6th Grade Homework
Greek Unit Modules Directions
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Text Explorations 7 & 8 (F, 5/8)​ If any student is having a hard time getting a book to read for either of these assignments, please email me about it. We will work something out.
Greek Module 1: Basics/Geography
-- The Greek Unit Checklist is a list of all of the activities, videos, assessments for the entire Greek Unit. It only has what the activity is and if it is graded or for your notes. Use the checklist as a way to stay organized and so you know the order of what to do.
-- The Greece Vocab assignment is a normal Google Classroom assignment where you simply type in the boxes and click "Turn In" when you are finished. (Unlike previous vocab assignments, students can cut and paste images into the "Nonlinguistic" column.)
-- Notes are not required. However, every module has a summary at the end of it to show what you have learned. Jotting down notes to help you with the graded summaries is not a bad idea. Some students have shown me their notes in order to show ARETE and gain points for their polis. ("Arete" is a vocab word and it sums up how to get points in the simulation.)
-- The Greece Google Earth video is a screencast where I use Google Earth to explain Greece's physical geography and how it affected the lives of the ancient Greeks. I also show you where your poleis are and some other highlights like Mt. Olympus, Delphi, where the Olympics began and Thermopylae, the site of the last stand of the 300 Spartan warriors (and their allies) against the invading Persians.
-- The Greece Geography Presentation is a Google Slides presentation that explains some basics of Greece's geography. Use it for background information.
-- When you have done all of the above, open up the Greek Geography Summary form and answer the questions to show what you learned about Greece's geography and how it affected the way they lived.
Greek Module 2: Poleis Spying <In development>
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Greek Module 3: Religion/Myths <In development>
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Greek Module 4: Government <In development>
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Greek Module 5: Fables <In development>
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Greek Module 6: Summary <In development>
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Beginning of Distance Learning and China Unit Modules
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As you probably already know, Governor Ducey and Superintendent of Public Instruction Hoffman have announced that all AZ schools will be closed until the end of the year. So, I am going to use my website in a slightly different way than before. As I said in the email, the units we will be studying will be posted in Google Classroom. This website will serve as the directions about what to do for each module and assignment.
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Text Explorations 7 & 8 (F, 5/8)​ The Text Explorations are still due May 8th by 11:59 PM. Since these were originally assigned in August, students have known about them for a considerable amount of time. They are still in Google Classroom. With the schools and public libraries closed (and Bookmans also), some students may have a challenge getting books to finish off these two assignments. If any student is having a hard time getting a book to read for either of these assignments, please email me about it. We will work something out.
Assignments in Google Classroom's "Quarter 4"​
-- The Q4 Goals assignment was already due and will be graded for this quarter in StudentVUE.
-- The Website Suggestions and Video Suggestions assignments are not graded. They are Google Forms for students to fill out if they want to suggest a website or video that they have found that might be useful to the 6th grade curriculum. As I said before, this is not required, but suggestions of a website or video will result in additional points to their Citizen badge and points for their polis in the competition.
-- The Character Sheet assignment is an assignment that would be good for the students to complete. In the Polis Competition, each student will choose an ancient Greek name for themself. (I will have more guidance on this when we get to the Greek Unit.). They then can create a new identity for themself that they use during the simulation. They can be as creative, although historically accurate, as they want to be. The part that talks about a "portrait" is a picture of themself. They can use an online avatar creator to create a picture of themself, a picture of a drawing they drew of themself, or a picture they find on the internet. (Leave the section for "Reputation" blank. I'm not sure if we will be using that later.). The second page of the Character Sheet is important because that is where they keep track of what level they are for each badge and keep track of the modules as they finish. It would be good to have that Character Sheet done before they try to do any of the China modules. STUDENTS DO NOT NEED TO CLICK THE "TURN IN' BUTTON WHEN THEY ARE FINISHED WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT.
China Module 1: Basics
-- Most of this module was already done when we were physically in school. This includes all of the animated maps we looked at, the geography assignment we did at the end of Quarter 2 and the vocab sheet that was already due. If students did not finish their China Vocab assignment on time, they can make a copy of it, fill it out, and share it with me. (This is the only time students can cut and paste images into the "Nonlinguistic" column.
-- The Development of Chinese Writing Video students can watch on their own time. They do not need to write any notes or summary for it, but students can always do more than I ask for. Just let me know what extra you do.
-- The Chinese Writing Game students can just do for fun. Like the video, there is nothing extra they need to do for this, but they can take it as far as they want.
China Module 2: Dynasties
-- The China Dynasties Graphic Organizer was started at school and unfortunately resides in their binders in the classroom. Students do not need to use this exact organizer, but it is there for them to see how to organize their notes when they study the Chinese Dynasties PPT.
-- Students should open and student the Chinese Dynasties PPT. As they are studying the PPT, they should be taking notes about the information there. They can organize it like the China Dynasties Graphic Organizer or they can simply take their notes in any notebook they have at home.
-- The Mandate of Heaven image is a flowchart that shows how the ancient Chinese thought the dynasties were affected by the will of the deities. Students should look over this image to make sure that they understand how dynastic change was believed to happen in ancient China.
-- The two videos and quiz are supplementary and just for extending their knowledge. They can take notes, or not, on the information.
-- When you have finished all of the other parts of the module, open up the Short Write document and fill out the form. Do not use your notes or other sources, but write a paragraph explaining how the ancient Chinese thought the Mandate of Heaven works. Be sure to write your full first and last name in the form.
