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Week Overview 05-18

Monday 05-18

CW: Finish presentations

HW: none

Tuesday

CW: Five themes of geography matching game

HW: None

Wednesday

CW: True story of Australia's stolen generation

Thursday

CW: True story of Australia's stolen generation

Friday

CW: Last day

It has been a wonderful year. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with each and everyone of you. Have a safe and fun summer break. I will see you next year.

Week Overview 05-15

Monday 05-11

CW: Finish Webquest / Economics game webquest

HW:

Tuesday

CW: Presentations / Latin America

Wednesday

CW: Presentations / Latin America

Thursday

CW: Presentations / Latin America

Friday

CW: Presentation / Latin Americe

Week Overview 05-08

Australia WebQuest

Monday 5-04

CW: Webquest Download Aus. Animal WebQuest

HW: None

Tuesday

CW: Webquest

HW:

Wednesday

CW: Webquest

HW:

Thursday

CW: Webquest

HW:

Friday

CW: Webquest http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/wattle/abstuds/index.htm

HW:

Week Overview 5-01

Week Overview 05-01 (Test on Friday- Study notes from Thursday or Friday (depending on your class schedule, Settling Australia notes, and Chapter 25, sec 1 and 2.)

Monday Last CRCT test day (Skinny Day)

CW: Australia Overview Video

HW:

Tuesday

CW: Australia KWL chart and Note taking activity for Settling Australia

HW: Chapter 25, sec. 1 and 2 / Complete workbook pages 88 and 89 (you will turn these in at the beginning of class.)

Wednesday

CW: Chapter review / One sentence summary activity

Thursday

CW: Australia review

HW: Bring book

Friday

CW: Australia unit Test

Week Overview 04-25

Monday 04-20

CW: CRCT Comparison review  

Download Directions for Monday 20    /    Download Year Review Comparison Chart

HW:

Tuesday CRCT Test day

CW: CRCT Government review

HW:

Wednesday CRCT Test day

CW: CRCT Government review

HW:

Thursday CRCT Test day

CW: Australia Government and Economic review game and note taking activity

HW: Next Friday is our Australia Unit Test

Friday CRCT Test day

CW: Australia Government and Economic review game and note taking activity

HW: Next Friday is our Australia Unit Test

Week Overview 04-17

Monday

CW: A trip around the world

HW: None

Tuesday

CW: World Studies

HW:

Wednesday

CW: World Studies presentation/ Social Studies Review

HW: Bring AR Book

Thursday

CW: Social Studies Review

HW:

Friday

CW: Review

HW:

Week Overview 03-27

We have a test on Friday. Please make sure you study your notes throughout the week. Remember you are adding to your notes using a red pen (important stuff). Every focus question should have something underlined or written in red. The test is over Latin America's economies and governments. See test notes page on this blog.

Monday

CW: Latin American Governments (notes page 5) - anticipation guide, outline notes and comparison chart

HW: Study

Tuesday

CW: Chapter 7, sec 2 workbook page 18

HW: Study

Wednesday (help session 8:15)

CW: Comparison using data file in book

HW: Study

Thursday

CW: Review

HW: Study

Friday

CW: Test / Bring AR

HW:

Weekend 03-20

We are starting a new unit on economics and governments of Latin America

. Remember to take accurate and neat notes for this unit since you will be tested over material in two weeks. You will see a page on this blog that will list the pages in your social studies notebook and a summary for these notes.

Monday 03-16 (Economy)

CW: Economic Terms matching  / Economics of Latin America / Chart on life expectancy and literacy rate finish this for homework.

Create a chart using the information on page 241. Reorder that chart based on life expectancy from highest to lowest. After you complete the chart, write two sentence observation on what you notice about your chart.

HW: Chapter 9, sec. 3 workbook page 27 due Tuesday / Bring two pieces of copy paper for your flip book.

Tuesday

CW: Economy of Latin America - notes page 1 / Flip Book

HW: Finish book due Thursday (Title page, all other pages need to have the term, a picture, and definition.)

Flip book terms

1) Human Capital

2) Gross Domestic Product

3) Entrepreneur

4) Literacy Rate

5) Capital

6) Trade Barriers

7) NAFTA

 

Wednesday

CW: Economy of Latin America- page 2 in your notebook

HW: Finish Classwork Chapter 7, sec. 3 workbook page 19.

 

Thursday

CW: Flip book due / Economy of Latin America

HW:

 

Friday

CW: Economic Quiz / Governement of Latin America

HW:

Week Overview 03-13

Test on Friday - see LA page for class notes that you need to study.

Monday 03-09

CW: Simon Bolivar questions / Freedom for Mexico / Mexico Heritage

HW: Finish classwork / Chapter 7, sec. 1

 

Tuesday (The paper crunch hits us right in the middle of a large unit. We will spend part of class today organizing note papers for test. See test notes page for study information.)

CW: Review homework and freedom for Mexico answers / Island focus questions / clean up notebook for test

HW: Study notes (remember you will need to study "Freedom for Mexico" next to the answers you put on a separate sheet.)

 

Wednesday

CW: Discuss any issues with note to study / Latin America Idol

HW: Study notes

 

Thursday

CW: Review for the test

HW: Study notes

 

Friday (I will have another help session to answer any questions you may have at 8:20)

CW: Test over Latin America History / BringAR book / Early Civilization Code

HW

Study notes for Latin American History test

Download Historical Understandings notes