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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Holiday Reading Challenge

Thanksgiving Break Reading Challenge



The Challenge is to Read 6 hours over 5 days.
Log the time and books with author into your planner or
Students may have a parent sign a note stating the hours read each day with signatures and the title of the books with its author and genre.

Similar; yet, Different

This year, our Equity/ Care committee wanted the entire school to visualize, celebrate and respect our similarities and differences as humans. 

Similar; yet, Different
WE are alike; yet we are different
WE celebrate our similarities
WE respect our uniqueness
WE fall into
The same
Race…
Human
Human
Human
Human
Human


Written by Avery V. Hubbard

All Puma Thinkers love to laugh, our roots are the same






 



Monday, November 16, 2015

Winner of the Scary Scribes Synonyms

Table #7 with approximately 2000 votes. Thank you to everyone who voted. They earned a Grubb with Hubb lunch date (BYOL) accompanied by 2 fifth-grade friends of their choice.





Chapter 5 Social Studies Resume and Movie Trailer

Chapter 5 European Explorer Resume and Movie Trailer

Resume: Due 11/19/15
Movie trailer: 11/ 23/15
Viewing and Presentation: 11/24/15

Chapter 5, routes of Exploration to the New World
Explorers Resume (20 points)

After reading chapter 5, your group must select an explorer and create a resumè for that explorer. A resumè is an outline of someone’s current and previous work experiences. A great resume can land any job in the 21st century.


Below the criteria, is an example of an explorer. This explorer obviously cannot be used.

Know the explorer’s full name
Include a picture (Most resume do not include a picture)
Country of origin and languages spoken (The country where they were born)
Sponsoring country (Who contributed their money and ships)
Objectives/Motives (Why they explored? State any places they wanted to explore.)
Years of Experience/Time line (Years of exploration include centuries, if possible)
Route(s) (Which way did they travel? Be specific and name any oceans or continents. You must include a map.)
Achievements [Land or area explored](Where did they explore?)
Columbian Exchange/ Impact (How did each area he explored positively or negatively changed? What changed after they explored?)

Explorers
Christopher Columbus             John Cabot           Juan Ponce de Leon
Herman Cortes                        Jacques Cartier     Henry Hudson
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado        Robert de La Salle                     


(Example)

                                                  
Jacques Cartier
December 31, 1491- September 1, 1557
1521 Carter Blvd Paris, France
Mobile phone: (033) 222- 1534
email: JCartiertheexplorer@gmail.com_____

Country of Origin: France
Sponsoring Country: France
Languages spoken: French
Objectives/ Motives: To find Northwest passageway to China for France
Years of Experience:
1534-1542, 16th century
                           1534, first voyage
                           1535, second voyage
                           1541, third voyage
                           1542 returned to France

Routes of Exploration: Traveled southwest on the Atlantic Ocean to the Cape Fear to Nova Scotia Gulf, sailed Saint Lawrence River to Montreal, Canada (present day names)

Achievements: Named the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the Saint Lawrence River, and the shores of Canada, the parts of the Country of Canada, and started the first French settlement in North America. He was instrumental in Michigan becoming a French Settlement and later a colony for France.

Columbian Exchange (Impacts): He worked well with Native American, using them as guides. Some of the Native Americans he worked with became Christians. Negative Impact, Cartier claimed land where Natives resided and historians believe that he forced the chief to take the trip to France.

Prepared by Ms. Hubbard

       


Movie Trailer Rubric

    Multimedia Project : European Explorer Movie Trailers


    Teacher Name: Ms. Hubbard


    Student Name:     ________________________________________

CATEGORY
5
3
1
Content
Covers European explorer in-depth with details and examples in his life. Life span, Years of exploration, Routes, country, continents, motives, and impact.
Includes essential knowledge about European explorer. Some examples in his life. One of the following are missing: Life span, Years of exploration, Routes, country, continents, motives, and impact.
Includes essential information about the Explorer but there are 2 or more factual errors or are missing.
Mechanics
No misspellings or grammatical errors.
Two or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors.
Three or more misspellings and/or grammatical errors.
Requirements
All requirements are met. Appropriate music, background, setting, characters (cast), and still shots/ video.
One of the requirements is not met. 
Two or more requirements were not completely met.
Workload
The workload is divided and shared equally by all team members. All participants have an equal say/chance to create project.
The workload is divided and shared fairly by all team members, though workloads may vary from person to person.
The workload was divided, but one or more persons in the group is/are viewed as not doing his/her fair share of the work.

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Puma Praise by Guest blogger

Puma Praise

Guest Blogger Profile:

Molly enjoys dancing and Girls Scouts. She plays soccer and volleyball.

I can write a personal narrative with the following criteria:
  • One topic, 1 personal event (cohesive)
  • Lead builds tensions or engages the reader
  • Beginning, Middle and Ending
  • Indented and New Line paragraphs
  • Inner monologue (writer thinks aloud)
  • 2 or more Dialogue formatted with punctuation (2 or more people have a conversation)
  • Descriptive Word choice 
  • Sentence fluency, complete, varied lengths and beginnings
  • Grammatically appropriate verbs and usage of words
  • Spelling conventions
  • Ending that concludes and gives the reader something to think about after the passage
The Fearful yet Fun Adventure

As I went higher and higher, my stomach dropped. All I could think about was what was over that hill. I was shivering from head to toe. 'Oh, I can’t do this,' I was saying in my head when the roller coaster took off, but it was too late. With every click, my fear got worse.
“Hands up!” my parents yelled as the roller coaster roared like a lion. It went through 5 hills, 2 loops, and 7 tunnels. The wind was whipping so fast that I couldn’t see in front of me.
When the ride was over, it was hard for me to walk. I was so dizzy. When I looked at my father, he had two heads. The ride was so insanely fast; the ride would be over before you could say “ Supercalafragulistexpealadocious.”
As the day went on, I got more calm about the big, terrifying roller coasters that made me feel like an ant. Finally, the last ride, Zip Zoomer, came. Before it started, I looked around and saw little kids in line with their parents. Then the roller coaster started to move and all of the little kids were screaming. As their parents tried to calm them down on the other hand my ears are blowing off because of their really really loud screaming.
When the ride was over, I was so humiliated, but it was kind of fun. I went on a baby roller coaster and I thought it was fun. ‘What was wrong with me?’ I thought.
On the way to the car, I was thinking about the scary, humiliating, but fun day I had. But overall, I was so proud I had overcame my fear.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Social Studies, Chapter 5 Routes of Exploration

Chapter 5, Routes of Exploration

Chapter 5, Routes of European Exploration  


Chapter 5, Objectives
I can identify 8 European Explorers.
I can identify (Understand) Explorer motives for exploring various parts of the New World (Why explore?)
I can identify European sponsoring countries and the most common sponsoring country.($$)
I can explain the motives of a sponsoring country.
I can explain the Columbian Exchange and its impact on the New and Old World.
I can identify (Understand) how different Explorers positively and negatively impacted an area. (Effects)

Assignments: Group, Résumé of Explorer, 20 points, (In class)
Group, Explorer Movie Trailer, 20 points (In class)
            Assignment and Rubric created by Ms. Hubbard and Marissa
Explorer Chart, 20 points
HW: Columbian Exchange graphic organizer (S, D, B)
Reading Notes Chart  double sided (S, D, B)
There will be a small project for the unit. (10 points

Supplement videos: 
Columbian Exchange video 1
Explorers of the 16th century Enchanted learning, explorers

Vocabulary
Motive
Impact
Columbian Exchange
Cause and Effect
Sponsor
Old World
New World
Conquistadors
Northwest Passage
Contagious diseases

East Indies