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Week Twelve: Friday, November 17, 2023

Welcome: 

Well, we are finally finished with the first quarter content and moving on to our next topic--Westward Expansion! I'm very excited to dive into the new content as we get closer to Thanksgiving Break and parent-teacher conferences next week. 

The week after Thanksgiving starts one of my favorite things we do as a school community--Operation Giving Tree. This drive helps make the holidays better for families within our school community. Check out the quick video, flyer and spreadsheet for more information. 

Operation Giving Tree


Social Studies (1, 5 and 6) 

This Past Week: 

  • Monday: We took time today to go through a self-directed Pear Deck activity meant to help the students learn the meaning of the term "Manifest Destiny," review for the Civics Exam, join the new Google Classroom, and start working on the first assignment for the second unit called ✅ #01-Westward Map & Timeline Activity. 
  • Tuesday: The students got a preview of the Civics Exam today when we played a Quizizz review game. The students then had a good amount of class time to work on  ✅ #01-Westward Map & Timeline Activity. 
  • Wednesday: We spent the day reviewing for the Civics Exam.
  • Thursday: Today was all about taking the Civics Exam and finishing the  ✅ #01-Westward Map & Timeline Activity. 
  • Friday: We started the content of the second unit today by discussing what it means to survive and thrive and then watching some of America the Story of Us: Westward. The clips do a great job of showing the lengths to which Americans were willing to go in order to survive and thrive in the West in the 1800s. 

Next Week:

  • Chat Stations: We'll take some time to discuss the new unit in an activity called "Chat Stations" which is meant to get the students talking and dealing with the new content. 
  • Map/Timeline/Videos: We will also spend some time discussing the content covered in the #01 Map & Timeline Activities the students completed last night and finishing America the Story of Us video.

Accelerated Social Studies (3 and 8) 

This Past Week: 

  • Monday: The students worked on a self-paced Pear Deck to begin looking at the term "Manifest Destiny," review for the Civics Exam, and then complete  ✅ #01-Westward Map & Timeline Activity. 
  • Tuesday: We started today with a quick Pear Deck activity to introduce the students to four key terms for this quarter; Manifest, Destiny, Thrive & Survive. The students then played a review game for the Civics Exam, investigated how and why the United States came to own Florida and analyzed a historical work of art called American Progress by completing an activity called 8-pARTRS. 
  • Wednesday We spent the day reviewing for the Civics Exam.
  • Thursday: The students spent the day taking their Civics Exam and then we watched some of America the Story of Us: Westward. The clips do a great job of showing the lengths to which Americans were willing to go in order to survive and thrive in the West in the 1800s. 
  • Friday:

Next Week:

We'll continue on with our content bursts in the shortened class periods this week. 

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