What's Going on in SS Class

Welcome to WLM students and parents of the Phoenix 6th Grade Core! This page will serve as our announcements and daily updates page so I can extend the classroom to include & inform parents of what is going on in Social Studies classes. I will provide descriptions of the day's class and what students are to accomplish. Lesson activities, directions & instructions, readings, and resources & materials are all uploaded to the students' schoology classrooms. Posts for the day's class will be updated by 5p and ordered with the most recent date at the top of the list. If students are absent, then they should make sure to check their schoology to see what they need to make up for work to be caught up with class. If possible, then they should work throughout the day even if they don´t feel up to meeting online.

Thursday September 17th

Hello! In todayś class students practiced using latitude and longitude to find absolute location of places on Planet Earth. Location is one of the 5 themes of geography including absolute location and relative location. Today, we are focusing on absolute location. Please see below for further lesson details.

Essential Question: How does where you live impact how you live?

Daily Learning Target: I will use latitude and longitude to determine the absolute location of places on planet Earth in writing using maps as support.

Overview: ln todayś class, students will use latitude and longitude to determine the absolute location of places on planet Earth. Absolute location is the precise or exact point on Earth that a place is at. GPS programs use latitude and longitude to provide coordinates to determine where anything may be on the planet with precision. You will use latitude and longitude to solve geographic problems to determine absolute location. First, complete the provided reading. Next, watch the provided video clips. Then, follow the directions to successfully complete each of the ten steps to correctly mark your map. Finally, submit your completed assignments on schoology.

Agenda:

1. Welcome & Attendance
2. Lesson Overview & Agenda
3. Review Assignment & Clarify Directions
4. Read provided selection
5. Watch provided video clips
6. Complete Map Lab Phase 2
7. Check In & Review
8. Submit Assignments on Schoology

Tuesday September 15th

Hello! In todayś class students began their study of geography by working with the tools of a map to solve geographic problems in writing. We focused on using Title, Compass Rose, and Key so students can build an active understanding of what these tools are and how to use them to read maps for information. Please see below for further details about todayś class.

Essential Question: How does where you live impact how you live?

Daily Learning Target: I will use the tools of a map to solve geographic problems in writing.

Overview: ln todayś class, students will start their exploration of geography. Students will become familiar with the tools of a map: Title, Compass Rose, Key, Latitude & Longitude, and Scale. For todayś class, students will use the Map Title, Compass Rose, and Key to solve geographic problems by marking a digital map via google drawings. Students will first read the introduction to the selection together as a class. Students will ask any clarifying questions and then read the remaining selection. Students will then follow the provided directions to complete Map Lab Phase 1. Students will complete each of the 10 steps to correctly mark their maps. Students will submit their assignments on schoology when completed.

Agenda:

1. Welcome & Attendance
2. Lesson Overview & Agenda
3. Review Assignment
4. Read provided selection
5. Complete Map Lab Phase 1
6. Submit Assignment on Schoology upon completion

Friday September 11th

Hello!

In today's class the students used their understanding of the Bill of Rights to collaboratively craft classroom contracts to help us support ourselves and each other to learn the best we possibly can throughout the year. See the details below for further insight into what students accomplished in this lesson.

Essential Question:

How can we hold ourselves & each other accountable so we can learn the best we possibly can throughout the year?

Daily Learning Target:

I will craft a classroom contract in writing with my peers.

Overview:

ln todayś class, students will use their background knowledge of the Bill of Rights to think about and create guidelines and standards that will serve as our agreed upon classroom rules. Students will ultimately work to collaboratively craft classroom contracts with their peers. Students will submit what they can do to best support their learning, what they can do to best support the learning of others, what others can do to best support them, and what the teacher can do to support them as students. This information will then be compiled & synthesized into a classroom contract that will help all of us keep ourselves and each other accountable for our learning this year. The students will then commit to the contract, making a pledge to do their best to meet the standards that we set for ourselves as a class.

Agenda:

1. Welome & Attendance (5 min)
2. Lesson Overview & Agenda (5 min)
3. Assignment Directions & Clarification (5 min)
4. Individual Work Time (20 min)
5. Flocabulary While I Compile the Results (20 min)
6. "Sign" the Contract (5 min)

Click this Link for the Class Contract Form

Directions to Access Flocabulary:

Step 1: Click on this link to get to flocabulary: www.flocabulary.com/join-class

Step 2: Copy & Paste this code to enter: CSJXN5

Step 3: If you have not logged into Flocabulary before, then Click, ¨Iḿ new to Flocabulary. Create my account.¨

OR, if you have logged into Flocabulary before, then Click, ¨I already have a Flocabulary account.¨

Step 4: Scroll down and Click ¨Login with Google¨

Step 5: Select your Adams 12 Account!!! (DO NOT join with a personal email, it MUST be your school email account!)