China Module 3: Philosophies
-- The students should set up notes to take information about Confucianism, Legalism and Taoism. They then should use the Confucianism-Legalism-Taoism PPT to get information about each of the philosophies.
-- The next three materials in Google Classroom are videos for the students to watch and get more background information. The videos are "Confucius, Confucianism and the Analects", "Ted-Ed the Hidden Meanings of Yin and Yang", and the last video is "Influence of Buddhism".
-- China Philosophies Summary is a Google Form that the students then write up to show what they learned about the three philosophies.
China Module 4: Summary
-- Once the students have finished all of the modules, they can use their notes, and only their notes, to fill out the China Unit Summary. The China Unit Summary is the final unit assessment.
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Homework for Week of 3/16 and 3/23
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As you already know, schools were closed on 3/15 and later that was extended through 4/10. Starting the week of 3/30 teachers will be planning and implementing the district's distant learning plan. Until those plans are communicated, students do not have specific homework and assignments at home. Feel free to read and work on Text Explorations.
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Homework for Week of 3/9
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Monday, 3/9
Text Explorations 7 & 8 (F, 5/8)​
Binder Check (This Week?)
China Vocab, All (R, 3/12 or F, 3/13)
Q4 Goals (W, 3/11)
China Vocab, Preview (T, 3/10
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Tuesday, 3/10
Text Explorations 7 & 8 (F, 5/8)​
Binder Check (This Week?)
China Vocab, All (R, 3/12 or F, 3/13)
Q4 Goals (W, 3/11)
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Wednesday, 3/11
Text Explorations 7 & 8 (F, 5/8)​
Binder Check (F, 3/13)
China Vocab, All (R, 3/12 or F, 3/13)
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Thursday, 3/12
Periods 1,2,3,4 for Parent/Teacher Conferences
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Text Explorations 7 & 8 (F, 5/8)​
Binder Check (F, 3/13)
China Vocab, All (R, 3/12 or F, 3/13)
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Friday, 3/13
Periods 6,7,8 for Parent/Teacher Conferences
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Text Explorations 7 & 8 (F, 5/8)
Binder Check (F, 3/13)
China Vocab, All (R, 3/12 or F, 3/13)
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Homework for Week of 3/2
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Monday, 3/2
HB Test (T, 3/3) Although I have pushed back the test a number of times, students will be ready to take it in class tomorrow. The test is six questions, all of which have been taught in depth during the unit. It will be a Google Classroom test that they must finish writing in school tomorrow.
Reading Book (T, 3/3) Students need to have their reading book so they can read that if they happen to finish the test early in class.
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Tuesday, 3/3
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Wednesday, 3/4
Text Explorations 7 & 8 (F, 5/8) The last two Text Explorations are quite a ways away, but it would be a good idea to start working on them sooner rather than later.
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Thursday, 3/5
Text Explorations 7 & 8 (F, 5/8)​
Binder Check (Sometime Next Week) There will be a binder check next week. To ensure that you have a 3.0 on the check, go to Grobe View and use "Copy of Your Binder" to make sure that you have everything in your binder that you need.
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Friday, 3/6
Text Explorations 7 & 8 (F, 5/8)
Binder Check (Sometime Next Week)
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Homework for Week of 2/24
Monday, 2/24
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28) Text Explorations 5 & 6 are due by 11:59 on Friday.
HB Test (F, 2/28) Students can use their notes on this test. It will be on the computer and they should continue to make sure that their notes are helpful. All of the information we have used is on Grobe View.
Buddhism Vocab, all (W, 2/26) Students need to have a completed paper copy ready to turn in on Wednesday.
Buddhism Websites (T, 2/25) Students had this as an assignment already. However, tomorrow I will randomly ask students which websites they went to and what they saw there.
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Tuesday, 2/25
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
HB Test (F, 2/28)
Buddhism Vocab, all (W, 2/26)
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Wednesday,2/26
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Buddhism Websites (M, 2/24)
Thursday, 2/27
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
HB Test (F, 2/28)
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Friday, 2/28
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (11:59 PM Today)
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Homework for Week of 2/17
Monday, 2/17
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Study Hinduism (T, 2/18) Students should study their notes if they have them, or they should check the Hinduism PPT on Grobe View. Today I am erasing the board and tomorrow students can ask me any questions about Hinduism that they still need help with.
Tuesday, 2/18
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Buddhism Websites (M, 2/24) In Grobe View there is a document with a list of websites about Buddhism. Students should go to whichever websites they want to and explore the sites. If students find broken links, or sites that I don't have, they should email me that information. I am always looking for more resources!
Buddhism Vocab, preview (W, 2/19) Students should open up the Buddhism Vocab and preview the words that are there. They do NOT need to do anything with them; all they need to do is get a passing acquaintance with the terms.
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Wednesday,2/19
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Buddhism Websites (M, 2/24)
Thursday, 2/20
Rodeo Break, No School
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Friday, 2/21
Rodeo Break, No School
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Homework for Week of 2/10
Monday, 2/10
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Hinduism Websites (W, 2/12) In Grobe View there is a list of various websites related to Hinduism. Students need to explore the websites and be ready to discuss what they learn on Wednesday. Students do NOT need to write anything down or get a signature. They simply need to be ready to be called upon on Wednesday. (Of course they can always do more than I ask for if they have time and desire to do so.)
