see Sophie Fianl Farm School Project--Midden Earth Almanac!

Sophie's Final Farm School Project--Midden Farm Almanac

Thank you Gama and Bo for all your hard work helping Sophie with this awesome first issue of Midden Earth Almanac.
Sophie's project was inspired by studying one of the great American, charismatic heroes of the Revolution and the founding of our great country, Ben Franklin.
Sophie wrote and planned the whole almanac and then Gama taught her how to edit and format the final, wonderful newsletter! They did an awesome job--better than I had expected or planned!
Read, print, and share with friends.
Way to go Sophie!

June 1, 2011 Day One-Hundred and Sixty-four

5 x 5 for 5th Grade

Yorktown

5 Vocabulary

1. fleet: the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes

2. zigzag trenches: What the American and French Army dug to protect themselves at Yorktown

3. redoubt: an isolated work forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point.

4. brigade: a military unit having its own headquarters and consisting of two or more regiments, squadrons, groups, or battalions

5. huzzah: an instance of giving praise or applause

5 Sentences

1. The Americans trapped the British with land and by sea; the French fleet of ships were on the sea.

2. Zigzag trenches are easier to defend than straight line trenches.

3. The soldiers built the trenches and redoubts until they were close to Yorktown's walls.

4. Both the British and Americans had brigades in their army.

5. Washington said after Yorktown…"Posterity will huzzah for us."

5 Facts & Details

1. The British soldiers first tried to make a midnight escape by boat but a huge storm swept in and it failed

2. A British soldier was brought blindfolded to General Washington

3. That soldier told Washington that General Cornwallis surrendered

4. "If Ponies ride men, and the grass ate cows, And cats should be chased into holes by the mouse"

5. "If summer were spring and the other way around, Then all of the world would be upside down"

5 Questions

1. Who was the Comte de Rochambeau? A: The Commander of the French infantry's

2. How did Washington trick General Clinton? A: Marching his Army toward New York

3. What was the password for the attack? A: Rochambeau

4. Who controlled Chesapeake Bay? A: America

5. How did Washington secure the British surrender at Yorktown? A: He said to them, "Posterity will huzzah for us"

5 Math from Fraction Stories Skill 24 cont.

1. 9/10 = .09

2. 7/10 = .07

3. 23/100 = .23

4. 2 5/10 = 2.5

5. 1 25/100 = 1.25

Annie Script—printed, hole-punched, and organized in binder and Sophie started to read/review the script….it is different than the movie.

Math—2 pages Sylvan, 2 pages Guinness

 

 

 

May 30th & 31st, 2011 Day One-Hundred and Sixty-two & three

5 x 5 for 5th Grade

Battle of Cowpens pts. 1 & 2

5 Vocabulary

1. Nathaniel Green: a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. When the war began, Greene was a militia
private, the lowest rank possible; he emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer. Many places in the United States are named for him

2. Cavalry: the part of a military force composed of troops that serve on horseback

3. Siege: the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible

4. Retreat: the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action

5. overmountain men: were American frontiersmen from west of the Appalachian Mountains who took part in the American Revolutionary War. While they were present at multiple engagements in the war's southern campaign, they are best known for their role in the American victory at the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780. The term "overmountain" refers to the fact that their settlements were west of, or "over", the Appalachians —the range being the primary geographical boundary dividing the 13 American colonies from the western frontier

6. John Paul Jones: was the United States' first well-known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War. Although he made enemies among America's political elites, his actions in British waters during the Revolution earned him an international reputation which persists to this day.

7. Banastre Tartleton: was a British soldier and politician.

He is today probably best remembered for his military service during the American War of Independence. He became the focal point of a propaganda campaign claiming that he had fired upon surrendering Continental Army troops at the Battle of Waxhaws

 

7 Sentences

1. After Cowpens, Greene led an angry Cornwallis on a grueling chase across North Carolina and into Virginia.

2. The Army would send the Cavalry during the middle to end of the war.

3. Greene led the Siege of Boston and the Siege of Ninety-six.

4. Lafayette stopped the American army from retreating at the battle of Saratoga and Daniel Morgan stopped them in Cowpens.

5. Daniel Morgan was an overmountain man and he led the battle of Cowpens.

6. John Paul Johns' famous line is, "I have not yet begun to fight."

7. Banastre Tartelton fell for Daniel Morgan's trap.

5 Facts & Details

1. Washington needed to involve the south in the war, so they moved the war south to South Carolina

2. Cowpens, South Carolina is still there.

3. The battle of Cowpens actually combined a few different battles

4. Tartelton's Quarter was a battle cry that meant to give no mercy

5. Benedict Arnold married British Peggy Shippen in Philadelphia

6. The Battle of Monmouth Courthouse was on June 28, 1778

7. The battle of Camden was on August 16, 1780

5 Questions

1. Why did the British order Henry Clinton to leave Philadelphia for Manhattan? A: Because it was safer there and the Americans shocked the British with the French soldiers joining the war

2. How many French soldiers arrive to help the Americans? A: 4000

3. Why did Washington relieve General Lee and where? A: He retreated too quickly

4. Who was the "Butcher" and what did he do? A: Tartelton, because he slaughtered the patriots

5. What was Daniel Morgan's plan for the Battle of Cowpens? A: He placed the sharpshooters in front, the militia in a second line, and his very best troops in back. The first two lines would shoot then fall back to lure British forward. When the redcoats got closer they would meet the battle-tested cavalry and Continentals.

6. What did Nathaniel Greene decide to do to prepare to fight the Butcher against all odds? A: He divided his small army and sent part of them with Daniel Morgan and lured the British to divide their army

7. What did Henry Knox write about Nathaniel Greene? A: "Without an army, without means, without anything Greene has performed wonders."

*Bonus Question: Did Nathaniel Green win any battles? A: yes, but no major battles

1. Math from Fraction Stories Skill 24 cont.
   

1. 24.09 = 24 9/100

2. .004 = 4/1000

3. 13.001 = 13 1/1000

4. 562.029 = 562 29/1000

5. 37.040 = 37 40/1000

Music with Kat—singing & piano 1.5 hours

Farm School—finished Almanac!