PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO SEE CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS AND VOCABULARY WORDS!
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EXTRA CREDIT
Geo Challenge -assigned Monday, October 26th and due Friday, October 30th!
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If you were absent Tuesday, October 27 please put the following questions in
your Social Studies notebook and complete the questions.
Read a Coin
Using any coin answer the following questions. Make sure you write the
question and the answer in your Social Studies Notebook.
1.) How old is the coin?
2.) What language is found on the coin?
3.) What foreign phase is on the coin?
4.) Of what material is the coin made of?
5.) Name the person depicted on the coin.
6.) What is on the opposite side?
7.) In which country was the coin made?
8.) Do you think the people that create the coin were religious? Why?
9.) What is the monetary value of this coin?
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Vacant Lot Archeology - assigned Wednesday, October 28th
Study the drawing of the vacant lot on the sheet provided in class. Indentify
5 artifacts that tell you something about the people who use the vacant lot.
Then complete the chart on the back side of the worksheet.
In your notebook write a one page, 10-12 sentence story about the artifact you
choose.
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“Site in a bag – Archeology” -assigned Monday, October 26th
DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON THE BAG!
Put 5 items that tell about you, your interests, and likes or dislikes in
The brown paper bag provided. They can be things cut out from a magazine
(example, if you like horses, you can cut out a picture of a horse). Do not
put anything with your name or pictures of your family or pets in the bag.
Bring in the bag on Thursday, October 29th or sooner. If you do not have a bag
your participation grade will suffer and you will not be able to participate.
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Vocabulary to know....use a dictionary, your Social Studies book or
www.dictionary.com......write words in notebook and define them.
Assigned Tuesday, October 27th
1. cultivate
2.archaeologist
3.anthropologist
4.diagram
5. legends
6. theory
7.artifacts
8. decipher
9.archeology
10. excavate
11.scribe
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The Mr. Lips books are being corrected for two different classes and therefore
might take to 2 weeks to complete all 93. Thank you for your patience.
If you have not passed in Mr. Lip - here are the late penalties!
Pass in by Friday, October 30th (-5)
Pass in by Friday, November 6th (-10)
If it is not passed in by November 6th it is a zero!
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The student's are working on a book about the 5 themes of Geography. They have
been assigned grade levels from kindergarden - 4th grade.
I encourage them to use their creativity. This project will be worked on in
Mrs Walker's & Ms. Lindsay's ELA classes and Mrs. Clark's Social Studies
class. The student will focus on understanding the 5 themes of Geography and
improving their writing. Below is the assignment and the rubric for the Social
Studies assignment.
MR LIP Children’s Flip Book Assignment
MR LIP is more than just a handy way to remember the five themes of geography.
He also investigates the case of total and utter confusion with each of the 5
themes to help make them clearer to children.
To complete this assignment, you will need to organize your material on the
Five Themes and prepare a children’s flip book that includes the following:
Cover to your children’s book with a picture of MR LIP
Seven (7) pages –
• an introductory page – should introduce the MR LIP’s goal to end confusion
about each of the five themes
• a page on each of the five themes - An explanation of each theme in “kid
friendly terms”
• concluding page – that wraps up MR LIP’s journey to reduce confusion about
the five themes
Color pictures that illustrates each theme
Your final book will be due on Friday, October 23, 2009.
Rubric
Accuracy of Facts
All facts presented in the story are accurate.
Spelling and Punctuation
There are no spelling or punctuation errors in the final draft. Character and
place names that the author invented are spelled consistently throughout.
Illustrations
Illustrations are detailed, attractive, creative and relate to the text on the
page.
Neatness
The final draft of the story is readable, clean, neat and attractive. It is
free of erasures and crossed-out words. It looks like the author took great
pride in it.
Organization
The story is very well organized. One idea or scene follows another in a
logical sequence with clear transitions.
