This week our focus will be on building comprehension and we will use two different texts to work on that. One text is is about Plate Tectonics and the other texts deals with the election.
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REMINDER: This week is parent teacher conferences, so there will be no after school homework help on Tuesday or Thursday evening.
Tuesday: Students will complete a map of Ancient Egypt. This map is due on Thursday.
Thursday: Read pages 147-151 in social studies textbook and handouts entitled “People of the Nile”. Students will be taking two column notes for this reading and turning in those notes for a grade. The notes will be due on Tuesday of next week.
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REMINDER: This week is parent teacher conferences after school on Tuesday and Thursday, so there will be no homework help on those nights!!!!
Monday: Watch video and discuss aspects of earthquakes. Grade Plate Models that were worked on in class on Wednesday and Friday.
Wednesday: Read pages 45-49 in textbook and complete Reading Study Guide 2.1. We read this in class together, but if students do not complete the RSG 2.1 in class then it is homework and due at the next class time.
Friday: NO SCHOOL! Have a nice break!
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Monday: Read pages 30-34. Students complete Study Guide 1.4 A.
Wednesday-Students work on Plate Model in class. Chapter Check-up in class (to see what concepts students do not understand)
Friday-Students finish working on Plate Model in class and if they do not complete it, it will be homework.
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QUIZ # 3-THURSDAY
Tuesday: Take notes on Video of Egypt.
Thursday: Quiz # 3 and complete Chapter 5 Survey worksheet on Ancient Egypt.
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Tuesday: City State Task is due (see handout students were given weeks ago for ideas) Students must complete a different element or trait each week (there are 5 elements of any civilization and students have handouts with information about these elements). If they complete one element, they may not complete another task for that element (ex. Centralized Government can only be done once) Review by watching vidoes on Mesopotamia and taking notes using their study guides.
Thursday: TEXT over Mesopotamia. The Empire and Free Choice Level tasks are both due next Tuesday!!!!
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Students received The Changing Earth textbooks and will have these for the next unit. When there is reading material with pages numbers, they will refer to these books. Look on the science page of my blog for additional resources for Earth Science.
Monday: Read pages 8-13 and complete Reading Study Guide (RSG) 1.1 A. worksheet.
Wednesday: Read pages 14-19 and complete RSG 1.2 A. worksheet.
Friday: Read Sections 1.3 (beginning on page 20) in textbook and complete RSG 1.3 A worksheet.
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Tuesday: Read and complete Hammarabi’s Code worksheet. Village Level Task due (see handouts for options) There will be a City-State Task due next Tuesday.
Thursday: Quiz # 2 (see Fertile Crescent Fact Sheet); Challenge for teams-in class.
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Monday: Catch up day to get caught up on missing work.
Wednesday: Staying Alive worksheet
Friday: Watch video on Earth’s Catastrophic Past. CELL PROJECTS DUE! See handout for options on the projects.
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