Big Week

This is a big week! There is a test tomorrow, I am making some changes as to how I give tests and making them more aligned toward Common Core standards. Here is a link to the test:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4JbWiXBIt6rU29jMnFLaFlrZkk/edit?usp=sharing

The students also have a brochure do on Friday. They will be working on this in my class and Mr. G's, there should be plenty of time to do it at school. Here is a link to the assignment:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4JbWiXBIt6rbXU0bnUwWXVpYlE/edit?usp=sharing

Today's notes

Here is the link:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4JbWiXBIt6reWl6NHNFOUEyNWM/edit?usp=sharing

Links to complete maps

Northeast:

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/ne_us.pdf

Midwest:

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/midwestus.pdf

Today

Link to notes for today and Thursday, I will not be here tomorrow and kids will start working on United States maps.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4JbWiXBIt6rUEpVRFJza2M0Y00/edit?usp=sharing

Today's Notes

Here is the link:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4JbWiXBIt6rNlUyNS1hWEtDSVE/edit?usp=sharing

The states video

We started watching the History channel's  "The States" last week and will be watching one episode per week. As of tomorrow we will have two of the episodes completed.

Students need to identify the following for each state:

State name:
Population:
Capital:
Nickname:
Year it became a state:
One fact (full sentence):

Here is a link to the first two episodes:

Part 3:

Part 4:

Canada Map

The kids will be working on labeling and coloring a map of Canada today and tomorrow.

Here are some links to maps of Canada if they are absent or need to work on it at home.

This is the outline map they need to label: http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/canada_nl.pdf

Here is a map that already has everything labeled: http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/canada.pdf

The following are the places they need to label:

Provinces
Yukon Territory
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia

Cities
Whitehorse
Yellowknife
Victoria
Vancouver
Regina
Winnipeg
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
St. Johns
Charlottetown
Fredericton
Halifax
Edmonton

Water
Arctic Ocean
Baffin Bay
Davis Strait
Labrador Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Hudson Bay
Gulf of St. Lawrence

Oh Canada (notes)

Here are the notes we started today:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4JbWiXBIt6rclZQTkt4TWI4bDQ/edit?usp=sharing

Here is a video, it is quite catchy (:

Take home test

I am sending home a test for the kids to take over the 4 day weekend. They can use their notes or the internet to find answers. Here is a link if they forget or lose it:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4JbWiXBIt6rYk52MmM1SFg5SUE/edit?usp=sharing

IT is DONE!!!

Here is a video of some of the biomes, we start the North America unit next week!