Homework and Notes from 11/10/14

Homework:

Science:

Sputnik Vocabulary Grammar Activity
(Fill in the letters)

English:

Finish Chapter 17 Red Badge of Courage

Social Studies:
Cattle Drive Vocabulary Grammar Activity
( 3 x each)

Notes:



No school tomorrow! Happy Veteran's Day



In Current Events, we read an article entitled More Sea Turtles Are Nesting in Florida from Newsela. This year the number of sea turtles nesting on Florida beaches is making scientists hopeful. There are, however, many things they don't understand about the numbers of turtles laying eggs in the sand. Welcome to the mysterious world of sea turtles. They spend much of their life facing fishing boats, oil spills, plastic trash and many other dangers. Loggerhead, green and leatherback are three types of turtles that nest along the state's coast. Over the past five years, their numbers have generally gone up — but from year to year they have shot up and gone down. (NewsEla)



In Life Skills we talked about how to tip in a restaurant. A server in a restaurant has a hard job. It is his or her job to keep the customer happy when he is eating out. This isn't always easy. Customers can be rude and hard to please. Servers are not paid minimum wage. They are paid less because some of the money that they make comes from tips. A tip is a small amount of money that a person is given for doing a job. How much you want to give for a tip is up to you. A person usually does not tip in a fast food restaurant. Most of the time tips are only given in restaurants where a server comes to your table and takes your order. The amount that is given for a tip often depends on how much the bill is. An average amount for the tip is fifteen percent of the bill before tax. But whether or not you give this much is usually up to you. (EdHelper)



In Social Studies, we continued to talk about Reconstruction. We talked about the Cattle Drive from Texas to Missouri. Texas was a perfect location for raising Spanish longhorns and other cattle. The climate was just right, and the land was perfect for grazing. In fact, it was so good that, by the 1800's, there was more beef than the people of Texas knew what to do with. The price of cattle began to drop.Cattle ranchers had to find a new market for their cattle if they wanted to keep ranching. They knew that people in other parts of the country would buy the cattle, but the problem was how to get the cattle to them. Railroads were in use in many parts of the country, but not yet in Texas. One of the closest rail yards was in Kansas City, Missouri. Look at a United States map and you will see that Kansas City is a long way from Texas. (EdHelper)



In Science, we talked about Sputnik I. There are many great inventions you use every day. One you probably use every day is the Internet. You use it to communicate, to read, to study, and even to watch movies and television. You may use GPS, too. That's a system that helps locate people and places. The Internet and GPS both work because of satellites. Modern satellites all started with one little ball that flew into space. The little ball's name was Sputnik I. In the 1950s, the Soviet Union and the United States were working on space travel. Both countries wanted to find a way into space. Both countries started working on a satellite. They also had to find a way to take the satellite to space. The Soviet Union started working on its satellite called Object D. Object D became a big problem for its builders. Different groups made different parts of Object D. Some of the parts didn't fit together. The Soviet Union stopped working on Object D. They began work on a much smaller and simpler satellite. (EdHelper)