American Revolutionary War Techniques

What were the Techniques the Colonists used to start a revolution between 1763 and 1776? Do you think the Colonists could have achieved independence without these techniques?  

Sons of Liberty:

a.     Got together as an organized group, and made a vow to stop doing business with the British.

b.    The reason they did it is that we didn’t agree with the British rights and laws.

c.     We don’t agree with the British, because we want our freedom and our own rights.

Taxes:

a.     Such as the Sugar Act, the British reduced the taxes but made taxes on more things.

b.    We got mad and rampaged, and the British got mad back to start a war.

c.     Like the Declaratory Act we should be able to make our own taxes ourselves without the British.

Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party:

a.     For the Boston Massacre because the British rose the taxes we rampaged them and lost 6 lives.

b.    For the Boston Tea Party, Colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians and through 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.

c.     I think that the Colonists could have achieved independence without these two techniques, but not without all the Techniques.

Independence

Independence

In class since my last blog post that I wrote about Independence, a lot of things happened. To start off there are no more people who are Neutralists. Everyone has chosen a team Patriots or Loyalists. Most people chose to be on the Patriots.

I really liked this simulation because there was another congress and more things have happened. For example, like I said before, everyone has chosen a team to be on. I don’t dislike anything; because what we are doing (Independence) is really fun. If another class does this I have a suggestion. My suggestion is that since you might not want to start off as a patriot, Neutralist, or Loyalist, I think that each person individually, should pick out a name tag, and which ever faction you picked you are in; Patriots, Loyalists, or Neutralists

Here is the link to our congresses.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzhCK0zbuDRucDBhU20wNG14TEE&usp=sharing

Do you want to do Independence when you are in 5^th grade?

Which faction are you in?

Math Night

Math Night

 

In our class the fifth grade class for Math Night we made fruit salad equations, we made two game boards for three in a row, and on a sharp board we did different math fractions. For the fruit salad equations we had cut up apples, oranges, strawberries, and bananas. On a sheet of paper you write the fraction for the amount of apples, oranges, strawberries, and bananas you want I you fruit salad. Your fruit salad may have the total amount of 16 pieces of fruit. For example, you could have 4/16 apples, 4/16 oranges, 4/16 strawberries, and 4/16 bananas. Since 4/16+4/16+4/16+4/16=16/16 you can have that equation for your fruit salad.

 

 The game three in a row is where you play on a game board. The way you play is… you are supposed to play with two people or more. You role two dice. Let's say that I rolled a 6 and a 9, your fraction will be 6/9. After your role you try to find 6/9 on the game board. If 6/9 is not there then you simplify 6/9 to let's say 2/3 or something else. If the fraction is still not their then you can role again. You mark the game with different color circle things that you might use for bingo. You have to get three in a row to win.

 

 The Sharp board game is where you have two fractions, make the denominator the same number as the numerator. After you get your fraction you add them up to find your answer. For example, if you have the two fractions 4/16 and 2/8 the denominator 8 is smaller than 16. To get the same denominator you have to multiply 8 by 2, because 8+8=16. Since you always have to multiply the numerator by the same number as the denominator, the 2 becomes 4. Now you have the math problem 4/16, and 4/16+4/16=8/16. The last step is if you have to simplify your answer, like 8/16 you simplify 8/16. Since 8 is half of 16 your answer simplified will be 1/2.

 

I liked Math Night a lot. The reason for this is that you can learn different math concepts and learn new things. I hope there will be a Math Night every year, for years to come.   

 

 

Do you like Math Night?

Have you ever been to Math Night?