Hinduism Vocab Preview (ASAP) In Grobe View is the Hinduism Vocab. Students should look it over just to become more familiar with the terms. The actual vocab sheet will not be due until later in the week.
Tuesday, 2/11
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Hinduism Websites (W, 2/12)
Hinduism Vocab Preview (ASAP)
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Wednesday,2/12
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Hinduism Vocab Preview (ASAP)
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Thursday, 2/13
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Hinduism Vocab Preview (ASAP)
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Friday, 2/14
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
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Homework for Week of 2/3
Monday, 2/3
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
SOTU (W, 2/5) Tomorrow is the State of the Union. I have assigned this assignment every year that I have been teaching, regardless of the political party of the president at the time. All students need to do is to watch about 15 to 20 minutes of the speech and get an idea of it. Students do NOT need to write anything down, but they need to be ready to talk about what they saw on Wednesday.
Q3 Goals (T, 2/4) Students need to review their Q3 Goals and grades tonight. They then need to reflect on how they are doing on their goals. (If you don't keep your goals fresh in your mind, you are never going to be able to achieve them.
Egypt Test (T, 2/4) Tomorrow is the test on Egypt. Students have been taking notes for the last three days, looking for Egyptian examples of each of the Universals of Culture. Tomorrow they will need to write about three different Universals examples from Egypt and compare them to a modern example of each of the Universals.
Tuesday, 2/4
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
SOTU (W, 2/5)
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Wednesday,2/5
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Why Learn from Others? (R, 2/6) Tonight students need to talk to an adult about why we should learn about other people's point of views. (This could be about politics, religion, or any different view point from our own.) After the student has the conversation, they should have their adult sign their planner. Tomorrow I will check for the signatures and we will discuss what they learned tonight.
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Thursday, 2/6
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
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Friday, 2/7
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
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Homework for Week of 1/27
Monday, 1/27
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Vocab Quiz (W, 1/29)
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Tuesday, 1/28
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Vocab Quiz (W, 1/29)
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Wednesday,1/29
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Egypt Test (M, 2/3)
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Thursday, 1/30
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Egypt Test (M, 2/3)
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Friday, 1/31
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Egypt Test (T, 2/4)
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Homework for Week of 1/20/2020
Monday, 1/20
Martin Luther King, Jr Day, No School
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Tuesday, 1/121
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Egypt Vocab, All (W, 1/22)
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Wednesday,1/22
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Vocab Review (F, 1/24)
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Thursday, 1/23
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
Vocab Review (F, 1/24)
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Friday, 1/24
Text Explorations 5 & 6 (F, 2/28)
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Homework for Week of 1/13/2020
Monday, 1/13
Binder Check (F, 1/17) We have already re-organized our binders to get them ready for the Egypt unit. Students can use "Copy of Your Binder" in Grobe View to make sure they have everything that they need for the check. On Friday I will regrade their binders and that will be the permanent grade in the gradebook.
Egypt Vocab (F, 1/17) When the vocab sheet is in Grobe View and Google Classroom students can start working on the vocab sheet.
Picture Book (T, 1/14) Friday and today students had time to work on this assignment with their partner. Tomorrow I will be picking it up. (Students created a picture book for all the vocab that they learned in the first two quarters. Each word needs a definition and a non-linguistic.)
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Tuesday, 1/14
Binder Check (F, 1/17)
Egypt Vocab (F, 1/17)
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Wednesday,1/15
Binder Check (F, 1/17)
Egypt Vocab (F, 1/17)
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Thursday, 1/16
Binder Check (F, 1/17)
Egypt Vocab, 1/2 (T, 1/21) I was slow getting the vocab into Grobe View and Google Classroom so students should start on the sheet, but it is not due until next week.
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Friday, 1/17
Egypt Vocab, 1/2 (T, 1/21)
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Homework for Week of 1/6/2020
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Happy New Year and Welcome Back!!
Monday, 1/6
Q3 Goals (F, 1/10) In Google Classroom students need to open up the Q3 Goals assignment and fill it out. I am going to give students time in class to work on it tomorrow so they can be as successful as they choose to be and so I can also conference with students to help them get specific feedback on how to be successful in Social Studies.
S1 Vocab Test (F, 1/10) On Friday there is a vocab test over all of the vocab we have studied in Quarter 1 and Quarter 2. Students should have all of the vocab sheets in their binders, but if they are missing any, they can go to Grobe View or Google Classroom and access all of the previous sheets. Also, In Grobe View are all of the materials we used for class and all of the Powerpoints I used to instruct students.
Thinking Skills (F, 1/10) This is not homework tonight, and students will have time in class this week to do this assignment so if they use their time well they shouldn't need to do any of this at home. The Thinking Skills are specific mental skills students can use to be more successful. (Actually, they are helpful to any person, not just students!)
Grade Check (T, 1/7) To get ready for the conference with me and in order to do the Q3 Goals assignment, students need to check their grades in StudentVUE. My grades are updated and are the grades that will be on the official report card on Friday. (Remember, this is a digital report card; no paper report cards are printed off and sent home to the parents.)
