Weekly Vocabulary

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SS  Vocabulary Week of April 25 – May 20th

Students will be tested on the vocabulary words Friday May 6.

Election

campaign

official

vote

Governor

Mayor

President

 

 

4^th Grade Social Studies Vocabulary Week of April 4 -15

1. Brand
2. locomotive
3. stampede
4. line rider
5. barbed wire
6. boom
7. cattle drive
8. industry

4^th Grade Social Studies Vocabulary Week of Jan. 31-Feb. 11

1. Compromise: The settlement of an argument by agreeing that each side will give up part of their request.
2. Colony: A settlement of people who have left one country to live in another.
3. Invasion:  When a group or army enters into a place with the plans to take it over.
4. Prairie: Flat or rolling land covered with grass that has little or no trees.
5. Helmet:  A covering for the head often worn for protection.
6. Country:  An area of land large or small that has many boundaries and a government shared by all the people.  
7. Ocean:  The whole body of salt water that covers most of the earth’s surface.  
8. Plantation:  A large farm that produces crops to sell.
9. Debt:  Money that is owed to others.
10. Dispute:  When to or more groups argue and disagree.

Bonus Word:

1. 11.   Discrimination:  When one group denies rights to another.

 

 

Previous: 4^th Grade Social Studies Vocabulary Week of Jan. 19-28

 

1. Surrender: to give up and agree to pass on power to another.
2. Opinion: a statement or thought that tells what someone thinks.
3. Independence: the separation and freedom to make their own decisions.
4. Battle:  fighting in war between two or more armed forces
5. Flag: a piece of clothe used as a symbol normally hung from a pole.
6. Annexation: when a territory becomes part of a larger country.
7. Captive: To be taken and held as a prisoner of war.
8. Adapt: to adjust to the conditions of your surroundings.
9. Siege: the surrounding of a place by enemy forces trying to capture it.

10.  Petition: to make a request from someone in charge.

 

Bonus Word

11.  Declaration: a formal announcement that is written and spoken. *

4^th Grade Social Studies Vocabulary Week of Jan. 4-14 (Review)

 

1. Revolution: an organized fight against the government.
2. Ancestor: A relative from the past that a family came from.
3. Tradition: A way of doing something that is handed down from older groups to younger groups.
4. Contribution: anything that is given or contributed to a group, person, or cause. Example money, food, or language.
5. Celebration: a party, festival or social gathering of people to celebrate for a specific reason.
6. Holiday: is a day chosen by the government to recognize a person, religious belief or special occasion.
7. Heritage: the shared history of a group.
8. Religion: A belief in the worship of a God, gods or object, and the rules they follow.
9.  Geography: is the study of the earth and its land.

10.  Population: The total number of people living in a given area.

 

Bonus Word

11.  Constitution: a plan of action or set of rules set by the government.

There is no vocabulary list this week due to Benchmark Testing.

4^th Grade SS Vocabulary Week of Dec. 6- Dec.10

 

1. Anarchy:  When a country that has been involved in war and the government was destroyed.
2. Invention: a newly created item or product.
3. Monarchy: The King and Queen have absolute power and control that is passed through the family.
4. Republic: when a group or country is led by people who voters have chosen.
5. Currency: the type of money used in a country.
6. Vote: to make a choice that is counted.
7. Right: a freedom that belongs to citizens of the United States.
8. Escape: to break away from capture or enslavement.
9. Confederacy: several groups of people who agree to work together for a common goal. 
10. Ethnic group: a group of people who may share things in common, such as language, religious beliefs, customs and other ways of life.

Bonus:

1. Dictatorship: A single leader who may use force to keep control.

 

SS 4^th Grade Vocabulary Week of Nov. 29 -Dec.3

1. Capital: main or most important city in a state.
2. Governor: the elected leader of the state.
3. Spaniard: a person from the country of Spain.
4. Gulf of Mexico: the large body of water that borders Texas and Mexico.
5. Law: a set of rules and regulations put in place by the government. 
6. Defeat: to win a battle against an enemy.
7. Citizen: a member of a nation, state, county, or town.
8. Cattle Drive: a long trip made to take cattle to market.
9. Factory: a large building where products are created.
10. Goods: the things that people make, buy, and sell.

