MONDAY: Paper Doll Due!, 3 Branches
TUESDAY: 3 Branches, bill - law
WEDNESDAY:Newsday, bill - law
THURSDAY: Review, Rights and Responsibilities
FRIDAY: R&S
This week we will be dipping into the government of the United States. This will coincide with Statehood unit. We will be learning the basics of the 3 branches, how to make a bill become law, and bring the information together with a governmental game.
MONDAY: Paper Doll Due!, 3 Branches TUESDAY: 3 Branches, bill - law WEDNESDAY:Newsday, bill - law THURSDAY: Review, Rights and Responsibilities FRIDAY: R&S
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This week is going to be the week you put your research to work! You are going to be creating a paper doll, dressed in traditional clothing from your country, and add 3 things that represent your country. Be prepared for greatness!
Also, you will have the opportunity to experience Ellis Island for yourself! You will be an immigrant, facing possible deportation, as you go through the process to become an American citizen! MONDAY: No School - President's Day TUESDAY: Research Due!, Paper Doll WEDNESDAY: Paper Doll - NO Newsday :) THURSDAY: Ellis Island! FRIDAY: Paper Doll This week we are going to start in on our immigration project. We will have the students log onto pioneer.uen.org and do research on the country their ancestor came from. If they work on the research at home it will require a password which can be found on their research paper. When this is finished, we will have them begin on their project!
MONDAY: Review immigrants, Country Research TUESDAY: Quiz! WEDNESDAY: Newsday, Country Research THURSDAY: Country Research/Project FRIDAY: R&S Topics for Quiz: why we want to become a state (territory vs. state), roadblocks to statehood (all 7), and immigration (Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Greek) Welcome back to school! This week we will be exploring the settlement of Utah. After we finish we will move on to the wars that occurred.
MONDAY: Settlement Design TUESDAY: Work on Settlement WEDNESDAY: Newsday, Settlement Design THURSDAY:Settlement Presentations FRIDAY:War! Welcome to our short week! We will be working on our Artifact Box project. We will have workdays Monday and Tuesday and will present Wednesday! I have added the Artifact Box rubric. NOTE: NEWSDAY IS MOVED UP A DAY AND WILL BE DUE ON TUESDAY. MONDAY: Artifact Box Workday TUESDAY: Newsday, Artifact Box Workday WEDNESDAY: Artifact Box Presentations (It's due!) THURSDAY: No School - UEA FRIDAY: No School - UEA
Welcome back after the long weekend! We will not being having a Newsday because of the upcoming quiz. This week we will be taking a quiz on the Native Americans in Utah and will be starting on our Native American Artifact Project. I will post more about that when we get closer.
MONDAY: Historic Tribes TUESDAY: Historic Tribes/Review WEDNESDAY: Native American Quiz THURSDAY: Artifact Project FRIDAY: R&S For the quiz make sure you know what is on your Native American Notes: shelter, where they lived, what is unique or special about each tribe, definition of prehistoric and historic, etc. Hopefully, the students know that the brochure is due today, Monday September 23! If they did not turn it in, they need to do so ASAP. I will post the rubric below, in case it was somehow misplaced. We will be finishing geography and hopefully reviewing Friday for the upcoming Geography Test on Monday September 30. We have been discussing it daily in class, and the students know that they should begin studying for it. Happy trails! MONDAY: Brochure Due!, 3 Regions, begin 4 Factors of Climate TUESDAY: 4 factors of Climate WEDNESDAY: Newsday, Renewable vs. Non-renewable THURSDAY: Geology FRIDAY: Finish Geology, Review REMINDER: Your Geography test in coming up on Monday September 30! Topics include: geography packet (be able to identify regions, rivers, lakes, mountains, cities, national parks), 3 region notes, 4 factors of climate, resources (renewable vs non-renewable - know examples), and it would be helpful to review starters.
This week we will be finishing our geography packets as well as working on our first project! We will be making a brochure of Utah and using what we have learned to complete it. We also have our first official Newsday due this Wednesday. MONDAY: Class Newsday due! Finish mountains, review TUESDAY:Intro Brochure/workday WEDNESDAY: Newsday due!, Brochure Workday THURSDAY: Brochure Workday FRIDAY: Rise & Stretch
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