11/22 Please refer to 11/21

Start with # 8.

11/21 Adapting to Climate & Physical Features

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 (posted in the classroom).

Today in class you will 

• understand how people in Bangladesh adapt their farming to the climate and physical features.
• write a summary

Why?

• To practice identifying main ideas.
• To synthesize information into a brief account.
• To see the connection between human and physical geography.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).   1 minute

2.  Make a copy of the document linked here and, using the folder icon next to its name, move it to your social studies folder.           2 minutes

3.   Read the article until the heading "Gardens Are Looking Up".          3 minutes

4.  Please Wait  Watch and listen to the think aloud. If you have questions as it happens, jot them on paper or raise your hand.       7 minutes

5.   Make a copy of the document linked here and, using the folder icon next to its name, move it to your social studies folder.           2 minutes

6. With a partner, read the article aloud ONE CHUNK AT A TIME. After each chunk, refer to the details and determine a main idea for that chunk. Record it in your doc.          12 minutes

7. Whole class share.         7 minutes

8. Model summary.  Make a copy of the document linked here. Read through the document.       7 minutes

9. Please Wait.  Summary writing.         10 minutes

7. Partner share.         5 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• How are people in Bangladesh adapting their farming to the conditions they face?