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Social Studies (Periods 1, 5 and 6):
This Past Week:
- Monday: Today was all about helping the students prepare for the mastery check on Wednesday. We started by playing a Blooket to review for the check-in. The students then created a thin slide to help them remember the correct answer to the question they missed the most. Finally, we did a Pear Deck Flashcard Factory for the 5 most commonly missed answers from the Blooket to help them review just a little more.
- Tuesday: We spent today investigating the Declaration of Independence. The students were given time to work in collaborative groups to help create presentations meant to help us better understand the goals and guiding beliefs of the Declaration of Independence.
- Wednesday: The students took our first content check of the year today and also worked on finishing up their "Iron Chef" presentations to help them better understand the principles behind our Declaration of Independence and the formation of the United States.
- Thursday: Today the students created their first infographic of the year when we completed the Declaration by the Numbers activity. Infographics are a great way to incorporate numbers, images, and text to tell the story of an event.
- Friday: The students watched part of America the Story of Us and completed a sheet that's meant to help them practice supporting claims with evidence today.
Next Week:
I'm very excited about this upcoming week because we will be starting our first learning menu of the year. To this point in the school year, we have been doing everything as a class or in small groups--but now it's time to give the kids some freedom and choice. Here is the menu the students will be working on for the next couple of weeks.
Accelerated Social Studies (Periods 3 and 8):
This Past Week:
- Monday: The students did a Numbermania activity today. The goal of the assignment was to have the students build collaborative knowledge of a key event from the Revolutionary Period and then use that to design and create an infographic. Check out the work that the students did here.
- Tuesday: We spent today investigating the Articles of Confederation. After doing the mastery check #2 Blooket again today we turned our attention to the next topic--the first government of the US. The students worked in collaborative groups to create small presentations about the Articles of Confederation that they will deliver in class tomorrow.
- Wednesday: The students presented their Iron Chef presentations today in class after we discussed some things to do and to avoid when presenting--check out some of the tips the students gave each other, they're great (Period 3 Tips, Period 8 Tips).
- Thursday: Today was all about ensuring the students understood the concepts on Friday's content check. The students did a Pear Deck Flash Card Factory assignment on the 7 most commonly missed questions from the Blooket we used throughout the week. Flashcard Factory is a great way to get the students thinking about content in a different way, working together and even laughing at the end.
- Friday: The students took our second content check of the year today and then we dove into the way our government works by researching the three branches of government. Check out the link below to see what the students did today and will be working on next week.
Next Week:
This upcoming week will be all about the Constitution and how the government of the United States actually operates. We'll be spending some time each day doing some quick content bursts to help the students understand the ideas behind the Constitution and then working on the assignments embedded within #031-Three Branches Mastery Grid.
- Monday: The students did a Numbermania activity today. The goal of the assignment was to have the students build collaborative knowledge of a key event from the Revolutionary Period and then use that to design and create an infographic. Check out the work that the students did here.
- Tuesday: We spent today investigating the Articles of Confederation. After doing the mastery check #2 Blooket again today we turned our attention to the next topic--the first government of the US. The students worked in collaborative groups to create small presentations about the Articles of Confederation that they will deliver in class tomorrow.
- Wednesday: The students presented their Iron Chef presentations today in class after we discussed some things to do and to avoid when presenting--check out some of the tips the students gave each other, they're great (Period 3 Tips, Period 8 Tips).
- Thursday: Today was all about ensuring the students understood the concepts on Friday's content check. The students did a Pear Deck Flash Card Factory assignment on the 7 most commonly missed questions from the Blooket we used throughout the week. Flashcard Factory is a great way to get the students thinking about content in a different way, working together and even laughing at the end.
- Friday: The students took our second content check of the year today and then we dove into the way our government works by researching the three branches of government. Check out the link below to see what the students did today and will be working on next week.
Next Week:
This upcoming week will be all about the Constitution and how the government of the United States actually operates. We'll be spending some time each day doing some quick content bursts to help the students understand the ideas behind the Constitution and then working on the assignments embedded within #031-Three Branches Mastery Grid.
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