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Tuesday, 1/7
Q3 Goals (F, 1/10)
S1 Vocab Test (F, 1/10)
Thinking Skills (F, 1/10)
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Wednesday,1/8
Q3 Goals (F, 1/10)
S1 Vocab Test (F, 1/10)
Thinking Skills (F, 1/10)
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Thursday, 1/9
Q3 Goals (F, 1/10)
S1 Vocab Test (F, 1/10)
Thinking Skills (F, 1/10)
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Friday, 1/10
Homework for Week of 12/9
Monday, 12/9
Economics Vocab (M, 12/16) In Grobe View and in Google Classroom the Economy Vocab sheet is there. Students need to fill out all the boxes and have a paper copy of it on Monday.
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13) Both Text Explorations are due by 11:59 on Friday.
Missing Work (F, 12/13) All missing work must be taken care of by Friday the 13th. I don't take late work without a Late Coupon. However, if a student comes in for Wednesday Morning School or Saturday School, I will take any of the work done during that time.
Government Vocab (R, 12/12) The Government Vocab is in Google Classroom and Grobe View. Students should fill out all the boxes. (If they need to, they can use the PowerPoints in Grobe View to help them out with the meanings.
Mesopotamia DCA (W, 12/11) Students started the DCA in class by looking at the documents used. Tonight they can look at them to get a better understanding of them. Nothing should be written yet because we are going to do the written part tomorrow in class.
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Tuesday, 12/10
Economics Vocab (M, 12/16)
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Missing Work (F, 12/13)
Government Vocab (R, 12/12)
Mesopotamia DCA (W, 12/11)
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Wednesday,12/11
Economics Vocab (M, 12/16)
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Missing Work (F, 12/13)
Government Vocab (R, 12/12)
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Thursday, 12/12
Economics Vocab (M, 12/16)
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Missing Work (F, 12/13)
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Friday, 12/13
Economics Vocab (M, 12/16)
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (11:59)
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Homework for Week of 12/2
Monday, 12/2
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13) Each quarter students are expected to read two outside books at their level for social studies and ELA. (A total of two books, not four.) . Once a student is done reading a book, they should then go to Google Classroom and write up a Text Exploration for the book they read. The book cannot be a book they are studying in ELA. (No The Giver or Watsons Go to Birmingham.) In the meantime, students should be reading about 15 minutes a day so they don't fall behind.
Missing Work (F, 12/13) All missing work must be taken care of by Friday the 13th. I don't take late work without a Late Coupon. However, if a student comes in for Wednesday Morning School or Saturday School, I will take any of the work done during that time.
Missing Work Check (T, 12/3) Tonight students should get on StudentVUE and check their grades. They should also check to see if they have any missing work for Social Studies. I have graded everything that has been turned in, paper and digital, over the Thanksgiving Break so their grades are very up to date.
Debate Prep (T, 12/3) Students need to think about the four questions that need to be answered in the debate starting tomorrow. Students do NOT need to write anything down, but they do need to have ideas about what they want to. say tomorrow. During the debate they are trying to create a new government and economy for Sunrise Valley. The four questions are:
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1. How will decisions be made in Sunrise?
  2. How should jobs be determined?
  3. How should wealth and resources be distributed?
  4. How should conflicts be dealt with in Sunrise?
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Tuesday, 12/3
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Missing Work (F, 12/13)
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Wednesday,12/4
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Missing Work (F, 12/13)
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Thursday, 12/5
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Missing Work (F, 12/13)
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Friday, 12/6
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Missing Work (F, 12/13)
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Homework for Week of 11/25
Monday, 11/25
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13) Each quarter students are expected to read two outside books at their level for social studies and ELA. (A total of two books, not four.) . Once a student is done reading a book, they should then go to Google Classroom and write up a Text Exploration for the book they read. The book cannot be a book they are studying in ELA. (No The Giver or Watsons Go to Birmingham.) In the meantime, students should be reading about 15 minutes a day so they don't fall behind.
Sunrise Sim Journal (M, 12/2) Two Fridays ago students started the Sunrise Simulation in class. On Monday the 2nd the notes they took during class and the six entries for the journal are due on paper at the beginning of class. (During class students had time to take notes on the new situations in the simulation and what their cabin group chooses to do about the new situation. Students then wrote about each situation at home. Students wrote those entries as pencil on paper writings or they could type it up at home.) Here is the list of the situations that they experienced. (There should be six journal entries.)
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Sunrise Simulation Situations
Pre-situation 1
You are in orientation and Professor Zimm announces that you are allowed to take one bag of personal effects with you. You can pack anything that fits in the bag, is not alive and is not against any of the rules and guidelines of the experiment. Plan with your cabin group what each person will bring.
Situation 1
You have been taken by bus to your cabin by Professor Zimm and he has left you there to begin the experiment. It is late afternoon towards the end of April. What would you now do for the next 12 hours?
Situation 2
You have now been in your cabin six weeks. It is mid-May and the wildflowers are blooming.
1. What is your cabin's current physical condition?
2. Who is doing what work?
3. Have there been any arguments? If so, how have they been resolved?
4. What is the condition of your food supply? How are resources being distributed amongst the group members?
Situation 3
After being in your cabin five months, and with winter fast approaching, a week's supply of food
has mysteriously disappeared from your pantry. Discuss with your cabin what you will do. Write
down what detailed plans you decide to do. If you disagree with your group, write down why
you disagree and write down your plan.
Situation 4
You have been in the cabin nine months, and now you are snowbound with your cabin mates. To get to the outhouse, the chicken coop and the barn, you have to shovel pathways.
