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Schoolhouse Rock!: "Fireworks"

Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Performance: Grady Tate
Animation: Phil Kimmelman and Associates

Ooh, there's gonna be fireworks (Fireworks!)
On the Fourth of July (red, white, and blue!)
Red, white, and blue fireworks
Like diamonds in the sky. (diamonds in the sky!)
We're gonna shoot the entire works on fireworks
That really show, oh yeah,
We declared our liberty 200 years ago.

Yeah!

In 1776 (fireworks!)
There were fireworks too (red, white, and blue!)
The original colonists,
You know their tempers blew (They really blew!)
Like Thomas Paine once wrote:
It's only common sense (only common sense)
That if a government won't give you your basic rights
You'd better get another government.

And though some people tried to fight it,
Well, a committee was formed to write it:
Benjamin Franklin, Philip Livingston,
John Adams, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson,
They got it done (Oh yes they did!)
The Declaration, uh-huh-huh,
The Declaration of Independence (Oh yeah!)
In seventeen hundred seventy six (Right on!)
The Continental Congress said that we were free (We're free!)
Said we had the right of life and liberty,
...And the pursuit of happiness!

Ooh, when England heard the news, (Kerpow!)
They blew their stack (They really blew their cool!)
But the colonists lit the fuse,
There'd be no turning back (no turnin' back!)
They'd had enough of injustice now
But even if it really hurts, oh yeah,
If you don't give us our freedom now
You're gonna see some fireworks!

And on the Fourth of July they signed it
And 56 names underlined it,
And now to honor those first 13 states,
We turn the sky into a birthday cake.
They got it done (Oh yes they did!)
The Declaration, uh-huh-huh,
The Declaration of Independence (Oh yeah!)
In seventeen hundred seventy six (Right on!)
The Continental Congress said that we were free (We're free!)
Said we had the right of life and liberty,
...And the pursuit of happiness!

We hold these truths to be self-evident,
That all men are created equal
And that they are endowed by their creator
With certain inalienable rights.
That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

And if there's one thing that makes me happy,
Then you know that it's (ooh)
There's gonna be fireworks!

Schoolhouse Rock!: "Elbow Room"

Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Performance: Sue Manchester
Animation: Kim and Gifford Productions

LYRICS:

One thing you will discover
When you get next to one another
Is everybody needs some elbow room, elbow room.

It's nice when you're kinda cozy, but
Not when you're tangled nose to nosey, oh,
Everybody needs some elbow, needs a little elbow room.

That's how it was in the early days of the U.S.A.,
The people kept coming to settle though
The east was the only place there was to go.

The president was Thomas Jefferson
He made a deal with Napoleon.
How'd you like to sell a mile or two, (Or three, or a hundred, or a thousand?)

And so, in 1803 the Louisiana Territory was sold to us
Without a fuss
And gave us lots of elbow room.

Oh, elbow room, elbow room,
Got to, got to get us some elbow room.
It's the west or bust,
In God we trust.
There's a new land out there...
Lewis and Clark volunteered to go,
Goodbye, good luck, wear your overcoat!
They prepared for good times and for bad (and for bad),
They hired Sacagawea to be their guide.
She led them all across the countryside.
Reached the coast
And found the most
Elbow room we've ever had.

The way was opened up for folks with bravery.
There were plenty of fights
To win land rights,
But the West was meant to be;
It was our Manifest Destiny!

The trappers, traders, and the peddlers,
The politicians, and the settlers,
They got there by any way they could. (Any way they could).
The Gold Rush trampled down the wilderness,
The railroads spread across from east to west,
And soon the West was opened up for - opened up for good.

And now we jet from east to west.
Goodbye New York, hello L.A.,
But it took those early folks to open up the way.

Now we've got a lot of room to be
Growing from sea to shining sea.
Guess that we have got our elbow room (elbow room)
But if there should ever come a time
When we're crowded up together, I'm
Sure we'll find some elbow room...up on the moon!

Oh, elbow room, elbow room.
Got to, got to get us some elbow room.
It's the moon or bust,
In God we trust.
There's a new land up there!

Schoolhouse Rock!: "No More Kings!"

Music, lyrics, and performance: Lynn Ahrens
Animation: Kim & Gifford Productions

LYRICS:

Rockin' and a-rollin', splishin' and a-splashin',
Over the horizon, what can it be?

The pilgrims sailed the sea
To find a place to call their own.
In their ship Mayflower,
They hoped to find a better home.
They finally knocked
On Plymouth Rock
And someone said, "We're there."
It may not look like home
But at this point I don't care.

Oh, they were missing Mother England,
They swore their loyalty until the very end.
Anything you say, King,
It's OK, King,
You know it's kinda scary on your own.
Gonna build a new land
The way we planned.
Could you help us run it till it's grown?

