One week to go and it’s Spring Break!!
I hope you all enjoyed the snow. Being from Chicago, I really miss shoveling the walkway and scrapping my windshield. This was a little reminder of what the gang is up to up north.
This week we are going to study the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, and Iraq.
Monday-map skills and vocabulary
Tuesday-Arabian Peninsula
Wednesday-Iraq
Thursday-Iran
Friday-assessment/debate (be thinking about a topic)
Schilling Farms celebrates Turkey!
During the week of March 3rd SFMS will take part in International Week. The country of Turkey has been selected and we will spend the week finding out all about its culture. On March 6th, there will be a dinner showcasing food, music, and dance. More information will come home with your child. The students are looking forward to it.
This week we will skip to Chapter 21 The Eastern Mediterranean which includes the country of Turkey.
Monday-Sec. 1 Physical Geography
Tuesday-Sec.2 Turkey
Wednesday-Video-practice note taking
Thursday-Israel and the Occupied Countries
Friday-Expand on topics
Monday-Continue Russian chapter
Create Russian Time Line
Sec. 3 The Russian Heartland
Tuesday-Think Link Probes
Discuss answers
Sec. 4 Siberia
Map work
Wednesday-Sec. 5 The Russian Far East
Graphic Organizer
Review Ch.17
Study for test
Thursday-Ch. 17 Test
Population Pyramid
Compare countries
Friday-Begin Ch. 17 Ukraine, Belarus, Caucasus
Monday, no school!!!! For students that is. Teachers will be attending meetings all day!
When you do come back-
Tuesday- Continue with the introduction of Russia. We will work on maps and take a short quiz on the video we watched last week. Hopefully the notes you took during the video will help you out. It is also Library day.
Wednesday- Sec. 1 Physical Geography of Russia
Thursday- Sec. 2 History and Culture- We will devise a time line to identify major events in Russian history
Friday- Sec. 3 The Russian Heartland
P.S. Congratulations to Team 7A Science Fair Winners. We are very proud of you and of all who participated in the Fair.
February is here!!!! The rest of the year is going to whip by. Before we know it, Spring will be upon us. Until then we have got to keep up the good work, no time to start slowing down. I know it is hard, especially with this warm weather we are having. Here is the line up for this week.
We are going to study Northern Europe this week and part of next week. This area is near and dear to me since I lived there for five years. I thought that I would bring in pictures that I had taken while traveling around one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Being a degreed History nut, I was in my element climbing around castles, bogs, and archaeological sites. I have pictures from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. While going through my pictures I also found ones that I had taken throughout Europe and the Mediterranean area. We studied these countries for the last two weeks, so it will be a little review with a personal perspective.
We are also going to have time this week to work on our travel brochures. Remember, this little project is not to take away from your science project. Your Social Studies project can be done at school.
I saw a lot of you at the dance on Friday! I was so pleased to see you enjoying yourselves and proud of your excellent behavior. Some of you are very good dancers. I even witnessed Mr. Jones dance!!!! A great time was had by all.
No school on Monday, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King.
We will have library on every other Tuesday starting the Tuesday we return to school. During this time you will be doing research on a European country of your choice. With the information you gather, you will create a travel brochure for that country. I will supply you with a rubric that will include all of the requirements and the due date.
We will conclude Chapter 14 on Thursday with a through review and then a test on Friday.
Dates to remember
Agenda for week of 1/14
Continue Ch. 13 Southern Europe
Section 4 Spain and Portugal
Map activity-Workbook pgs. 25-26 Roman Empire
Review for Ch. 13 test
Wednesday- Chapter 13 Test
Begin Ch.14 West-Central Europe
Sec. 1 Physical Geography
Sec. 2 France
Happy New Year!!!!
We will begin the new year in Southern Europe (don’t we wish). The outlined agenda will be what we will be following this week.
Unit 4 Europe
Chapter 13 Southern Europe
Sec. 1 Physical geography
Sec. 2 Greece
Sec. 3 Italy
Four days left to our study of South America. We will cover the last two sections this week and take a test on Thursday. When we come back in January we will be ready to start Europe. I am very excited about this unit. I lived in England for five years and have very fond memories of the land and its people. I hope that this will make the unit a little more interesting to the students.
Remember the country report is due Wednesday, December 19th!!!!!!! No extensions given.
