Week of November 26th - 30th
Hope everyone had a great holiday feast!!
This week in social studies students will receive their progress reports. Parents please sign them and return them to me.
Monday - we began an new unit of study....Chapter 17, Lesson 1 (Africa). In- class we pre-viewed the lesson by doing a group activity entitled P.L.A.N. HW- Study the notes we took on this first lesson. Reviewed map skills from pages 482- 493.
Tuesday- Warm- up, reviewed landforms of the African continent.Completed a reading strategy entitled "What did I read" while reading and discussing pages 496-501. HW - Review & Learn what we read! In class we began (2nd time) a vocabulary activity.
Wednesday - In- class "After Reading" activity, Organizing and summarizing. Hand-out West African physical map - label and learn. In-class continue work with vocabulary blocks. HW - Study vocabulary from this section and what we have read.
Thursday/Friday - We will begin class with a pop quiz of the vocabulary learned in section 1 and questions regarding the climate regions of Africa. Review the physical map locations from the West African map. In-Class activities through Friday will include: Farmland to Desert;" The longest river;" The Great Rift Valley;" "Kenya See;" and the Immense Island. HW and independent work will include continuation of the vocabulary blocks.
