Happy New Year! The children have Spelling words and High Frequency words this week. Please encourage your child to include two or three High Frequency words when they are doing their homework. The children will be bringing home a January book report. It is due no later than Friday, the 17th. In addition, they have purple math vocabulary due to us starting a new chapter. Please keep these at home to reference with your child when you are completing homework. Have a blessed week and I look forward to spending the rest of the year together! -Ms. Blank Reminders: - Please remind your child to write the full date at the top of their homework. -We have Library this Wednesday; please send in your child’s book so they are able to take out something new. - The children are bringing home their second Journey’s textbook; please keep it in a safe please to return in June. -There will be a math test next Tuesday, January 14th. Spelling Words Digraph th 1. that 2. then 3. this 4. them 5. with 6. bath High Frequency Words 1. blue 2. little 3. water 4. cold 5. live 6. where 7. far 8. their

1) See Google Classroom 2) Q: How did Fort Sumter get its name? 3) Q: Why did President James Madison want the fort built? 4) Q: Why did Major Robert Anderson move his command, his troops, and 45 army wives and children to Fort Sumter?

Why was farmland so important in ancient Sumer and Akkad, and why did many city-states fight over farmland?

1) In the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2, why did Jesus stay back at the Temple of Jerusalem? 2) What did the Pharisees discover about Jesus at such a young age?

1) See Google Classroom 2) Finish any questions in the Magellan packet that you did not in class.

1) On a piece of loose leaf, write down what a typical day in school is like for you. (1 paragraph) 2) In your second paragraph, write about how you feel during most of your school day. Make sure to include times that you are made to feel special or cared for by teachers or peers, and include times during your day when you make others feel special or cared for...the more detailed the better the grade on this assignment.

Using your SS textbook (start at page 54-61) and your notes from class ONLY, define the following Academic Vocabulary: Fertile Crescent, rural, urban, division of labor, irrigation canals, Tigris & Euphrates Rivers, city-state, Ur and Uruk, surplus, Akkad, King Sargon, empire, Akkad, and Sumer.

1) Read and take good notes on the rest of your worksheet on Fort Sumter. 2) Define all academic vocabulary words in italics (12 in all) 3) Write out and answer the question following the reading in a full paragraph (minimum 8 sentences)

Go to Google Classroom and watch the next part of the video on Ferdinand Magellan. Then, answer questions 9-13.

How did King Sargon improve trade within the kingdom of Sumer? (Minimum 5 sentences)

1) Go to the video on Ferdinand Magellan on Google Classroom 2) Answer questions 14-17 on your Magellan worksheet in detailed sentences.

Define the five faith terms for our lesson on Jesus' Great Commandment: temple, scribes, Great Commandment, Shema, and Decalogue.

Write out and answer the Aim question on Fort Sumter: Why can the attack on Fort Sumter in 1861 be considered the immediate cause of the American Civil War? (minimum 8 sentences for a 3)

After reading the first 25 verses from the Book of Genesis today, what do you think are God's 3 best creations and why? On Monday in class you will have to defend, in writing, your top three choices with factual evidence to prove your arguments.

Finish your paragraph from class - each of the three best of God's creations that you choose must have at least four sentences of evidence to support your argument as to why each creation you choose is one of God's best. Think about how each creation that you choose serves a great purpose in our world.

1) See Google Classroom 2) Answer questions 1-3 on your Conquistador question sheet.

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! The children have Spelling and High Frequency words this week. Please encourage your child to include two or more high frequency words in their homework in order to challenge themselves. We will be having a math test on Tuesday of this week. We also have a half day this Friday, January 17th. Have a blessed week! -Ms. Blank Reminders: - Please remind your child to write the full date at the top of their homework. -Book reports are due Friday, January 17th. - I sent home scholastic orders for the month of January. Keep an eye out for some great book deals! - On Wednesday, the children will be bringing home a purple page with new math vocabulary. Please keep this at home to reference during homework. Spelling Words Digraphs: ch, tch 1. chin 2. chop 3. munch 4. chip 5. rich 6. chick High Frequency Words 1. brown 2. own 3. very 4. off 5. never 6. know 7. out 8. been

1) See Google Classroom 2) Be sure to finish writing about what Father O'Reilly said about horoscopes being an example of idolatry.

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1) See Google Classroom 2) Define : King Zababa, Standardized Weights and Measures, Social Hierarchy

Answer the following Aim question in a full paragraph: Why do we study the explorations of Juan Ponce de Leon, Hernando DeSoto, and Francisco Coronado?

I Don't Want to Go to Sleep by Dev Petty

1) See Google Classroom 2) Answer the following AIM question in one paragraph: How did the Sumerian social hierarchy operate under King Sargon? (to be collected) 3) If you did not finish question #4 on the back of your Mesopotamia close reading packet, please do so for homework!

1) See Google Classroom 2) Read and take good notes on Francisco Coronado. Then, answer questions 7-10 on your conquistador question sheets in full sentences.

Final typed draft of your arguments for God's three best creations is due tomorrow! Remember, EACH of your choices for God's best creations MUST have two to three pieces of researched evidence (using valid internet sites, the Holy Bible, etc.). If for any reason your home printer is NOT working, then you are REQUIRED to email me your argument! I will print it here at school. I will not accept excuses that you did not complete your creation argument because your printer was not working!

1) See Google Classroom 2) Answer the following Aim question in a paragraph using full sentences: Why did the North win the Civil War?

Answer the following Aim question in a full paragraph: Why do we study the explorations of Juan Ponce de Leon, Hernando DeSoto, and Francisco Coronado?

Since I will not see 6th Grade today, 01/17/20, and I do not want to fall behind, you are assigned to do the following by Tuesday: 1) Define the term social mobility (you can use good old Google to do this) 2) Using your "Historical Snapshot of Ancient Mesopotamia" worksheet, explain how social mobility existed in ancient Sumerian society. 3) Write out and answer the following question in full sentences. You can use your Mesopotamia worksheet to do this also: How did Sumerian women have more rights than others in the ancient world? 4) On the back of the "Historical Snapshot of Ancient Mesopotamia" worksheet, answer questions 5 and 6 in full sentences.

Arrive at 8:50 in the church.

Students will be singing approximately 10:30-10:45 in the Parish Center (gym).

Students should meet Miss Laurencot by the front office at 11:20.