Unit 4 Essays

Dear Fifth Graders,
Please choose one of the essays below to answer with your group.  Make sure your answer is in paragraph format. 
Review the blog tonight to help you study for your Social Studies test tomorrow.


1.  In what way did WWI create changes in the US?

2.  How did Theodore Roosevelt help improve the US? List and describe three things.

3.  Describe the life of a soldier in WWI.

4.  Why was Alaska beneficial to the US?


Miss Mastronardi

Thanksgiving Break

                                                                    
Dear Brilliant Fifth Graders,

How was your Thanksgiving break? What are you thankful for? Please write a paragraph containing at least 5-7 sentences telling me about your break, or a paragraph about what you are thankful for.

I am thankful for such an amazing group of students! You make teaching fun and enjoyable each and every day!

Love,
Miss Mastronardi

Turn of the Century

Hello Fifth Graders,
Please choose one of the questions below to answer. Make sure you answer ALL parts of the question and write in complete sentences.

1.  Name one invention created between 1867 and 1879.  Describe how it changed businesses or helped people's lives.

2.  How did the United States become a mix of different cultures? What did immigrants bring to the United States?

~ Miss Mastronardi and Mr. Jennings

Maniac Magee Vocabulary

Hello Students,
Choose five of your vocabulary words from list 1 of Maniac Magee and put them into sentences.  Make sure your vocabulary words are used correctly in each sentence and be sure to proofread your work.


~Mr. Jennings and Miss Mastronardi

Maniac Magee



Dear Students,
What has been your favorite part so far in Maniac Magee? Why is it your favorite?
Please write at least five sentences and be sure to proofread your work.

I can't wait to read your posts!

Miss Mastronardi

Reconstruction



Hello Fifth Graders,
Please write a short (4-6 sentences) answer to ONE of the questions below. Make sure you topic sentence echos the question you choose.

1. What services did the Freedman's Bureau provide to former slaves?

2.  Explain how sharecropping was similar to slavery.

3.  How did the Transcontienental Railroad change the United States?


This should be a good review for your test tomorrow. :)

~ Miss Mastronardi

The Island

Hello Boys and Girls,
You seem to really be enjoying The Island trilogy that Mr. Jennings is reading to you.  How would you end the third book? What would happen to J.J. and the other kids left on the island?
Please make sure your response includes at least 6 good sentences.

~Miss Mastronardi

The Kid in the Red Jacket

Hello Students,
Please choose five vocabulary words from the story The Kid in the Red Jacket, and use each word in a sentence. Start each sentence with a different word and make sure your sentences contain at least five words.
Good luck!

Miss Mastronardi & Mr. Jennings

What Do You Like Most About Fifth Grade?

Hello Brilliant Students,
We are already into our second week of school. Can you believe it? Tell us what you like the most about fifth grade so far. Please write at least 5-6 sentences and make sure you have a topic sentence and closing.

Our favorite thing about fifth grade is our amazing class. We feel so lucky to have such wonderful students!

Miss Mastronardi
Mr. Jennings

Welcome to Fifth Grade!

Greetings Fifth Graders,
Mr. Jennings and I hope you have enjoyed your first week back to school. We are very excited to have a fun and educational year with all of you!

Write a paragraph telling us what you are most looking forward to in fifth grade this year. Make sure you proofread your work.

We can't wait to read your first blog assignment!

Your teachers,
Mr. Jennings
Miss Mastronardi