Math Focus: Multiplication

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5 TH Grade Newsletter for Week of: November 12-16, 2018

“The important thing is not to stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein

AnnouncementsAfter School Clubs November 13 & 27School Dance November 19Covered Wagon Project Due November 20Thanksgiving Holiday November 21-23

ELA Focus: Poetry/Figurative Language

Word Study

passes

dear

horseback

aloud

morning

we’ve

image

soccer

trial

systems

points

lodge

numbers

advice

England

secretary

although

emperor

Math Focus: Multiplication

Science Focus: Oceanic Landforms

*abyssal plain-broad, flat portion of the deep-ocean basin*continental shelf- Part of the continent located under water. *continental slope-the steep slope where the continental shelf drops to the bottom of the sea floor. *mid-ocean ridge- a central ridge, or mountain range, located on the ocean floor which is formed by volcanic activity, that divides the ocean floor into two parts.*volcanic island-a land mass, formed by the building up of lava due to volcanic eruptions, that is surrounded by water*rift zone- underwater volcanic activity located in the middle of the mid-ocean ridge; mountains are constructed on either side of the mid-ocean ridge by these eruptions.*Rift- narrow trench*Seamount -volcanic mount not formed on the mid-ocean ridge*ocean basin- low hills and flat plains located on either side of the mid-ocean ridge*trench- steep-sided canyons and deep,

Social Studies Focus: Review

*  Reconstruction Acts

* Idea of Manifest Destiny

* Westward Expansion

*  Conflicts Between Settlers and Native Americans 

* Explain how new inventions changed America

* Urbanization

* Industrialization

* Immigration