FANTASTIC FIVE Coopertown Middle School

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Tennessee Geography

1. TN has 3 grand divisions:
1. West
2. Middle
3. East
2. West TN
1. Flat land
2. Cotton is main crop
3. Memphis is the large shipping city on the Mississippi River
3. Middle TN
1. Largest division
2. Rolling hills
3. Tobacco, corn, soybeans are cash crops
4. Land is good for cattle, dairy cows, and walking horses
4. East TN
1. Mountainous area
2. Great Smoky Mts. and Cumberland Mts. cover this area
3. Knoxville and Chattanooga are largest cities
5. TN has a temperate climate
1. TN averages 50 inches of rain per year
2. Location and elevation will determine differences in climate
6. TN natural resources
1. Coal
2. Limestone
3. Water for electricity

1. What is Photosynthesis?
1. All living things need energy to survive.
2. Animals eat food to get energy.
3. Plants make their own food.
4. Where do plants get energy to make food?
5. The SUN
6. Plants use the energy from the sun to make their own food through a process called photosynthesis.
7. Photosynthesis occurs in cells that have chloroplasts.
8. We know that plant cells contain chloroplasts.
9. Sunlight + water + carbon dioxide + chlorophyll = food (sugar or starch) and oxygen
10. Energy for photosynthesis comes from the sun.
11. Sugars made by the leaf go into the leaf's veins and then to all parts of the plant.
12. The oxygen made by the plant is released into the air.
2. What do leaves do?
1. The leaves of a plant carry on photosynthesis.
2. The roots absorb water and carry it up to the leaves through the xylem.
3. The carbon dioxide plants need for photosynthesis enters the plant from the air through tiny holes in the bottom of the leaf called stomata.
4. A single hole is called a stoma.
5. The job of opening and closing the stomata is done by guard cells located on each side of the stoma.
6. The guard cells open and close the stomata in response to the amount of water and light the plant receives.
7. When a plant has too little water, guard cells will close the stomata to preserve water.
8. When a plant has plenty of water, guard cells will swell and open stomata, allowing water and air to leave the plant.
9. The epidermis is the outermost part of the leaf.
10. The top of the leaf surface has a waxy cuticle, a waterproof layer that prevents moisture from evaporating.
11. Sugars that are produced during photosynthesis are transported to the rest of the plant through a type of tissue called phloem.
12. Scientists express what happens during photosynthesis with the following chemical equation:
    6CO2 + 6H2O + energy → C6H12O6 + 6O2
3. What is the photosynthesis and respiration cycle?
1. All living things need energy to carry out their life processes.
2. The photosynthesis and respiration cycle provides energy to plants and animals.
3. The sugar that plants produce during photosynthesis is a carbohydrate.
4. Carbohydrate is the name for substances made from carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
5. Simple carbohydrates can be stored as food or modified to make structural materials.
6. When plants store sugar, they usually store it as starch.
7. The cell walls of plant cells are made of cellulose.
8. Starch and cellulose are complex carbohydrates made of thousands of simple sugar units.
9. Animals depend on photosynthesis as their source of energy.
10. When animals eat plants, it takes in stored carbohydrates from the plant.
11. When animals are carnivores and eat other animals, they are taking in carbohydrates that animals gained from eating a plant in the first place.
12. Some of the oxygen produced during photosynthesis is breathed in by animals during respiration.
13. Some of the oxygen is used by plants.
14. When plants or animals need energy, they can get it from stored carbohydrates.
15. The energy stored in carbohydrates is released when cells use oxygen to break down the sugars in a process called cellular respiration.
16. Cellular respiration and photosynthesis can be thought of as opposites.
17. During cellular respiration, plant and animal cells produce carbon dioxide and water, which are then released back into the air.
18. During photosynthesis, plants use the carbon dioxide along with water to produce sugars.
4. What are energy pyramids?
1. About 10% of the sun’s actual energy gets turned into food energy by a producer.
2. An energy pyramid shows the amount of energy available at each level of an ecosystem.
3. The bottom of the pyramid represents the producers.
4. It is the largest level because it contains the most organisms and therefore the most energy.
5. There are fewer numbers of organisms and less available energy at each ascending level of the pyramid.
6. When a producer is eaten, only about 10% of the food energy it contains gets turned into herbivore or omnivore tissue.
7. The rest is used or turned into heat energy.

All 5th grade students will have a quiz on Friday, August 27, on general map skills and the Tennessee map. This will include information from students' Longitude and Latitude notes, Continents notes, the four major oceans, and Tennessee information. Tennessee information includes border states, major cities, major rivers, landforms, the three grand divisions, and other items marked on students' class notes. Please help your child prepare for this quiz.

Thank you,

Mrs. Linder and Mrs. Killebrew

Each week a spelling pretest will be given. The assignments below are only for students who have passed the spelling pretest with a score of 93% and above. Otherwise, students should follow the regular assignments given during class.

Monday:

• Read over words.
• Listen to the Word List Reading.
  • Open your folder to the Audio List page. Begin a new section for this lesson by labeling it Lesson 2.
  • On the computer screen, choose the correct book (book 7 or 8).
  • Choose the correct lesson. (Then, make sure your speakers are turned on.)
• Complete a Concept of Definition organizer for the first five of your words. Put this in your spelling folder. (Remember to add it to your table of contents.)

Tuesday:

• Complete a Concept of Definition organizer for the next five of your words. Put this in your spelling folder.
• Complete 2A.

Wednesday:

• Complete a Concept of Definition organizer for the last five of your words. Put this in your spelling folder.
• Complete 2B.

Thursday:

• Complete 2C and 2D.

Friday:

• TEST – spelling and definitions

August 23 through 27 is spirit week for Homecoming. Students may participate by dressing up in the following ways:

Monday: Jersey Day
Tuesday: Miss-matched Day
Wednesday: Hillbilly Day
Thursday: Purple and Gold Day

Tatoos will be on sale in the cafeteria from 7:10 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. beginning Thursday, August 19 for 50 cents.

Dear Parents,

We'd like to take an opportunity to say thank you for your generous donations. Many of you have donated items on our wish list, recess equipment, and some have even sent in extra money to help other students who cannot afford to pay their supply fee. Your generosity has not gone unnoticed! We cannot thank you enough.

5th Grade Teachers,
Mrs. Killebrew
Mrs. Linder
Ms. Rose
Mrs. Stone
Mrs. Vertrees

Dear Parent,

Each Monday your child will have an opportunity to take a pretest for spelling and reading. The spelling test will test all 25 words for the next reading story. The reading test will test comprehension for the next story and test the vocabulary for that story. If your child makes a 93 or higher, they will be allowed to keep that grade for all reading assignments that will be given that week. Instead of working on the regular assignments, these students will be given extension activities that are designed to push students farther and deeper. These assignments will be completed during that week. If the student scores below a 93, they will continue with regular classroom assignments for that week. They can try again to take the pretest the next week.
Please let me know if you have questions are concerns.

Cheryl Killebrew