Language ArtsYou will need your: Reading Street Book LA Notebooks Spelling, Vocabulary and Grammar HMWK for “Into the Ice” Choice Book Pencil and Planner

Q of the Day: What is an “angstrom?”

angstrom - noun, ( often initial capital letter)

a unit of length, equal to one tenth of a millimicron, or one ten millionth of a millimeter, primarily used to express electromagnetic wavelengths. Symbol: Å;

Abbreviation: A.

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Social StudiesSocial Studies

You will need your: Reading Street Book LA Notebooks Spelling, Vocabulary and Grammar HMWK (dueTomorrow) Social Studies Book SS Notebook Ruler and Colored Pencils

Riddle of the Day: What kind of clock is crazy?

Social StudiesChapter 10Sodbusters

What changed the landscape of Minnesota?

What is subsistence farming?

Why did new settlers come to Minnesota in the 1870s and 1880s?

Did railroad inspectors always treat farmers fairly?

What about the sod protected the rich soil below?

What was the purpose of the Grange and other cooperatives?

What was Sarah Tainter’s job on the farm?

What was John Tainter’s job on the farm?

What did “Empire Builder” James E. Hill own?

What did organizer, Oliver H. Kelly start?

Speculator, Louis Fertile made a large profit by doing what?

Give evidence to support this statement: The arrival of the railroads had both a positive and a negative effect on western Minnesota.

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Bad -

Why did farmers need a market for their cash rops?W

Why was the Grange important?

Who was settling in Minnesota after the Civil War? Why?

What were some of the different ways that settlers could get land?

What types of work did men, women and children do on the farm?

Explain what subsistence farming is and what diversified farming is? Give details about both.

Very punny, Mrs. T.

a cuckoo clock

Vocabulary Words1. conquer - to overcome; get the better of

2. destiny - what becomes of someone or something; one’s fate or fortune

3. expedition - journey for some special purpose, such as exploration, scientific study, or military purposes

4. insulated - lined or surrounded with a material that does not conduct energy; protected from the loss of heat, electricity, or sound

5. isolation - the state of being separated from others, of being alone

6. navigator - person in charge of finding the position and course of a ship, aircraft, or expedition

7. provisions - a supply of food and drinks

8. verify - to prove to be true; confirm

9. documentation - proof or support of a claim or opinion by evidence

10. unconventional - not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality