Lesson Plans- Wednesday,Sept. 30

-CNN CLips
-Kid's Discover Magazine notes over Incas
-Remember current events for tomorrow

Lesson Plans- Tuesday, Sept.29

-CNN CLIPS
-Oral REading Chap 15
-Kids Discover notes in groups

Lesson Plans- Monday, Sept. 28

-CNN CLIPS
-Current events
-Debrief the Aztecs video

Lesson Plans- Friday, Sept. 25

-CNN Clips
-Go over notes on Mayans video
-Check Notebooks
-500 Nations video over Aztecs
-Students take notes

Lesson Plans- Thursday, Sept. 24

-Current Events
-500 Nations video over Ancient Ancestors and Mayans
-Students take notes during video
-Check student notebooks

Lesson Plans- Wednesday,Sept. 23

-Half Day
-Only 6th SS met
500 Nations Video
-Student Notes

Lesson Plans- Tuesday, Sept.22

-Cnn Clips
-Oral Reading Chap 15
-Vocab Terms Chap 15 Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4

Lesson Plans- Monday, Sept 21

-CNN CLips
-Current Events
-Oral Reading Chapter 15

Lesson Plans- Friday, Sept. 18

-10 MINUTES of Study TIME
-TEST OVER MAPS

Lesson Plans- THursday, Sept. 17

-CNN CLIPS
-Current EVENTS
-NOTES ON MAYANS
-***MAJOR MAP TEST FRIDAY

Lesson Plans- Wednesday, Sept. 16

-CNN CLIPS
-Take notes from Kid Discover magazine on Mayans

Lesson Plans- Tuesday, Sept. 15

-CNN CLIPS
-Review Test
-NOTES FROM KIDS DISCOVER: MAYANS

Lesson Plans- Monday, Sept 14

-CNN CLIPS
-Current Events
-GO over definitions
-GO over map
**Test Friday

Lesson Plans- Friday, Sept. 11

-CNN CLIPS
-Finish Current Events
-Oral reading Chapter 11
-Vocab Chap 11
-MAPS FOR MAP TEST

Lesson Plans- Thursday, Sept. 10

-CNN CLIPS
-OBAMA SPEECH
-Currant Events

Lesson Plans- Wednesday, Sept. 9

-CNN CLIPS
-GO OVER 8 questions from Earth at Night--Hand in project
-BQ: Who were the first people to come to the Americas?
-Oral reading Chap. 11
-HW VOCAB words Chap 11 Lesson 1 and 2

Lesson Plans- Tuesday, Sept. 8

-CNN CLIPS
-BQ- Name two things you learned from the "earth at night" project
-Current Events
-Answer BQ
-Answer questions:
Why is there more light in U.S. than in most of the world?
Why is there more light on eastern half of US than western half of US?
Why is there very little light in the north part of S. America?
Why is there very little light in northern Africa?
Why is there a line or snake like string of lights in northeastern part of Africa?
Why are there a string of lights(looks like Christmas lights) in northeastern part of ASIA?
Why is there little to no light north of India?
Why are most of the lights in Australia along the coast?
***This list of answers along with rest of project will be handed in tomorrow
-Map with 7 continents with lights drawn in
-1st Hypothesis
-20-25 Facts from research
-2nd Hypothesis
-Reaction paragraph describing how your research went and what you learned

Lesson Plans- Friday, September 4

-CNN CLIPS
-BQ-What do the places with no lights have in common?
-Answer any final questions and write new/revised hypothesis
-HW: New hypothesis and complete reaction paragraph
**Reaction paragraph should include the following:
1. Describe the steps you used and frustrations you with this project.
2. Explain the lessons on problem solving and the details about the earth/humans you learned from this project.

Lesson Plans- Thursday, Sept. 3

-CNN CLIPS
-Current Events
-BQ: What are some of the things the countries with lights have in common?
-Answer
-Handout Fast Fact sheet
-20 facts due by tomorrow

Lesson Plans- Wednesday, Sept. 2

-CNN CLIPS
-Explain the difference between revolution and rotation of the earth.
-Finish drawing map and put lights in places where there are lights.
-(Using the EARTH AT NIGHT POSTER) POSE question: Why are there lights in some places and no lights in other? Come up with a possible hypothesis.

Lesson Plans- Tuesday, Sept. 1

-CNN CLIPS
-Go over assignment from Friday
BQ: What are time zones? How do the work?
-Answer BQ
-Draw and Label map from back of the room "EARTH AT NIGHT"

Lesson Plans- Monday, Aug. 31

-CNN CLIPS
-Current Events
-BQ: Indentify some of the different types of maps.
-Answer BQ