1. What adjustments will your group have to make to physically survive until spring?
2. How are your relationships with your cabin mates changing?
3. How do you personally feel about participating in this experiment now?
4. Do you think this experience has changed your values and thinking any? Are these values and thinking different from the "outside" world?
Situation 5
Professor Zimm has just sent you word that he has ordered the cameras and microphones turned off, but that the experiment is going to continue for the last 3 months.
1. How does your group's behavior now change?
2.  How does your personal behavior now change?
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Tuesday, 11/26
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Sunrise Sim Journal (M, 12/2)
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Wednesday,11/27
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No School, Thanksgiving Break
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Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Sunrise Sim Journal (M, 12/2)
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Thursday, 11/28
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No School, Thanksgiving Break
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Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Sunrise Sim Journal (M, 12/2)
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Friday, 11/29
No School, Thanksgiving Break
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Sunrise Sim Journal (M, 12/2)
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Homework for Week of 11/18
Monday, 11/18
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13) Each quarter students are expected to read two outside books at their level for social studies and ELA. (A total of two books, not four.) . Once a student is done reading a book, they should then go to Google Classroom and write up a Text Exploration for the book they read. The book cannot be a book they are studying in ELA. (No The Giver or Watsons Go to Birmingham.) In the meantime, students should be reading about 15 minutes a day so they don't fall behind.
Sunrise Sim Journal (Daily) Last Friday students started the Sunrise Simulation in class. The notes they took during the Orientation is the first entry for the journal. Each day the students will participate in around two Situations in class. During class students will have time to take notes on the situation and what their cabin group chooses to do about the new Situation. Students will then need to write about each Situation at home. Students can do these entries as pencil on paper writings or they could type it up at home. At the end of the Simulation students will turn in all of their writing for a grade. Students did not have anything to write at home tonight.
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Tuesday, 11/19
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Sunrise Sim Journal (Daily)
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Wednesday,11/20
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Sunrise Sim Journal (Daily)
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Thursday, 11/21
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Sunrise Sim Journal (Daily)
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Friday, 11/22
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Sunrise Sim Journal (Daily)
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Homework for Week of 11/11
Monday, 11/11
Veteran's Day, No School
Tuesday, 11/12
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13) Each quarter students are expected to read two outside books at their level for social studies and ELA. (A total of two books, not four.) . Once a student is done reading a book, they should then go to Google Classroom and write up a Text Exploration for the book they read. The book cannot be a book they are studying in ELA. (No The Giver or Watsons Go to Birmingham.) In the meantime, students should be reading about 15 minutes a day so they don't fall behind.
Reading Book (W, 11/13) Students need to have a reading book in class for the test. Having the book or not will be a P&SR grade in the gradebook.
Prehistory Test (W, 11/13) Tomorrow students will take their Prehistory Test. We went over the test today and students created a Cheat Sheet that they can use during the test.
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Wednesday,11/13
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
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Thursday, 11/14
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Friday, 11/15
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
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Homework for Week of 11/4
Monday, 11/4
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13) Each quarter students are expected to read two outside books at their level for social studies and ELA. (A total of two books, not four.) . Once a student is done reading a book, they should then go to Google Classroom and write up a Text Exploration for the book they read. The book cannot be a book they are studying in ELA. (No The Giver or Watsons Go to Birmingham.) In the meantime, students should be reading about 15 minutes a day so they don't fall behind.
Prehistory Test (F, 11/8) On Friday the students are going to have their test about the Paleolithic, Neolithic and Neolithic Revolution. Students should look over their notes during the week so they are ready for the test on Friday.
Tuesday, 11/5
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Prehistory Test (F, 11/8)
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Wednesday,11/6
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Prehistory Test (F, 11/8)
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Thursday, 11/7
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Prehistory Test (F, 11/8)
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Friday, 11/8
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
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Homework for Week of 10/28
Monday, 10/28
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13) Each quarter students are expected to read two outside books at their level for social studies and ELA. (A total of two books, not four.) . Once a student is done reading a book, they should then go to Google Classroom and write up a Text Exploration for the book they read. The book cannot be a book they are studying in ELA. (No The Giver or Watsons Go to Birmingham.) In the meantime, students should be reading about 15 minutes a day so they don't fall behind.
Prehistory Vocab, All (M, 11/4) Students should go to Grobe View or Google Classroom and open up the vocab sheet. Students can either print it out and do all the boxes in pencil or they can type the paraphrased definition and the schema connection then print it out to draw the nonlinguistics. The whole assignment is due on Monday.
Sagan's List (T, 10/29) Students should go to Grobe View and look at the What Makes Us Human? document. Follow the directions that are there.
Tuesday, 10/29
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Prehistory List, All (M, 11/4)
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Wednesday,10/30
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Prehistory List, All (M, 11/4)
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Thursday, 10/31
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Prehistory List, All (M, 11/4)
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Friday, 11/1
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Prehistory List, All (M, 11/4)
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Homework for Week of 10/21
Monday, 10/21
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13) Each quarter students are expected to read two outside books at their level for social studies and ELA. (A total of two books, not four.) . Once a student is done reading a book, they should then go to Google Classroom and write up a Text Exploration for the book they read. The book cannot be a book they are studying in ELA. (No The Giver or Watsons Go to Birmingham.) In the meantime, students should be reading about 15 minutes a day so they don't fall behind.
