January 4-8
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Hope you all had a wonderful break. I was in cold country
for most of the vacation, in Couer d'Alene and Boise, Idaho - visiting
children and grandchildren. Had a wonderful time and now ready for a
productive second semester.
LANGUAGE ARTS (Scroll way down for notes and reminders).
COUNTRY REPORT TABLETOP DISPLAY - These were wonderful, by the way! You
should be getting your displays back by the end of this week, with your grade
posted.
Grading on the displays is based on neatness, creativity, design,
thorough and interesting work.
COUNTRY REPORT - WRITTEN -
The rubric below is for the WRITTEN REPORT, which is due this month, on the
22nd.
ORGANIZATION AND IDEAS/SUGGESTIONS FOR TABLETOP DISPLAY AND WRITTEN REPORT:
Note: The words that are ALL CAPITAL LETTERS are required sections. The
lower case words are suggestions as to what you might include in those
sections. Be sure to follow these guidelines.
I. INTRODUCTION - Introduce the country and give a little history of the
country (example: when it was founded, how it came about, etc) - 5 pts
II. LOCATION - 1)RELATIVE - WHERE IS IT LOCATED IN RELATION TO OTHER PLACES?
2)ABSOLUTE - PHYSICAL CHARACTARISTICS, like vegetation, landforms, lakes,
mountains, desert, soil, beaches, wildlife habitats, dry(?), moist(?) - 10 pts
III. CULTURE - population, form of government, people, ethnic groups,
languages, religious beliefs, sports, holidays, lifestyle (small towns? big
cities? clothing styles, foods, buildings, homes, transportaion,
communication, etc.) - 10 pts
IV. MAJOR RESOURCES - industry (production); agriculture - what is grown
there? foods?; tourists? - 10 pts
V. MAJOR FEATURES OF THE COUNTRY - man-made features? Major natural or
physical features? - 10 pts
VI. NOTABLE PEOPLE OF THE PAST AND/OR PRESENT - political heroes, war
heroes, sports figures, literary giants, composers, writers, artists, etc. -
10 pts
VII. CONCLUSION AND RESPONSE - Wrap up your country report in a short but
interesting way. Then share your personal thoughts, what you especially
liked learning about the country, and any questions that you still have about
it. - 5 pts
The paper was well organized. 30 pts
Facts/relevant details/examples were clear, well - researched, and enhanced
the report. 30 pts
The writer followed the rules of convention by
capitalizing proper nouns, inserting paragraphs,
using correct grammar & punctuation, and writing/typing neatly. 30 pts
Total Points 150 pts
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SPELLING WORDS FOR THIS WEEK -
bench, blown, bough, bound, contagious, contain, content, contest, continue,
contribute, control, conversation, convince, cooperation, copies, correct,
coupon, cradle, craft, creative, creature, culture, cupboard, curb, curious
HOMEWORK
Monday - 1. Don't forget to turn in your reading log Tuesday.
2. Write an alliteration sentence, using spelling words beginning
with C. Example: The cupboard contained curious coupons.
Tuesday - Change the form of each word (if possible) by adding suffixes or
prefixes.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - Work hard to prepare your written country report
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Quarter One: fiction book (collected Sept. 25)
Quarter Two: nonfiction book (due date December 1)
Quarter Three: classic fiction book or historical fiction (I will have
suggestions posted soon).
Quarter Four: biography or autobiography
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SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS WORK AND ASSIGNMENTS:
ROMAN EMPIRE
SOCIAL STUDIES NOTES:
The following information will help you to be successful in
Social Studies this year, and it will enable you to access the book's
contents without bringing the heavy text book home. If you have access to
the internet, please give this a try:
World History Survey, On Line Book, 6th Grade
Go to Classzone.com to get connected.
Go to Book Online (at the bottom)
Go to create student account
Type information as directed.
Your USER NAME is your first and last name (NO SPACES/lower case).
Your password is your school student ID Number.(Try adding S
to the ID # if your number is only 5 digits).
Go to create student account again if necessary.
Your code for getting started is: 2562731-20
Nora Johnston
Language Arts and Social Studies 6th Grade
Room A8
email njohnston@msd38.org
phone 602-664-7608
...and don't forget this teacherweb.com