Monday, May 16, 2016

Please turn in all books checked out from our classroom 
by Wednesday, May 18 -- this Wednesday. 

Announcements and Reminders: Put away your kendamas and other toys before you come into the classroom.       Your internet/computer packets were due April 28.  If you did not hand it then, you should have taken it home to finish.  Hand in your internet/computer packet as soon as possible.  See Thursday, April 28, 2016 for helps and links to reprint the packet. Should you need to revise and resubmit any work, make sure that is turned in by May 20. May 20 is the last day to hand in any make-up, revised, or extra credit work: this Friday! Please pick up your work from the bottom wire basket for your class. Your  BICUM Brochure was already due.  See Tuesday, May 10, 2016 or the tab for the BICUM Brochure above in case you need to finish it.                      Please turn in all books checked out from our classroom  by Wednesday, May 18 -- this Wednesday.  May 18, your Mind Map will be due, and you will take a test on the Lewis and Clark Expedition by recreating the map.   May 24 Read-a-thon!  Bring treats, pillow to sit on, blanket,  if you wish.  Make a note for yourself to bring treats!

Targets for Today: I read for enjoyment, and add to a record of my reading. I can read aloud fluently. I can use effective reading strategies and improve my reading skills.

Today’s  Agenda: Pick up your folders and take out or find a book or magazine to read. 1. Individual Reading Time and fill out your reading log.       Be in your seats READING by the time the bell rings. You are welcome to read the Lewis and Clark books if you wish to. Here is a reminder of how to fill out your reading log: Filling out your reading log: Examples  -- The Reading Log is required. # Date B M N O Title -- Use ditto marks (“)  when continuing the same material.  Material read/Explanation/Read from page__ to page __ Minutes Read Total Hours Read EX 1/13/16 X Scholastic Scope, Sept. 2013 pages 4-9  “Malala the  Powerful” 20 1/15/16 x The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles to pg. 43 20  2/3 2.   Partner Fluency --   Fill out your graph.                    Pick up the new passage -- the tongue-twisters! Label them "TT" on your graph. Here is a reminder of how to fill out your fluency graph: The Fluency Graph is required. Date 2-26-16 2-26-16 3-1-16 3-3-16 Passage # SCSS SCSS 706 706 Words Per MInute 120 124 122 130 3. Inferences:  None today _____________________ 4. Today we will  practice by Study Reading the Packet about the Lewis and Clark Expedition and adding information from it to the Lewis and Clark mind Map. Strategies:   watch a documentary about the subject create flashcards study in groups May 18, your Mind Map will be due, and you will  take a test on the Lewis and Clark Expedition by  recreating the map.   Illustrations for Lewis and Clark Last time we placed these items on the mind maps:   Atlantic Ocean Monticello,  Washington, D.C.  Philadelphia Pittsburgh Cincinnati St. Louis   with Camp Dubois Where the river bends in North Dakota, place Fort Mandan. (Where they show Portland, put Fort Clatsop instead.)  Ohio River Missouri River Mississippi River Great Falls of Montana Columbia River Pacific Ocean Photos of a Lewis and Clark Mind Map Thomas Jefferson  -- President 1801 Meriwether Lewis -- 28 years old William Clark  -- 32 years old Seaman York Today add:   Add  information from the packet to your mind map.    As you add each fact to your map, place it as near as you can to where it happened.  Top right corner The Lewis and Clark Expedition       Corps of Discovery Lower right corner (Your Name --- Your Class Period) Label  Philadelphia Washington, D.C. Monticello Pittsburgh Cincinnati St. Louis (Do not include Portland, Oregon.   It was not settled or founded until years later.) Mississippi River  (goes north and south through St. Louis Missouri River (label just west of St. Louis) Thomas Jefferson 1801 -- Became president  58 years old Louisiana Purchase -- 1803 bought from France $15 million Meriwether Lewis -- 28 years old Jefferson's private secretary Dog -- Seaman   William Clark -- 32 years old had been in the army together  York -- Slave He was about the same age as Clark. 32 at the beginning of the expedition. keelboat built in Pittsburg Lewis picked it up on his way from Philadelphia to Camp Dubois keelboat pirogues Pirogues They took two pirogues -- large rowboats with sails Seaman Seaman was thought to have been purchased by Meriwether Lewis for $20 while he was in Pittsburgh waiting for the completion of the keelboat.  Video:  Last time -- A3 to 12:30 A4 to 15:59 Notes: The expedition was the equivalent in its day of a journey to the moon. Lewis was 28 years old, was President Jefferson's chief aid Clark was an expert mapmaker and river man, and a proven leader -- 32 years old. Many thought they would not return. Louisiana Purchase nearly doubled the size of the United States. York was Clark's slave and companion from childhood. Their main mission was to find a water route to the Pacific. Lewis studious and solitary. Two days out Lewis nearly lost his life. They left St. Louis in May of 1804. They made about 10 to 15 miles a day up the Missouri River. Sargeant Floyd died -- the only member of the expedition.  Prairie Dogs Bison  Buffalo Hunter Indians Lewis and Clark let the Indians know that the United States claimed their land.  Teton Sioux the most powerful tribe along the Missouri.  