5th Grade Social Studies
by Steve Craig
January 20, 2008
With the start of the new year, we will focus on preparing flash cards to help memorize the states according to their shape. Students will be given four quizzes over these states. The quiz schedule is as follows:
Friday, January18- Alabama- Illinois (13)
Friday, January 25- Indiana- Missouri (12)
Friday, February 1 - Montana- Pennsylvania (13)
Friday, February 8- Rhode Island- Wyoming (12)
We will also begin our discussion of the American Revolution. We will begin with the passage of the sugar and stamp acts and how these two events, along with other unfair taxation, set the stage for the Revolution. We will also take a look and Longfellow's poem entitled Paul Revere's Ride and discuss its importance in literature and it's historical inaccuracies.
My current after school tutoring schedule is as follows:
Monday 3:00-4:00- Reading/Math tutoring
Tuesday 3:00-4:30 - Destination Imagination
Wednesday 3:00-4:00- Reading/Math tutoring
Thursday 3:00-4:00- Math tutoring
Friday 3:00-5:00 - Destination Imagination
Unfortunately, I will have to postpone sign language class to provide more after-school time for TAKS tutoring.
Students may continue to work on their geography skills by visiting funbrain.com