Bonus:

Conquistador: A well-known Spanish conqueror and leader over many.

Week of Nov. 15-19

1. Frontier: the border between settled and unsettled land.
2. Migration:  the movement of people from one place to another to setup a new home.
3. Immigrant: a person who leaves one country to settle in another country.
4. Expansion: to grow spread out and make larger.
5. Defend: To protect and keep safe from danger.
6. Political: The process of decision making through the government.
7. Conflict: A disagreement or fight between people.
8. Pioneer: a person who is one of the first to go into unclaimed territory with the plans to start a new colony.
9. Tax: a set amount of money paid to the government.
10. Retreat: to pull out of battle or refuse to fight.

Bonus:

Empresario: a person who brought settlers into a Texas colony divided up the land and enforced the laws.

4^th Grade SS Vocabulary Week of Nov. 8-12

1. Colony:  A settlement of people who have left one country to live in another country.

2. Voyage:  The act of traveling on a long journey by land, air or sea.

3. Native:  Belonging to a place by birth.

 4. Presidio: A large or small fort

 5. Timeline:  A list of events in order by when they took place

 6. Population:  The total number of people living in an given area.

 7. Explorer:  A person who travels to search for and discover different things.

 8. Captive:  To be taken and held as a prisoner of war.

 9. Economic:  The system of earning and spending money

 10. European: A person from the continent of Europe.

Bonus Word:

11. Chronological: To arrange information in order by the time including year and date.

SS 4th Grade Week 9 Vocabulary List

1. Mission:

2. Language:

3. Treaty: 

4. War:

5. Archeology:

6. Physical map:

7.  Island:  

8.  Peace:

9.  Totem pole:

10.  Ceremony:

Bonus Word:

11. Alliance:

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SS 4th Grade Week 8 Vocabulary Review

1. tepee                               

2. migrate                         

3. irrigation                     

4. canoe                              

5. modification            

6. adapt                              

7. consequence             

8. climate                          

9. agriculture                  

10. transportation        

11. grid system

12. drought  

13. geography

14. symbol

15. scale    

16.  map   

17. vegetation      

18. custom    

19. government

20. environment     

21.  survive       

22. gatherer         

23. adobe                                         

SS 4^th Grade Week 7 Vocabulary List 

1. Religion: A belief in the worship of a God, gods or object, and the rules they follow.
2. Chief: A person who is the leader or highest in rank of power over a group. 
3. Modification: The process of changing in some way to make it different.
4. Consequence: The outcome or result of an action.
5. History: The story or record of what happen in the past.
6. Survive: To live through and continue to exist.
7. Need: Something that is necessary and useful for survival. Example food
8. Want: Something that is desired but not needed to live. Toy
9. Transportation: The act of carrying or moving something or someone from one place to another.
10. Settler: A persons who makes a home in a new land or country.

Bonus Word:

Ancient: Something that is very old and began or existed very long ago.

Previous Week:   SS 4^th Grade Week 6 Vocabulary List 

1. Canoe – a small wood carved boat that is pointed at both ends.
2. pueblo – a Spanish word for a village built of adobe and rock
3. Farmer – people who prepare land and grow food of their own
4. Gatherer – people who search, find and pick their food.
5. Adapt –  to adjust to the conditions of your surroundings
6. slave – a person who is owned by another person
7. battle – fighting in war between two or more armed forces
8. Territory – is an area including land and waters considered to belong to a specific group
9. Heritage –  the shared history of a group
10. hurricane – a violent storm with high winds and heavy rain

Bonus Word:

Siege – When enemy forces surround a place with plans to capture it.

Previous Week List

SS 4^th Grade Week 5 Vocabulary List 

1. Plain – a large area of flat land with gently rolling hills and few trees.
2. Landmark – an object that stands out from the area around it.
3. Irrigation- a system of transporting water to crops.
4. Industry – a business that makes products or provides a service.
5. Agriculture – the planting of seeds to grow food.
6. Drought – a long period with little or no rain
7. Tradition – a belief or way of doing something that is handed down from older groups to younger groups.
8. Desert – a dry area that receives fewer than 10 inches of rain a year.
9. Adobe – bricks formed from clay and straw that is dried in the sun.          
10. Livestock – beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, goats, hogs, chickens, and turkeys.

