9/27 Mystery Skype, The Big Map

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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 use map skills use questions to sort through information to a conclusion. Why? To prepare for Mystery Skype. To develop critical thinking skills. DIRECTIONS   If you are ever waiting for a direction, please use PlaceSpotting or Google A Day. (Don't search for the question or use a Google A Day answer site.) 1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute 2.  Look in the atlas at your seat.  On pages 3-6, identify locations in each hemisphere.      4 minutes 3.  Whole class: Mystery Skype.       40 minutes 4.  Debrief: What can we do to make Mystery Skype easier/more organized?       10 minutes __________________________________________ Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, "What Did You Do in School Today?" Ask them....... Explain what Mystery Skype is.	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 use map skills Reflect on the Mystery Skype process to make it better. Why? To prepare for Mystery Skype. To develop map skills and spatial awareness. DIRECTIONS   If you are ever waiting for a direction, please use PlaceSpotting or Google A Day. (Don't search for the question or use a Google A Day answer site.) 1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute 2.  On scrap paper, brainstorm what we could have done differently, during yesterday’s mystery skype, in order to make it more efficient, organized, and easy.      4 minutes 3.  Whole class share & discussion       5 minutes 4.  Big map: Working together, what is our sense of the world?       40 minutes __________________________________________ Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, "What Did You Do in School Today?" Ask them....... Describe what the big map is and what you were doing with it.	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 use map skills Reflect on the Mystery Skype process to make it better. Why? To prepare for Mystery Skype. To develop map skills and spatial awareness. DIRECTIONS   If you are ever waiting for a direction, please use PlaceSpotting or Google A Day. (Don't search for the question or use a Google A Day answer site.) 1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute 2.  Examine different world maps in the atlas.      5 minutes 3.  Whole class share & discussion       5 minutes 4.  Big map: Working together, what is our sense of the world?       40 minutes __________________________________________ Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, "What Did You Do in School Today?" Ask them....... Describe what the big map is and what you were doing with it.

9/28 Mystery Skype

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).

B PERIOD: On 9/28, follow the directions from 9/27 linked here.

Today in class you will 

• use map skills
• use questions to sort through information to a conclusion.

Why?

• To prepare for Mystery Skype.
• To develop critical thinking skills.

DIRECTIONS   If you are ever waiting for a direction, please use PlaceSpotting or Google A Day. (Don't search for the question or use a Google A Day answer site.)

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

2.  Look in the atlas at your seat.  On pages 3-6, identify locations in each hemisphere.      4 minutes

3.  Whole class: Mystery Skype.       40 minutes

4.  Debrief: What can we do to make Mystery Skype easier/more organized?       10 minutes

__________________________________________

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

Ask them.......

• Explain what Mystery Skype is.
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9/27 Digital Footprint; Purposeful Questioning

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 

• demonstrate understanding of a digital footprint.
• use questions to sort through information to a conclusion.

Why?

• To prepare for Mystery Skype.
• To become aware of being a good global and digital citizen.
• To develop a positive digital footprint.

DIRECTIONS   If you are ever waiting for a direction, please use PlaceSpotting or Google A Day. (Don't search for the question or use a Google A Day answer site.)

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

2.  Watch each video below.      4 minutes




3.  In your social studies folder, create a new document. Title it SCRAP PAPER. Respond to the videos: What is a digital footprint? Explain. Why is it important to be purposeful and intentional online? Explain.        10 minutes

4..  Whole class discussion.       5 minutes

6. Questioning to eliminate information and draw conclusions. Discussion, then practice.       30 minutes

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

Ask them.......

• Explain what your digital footprint is.
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