They planted corn, you know
They built their houses one by one,
And bit by bit they worked
Until the colonies were done.
They looked around,
Yeah, up and down,
And someone said, "Hurray!"
If the king could only see us now
He would be proud of us today.

They knew that now they'd run their own land,
But George the Third still vowed
He'd rule them till the end.
Anything I say, do it my way now.
Anything I say, do it my way.
Don't you get to feeling independent
'Cause I'm gonna force you to obey.

He taxed their property,
He didn't give them any choice,
And back in England,
He didn't give them any voice.
(That's called taxation without representation,
and it's not fair!)
But when the Colonies complained
The king said: "I don't care!"

He even has the nerve
To tax our cup of tea.
To put it kindly, King,
We really don't agree.

Gonna show you how we feel.
We're gonna dump this tea
And turn this harbor into
The biggest cup of tea in history!

They wanted no more Mother England.
They knew the time had come
For them to take command.
It's very clear you're being unfair, King,
No matter what you say, we won't obey.
Gonna hold a revolution now, King,
And we're gonna run it all our way
With no more kings...

We're gonna elect a president! (No more kings)
He's gonna do what the people want! (No more kings)
We're gonna run things our way! (No more kings)
Nobody's gonna tell us what to do!

Rockin' and a-rollin', splishin' and a-splashin',
Over the horizon, what can it be?
Looks like it's going to be a free country.

Morning Message 4/22/10

Good morning and Happy Earth Day!
It is Thursday, April 22, 2010
Tiger Day: G
Day 142 of School, 38 days left

REMINDERS!:

• Day 4 of Turn off the TV Week! Last night was the 3rd night without screens... Who did something interesting? If we do this right, our creativity muscles will be strong and supple by the end of the week.
• Let’s organize our Secretary Appreciation Week cards this afternoon.
• You need to return 3 pieces from your report card packet (the yellow envelope, the blue cover, and the parent comments/signature). The rest is for you to keep!

THIS MORNING:

• We’ll practice our poetry... Then....
• We’ll catch up with our Virginia textbook.

To-Do List:

1. Turn in any important papers to the “Notes for Ms. Bragg” box (like report cards and signed tests).
2. Complete your morning routine! Don’t forget about snack.
3. Take out the poem that you have chosen to recite in front of the class. Find a partner and take turns reading it with expression. Discuss how you will make your poem recitation theatrical. REMEMBER: The copy of your poem must live in your homework folder. We’ll start “dress rehearsal” practice next week.

Morning Message 4/21/10

Good morning! It is Wednesday, April 21, 2010.
Tiger Day: I
Day 141 of School, 39 days left

REMINDERS!:

• Day 3 of Turn off the TV Week! Last night was the 2nd night without screens... What did you do to exercise your creative muscles?
• This is Secretary Appreciation Week. How can we best show our appreciation of the secretaries and administrative staff that do so much to make TJ great?
• You need to return 3 pieces from your report card packet (the yellow envelope, the blue cover, and the parent comments/signature). The rest is for you to keep!

THIS MORNING:

• We’ll continue to explore the long-term effects of the Civil War and slavery.
• Let’s do a vocab sort race after announcements.

MATH NOTES: Hocutt, Szachowicz, and Evans need to bring a book!
To-Do List:

1. Turn in any important papers to the “Notes for Ms. Bragg” box (like report cards and signed tests).
2. Complete your morning routine! Don’t forget about snack.
3. Grab your team’s baggie of vocab and definition cards from the front of the room. Match them... Then be sure to check your sentences for correct writing conventions (capitalization, spelling, punctuation, etc.)... We’re going to really work on developing good writing habits this quarter!

Morning Message 4/20/10

Good morning! It is Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Tiger Day: T
Day 140 of School, 40 days left

REMINDERS!:
It’s day 2 of Turn off the TV Week! What creative pastimes did you come up with last night?
Does anyone have a signed report card yet? REMEMBER: You need to return 3 pieces (the yellow envelope, the blue cover, and the parent comments/signature). The rest is for you to keep.

THIS MORNING:
We’re switching our normal schedule. This morning we will be doing Language Arts, catching up on some issues of Scholastic News. We’ll also take a look at past SN quizzes and make corrections. It’s so important to learn from our mistakes!

THIS AFTERNOON:
You guessed it! We’ll be doing some Virginia Studies this afternoon, along with some Language Arts. We’ll think about how the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Civil Rights movement are connected.

To-Do List:

1. Turn in any important papers to the “Notes for Ms. Bragg” box (like report cards and signed tests).
2. Complete your morning routine! Don’t forget about snack.
3. There’s an issue of SN from 4/5 on your desk. Enjoy reading and working on the quizzes and puzzles! How does this issue connect to our curriculum?