    

Bonus: wigwam- round hut

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Current Week:

Greetings  Odyssey Family, We are enjoying another week here at Odyssey. It is now getting down to the wire. Please encourage your child to complete and turn in all assigments. It is also very important that your child attend school everyday. There attendance may in some cases have an effect on their classroom grade. This week in Social Studies we will be learning all about inventions and important inventers in history. The students will be creating a scientific inventions book with a partner.  REMINDER: The Celebrating Our Leaders Project was due Monday May 23rd. Please make sure your child completed this project.

 

to include on your Tuesday Take Home Newsletters and Website Updates depending on what applies to your grade level: 

• May 16th – 4th Grade Field Trip to The Battleship Texas, Ferry, and San Jacinto Monument
• May 17th and 18th – 5th and 8th grade Math and Reading TAKS Retest Opportunity
• May 19th – 8th Grade College Trip
• May 20th – All Odyssey Library Books are Due; Kindergarten Field Trip to the Houston Children’s Museum
• May 23rd – 4th Grade Social Studies Celebrating Our Leaders Project is due.
• May 23rd – June 2nd – Spring Book Fair
• May 26th – 8th Grade Graduation at Moody Methodist
• May 30th – Make-up day for bad weather day we missed in February – this day is no longer a student nor staff holiday.  All students are expected to attend school.  Final exams will take place on this day.
• May 30th – Perfect Attendance Day – your class can win a prize for everyone attending school!
• May 30 and 31st – Final Exams/Cumulative Assessments
• June 1st – Award Ceremonies; “Dress to Impress”; PK and Kinder Report Cards will be sent home
• June 2nd – Last day of school; Beach Day; Early Release at 12pm
• June 6th – Summer Breakfast and Lunch Program Begins
• June 8th – Final report cards will be available for pick up at front desk along with School Supplies Information, 2011-2012 School Calendar, and Back to School Night information.

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4th Grade Social Studies Homework

There is no homework. Please make sure your child turned in the project listed below.

Previous Week

May 10, 2011

 

Dear Parents,

                        Your fourth grader has learned a lot this year but it is not over yet. There are still many more lessons to be taught. For the rest of the month in Social Studies your child will be learning about effective leaders and individuals who have impacted history.  Your child was assigned a project entitled Celebrating Our Leaders on May 2^nd.  They must research information on this important historical figure and complete the project requirements. I have included the requirements with this letter.

This important project will count as 3 major grades toward your child’s end of the year Social Studies report card average. It is extremely important that your child work hard to make the best use of their time and complete this project effectively and successfully. There are many resources that may help your child with this project including the local library, the school library, and the internet. If you have any questions about this project please call (409) 750-9289.

Sincerely,

 

JaMika Harris

4^th Grade Social Studies Teacher

Odyssey Academy

 

 

Celebrating Our Leaders Project

4^th Grade Social Studies

Deadline May 23, 2011

 

Purpose:

The students will gather facts and conduct research on the outstanding citizen and leader listed above. Students will recognize the contributions of a past or present leader. Students will understand the impact these leaders have had on the community including; our city, state or country. Students will gain knowledge of their major accomplishments, achievements and list their leadership qualities.

Requirements:

1. Write a 1 ½ to 2 page essay on the life of an outstanding leader. This should include the Early Life or Childhood, Education, Major Events in their life history, and Accomplishments. Students may choose to type their essay instead of hand writing it.
2. Create a Timeline detailing at least 8 important events.
3. Design a poster board that outlines the life of the person with pictures, drawing and artwork.
4. Prepare and present a 3 -5 minute presentation about the person, their leadership qualities, and the major role they played in history.
5.  Students will explain the impact they believe the person had on the world.
6. Students must list the resources used for information to complete this project. Example resources include (library books list author and title, internet list web address, dictionary or encyclopedia list name, year and publishing company).
7. Projects will not be accepted before Thursday, May 19.

