Social Studies Presentations

On Wednesday, students will be sharing what they have researched and learned about their European Explorer. Each presentation will be 1 minute in length (or 2 minutes for students working with a partner). Here is the rubric that I will be using to grade their presentation:

https://www.dropbox.com/l/dqBDhunUj879O9j2BNwzBb

I've been encouraging students to practice their presentations at home, to ensure they are around the 1 minute mark. Due to the high number of presentations we will have, I will be enforcing the 1 minute time limit.  I've told students that they will get a “signal” at the 1 minute mark, and will have 15 extra seconds to wrap up their presentation. 

Students in all 3 classes have done an excellent job recording their research with their jot notes, and several students have shared their Information Maps with me. I look forward to hearing all about the different explorers on Wednesday!

December 16-19, 2013

Media Literacy: Features of an (online) poster, creating glogs
Math: Measurement Unit - launch, linear measurements (lengths, heights, widths), units of measure (mm, cm, dm, m, km) and conversions
Science (Ms. Halliwell): Wind Power Design Project
Social Studies: First Nations & European Explorers in New France & Early Canada - research project (First Nation), Glogster
French (Ms. Bordonaro): Sports
Music/Drama (Ms. Craigg): TBA
Visual Art: Famous Portraits Artists & their styles - final project (artist and style of student’s choosing)
Phys. Ed (Ms. Minutillo): Target Games

December 9-13, 2013

Reading: Non-Fiction - main idea and supporting details

Writing: Descriptive Writing

Math: Review of multiplying and dividing by 10 and multiples of 10 (e.g., 100, 1000, 10,000) in preparation for our Measurement unit

Science (Ms. Halliwell): Wind Power Design Project

Social Studies: First Nations & European Explorers in New France & Early Canada - research project (First Nation), Glogster

French (Ms. Bordonaro): Sports

Music/Drama (Ms. Sheppard): TBA

Visual Art: Famous Portraits Artists & their styles - final project (artist and style of student’s choosing)

Phys. Ed (Ms. Minutillo): TBA

Social Studies Mini-Research Project

For the past month, students have been using the Inquiry/Research process to learn about a First Nation. For homework, students are being asked to use the same process to learn about a European Explorer. Students will show what they’ve learned through a 1 minute oral presentation for his/her class.  (2 minutes if they are working with a partner)

Here is a digital copy of the information package that was handed out in class:

Download File Here

Due Dates:

Stage 1 (Select topic) - Monday, December 9th
Stage 2 (Jot Notes) - Thursday, December 12th
Stage 4 (Oral Presentation) - Wednesday, December 18th

December 2-6, 2013

Reading: Non-Fiction - unit launch, text features

Writing: Descriptive Writing
Math: Data Management - unit review, test on Thursday
Science (Ms. Halliwel): Conserving Energy Project, Wind Power
Social Studies: First Nations & European Explorers in New France & Early Canada - research project (First Nation), Glogster
French (Ms. Bordonaro): Sports
Music/Drama (Ms. Sheppard): TBA
Visual Art: Famous Portraits Artists & their styles - final project (artist and style of student’s choosing)
Phys. Ed (Ms. Minutillo): TBA