Mrs. Soons Class

Hello Everyone!

Today we had a successful fire drill! I must say that our class is the BEST CLASS in the school....but tell anyone..we don't like to brag! Please practice your phone number(s), parent names, and address(es) with your child. It is always good for them to know this information.

There have been some requests for Curriculum Maps so I am working on completing one for the year! In the meantime, here are the units we are working on in September:

ELA: Reviewing nouns (regular and irregular, abstract, singular, plural)
verbs (regular, irregular, subject-verb agreement, pronoun antecedent)
We will begin weekly spelling work each morning with Friday Spelling Bees and I hope to incorporate cursive practice as well!

MATH: Review Place Value, Rounding to the nearest 10's and 100's, multi-digit addition and subtraction with re-grouping up to 1,000, and multiplying one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10.

WRITING: Narrative stories and friendly letters

SS: Important Historical Figures (see below)
Science: Habitats and Landforms of Georgia as well as map skills!

SPEAKING OF MAPS.... If anyone is interested in helping to hang our pull down map, please let me know! :)

Social Studies Home & School Project

You (students) will be teaching the class!

Instructions

At home: Conduct research on your historical figure using your local library, bookstore, or the Internet (see recommended sites below) Bring in notes, books, articles, and photos of your historical figure. (your child knows their person)

At school: Work with your partner(s) to create a poster about your historical figure. Your poster must include (but is not limited to) the following.

Title
Date
Author’s Names (you!)
A timeline of your historical figure’s life
Photos or drawings
10 facts (list of accomplishments or important contributions to history)
A map of the location of the figure’s most significant work
Use creativity, write neatly, spell correctly
Be prepared to present to your classmates

CCGPS: SS3H2 The student will discuss the lives of Americans who expanded people’s rights and freedoms in a democracy.
a. Paul Revere (independence), Frederick Douglass (civil rights), Susan B. Anthony (women’s rights), Mary McLeod Bethune (education), Franklin D. Roosevelt (New Deal and World War II), Eleanor Roosevelt (United Nations and human rights), Thurgood Marshall (civil rights), Lyndon B. Johnson (Great Society and voting rights), and César Chávez (workers’ rights).

b. Explain social barriers, restrictions, and obstacles that these historical figures had to overcome and describe how they overcame them.

Resources:

Paul Revere http://www.kidsandhistory.net/paulvm/h2_hist.html

Thurgood Marshall http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/thurgoodmarshall1.htm

MaryMcLeod Bethune http://www.marybethuneacademy.org/MaryBethune.htm

Susan B. Anthony http://www.biography.com/assets/pdf/study_guides/bio4kids/Bio4KidsSusanBAnthony.pdf

Cesar Chavez http://www.ducksters.com/biography/cesar_chavez.php

FDR http://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresidents/franklindroosevelt.php

Eleanor Roosevelt http://www.ducksters.com/biography/women_leaders/eleanor_roosevelt.php

Lyndon B. Johnson http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/lbjforkids/main.htm

Thanks So Much!