 

Study Vocabulary and Prepare for Unit 2 Exam

Homework Week of 1/31-2/4

Alamo Project

• Write an essay about the Battle of the Alamo.
• Paper must include 2-3 paragraphs
• Summarize the events that took place before, during and after the battle.
• Describe why the battle of the Alamo is important to our Texas history.
• Create a portrait/drawing that represents the Battle of the Alamo and what Texas was fighting for. (Many students have already begun this part in class.)

This assignment is a major assessment grade and must be turned by all students.

 

 

1/19 to 1-28

Prize for Peace Due Friday

People Celebrate Handout Due Friday 1/7

Previous: Homework Week of Dec. 13-17

Students will us the SS study guide to study for the 2nd Nine Weeks Benchmark.

Social Studies Homework

Nov. 29-Dec. 3

Texas History Handout: Read the passage and learn the history of our great state. Complete the comprehension test on the back. Due Friday Dec. 3

Social Studies Homework

Week of Nov. 15-19

Activity: Kids Tune in Too Much Due Friday

Previous: Week of Nov. 8- 12

Activity: The Flight that changed the world.( Handout ) All about famous explorers and how their expedtions help shape the world.  Due Friday Nov. 12th.

Previous Weeks of 10/18/10 - 10/22/10

Early Native American Life – Handout includes the following:

Reading and Discussion, Fill in the blanks, Vocabulary, and Short answer. Students should have recieved it in class. It is due on Friday Oct. 22, 2010.

 

Previous Week of 10/11/10 – 10/15/10

Survival Skills

Native Americans developed many skills for survival. As a review over the information we discussed in class including adaptations, modifications, and consequences complete the activities below.

Part#1: Choose 1 situation from below circle your choice and write 1 or more examples of the Adaptations, Modifications, and the Consequences. Draw a picture to represent each of the 3 things.

 

Possible Situations: Bad Soil, Surrounded by water, Limited food, Nowhere to live.

 

 

Part# 2: Make a list of survival skills that may have been used for the example you chose.

 

 

Part# 3 In 3 or more sentences explain how each of the skills was used for survival by Native American Tribes.  

 

Due: Friday 10/15/10

Previous Week: 4^th Grade SS Homework

Week of 10/4 -10/8

 

Map Skills

 

Practice your map skills. Create a map of your home, school or neighborhood.

 

 Use symbols; identify streets, signs and landmarks. Include roads and any routes that you most commonly travel.

 

Label streets and any highways you use. Create a map key, and compass rose to show direction. 

 

Write a paragraph that describes the map of your neighborhood.

Previous: Homework Week of 9/27/10 - 10/1/10

Living Off The Land

Identify what you know about the relationships between where people live and how they live.

 

Example: Life in the Mountains or cold weather.

 

Explain how the physical characteristics such as soil, landforms, climate, bodies of water and vegetation played a major role in the lives of early Native American settlers of our state. How did they adapted to their environment?

 

Compare the way they lived then with the way we live today. Identify the similarities and differences you see.

 

List those differences and draw out 2 examples. 

  

Previous Week

Homework Week of Sept. 20 to Sept.24

Directions:

Native American Tribes of Texas

You have been learning about the Native American tribes of Texas. Remember what Native American cultures and tribes you have studied in class Caddos, Jumanos, Apache, and Karankawa. Each of the tribes are unique and lived life in a different way. Choose a tribe and give examples of their way of life. This includes customs, traditions, clothing, food, and shelter. 

You may want to use magazine images such as National Geographic, photos from newspapers, other newsmagazines and/or drawings.

Identify what you know about the relationships between where people live and how they live.

Explain how the physical characteristics such as soil, landforms, climate, bodies of water and vegetation played a major role in the lives of Native American settlers of our state. 

 

 

 Previous Week of 9/13/10

What’s going on in the world?

 

Watch the news on television, review the news online or read the newspaper with a parent. Make a list of some of the topics you discovered. Examples may include human interest stories, weather stories about hurricanes or storms, government elections, community news and events from other countries around the world. Choose one that interests you the most.

 

Write a paragraph that answers the following questions. You may include pictures, cut outs or drawings.

 

1. Why is this information in the news?

2. Who was affected by what happen?

3. How does this affect our local community?  4. How does it affect our world?

5. What do think about it and how would you handle it.

Review Vocabulary List

Due Friday Sept. 17, 2010

 

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