The Upcoming Week in Social Studies

We are continuing our work on Ancient Greece.

• On Thursday, April 30th, the students watched a 23 minute video called "Ancient Greece".  Along with that, and working with a partner, they were responsible for answering 20 questions (see below) based on the video. 

• On Friday, May 1st, the students were involved in creating a Map of Ancient Greece (see below) in order to better understand how the geography affected the way of the various city-states, and will allow them to compare this to what they have learned previously about river civilizations.

The Upcoming Week in ELA

We will be continuing our work with our final novel of the year, Frightful's Mountain.

• On Friday, May 1st, the students were given a chance to learn more about the author of this book, Jean Craighead George.  Using Cornell Notes (see example below), the students visited *this web page* to learn details and facts about her.

•  An example of the Cornell Notes that students are beginning to use.

• On Monday, May 4th, we will revisit a web diagram (see example below) that the students completed in response to the following quote from Jean Craighead George:

"In nature, nothing exists alone."

• The Frightful's Mountain Web Diagram. 

 

• We will also be reading the Forward to Frightful's Mountain.  It was written by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and details how our author influenced his life.
• We will also dive into the first chapter - Frightful Takes Off. 

• On Tuesday, May 5th, we will moving on to Chapter Two - Frightful Goes To Falcon School.

• After we listen to Chapter Two, we will begin discussing specific ways in which human beings affect nature.

So far, so good!

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