Quarter 2 Goals (F, 10/25) Students should go to Google Classroom and open up the assignment. They should record all of their final grades for Quarter 1 and any grades they already have for Quarter 2. Students should also look over their Quarter 1 goals. They then should create a new goal to help them be successful in Quarter 2. (REMEMBER, THE GOAL SHOULD BE SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE AND TIMELY.)
Other's Driving Needs (W, 10/23) Students have been learning about the LAFFS needs in Dr. Glasser's Choice Theory. They have already thought about which of the four needs drives their behavior the most. Students now need to think about the adults in their lives (primarily teachers and family) and identify what drives those adults behaviors the most.
Tuesday, 10/22
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Quarter 2 Goals (F, 10/25)
Other's Driving Needs (W, 10/23)
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Wednesday,10/23
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Quarter 2 Goals (F, 10/25)
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Thursday, 10/24
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Quarter 2 Goals (F, 10/25)
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Friday, 10/25
Text Explorations 3 & 4 (F, 12/13)
Quarter 2 Goals (Midnight)
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Homework for Week of 10/14
Monday, 10/14
Binder Check (W, 10/16) At the end of class on Tuesday, or Wednesday, students need to leave their Social Studies binders. Over the break I am going to grade them on how organized they are. This is probably going to be the first grade for Quarter 2. Students should go to Grobe View and review the document "19-20 Copy of Your Binder" to see what should be in the binder. If anything from the document is missing, or if there are extra items that are not on the document, the student cannot get a "3." Students have a week and almost a half to make copies of any missing items. To find Grobe View, students should go to Google Classroom and open up the link to Grobe View or should go directly to their Google Drive, Shared With Me, and then open up the folder Grobe View there.
Grade Check (Tonight) All assignments have been graded so students should check their grades tonight. Whatever the grade is in StudentVUE tonight is going to be their final grade for Quarter 1.
if students were not in class today, they should come to social studies with a list of everything that makes them happy. We will be using this list the second day of the lesson, on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Tuesday, 10/15 1/2 day for Parent/Teacher Conferences
Binder Check (W, 10/16)
Wednesday,10/16 1/2 day for Parent/Teacher Conferences
Thursday, 10/17
Fall Break
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Friday, 10/18
Fall Break
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Homework for Week of 10/7
Monday, 10/7
Binder Check (W, 10/16) At the end of class on Tuesday (or Wednesday) students need to leave their Social Studies binders. Over the break I am going to grade them on how organized they are. This is probably going to be the first grade for Quarter 2. Students should go to Grobe View and review the document "19-20 Copy of Your Binder" to see what should be in the binder. If anything from the document is missing, or if there are extra items that are not on the document, the student cannot get a "3." Students have a week and almost a half to make copies of any missing items. To find Grobe View, students should go to Google Classroom and open up the link to Smiley View or should go directly to their Google Drive, Shared With Me, and then open up the folder Grobe View there.
USA UofCs (W, 10/9) On a blank sheet of paper, students need to write down two examples in the United States' culture of each of the Universals of Culture. On Wednesday students will turn them in so they can be used.
UofC Vocab, all (T, 10/8) In Grobe View, in the Vocab section, there is a Universals of Culture vocab sheet. Students have already been working on it in class, but since we hadn't finished all of the Universals, I am extending the deadline. Many students were able to turn it in today which means they have less homework and they will have a higher P&SR grade for the assignment. Students can make a copy of of the vocab by going to Google Classroom and opening up the folder Grobe View. In the Vocab folder is the document. They can open the document, go to File and Make a Copy of it. After that they can then type in the My Definition and Schema connection sections, print it off and draw the nonlinguistic representations by tomorrow. Or, students can print a blank copy of it and then handwrite the sections. The vocab is for them, so I don't mind which way they do it. However, a completed, paper copy is due tomorrow in class.
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Tuesday, 10/8
Binder Check (W, 10/16)
USA UofCs (W, 10/9)
Wednesday,10/9
Binder Check (W, 10/16)
USA UofCs (W, 10/9)
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Thursday, 10/10
Binder Check (W, 10/16)
What Makes Us Human (F, 10/11) Students should have a conversation with a parent at home about what makes humans unique from other animals. This is a very wide open question for a reason. Students do NOT need to write anything down, but they should be ready to talk about the conversation tomorrow. <<Late Coupon Opportunity>> Any student who gets a parent to sign their planner next to where they wrote "What Makes Us Human" and shows it to me tomorrow in class will get a Late Coupon.
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Friday, 10/11
Binder Check (W, 10/16)​
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Homework for Week of 9/30
Monday, 9/30
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
UofC Vocab, all (R, 10/3) In Grobe View, in the Vocab section, there is a Universals of Culture vocab sheet. Students can make a copy of it, type in the My Definition and Schema connection sections, print it off and draw the nonlinguistic representations by Thursday. Or, students can print a blank copy of it and then handwrite the sections. The vocab is for them, so I don't mind which way they do it. However, a completed, paper copy is due on Thursday in class.
UofC PDF (T, 10/1) In Grobe View there is a PDF of the Universals of Culture presentation that I will be using in class. Students should look it over so they know what it is there. Students do NOT need to take notes about it, but they can always do more than what is asked.
