State Testing

Here are the dates for our State Testing in Reading and Math.  Remember to use the links to study and stay smart.  Get plenty of rest and eat a good breakfast on these dates.

Reading State Testing dates April 6th -8th

Math State Testing dates April 13th - 15th

My Brother Sam is Dead vocabulary

Here are the vocabulary words you will need to know for chapter 1-3. Look these words up and put the meaning in your own words so you will understand them.  Some of these words will be throughout the book others are just in the chapters a few times.

1. Patriots
2. Rebels
3. Loyalist
4. Lobsterbacks
5. Tories
6. rebellion
7. Parliament
8. subversion
9. treason
10. agitators
11. pride
12. lasciviousness (lust)
13. bayonet
14. sin
15. injustices
16. envied
17. principles

Book My Brother Sam is Dead

In the story My Brother Sam is Dead the main character Tim has to decide who he will support, his brother Sam who has joined the Patriots or his father who supports the Tories.  Which one would you support and why?

History and Present Time

Over the last several weeks the Egyptians’ have started a revolution by protesting against their leader and the government. At this time their leader has been forced out of office.  How does that compare to what the patriots wanted back in 1775 and the Revolutionary War?