5/3 Mental Health Awareness Day

Goal: Students will become familiar with, through practice, different strategies that will allow them to have positive energy and be able to focus on their well being and learning.

Students participated in the following activities:

• Color to Calm and Music
• Chair Yoga
• Meditation and Body Scan
• HIIT
• Distractions

Ask your student:  Which strategy was most effective for you? What benefits do you realize about some of the others?

5/1 Land Use Conflict in the Amazon

Reminders

• 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).

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Today in class you will

• practice close reading skills.
• work appropriately as a team.
• compete against other teams 

Why?

• To better understand human geography and physical geography.
• To practice reading skills.
• To practice working with others.

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DIRECTIONS

If you are ever waiting for a direction, please use PlaceSpotting by students, PlaceSpotting , Google A Day, or this Google Maps Scavenger Hunt or create a meme for one of our social studies topics from the year. (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. Preview.   10 minutes

3.  Acorn hunt - first team to gather all wins  35 minutes

4.  Whole class discussion and reflection.            10 minutes

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

Ask them.......

• What are the most important things about land use in the Amazon that you learned?

4/30 Community & Identity

Reminders

• 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).

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Today in class you will

• reflect on what a community is.
• understand how your identity is tied, in part, to the community.
• design a collage

Why?

• To better understand human geography.
• To understand the connection between identity and community.
• To better understand the Days of Remembrance.
• To practice critical thinking.

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DIRECTIONS

If you are ever waiting for a direction, please use PlaceSpotting by students, PlaceSpotting , Google A Day, or this Google Maps Scavenger Hunt or create a meme for one of our social studies topics from the year. (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. With a partner discuss the quote below.   10 minutes

3.    Whole class discussion  5 minutes

4.  Four corners            25 minutes

5.  Identity - community collage.                  20 minutes

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

Ask them.......

• What do you think community is?
• Please share your collage with me. 

4/29 Modern Revolution Writing; Community

Reminders

• 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).

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Today in class you will

• determine evidence that supports main points/ideas.
• explain evidence that supports main points/ideas.
• determine the significance of the Modern Revolution
• improve written work through revision.

Why?

• To better understand human geography.
• To develop your understanding of standard of living.
• To develop your understanding of economics.
• To practice critical thinking.
• To practice writing skills.

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DIRECTIONS

If you are ever waiting for a direction, please use PlaceSpotting by students, PlaceSpotting , Google A Day, or this Google Maps Scavenger Hunt or create a meme for one of our social studies topics from the year. (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. You should be finished or close to finishing revising your writing that was emailed to you.   10 minutes

3.  See Mr.d'E for peer feedback directions (unless you've already begun).  25 minutes

4.  Complete the 2nd to last item under STANDARD OF LIVING.             5 minutes

5.  Complete the last item under STANDARD OF LIVING.                  10 minutes

6.   Continue with your hero/villain or EarthKam - where ever you left off last week.

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

Ask them.......

• Has the Modern Revolution been positive or negative? To what degree has it been positive or negative? Is it a minor improvement or a major step back?
• What is your evidence for the above? 

______________________________________________________

Today in class you will

• reflect on what a community is.
• design a collage

Why?

• To better understand human geography.
• To understand the connection between identity and community.
• To better understand the Days of Remembrance.
• To practice critical thinking.

________________________________________________

DIRECTIONS

If you are ever waiting for a direction, please use PlaceSpotting by students, PlaceSpotting , Google A Day, or this Google Maps Scavenger Hunt or create a meme for one of our social studies topics from the year. (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. With a partner discuss the quote below.   10 minutes

3.    Whole class discussion  5 minutes

4.  Four corners            25 minutes

5.  Community collage.                  20 minutes

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

Ask them.......

• What do you think community is?
• Please share your collage with me.