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Oceania Sampler

Here is the website you will need to guide you through the Oceania Webquest:

http://www.cobbk12.org/schools/mcclure/OceaniaWebpage/oceaniasampler.htm

Thursday and Friday, April 3-4

Social Studies:  You will be having a map quiz Wednesday after spring break.  You will need to know the location of the following areas plus all provinces.   Today we will be reviewing the work done over field trip days.

Political Map -                     Physical Map -                 Sub-Regions of Oceania

Australia                               Great Barrier Reef               Melanesia

New Zealand                         Great Sandy Desert              Micronesia

Papua New Guinea                 Great Victoria Desert            Polynesia

Solomon Islands                    Antarctica

Fiji                                       Coral Sea

Vanuatu

Language Arts:  Today students will present their books to the class.  Tomorrow students will have a novel test and a dol quiz!!  Big day!! Make sure you know your stuff.

Literacy:  Today and tomorrow we will be watching a Discovery Channel documentary on Australia.

Tuesday, March 18th

Today in Social Studies:  You will be using the attached PowerPoint to complete your notes on the colonization and independence of Canada. 

Download colonization_and_independence_of_canada.ppt

After you have completed your notes, you can use the following website to quiz yourself on the provinces of Canada.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Canadian_Geography.htm

HW: Study for quiz tomorrow.  It will cover the physical features, provinces, and territories of Canada.

Today in Language Arts:  Tomorrow we will start creating scrapbook pages to go along with our novels.  If you have an example, you would like to bring to school and show the class that would be lover-ly.  Today, we continued reading our novels, defining five new words, and summarizing the chapters.

HW:  Study DOL and work on project B.  It is due THIS Friday. 

Today in Literacy:  Welcome back Second Quarter Class!!  We will review the expectations of my classroom.  We will also talk about requirements for the class.  At the end of class, we will visit the Media Center, so that you have a reading book for class.

HW:  Bring reading book daily!

Thursday, March 13th

Today in Social Studies:  Students are beginning their study of Canada with a quick overview of the geography.  They will also begin to fill out their political maps.

Today in Language Arts:  Students will continue to read their novel.  We will also review DOL.

HW: Study DOL!!

Today in Literacy:  Project presentations cont.

Wednesday, March 12th

Quick Homeroom announcement:  Tomorrow is the absolute last day we can accept field trip permission slips!  Unfortunately if we do not have yours you will not be able to go with us on this fun-filled day!!

I would also like to invite everyone out for Academic Night tomorrow night. It is one of my favorite nights of the year.  A time when students get to look at all of their wonderful projects together, and parents can actually see the work students do all day!!! :-) 

Today in Social Studies:  We are working on the "What Economics Means to Me" project.  These will be due tomorrow. 

HW: Finish Project if it is not complete at the end of class.

Today in Language Arts:  Students will read and journal on characters today.  They will also look for five definitions in each of their chapters.

HW:  The first project from list A is due tomorrow.  Study DOL.

Today in Literacy:  Students will spend the first few minutes making sure we have everything together for presentations.   We will then begin presentations.

HW:  Finish Project if needed.

Tuesday, March 11th

Today in Social Studies:  Students continue to work on "What Economics Means to Me".

Today in Language Arts:  Assign Novel Projects. Continue to read.

Today in Literacy:  The LAST day to work on project in class!!!  They are due tomorrow.

Monday, March 10th

Today in Social Studies:  Began "What Economics Means to Me" project. In this project, students are applying the terms they have learned to their own lives!! 

HW: None

Today in Language Arts:  Everyone finished reading chapter 1 and began reading chapter 2.  Students also defined five terms as a group and summarized the chapter.

HW:  Reading review sheets are due WEDNESDAY!! Study DOL.

Today in Literacy: Students used the Dell lab to type up information for their create-a-country project.

HW:  Project is due Wednesday.  If you need to do work at home make sure you do so!!

Art Show

Awtrey's 2nd Art Show will take place from 6-8 pm Thursday, March 13th featuring over 300 Framed works of Art.

The art show is an opportunity to support our Art Program by raising funds and recognizing the hard work students produce throughout the year. The artwork is professionally framed for the show. If parents wish to have the frame for their student's artwork, they may purchase the frames on the 13th (or through the website included on the individual invitation each student will recieve). All art purchased at the show is available to be taken that evening and put on display in your home. So, get the hammer out and find a good spot to hang your own student's personal masterpiece! Reproductions of art can also be purchased at a discount fprice and donated to the school's permanent collection.

Wednesday, March 5th

Today in Social Studies:  Yesterday we started our study of economics by taking notes and discussing scarcity, economic systems, and gross domestic product.  Today students will be taking part in a bead simulation activity.  This will help to demonstrate the similarities and differences of the three economic systems. 

HW: None

Today in Language Arts: Yesterday we premiered our PSAs.  Everyone's hard work truly paid off!!!  Well done!!  Today we have a few more PSAs to view, and then we will begin our novel study.  This is quite the switch!! :-)  Today we will discuss plot, characters, theme, tone, and inference using the short film "For the Birds".  Students will also make sure they have the definitions of each of these terms as we start to read our next novel.

HW: Study DOL and define the following terms: plot, character, theme, tone, and inference.

Today in Literacy:  Students are beginning to wrap up their rough draft of their create-a-country project.  They are so imaginative!!  We will begin working in the Dell Lab on Monday.  If you have chosen to make a poster make sure you have your poster by Monday!!

HW: None

Monday, March 3rd

Announcement:  Parents please keep your eyes open for deficiencies.  This will only be for students earning a grade lower than 74.  I will need these back signed by Wednesday!

Also, field trip permission slips were due TODAY.  If you do not have yours in, get it in pronto (like tomorrow).

Today in Social Studies:  We will be wrapping up our study of South America and begin our study of economics.

HW: NONE

Today in Language Arts:  Today is the last day to edit your PSA.  If it isn't done your editor needs to make sure it gets done before tomorrow!  I STILL had three groups without posters on Friday.  Your completed poster is due TOMORROW!!  This means if you didn't have it in class someone will need to take it home and finish it.  Tomorrow will be the debut of your PSAs!! 

HW:  Editors, if your group hasn't finished, you have homework.  All posters are due tomorrow directors need to verify this is done.

Today in Literacy:  We are going to use today as a "catch-up on your project" day.  I want to make sure everyone has completed requirements 1-5.  If you've done those with excellence, keep moving!! :-)

HW:  Bring a reading book everyday!!