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Tuesday, 10/1
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
UofC Vocab, all (R, 10/3)
Wednesday,10/2
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
UofC Vocab, all (M, 10/7)
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Thursday, 10/3
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
UofC Vocab, all (M, 10/7)
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Friday, 10/4
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (11:59 Tonight)
UofC Vocab, all (M, 10/7)
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Homework for Week of 9/23
Monday, 9/23
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Geography Test (R, 9/19) Today we started the second part of the Geography Test. Tomorrow we will finish it. Students could work a little on it tonight since it is on Google Classroom, but they should not finish it. They will have time tomorrow, so they should leave some work to do in class.
Reading Book (T, 9/24) All students need to have a reading book in class in case they finish their test early. If they do finish early, they are expected to read. (Remember, the Text Explorations are due Friday of next week!)
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Tuesday, 9/24
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Geography Test (Midnight)
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Wednesday, 9/25
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Thursday, 9/26
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
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Friday, 9/27
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
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Homework for Week of 9/16
Monday, 9/16
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Geography Test (R, 9/19) The Whole New World assignment was the first half of the Geography test. On Thursday students will take the second half of the test. What we are doing in class and the Good/Bad assignment will directly be assessed on the test.
Good/Bad (T, 9/17) Today we started doing T-charts comparing the good and bad features of living on each of the 10 physical geography features that they have been studying.
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<<Late Coupon Opportunity>> Tonight students should have a parent sign their planner with the words, "Late Coupon", at the bottom of today's column. If students show me their signature, I will give them a Late Coupon tomorrow.
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Tuesday, 9/17
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Geography Test (R, 9/19)
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Wednesday, 9/18
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Geography Test (R, 9/19)
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Thursday, 9/19
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
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Friday, 9/20
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
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Homework for Week of 9/9
Monday, 9/9
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Scholastic Order (F, 9/13) Last week students got Scholastic book orders. STUDENTS DO NOT NEED TO ORDER A BOOK IF THEY DO NOT WANT TO ORDER ONE. However, since I require the students to read for their Text Explorations, I will provide Scholastic book orders to make it easier for them to get books to read. If parents want to order and pay online with no paper involved, the URL for my classroom's orders is https://orders.scholastic.com/GV72T . Parents can order using the paper order form also. Simply fill it out the order form with the student's name and send it in to me with a check made out to Scholastic. All ordered books will be shipped to the school and I will give them to the students once they come in. The link to all of the book orders is (https://editions.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=606427).
Physical Geography Vocab, all (T, 9/10) Today we finished going over the 10 physical geography vocab words. Most students finished in class while I was explaining, but some students didn't finish so they need to do so tonight. Tomorrow students need to turn in the PAPER copy of their vocab in class.
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Tuesday, 9/10
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
A Whole New World (M, 9/16) Today I wasn't able to explain it, so I will tomorrow.
Scholastic Order (F, 9/13)
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Wednesday, 9/11
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
A Whole New World (M, 9/16) Each class got a different amount of explanation of how to do this assignment depending on how the discussion of 9/11 went. I posted the assignment directions in Grobe View and I will clarify any questions about it tomorrow.
Scholastic Order (F, 9/13)
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Thursday, 9/12
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
A Whole New World (M, 9/16)
Scholastic Order (F, 9/13)
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Friday, 9/13
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
A Whole New World (M, 9/16)
Homework for Week of 9/2
Monday, 9/2
Labor Day, No School
Quarter 1 Goals (Midnight Tonight)
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Tuesday, 9/3
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Schema Connections Sig (W, 9/4) At home tonight, students need to have a conversation with an adult about what schema connections are and how the brain uses them to remember information. Once they have finished the conversation, students should get the adult to sign their planner. Tomorrow the bellwork will be about the conversation they have about schema connections and to show the adult's signature.
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Wednesday, 9/4
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Scholastic Order (F, 9/13) Tomorrow students will get a Scholastic book order and they will get another one on Friday. STUDENTS DO NOT NEED TO ORDER A BOOK IF THEY DO NOT WANT TO ORDER ONE. However, since I require the students to read for their Text Explorations, I will provide Scholastic book orders to make it easier for them to get books to read. If parents want to order and pay online with no paper involved, the URL for my classroom's orders is https://orders.scholastic.com/GV72T . Parents can order using the paper order form also. Simply fill it out the order form with the student's name and send it in to me with a check made out to Scholastic. All ordered books will be shipped to the school and I will give them to the students once they come in. The link to all of the book orders is (https://editions.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=606427).
Physical Geo Vocab, all (F, 9/6) There is nothing students can do on this assignment tonight. The students did such a brilliant job at the brainstorming that we did not have time to start on the vocab. We will do so tomorrow (which may end up pushing back the due date.)
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Thursday, 9/5
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Scholastic Order (F, 9/13)
Physical Geo Vocab, all (M, 9/9) Since we hadn't gotten very far on the vocab, I decided to continue to help them on the assignment tomorrow and to make it due on Monday. It is NOT due tomorrow.
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Friday, 9/6
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Scholastic Order (F, 9/13)
Physical Geo Vocab, all (M, 9/9)
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Homework for Week of 8/26
Monday, 8/26
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4) Each quarter students are expected to read two outside books at their level for social studies and ELA. (A total of two books, not four.) . Once a student is done reading a book, they should then go to Google Classroom and write up a Text Exploration for the book they read. Tomorrow I will explain how to do the assignment in detail. In the meantime, students should be reading about 15 minutes a day so they don't fall behind.
