Venn Diagram Practice

Let's visit Cyberchase to practice with Venn Diagrams!

Taking a Look at CITIZENSHIP

What is a citizen? If you were born in the United States, you are a citizen. That means you are a member of our country. Sometimes people who are not born here want to become citizens. They do this by asking the government to make them a citizen. This is called naturalization.

When you are a citizen you have rights. Rights are special privileges the government gives you. In our country, you have free speech. You are also given the right to choose a religion. In America, the press is free to tell you what is happening in the world. The Bill of Rights lists the freedoms given to citizens. These rights are very important. Many people in the world do not have freedoms like we do.

Because the government gives us rights, we have the duty to be good citizens. But, what does it mean to be a good citizen? How can you be a part of giving back for the freedom you have?

The Mark of a Good Citizen
Good citizens understand that they have a responsibility to the community, environment and law. You can instill in your child the virtue of citizenship by explaining the difference between good and bad citizenship.

Traits of good citizenship:

* Being a good neighbor by caring about others.
* Sharing your time and skills to the community to make it better, cleaner and safer.
* Conserving resources by practicing the three R's: Reduce. Re-use. Recycle.
* Staying informed on issues and voicing your opinions by voting.

Traits of bad citizenship:

* Looking out only for yourself.
* Littering and wasting resources.
* Leaving all political matters to the so-called "experts."

You can be a positive role-model for citizenship by doing the following:

* Show concern for the success and safety of others.
* Use non-judgmental language that does not offend or demean.
* Do the right thing, especially when it is difficult.
* Do the right thing, even when no one is looking.
* Take responsibility for your actions.
* Reflect on how your actions affect the welfare of others.

Let's get groovy with graphing!!!!!!!

Here are some sites to help you with GRAPHING as we begin our first GPS Unit, Groovy Graphing! I

Mean, Median, Mode and Range

Play Rags to Riches to practice finding mean, median, mode and range.

Map Skills

We are continuing to talk about Map Skills and have begun Daily Geography.Let's take a look at hemispheres, lines of latitude, longitude, and the equator. Also, click here for some more practice.

Multiplication

We have got to know our multiplication tables, all 12, in 5th grade!! Let's get some practice, start with these drills with Moon Planet (1-9), 10 Tables, and then a mixed review of the 12s. For more advanced multiplication you can play the Baseball Game. Remember we have a quiz on 1-6 this Friday, August 14 and 7-12 on Friday, August 21!!! Study, study, study and your rewards will MULTIPLY!!!

Welcome to Mrs. Sturdivants 5th Grade Blog 2009-2010!

Welcome Back to School!
We have a lot of exciting things planned this year so let's get blogging......

Our first assignment is about The Five Themes of Geography. Let's see how much you know by taking the online quiz from QUIA!