Ross's Records

April 28th-May 2nd

Monday, April 28th

We finished our region graphic organizers in class :)

HW - Current event is due this Friday :)  You can turn it in early if you want and I will check it over ;)

SORRY ABOUT MY HIATUS FROM THE BLOG!!!!

Tuesday, April 29th

We began to create planet poems for Science class and the 6th grade watched Apollo 13th

HW - Current event due Friday

Wednesday, April 30th

We began acrostic poems about Australia.

HW - Current event due Friday, movie permission forms and acrostic poems due Monday

Thursday, May 1st

We will spend about 15 minutes working on our poems.  We will then start an Oceania web quest :)

HW - Current event due tomorrow, movie permission forms and acrostic poems due Monday

April 21st-25th

HAPPY CRCT WEEK :):):)

Remember to get rest, eat a healthy breakfast, bring #2 pencils, bring a snack, bring a positive attitude, and YOU WILL DO GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, April 21st

We started an in class project to help students review for all of the regions of the world we have studied.

HW - none :)

Tuesday, April 22nd

We discussed some CRCT strategies and then we continued working on our projects.

HW - GET SOME SLEEP :)  Eat a good breakfast, bring a snack, some pencils, and a positive attitude :)

Wednesday, April 23rd

We worked on projects.

HW - none

Thursday, April 24th

We worked on the projects for the last day. 

HW - none

Friday, April 25th

Students will have a graphic organizer to fill in with information from all of their fellow classmates projects.

HW - none - enjoy your weekend

April 14th-18th

Welcome back :):):)

Monday, April 14th

We reviewed Ch. 25 section 1.  We then began to read Ch. 25 section 2.  We spent some time at the end of class studying for our map quiz on Wednesday.

HW - map quiz on Wed.

Tuesday, April 15th

We completed the review questions 1-4 for Ch. 25 section 2.  We reviewed for our map quiz tomorrow.
Students must be able to label all of the following places in their maps.

Great Barrier Reef, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Antartica, Coral Sea, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.

HW - study for map quiz :)

Wednesday, April 16th

We took our quizzes. You can check out Iparent to see what your kiddo made.  If they scored a 70 or below they can take a retake tomorrow at lunch for some additional points up to a potential 75 depending on what their final grade was.  MOST DID FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

We then reviewed for our quiz that will be on Friday over Ch. 25 sections 1 and 2.  The kiddos were given a 2 sided WS to complete helping them make inferences and work with main ideas.

HW - if the WS was not finished, please complete for homework

UPCOMING ITEMS....

CH. 25 section 1-2 quiz on FRIDAY

NOTEBOOK CHECK ON MONDAY!!!

Thursday, April 17th

We explored the Pacific Island regions of Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia.

HW - Quiz over Ch. 25 section 1 and 2 :) 

April 3rd and 4th

Thursday, April 3rd

We went over all of the maps and the review questions. We reviewed what places and physical features the students will have to know for their map quiz the Wednesday after Spring Break.

HW - none

Friday, April 4th

We watched 2 video streams about Australia and the Aborigines.

HW - have a fabulous spring break :):):)

UPDATED GRADES ANNOUNCEMENT - I am working on getting all grades entered. If not before I leave for the day, by the end of this weekend :):):) HAPPY SPRING BREAK :):):)