All,
Please review the 10 terms over landforms and geography for a quiz on Wednesday. You can also go to my blooket site and do the review on blooket:

https://dashboard.blooket.com/set/64e607d098ebc0f6aa177385

Our assistant principal, Mr. Scott, sent this out to staff and parents and I wanted to post it on my blog as well, because it’s crucial to your child’s education:

Hi all,
WOISD encountered some technological issues that caused us to put off MAP baseline testing until Thursday and Friday of last week. We will finish testing with the math MAP testing on Monday, and then we will review our landform and geography information on Tuesday, and test on Wednesday. On Thursday, we will begin working on our map making skills, by identifying some of the largest cities in the US and by finding and labeling all 50 states and their capitals.

We will continue talking about basic geography terms today, and we will also watch this video to reinforce our learning. Here is the link to the video:

We will review our week’s learning tomorrow, Thursday, using Blooket, for a quiz on Friday-another opportunity to succeed!

Hey everybody-
My name is Scott Toliver and I am the US history teacher for 5th grade. I will putting updates on my blog as needed throughout the year to help you stay up to date on what we are doing in US history this year.

We will be starting this week with some basic geography terms:
region – an area of land that is unified by a common characteristic, such as political unity, language unity, or common climate patterns
Landform– a natural physical feature on the earth’s surface
geographic factors – physical and human conditions that impact the environments of places and regions
Settlement patterns – the physical arrangement observed by looking at where people live

This week will be a bit of start and stop, as we are also conducting MAP testing this week Tuesday-Thursday, to get baseline scores for math, science, and english language arts.

The next terms we will be learning are:
Mountain-land that is significantly higher in elevation than the area around it.
Hill-land that is slightly higher in elevation than the area around it.
Valley-a low area of land between hills or mountains.
Desert- land that is very dry with few plants in it.
Plains-A large are of flat land with few trees.
Plateaus-area of high mostly flat land.

Until next time!

Terms for the week and for our quiz on Friday:
Consumerism- consumers are anyone who buys goods and services. Consumerism is the belief that buying and spending by people is good for the economy.
Model T-the first massed-produced car that was affordable to most Americans. It cost $290 in 1924($5,156 in 2023 dollars).
Suburbs-an outlying part of a city or town.
alliances –an association created to further the common interests of the members
prosperity – flourishing economic activity resulting in wealth for a large number of people
Tariff- a tax paid on imported goods(things brought in by other countries) so that American goods are cheaper and more likely to be bought.
economic depression – a period of economic decline characterized by high unemployment, low levels of production, and business failures
drought – sustained period with no precipitation and restricted water access
veteran – a person who has served in the military
dictators – rulers who have total control and authority over a nation

My blookets-the set to study is the Roaring 20’s and the Great Depression. Copy and paste the address into the browser window:
https://dashboard.blooket.com/my-sets

Suffrage-the right or privilege of voting
Temperance- abstinence from drinking alcoholic beverages.
Carrie Nation(1846-1911)-a radical member of the temperance movement who became famous for destroying alcohol serving establishments in Kansas.
Susan B. Anthony(1820-1906)-An American women’s rights activist who played a significant role in women’s suffrage, the anti-slavery movement, and the temperance movement.
Women’s Christian Temperance Union-A women’s christian organization dedicated to increasing social justice and public health, including labor laws, suffrage, and the banning of alcohol use.
Prohibition-The. banning of alcohol by the United States.
immigration – moving from one’s homeland to live in another place.
urbanization – the migration of people to live in cities.
sweatshop-a place of work where workers earn very low wages in unhealthy conditions.
15th Amendment-This amendment gave black males the right to vote.
14th Amendment-This amendment gave former slaves citizenship.
18th Amendment-This amendment made the possession, manufacture and distribution of alcohol illegal.
19th Amendment-This amendment gave women the right to vote.