1. Imagine that you wake up in the middle of the night to find
a sack of gifts at the foot of your bed. You reach inside the
sack and pull out the perfect gift. Describe the gift.
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3. Reading The Right to Vote (p. 290)
Talk About It
Why should people
vote? Why do you think
it took women so long
to win the vote in the
United States?
Picture Prompt Look at the picture
and respond in writing.
4. To submit is to give in to someone's power.
A representative is a person chosen to
speak for others.
Qualify means to make or become fit for a
certain kind of work.
If you postpone something, you delay it.
5. A legislature is a group of people elected
to make or change laws.
Something that is satisfactory is good
enough but not outstanding.
An attorney acts for another person in legal
matters.
A colonel is a rank of military officer.
6. Reading Your Vote Your Voice (p. 292)
Dictionary
A Dictionary entry includes
information about pronunciation
in parentheses near the
definition.
The word is separated into
U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
syllables with symbols to show
dictionary entry
how to sound it out. For
example, colonel is pronounced
(kur'nl). To figure out the symbols,
look for the pronunciation key in
the front of the dictionary.
7. Facts Opinions
The word
"democracy" comes
This is the best kind of
from the Greek,
government to have.
meaning "the people
rule."
People who are old
All people who are
enough to vote
citizens have the right
should not postpone
to vote.
or wait to sign up.
The judges agreed to
In this way, perhaps
lower the age limit
you can make a
and changed the
difference.
constitution.
People who are old
enough to vote
Younger voters have
might find they will
the worst turnout of
need to submit to
any age group.
laws they don't agree
with.
8. Reading When Esther Morris Headed West (p. 295)
Genre
A Biography tells the story of a
person's life and is written by
another person.
Fact and Opinion
As you read, use your Fact and
Preview and Predict
Opinion Chart. Read the title, preview the illustrations, and
write questions and predictions about the
story in your notebook.
Read to Find Out
What opinions does the author
give about Esther Morris?
9. Fact Opinion
A woman
Name: Esther should be able
Mae Hobart to vote and
McQuigg Slack hold office, the
Morris same as a
man.
In 1869 the
Wyoming
legislature
voted to give Reckless
women the Copperheads!
right to vote
and to hold
office.
"I feel that my
work has been
Mrs. Morris's
satisfactory"
term as justice
and "Like all
of the peace
pioneers, I
ended in
have labored
October, 1870.
more in faith
and hope."
11. Reading Suffrage for Women (p. 308)
Genre
Textbooks present facts and
ideas about nonfiction topics.
Text Feature
A Time Line is a diagram of
several events arranged in the
order in which they took place.
A time line helps to organize
information in an easy, visual
way.
12. Reading Review for Exam
Class Work
Read the following selection
again on your own:
• Your Vote Your Choice (p.
292)
• When Esther Morris Headed
West (p. 295)
• Suffrage for Women (p. 308)
Write five facts about each
reading selection.
13. Suffrage is the right to vote.
An amendment is a change made to a
document or a law.
Polling is the act of voting and also describes
the place where people cast their votes.
The media are a collection of organizations
that report news and information, such as
newspapers, television, the Internet, and radio.
15. Math Power Practice / Homework Review
DO NOW:
• Complete
the
Multiplication
Record
Sheet.
• Go over
homework.
16. Math Divide Three and FourDigit Dividends
(p. 201)
Math in My World
In a 4hour period, 852 people
rode an amusement park
ride. If the same number of
people rode the ride each
hour, how many people rode
the ride in the first hour?
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
What strategies can
be used to divide
whole numbers?
