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