Step 6: Select ¨The First Amendment¨ lesson

Let me know what questions or concerns you have!

~ Mr. Evans

Wednesday September 9th

Hello!

For today's asynchronous work, the students will interpret the Pledge of Allegiance. Please see the following lesson details below for further information about student work for today!

Essential Question:

What does it mean to make a pledge?

Daily Learning Target:

I will interpret the Pledge of Allegiance by defining confusing or challenging terms with the support of annotation strategies.

Overview:

ln todayś class, students will break down and interpret the Pledge of Allegiance to better understand its content and what it means to make a pledge. This work will not only help students to better understand what the words mean when they recite the Pledge, but also help students practice annotation as a close reading strategy. This work will also help students to understand what it means to make a pledge, which directly relates to our work on Friday to finish this introductory unit by crafting classroom contracts. Students will submit what they can do to best support their learning, what they can do to best support the learning of others, what others can do to best support them, and what the teacher can do to support them as students. This information will then be compiled & synthesized into a classroom contract that will help all of us keep ourselves and each other accountable for our learning this year. The students will then commit to the contract, making a pledge to do their best to meet the standards that we set for ourselves as a class. The students will first read the Pledge, then highlight confusing or challenging terms, use context clues to try to figure out words to substitute for the challenging terms, verify the best term to substitute using the Dictionary tool in google docs, replace challenging terms with simpler ones, rewrite the pledge in their own terms, and finally submit the assignment on schoology.

Agenda:

1. Open the Assignment ´Interpreting the Pledge of Allegiance Annotation Activity.´
2. Read the Pledge of Allegiance.
3. Highlight any confusing or challenging terms.
   1. You MUST highlight terms; even if you feel like you know all the words. The idea is to break down the language of the text to make it simpler to understand.
   2. Double click or highlight the word, then click the ´highlight color´ button and select the color you want. (Make sure you can still read the text easily)
4. Use context clues (hints from the sentence the word is in) to get an idea of what the word could mean.
   1. Write down words that you could substitute in the space provided in the table below.
5. ´Look up´ the confusing/challenging terms using the ´Dictionary´ tool in google documents.
   1. Double click or highlight the word, click ´Tools,´ select ´Dictionary.´
      1. Or Double click or highlight the word, press ´ctrl+shift+y´
   2. Read the definition and synonyms that pop up in the window on the right.
      1. Select what you think is the best term to substitute. (could be your own)
      2. Replace the word with your selection. (keep it highlighted)
6. Rewrite the Pledge of Allegiance in your own words in the space provided below.
   1. Write it out fully using as many of your own words as you can. Try to substitute words whenever possible, but make sure that it makes sense to you as written.
7. Submit your completed assignment on schoology.

Friday September 4th

Hello!

In todayś class the students reviewed the amendments they interpreted in yesterdayś class and shared all about the amendment with their classmates. While students shared, the others collected and wrote down the answers provided by the other groups to learn all about each of the amendments. We only got through the 7th Amendment in class today, so we will pick up with the remaining amendments on Tuesday.

Have a great Labor Day Weekend!

Let me know what questions or concerns you have!

~ Mr. Evans

Wednesday September 2nd

Hello!

For todayś asynchronous work students will be completing activities on flocabulary and schoology. Directions to access resources and complete lesson activities are included on the students' schoology class. Work must be completed and submitted to schoology by 2p for students to be counted present in Infinite Campus.

Let me know what questions or concerns you have!

~ Mr. Evans

Monday August 31st

Hello!

In todayś classes students created postcards to show off one of their favorite places to visit and explain what makes it their favorite place to visit. This activity is for the students to show off a little bit about themselves as well as learn a little bit about their classmates to create connections and start building the community of our classes. We reviewed the assignment together as a class and the students worked on their assignments individually.

Let me know what questions or concerns you have!

~ Mr. Evans

Thursday August 27th

Hello!

In todayś classes students were welcomed by teachers and reviewed important information & where to find it, how to navigate through the student dashboard, and how to navigate through each of our schoology classrooms. Students should always start at myaccount.adams12.org or click the Onward link on the bottom right of the WLM webpage to access their student accounts and their schoology classes.

Let me know what questions or concerns you have!

~ Mr. Evans