10/30

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.

Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day which is posted in the classroom.

Today in class you will 

• become comfortable with the student led conference format

Why?

• To take ownership of your learning.
• To be more at ease in speaking with your parents and teachers.
• To improve your meta-cognition. 

1.  Turn to someone at your group.  Gesture and mirror with that person the definition of economy:  Economy is the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. (If no one at your group is ready, turn to someone in a group next to your group.) 

2.  Repeat #1 five times.

3.  Review your materials in your SLC portfolio.  (If you weren't here yesterday, complete the SLC work in the portfolio.

4. Have a Nat Geo Atlas at your desk. Turn to page 14-15.

5. As you say each continent's name, trace the outline of the continent with your finger.  Then do the same with each ocean.  Repeat until asked to stop.

6.  Student Led conference information.

10/29 Economy and You

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.

Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day which is posted in the classroom.

Today in class you will 

• show that you have a sense of what the economy is and how it relates to your life.

Why?

• To develop your understanding of basic economic concepts.
• To begin seeing connections between yourself and other parts of the world.
• To describe how different economic systems try to answer the basic economic questions of what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce.

1.  Finish making revisions to your Economy & Me writing based on the feedback you already have (15 minutes).

2.  See Mr.d'E for your next step.

3.  Discuss:  Why is knowing about economy important?

4.  Discuss:  What is one thing you learned about your region that is connected to economy?

10/28 Get Ready, Do, Done

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.

Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day which is posted in the classroom.

Today in class you will 

• recognize what is needed for you to be successful in the different stages of class.

Why?

• To develop your meta-cognition - thinking about your learning.
• To develop your ability to manage your time.
• To improve your executive functioning: problem solving, planning, and task completion during class. 

1.  Turn to someone at your group.  Gesture and mirror with that person the definition of economy:  Economy is the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. (If no one at your group is ready, turn to someone in a group next to your group.) 

2.  Repeat #1 five times.

3. THINK: Have you ever been to the movies?  Picture yourself after having seen a movie.  Imagine what that looks like.  What evidence is there that you've been to a movie so that someone knows you have done it?

4.  Share with group members what you "saw" from above.

5.  Model - Get ready, do, done.

6.  Practice for class together.