T-47 Gazette
http://es.houstonisd.org/KSmithES/ Volume 4 36th Edition Week of May 12, 2008
MONEY
Our Open Court anthology has moved past Storytelling and on to Money as newest theme. We actually started last week with “A New Coat for Anna.”
This week we will read a story that really gets to the point, “Money, Money, Money” is a factual story about money and its predecessor, bartering.
This is an informational story that gives us important and true facts about the history and use of money. It follows along something we studied in social studies, the economy.
Just looking at a dollar bill or a coin can be very
interesting. Each is a work of art in itself. 
I’ve dug up some interesting facts about our nation’s money and how it
is made.
1. The only women ever honored on a circulating coin have been Susan B. Anthony, Sacagawea (above), and Helen Keller.
2. The Lincoln penny is the only coin currently produced where the portrait faces to the right.
3. They used to have .02¢ and .03¢ coins.
4. The heads side (obverse) of every coin is upsides down when compared to the tails side (reverse).
5. The first African-American on a coin was Booker T. Washington who appeared on a memorial half dollar coin.
6. The U. S. Mint produces 30,000,000 pennies every day.
7. Coins carry “mint marks” that tell where a coin is made. W= West Point D= Denver S=San Francisco P= Philadelphia. On some coins made in Philadelphia there is no mint mark.
8. The largest Bureau of Engraving and Printing office is in Fort Worth, Texas. They produce paper money and postage stamps for our nation.
I hope you enjoy reading about money this week. Remember to look at the next coin or dollar bill you get. Stop and think about where it might have been and who it might have belonged to.
SCIENCE PROJECTS
I have seen several good ideas and am looking forward to seeing finished projects. Let’s take a look at the steps we need to take to end with a really good project.
1. Write a question that deals with your project. An example might be “What kind of material will seeds grow best in?”
2. The hypothesis or what you believe will happen.
3. Conduct the experiment.
4. The results of the experiment.
5. Conclusion or what you learned from the experiment. Was your hypothesis right?
Spelling
SPELLING: we will look at science words we have encountered previously or we might come across while doing the project.
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1. science |
2. hypothesis |
3. conclusion |
4. variable |
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5. research |
6. conduct |
7. experiment |
8. results |
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9. discover |
10. conductivity |
11. temperature |
12. generator |
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13. habitat |
14. magnetic |
15. reproduce |
16. gravity |
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17. volcano |
18. theory |
19. chemistry |
20. scientific |
HOMEWORK IS DUE EVERY DAY
REMEMBER: READ ANYTHING FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES EVERY DAY FOR HOMEWORK OR FUN
Monday’s Homework (Due Tuesday) (Need Weekly)
Language Arts: You had a substitute in class today. Write a page explaining what you did in class today. Include your conduct and what you learned. Also, include the most fun thing you did with the class?
Tuesday’s Homework (Due Wednesday) (Need Weekly)
Write all 20 spelling words and use ten in sentences that reflect the word’s meaning. Example: I will do research on frogs to learn more about them.
Read for thirty minutes and write a half page summary.
Wednesday’s Homework (Due Thursday) (need Weekly and math worksheet))
Write all 20 spelling words and use the ten you did not use yesterday in sentences that reflect the word’s meaning. Example: Gravity to pull everything down toward the surface of the earth.
Math – Worksheet
Thursday’s Homework (Need Weekly and math book)
Write
each spelling word five times each. Try to use cursive if you can. Study and
make 100.
Math – Write ten two-digit division problems with the answers. You may use your book.
Friday’s Homework (Need Weekly, Handwriting sheet)
Write one page about what you have learned or improved on so far this
year. Make sure it is neat and you use proper case (upper and lower).
Fun Facts:
1. The word chocolate may come from the Aztec word xocolatl that means “bitter water.”
2. Cocoa beans from the Cacao tree were so precious that the ancient Aztecs and Mayans used them as money.
3. Henri Nestle was the first person to mix chocolate with sugar (condensed milk) to make the candy bar.
4. More than $20, 000,000,000.00 is spent each year on chocolate. How much is that?
5. The average American eats nearly 22 pounds of chocolate each year.
6. The microwave oven was invented after a researcher using microwaves found that a chocolate bar in a man’s pocket melted when he walked by. They decided to concentrate the waves for cooking.
7. Pure chocolate, or cocoa powder, is good for you. Trouble is, it tastes terrible. Its all the other stuff we put in it to make it taste good that make it so bad for us. The sugar and butter make it taste so good but those things are not good for us at all.