Quarter 1 Goals (M, 9/2) Tomorrow I will help the students in class with this assignment. It will be in Google Classroom tomorrow for them to work on.
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Tuesday, 8/27
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Quarter 1 Goals (M, 9/2)
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Wednesday, 8/28
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Quarter 1 Goals (M, 9/2)
Brain Test (F, 8/30) Today we continued the tests for the All About Your Brain tests we have been doing in class. As we have been testing how our brains naturally work, students have taken notes on the answer sheet which is staying in the "VIP" section of their binder. Friday we will have an open notes test about the three tests and whether or not the students' results match what they know about themselves.
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Thursday, 8/29
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Quarter 1 Goals (M, 9/2)
Brain Test (F, 8/30)
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Friday, 8/30
Text Explorations 1 & 2 (F, 10/4)
Quarter 1 Goals (M, 9/2)
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Homework for Week of 8/19
Monday, 8/19
Who Am I? (M, 8/26) The directions and templates are in Grobe View. Students need to nonlinguistically show who they are by drawing a totem, shield, clothes, statue, or some other representation on an 8 X11 sheet of paper. (Printer paper.)
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Tuesday, 8/20
Who Am I? (M, 8/26)
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Wednesday, 8/21
Who Am I? (M, 8/26)
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Thursday, 8/22
Who Am I? (M, 8/26)
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Friday, 8/23
Who Am I? (M, 8/26)
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Homework for Week of 8/12
Monday, 8/12
Reading Book (T, 8/13) Tomorrow, students need to have the book that they are reading for Social Studies and ELA on their desk for me to check. Yes, the homework is that easy!
Parent Contact/Syllabus (F, 8/16) Please refer to last Friday.
Get To Know You (F, 8/16) This is a Google Classroom assignment that I will, hopefully, be able to assign tomorrow. If not, I will push back the due date to next Monday.
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Tuesday, 8/13
Parent Contact/Syllabus (F, 8/16)
Get To Know You (F, 8/16)
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Wednesday, 8/14
Parent Contact/Syllabus (F, 8/16)
Get To Know You (F, 8/16)
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Thursday, 8/15
Parent Contact/Syllabus (F, 8/16)
Name Card (M, 8/19) Students need to write their name (first name and last initial) on the unlined side of the card). It should be large enough, and in sharpie or marker so it is easy to read across the room. Students get one card; if they lose it they should find a way to finish the assignment on time.
Get To Know You (M, 8/19) I moved the Get To Know You assignment to being due on Monday at 11:59 since students had less time to work on it than I had anticipated.
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Friday, 8/16
Name Card (M, 8/19)
Get To Know You (M, 8/19)
Who Am I? (M, 8/26) I started to assign this assignment today, but am still in the middle of explaining. In short, students need to show nonlinguistically who they are. They can use any of the examples we use in class and in Grobe View. The 8.5 X 11 final product should have 5 to 7 things that show who they are, not just what they like.
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Homework for Week of 8/5
Monday, 8/5
No School
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Tuesday, 8/6
No School
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Wednesday, 8/7
No School
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Thursday, 8/8
Binder Supplies (F, 8/9) Students probably already have this finished. They need to bring a 3-ring binder with dividers and lined paper to class tomorrow. We will be organizing our binders tomorrow.
Parent Contact/Syllabus (F, 8/16) I have not finished assigning this yet, so students cannot do this tonight.
Get To Know You (F, 8/16) I have not finished assigning this yet, so students cannot do this tonight.
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Friday, 8/9
Reading Book (T, 8/13) In social studies this year students will need to read two books each quarter. These are the same two books as the outside reading requirement for ELA. On Tuesday, every students needs to have the current book that they are reading on their desk, ready to show me.
Parent Contact/Syllabus (F, 8/16) Although students have written this assignment down previously, it is now available for them to do. Parents, would you please use the provided URL to go to your student’s class period. Please fill out the questions there to allow me to get to know your student better, but also to allow me to set up an email list that I can use in the future to send Email Blasts to convey important information to guardians about social studies. I greatly appreciate your help in establishing this important school/home communication. Thank you in advance! (Students will thank you too since they will get a Late Coupon for having their guardian fill out the form!)
Period 1: https://forms.gle/QAru5KBSaihQiMZT6
Period 2: https://forms.gle/wiLGHe2RLbCDDdbT7
Period 6: https://forms.gle/oHXyfyEW5ozu9rqj6
Period 7: https://forms.gle/fekjw3W2Q3sUHmYE9
Period 8: https://forms.gle/FWDeVwFWQofdLvRD7
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Get To Know You (F, 8/16) Next week once the students know how to get onto Google Classroom they will be able to do this assignment.
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THIS IS HOMEWORK DUE ON MONDAY ONLY IF STUDENTS DID NOT HAVE THEIR BINDER SUPPLIES FOR FRIDAY. If students did not have their binder supplies for Friday, they need to organize their binder over the weekend. Students need to have a 3-ring binder, labeled with their name on the outside or the inside cover of the binder. This binder stays in the social studies' room so they have more room in their lockers. They then should have four dividers:
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Bellwork
VIP
Vocab
Current Unit
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There should be loose-leaf lined paper after the Bellwork tab and the Current Unit tab. Spiral notebooks don't work for Social Studies unless they are VERY thin and can be used exclusively in the Current Unit section.