Student+Activities

Student Activities

Monday:
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 * ==Hey class I hope everyone is sitting nicely at their seats because I need you to take out your textbook and look over Chapter 10 that we read last week about globes, maps, locations, and directions. ==
 * ==Then after 10 minutes I want everyone to sit with their assigned groups that are ==
 * ==I will then pass out [|maps] and [|compasses] to each group leader at the table and I will go over the instructions to what we will be doing today. ==
 * ==The group leader will assign someone who is confident in their compass skills to be the person who will be directionally leading the group to where we need to go on the map. ==


 * ==Then as a class we will be leaving the classroom and heading around school to find the locations that are circled on your map. ==
 * ==Once we are at the chosen location I will take a picture of the location with my digital camera. ==
 * ==Next we will continue to all the other locations on the maps for each group and take pictures of those locations. ==
 * ==After that we will all head back to the classroom and I will upload the pictures on my computer and print them out. ==
 * ==Then I will cut and tape the pictures to where you think they should go on the map from our map hunt, then I will go over the correct answers and we will discuss as a class why, if any, the class got any locations wrong. ==

Tuesday:



 * ==**Today we are going to head over to the computer lab for class so please line up at the door in order.** ==
 * ==**Once we get in the computer lab I need everyone to sit at their assigned computer and go on Kidspiration, make sure to type your name in the top right corner of the document.** ==
 * ==**Once you have opened a new page in Kidspiration you are going to insert this graphic of a map onto the page:** ==


 * ==You can right click on this graphic and save it to your desktop then you can insert into your page. ==
 * ==Then you are going to label the cardinal directions on the map using the drawing tool. ==
 * ==After that you are going to get out a sheet of paper and think of a name for your pirate that will be sailing across the globe and pick four places your pirate is going to sail to. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Next, plot three dots on the map and label those locations that your pirate will visit, make sure you have one as a starting point(Florida) and one as your ending point. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Once you have plotted your exact locations you are going to connect the points using the drawing or line tool. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Lastly, you are going to pick an image of a person on Kidspiration that you want your pirate to look like. ==

<span style="color: #03a303; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> Wednesday:
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 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">We're halfway through the week and learning so much, I hope everyone remembered to bring in their family interview sheets. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Today we are going to be drawing pictures of cultural items that have a special meaning to you like special [|toys], [|foods], or [|clothing types]. (If you click on the purple links you can see some examples.) ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">I need everyone to get a sheet of white paper from the table by my desk and take out their crayons or colored pencils. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">If you do not have any ideas of what you would like to draw you may one at a time use the computer in the class real quick to look something up or even go over to the bookcase and look through books for ideas. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">You have 30 minutes to complete your pictures then you are all going to present them to the rest of the class, so figure out what you are going to say. You should talk a little about your family culture and why you chose that item to draw, like why it is so special to you and your culture. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">I will be grading your presentations so remember to speak clearly and loud enough for everyone to hear, also when it is not your turn you should be quietly in your seat or I will take off points from your presentation. ==

<span style="color: #03a303; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> Thursday:

 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Today in class we are going to focus on the <span class="wiki_link_ext">map of the United States. Everyone should be in their seats and be ready to get picked to volunteer to help label the map of the United States, you can use the map in the back of your textbook for help or this [|map link]. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Next I am going to project a map on the board and everyone is going to get a chance to help label a state. We want to make sure we also label our country's capital, our state's capitol, the cardinal directions, and oceans too. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">After we are done labeling the map we are going to head over to the computer lab where I will then pass out a [|scavenger hunt worksheet] that should be finished in about 30 minutes. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">The worksheet is about a specific state that you will choose yourself and you must find answers to most if not all of the questions. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">If you need help finding the answers just ask for help and turn in the completed worksheet when you are done. ==

<span style="color: #03a303; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> Friday:

 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Yay! It's the end of the week, but you know what that means, time for a test. I promise it's not too hard, it goes over all the fun stuff we learned about maps and cultures this week. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">First we are going to do a quick class review, I am going to project the review on the board and I will go over all of it with the class. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Then it's test time so put everything on your desk away and take out a pencil. The test is 20 questions long and you should finish within 40 minutes. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">If you finish early I will have [|coloring sheets] on my desk when you turn in your test. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Everyone will be sitting nicely either coloring or finishing their test until everyone in the class has turned in their test. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">If you are not sitting quietly you will get point taken off your test for distracting your classmates. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #0033ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Good Luck! ==