They often stopped travelers on the river.   Chief Black Buffalo waved his men off.  (near present site of Pierre, South Dakota) Mandan and Hidatsa Indians 5 villages -- 4000 people  (More than lived in St. Louis at the time) winter quarters for the Corps hired an interpreter 2 young Shoshone wives --  16 years old and pregnant    Sacagawea Day 2 -A3 Teton Sioux most powerful encounter could have ended in the death of all members of the expedition Mandan-Hidatsa Tribes 4000 people in 5 villages -- more than lived in St. Louis Wintered near  Mandan-Hidatsa villages knew almost nothing about the land to the west Hired Charbonneau as a guide -- and asked him to bring along his wife -- Sacagawea about 16 years old and pregnant  collecting samples They sent the keelboat back before they left Fort Mandan. Sacagawea's baby born in February Jean Baptiste  Sacagawea's baby born February 1805. Left Fort Mandan April 7, 1805 Sacagawea showed them edible plants, saved valuable items when a boat turned over Bear -- Found the grizzly bear  The Indians had told them to watch for a fork in the river in present day Montana .     It was important for them to select the right way. June 1805 Found the Great Falls of the Missouri 5 falls had to portage around the river  17 miles around the falls - - It took them about  a month Lewis and Clark never disagreed on an important issue. looking for the Shoshone so they could get horses Lewis found the continental divide -- the source of the Missouri River.  Hoped for a river, but found only mountains upon mountains Lewis found  the Shoshone . Sacagawea translating  It turned out the chief was her brother. Cameahwait 2 weeks with Shoshone  Mountain crossing -- Bitterroot Range (today's Montana/Idaho border) bitter cold Even Shoshone guide lost the way for a time. The crossing became a starvation trek. They ate candles and soup.   They did eat some horse meat.   http://lewisandclarktrail.com/hunting.htm Found the Nez Pierce Tribe -- almost killed, but an old woman pleaded for their lives.  Stayed with the Nez Pierce.  Said these were the most hospitable of all the tribes they met. October 1805 -- finally going downstream rapids so dangerous the nearby tribes gathered to watch them drown Columbia River  to Pacific Ocean -- Actually the first time they thought they were seeing the ocean, it was a bay, but they soon made it to the ocean. Voted on location of a winter camp site. first time in recorded U.S. history that a slave and a woman were allowed to vote Fort Clatsop 4 months -- only 12 days without rain most at home assumed they were dead March 1806 headed home return trip took only 6 months Opened up the West to their fellow countrymen. Native American way of life never the same. Sacagawea stayed at Mandan/Hidatsa villages. 28 months for the entire journey -- to return to St. Lewis Traveled 8000 miles Returned to St. Louis in September of 1806. Lewis discovered -- 178 plants 122 animals new to science Clark's maps Meriwether Lewis Governor of Louisiana Territory    believed to have taken his own life Clark Governor of Missouri Territory 10 children -- named his firstborn after Lewis He ended up raising Jean Baptiste. 2 Blackfoot Indians died in a skirmish York given freedom 10 years later Sacagawea died 6 years later or  much, much later. Lewis died 1809. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/meriwether-lewis-dies-along-the-natchez-trace-tennessee 5. See your BICUM Brochure for RETAIN -- Make Flashcards!  Flash Cards for Lewis and Clark Fold a paper into 16ths Side 1 Column a Fact on  Column H Column b (fact here –  answer on  column c) Column c fact on  Column b  Column d (fact here –  answer on  column E) Fact on  Column H (fact here –  answer on  column c) fact on  Column b (fact here –  answer on  column E) Fact on  Column H (fact here –  answer on  column c) fact on  Column b (fact here –  answer on  column E) Fact on  Column H (fact here –  answer on  column c) fact on  Column b (fact here –  answer on  column E) Side 2 ColumnE Fact on  Column d Column F (fact here –  answer on  column G) Column G Fact on  Column f Column H (fact here –  answer on  column a) Fact on  Column d (fact here –  answer on  column G) Fact on  Column f (fact here –  answer on  column a) Fact on  Column d (fact here –  answer on  column G) Fact on  Column f (fact here –  answer on  column a) Fact on  Column d (fact here –  answer on  column G) Fact on  Column f (fact here –  answer on  column a) Some examples:  Side 1 Column a Fort Clatsop Column b First met new Indian tribes Column c Aug. 3, 1804  Column d May, 1804 Fact on  Column H (fact here –  answer on  column c) fact on  Column b (fact here –  answer on  column E) Fact on  Column H (fact here –  answer on  column c) fact on  Column b (fact here –  answer on  column E) Fact on  Column H (fact here –  answer on  column c) fact on  Column b (fact here –  answer on  column E) Side 2 ColumnE Expedition begins (Date) Column F Sacejawea's baby's name Column G Jean Baptiste Column H 1805-1806 Winter Quarters Fact on  Column d (fact here –  answer on  column G) Fact on  Column f (fact here –  answer on  column a) Fact on  Column d (fact here –  answer on  column G) Fact on  Column f (fact here –  answer on  column a) Fact on  Column d (fact here –  answer on  column G) Fact on  Column f (fact here –  answer on  column a) ___________________________________ Inferences for later: A3: Complete inference worksheet  inference worksheet  on your own. A4: Done. You won't have a fluency passage today.