Friday 1/9 Finish working on maps of South and East Asia Thursday 1/8 SOCIAL STUDIES POWER PLANNING DAY Wednesday 1/7 Continue working on maps of South and East Asia Tuesday 1/6 Marley and Me Movie field trip (condensed classes) Monday 1/5/09 Introduction to South and East Asia and begin working on 4 maps 12/19 12:00-January 4, 2009 Holiday Break - Have a great holiday!! Friday 12/19 Half Day- Band Concert Thursday 12/18 "We Care, We Share" reward day Wednesday 12/17 Review assignment for chapter 25 Tuesday 12/16 Research project on holiday traditions in the Eastern World Monday 12/15 Postcards from Australia assignment Friday 12/12 Channel One Quiz, Discuss "Shackleton", and essay on "Shackleton" Thursday 12/11 Finish movie "Shackleton" Wednesday 12/10 Finish presentations and continue movie "Shackleton" Tuesday 12/9 Continue movie "Shackleton" and continue presentations Monday 12/8 Continue presentations Friday 12/5 Finish PowerPoints and begin presentations Thursday 12/4 Begin movie "Shackleton" Wednesday 12/3 Continue working on PowerPoint project Tuesday 12/2 Continue working on PowerPoint project Monday 12/1 Begin working on PowerPoint projects about native animals and plants of Australia. Friday 11/28 No School Thursday 11/27 Thanksgiving Day - No school Wednesday 11/26 PBS Olympics Tuesday 11/25 Project for troops Monday 11/24 Chapter 25 review Friday 11/21 Channel One quiz and response essay about the movie "Rabbit Proof Fence." Thursday 11/20 Finish movie "Rabbit Proof Fence" and discuss Wednesday 11/19 Crossword puzzles, rabbit proof fence map, Begin movie "Rabbit Proof Fence." Tuesday 11/18 Rugby discussion/demonstrations. Monday 11/17 Read section three, chapter 25, and discuss Friday 11/14 Channel one quiz and read section 2, ch. 25 and discuss. Thursday 11/13 Read and discuss section 1, ch. 25 on Australia. Wednesday 11/12 In class discussion on Australia culture and response paper Tuesday 11/11 No School Monday 11/10 Finish working on maps and discuss Australia slang Friday 11/7 Work on maps and channel one quiz Thursday 11/6 Social Studies Power Planning Day. Wednesday 11/5 Continue working on climate, resource, and population maps. Tuesday 11/4 Read and discuss the first section on Australia. Begin working on climate, resource, and population maps. Monday 11/3 Video Friday 10/31 Review chapter 5 test and take channel one quiz. Thursday 10/30 Test over chapter 5 Wednesday 10/29 Finish study guides. Review game. Tuesday 10/28 Classroom discussion on any questions from chapter 5. Work on study guide for upcoming test. Monday 10/27 Review questions from chapter 5. Friday 10/24 Collect new writing symbols. Channel One quiz. Review previous sections of chapter 5. Read and discuss section 4, chapter 5. Crossword puzzle over key words/ideas in chapter 5. Thursday 10/23 Review of Sumerian achievements and work on creating new writing symbols. Wednesday 10/22 Quiz over Southwest and Central Asia countries and capitals. Cover chapter 5, section 3. Further discussions on Sumer. Tuesday 10/21 Review of Southwest and Central Asia countries and capitals. Cover chapter 5, section 2. Discuss Sumer. Monday 10/20 Review of Southwest and Central Asia countries and capitals. Practice quiz. Cover chapter 5, section 1 and discuss Mesopotamia. Friday 10/17 Review of Southwest and Central Asia countries and capitals. Documentary video on Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Thursday 10/16 Review of Southwest and Central Asia countries and capitals. Critical thinking response paper. Wednesday 10/15 Review of Southwest and Central Asia countries and capitals. Finish working on maps in class. Tuesday 10/14 Review of Southwest and Central Asia countries and capitals. Resume working on maps in class. Monday 10/13 Begin chapter 5: Southwest and Central Asia. Class discussion and look at various maps, as well as countries and capitals. Begin working on maps in class. Friday 10/10 Finish presentations. In class writing (response paper). Thursday 10/9 Work on charts and fill out voter registrations for mock election. View some candidates websites and look at sample voting ballot. Wednesday 10/8 Begin presenting PowerPoint presentations. Tuesday 10/7 Continue research on project on diseases and work on PowerPoint presentation. Monday 10/6 Continue research project on diseases and work on PowerPoint presentation. Friday 10/3 Continue research project on diseases and begin working on PowerPoints. Thursday 10/2 Continue research project on diseases. Wednesday 10/1 Begin group research project on diseases. Tuesday 9/30 Review Test and group activity. Monday 9/29 TEST CHAPTERS 1-4 Friday 9/26 Finish study guides and play review game. Parents please note that students should have their study guides with them to prepare for test this weekend! Thursday 9/25 No school due to inclement weather. Wednesday 9/24 Discuss and begin study guides. Tuesday 9/23 View videos and begin test review. Monday 9/22 Read sections 3 and 4 from chapter 4. Discuss types of governments and economies of the world in class. Friday 9/19 Continue working on climate maps of Asia and Africa. Thursday 9/18 Discuss climate maps and begin making climate maps of Asia and Africa. Wednesday 9/17 Read sections 1 and 2 from chapter 4 and answer questions. Tuesday 9/16 Read sections 3 and 4 from chapter 3 and answer questions. Monday 9/15 Read sections 1 and 2 from chapter 3 and answer questions. Friday 9/12 Present projects in class. Thursday 9/11 Continue with research projects on mobile computer lab. Wednesday 9/10 Continue with research project on mobile computer lab. Tuesday 9/9 Introduction to research project with laptop lab. Groupwork research/project. Monday 9/8 Response paper. Read chapter 2, section 2 from book. Quiz over reading. Discussion. Friday 9/5 Quiz on 5 themes of geography and "Give me 5" model. Continue work on vocab/crosswords. Read section 1 from chapter 2 in book. World Geography Mystery map skills group work. Thursday 9/4 Present PowerPoint presentations in class. Vocab assignment from page 21 in book and crossword puzzle assigned. Wednesday 9/3 Continue to work on PowerPoint presentation in class Tuesday 9/2 Work on PowerPoint presentation on geography terms in class. Monday 9/1: NO SCHOOL Friday 8/29: Read pages 15-18 in text. Practice map skills in class using World Geography Mysteries.
Thursday 8/28: Read pages 2-9 in text. Finish project posters and present.
Wednesday 8/27: Board assignment and read pages 10-14. Begin 5 themes of geography group project.
Tuesday 8/26: Board assignment and review. School map and map discussion.
Monday 8/25: Classroom rules/expectations |