UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!!

I will add a lot more to this post but I did promise a couple students who wanted the Study Guide early that I would post it here.

Chapter 7 Study Guide

Here are a couple pictures of my first core typing up there final-rough drafts for the writing EOG.  It really is cool to see a laptop on every desk and each one of them completely focused on what they are doing.  It makes you think about what the future for schools and technology really will be.

We are currently working on our2009  Content Specific Social Studies Writing End of Grade Test….. Wow, that was a mouthful!  The purpose of the content specific part of the 7th grade writing EOG is to see how well the students can write when allowed to research, plan, draft, redraft, and edit before submitting their final writing piece.

TIMELINE

• ROUGH DRAFT—- Written in pencil by Thursday, November 5th    
• ROUGH DRAFT TYPED—- Type Rough Draft and save to your folder on the server.  This will be done in Mr. Garmans room using laptops on Tuesday, November 10th.
• EDIT——- Edit with Mrs. Waterman on Thursday, Nov. 12th and Friday, Nov. 13th.
• FORMALLY SUBMIT—– On November 17th, students will formally submit their completed writings to the state in Mr Garmans Class. 

   CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD WRITING PROMPT!!!!

We have been trucking along through Chapter 7 as fast as we can.  There are a lot of fun supplemental materials out there on the information we have been covering.  Ancient Egypt is always a student favorite as we tell about how mummies were made or write our names in hieroglyphics.  Find out a lot more about Ancient Egypt by clicking here. 

Everyone loves to learn about the discovery of King Tuts tomb.  Here are some great links about…

King Tutankhamun

The Discovery of Tomb KV62

We have also learned about West African Kingdoms and have just started learning about the Islamic Religion. 

MUCH MORE AFRICAN HISTORY TO COME!

Sunfish students had a lot of fun playing 3rd World Farmer this week after our big test.  We all learned that farming in a 3rd world country is not as easy as it sounds.  There are many problems and issues that subsistence farmers in Africa need to deal with.  Students were to post their experiences on their own Edublog pages.  Read what the kids had to say here!

On Tuesday, October 20th, we will be having our 3rd test.  It will cover Chapter 6: Physical Africa, pages 137-153.  This will be the final test of the first nine weeks so study, study, study!  Use your book, class activities, and concept maps to complete your study guide.  If you know all the information on your study guide, you will be successful on the test.  Click on the link below to download the study guide!  Isn’t technology great?

Chapter 6 Study Guide

On Thursday, October 8th, each Core recorded a basic fact from Chapter 6: Physical Africa.  This was a learning experience for the whole Sunfish team to go through the process of posting audio files to a blog.  Look for the Sunfish students to post their own audio files to their edublog page in the near future!

First audio file is a fact about the Nile River from Core 1.

Core1    

Second audio file is a fact about the Sahara Desert from Core 2.

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Third audio file is a fact about Mount Kilimanjaro from Core 3.

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Fourth audio file is a fact about the African Continent from Core 4.

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Nick G showing off the Sunfish Culture Collage

Here is a picture of all 98 Sunfish students collages put together to create one giant Sunfish Team Collage.  Pretty impressive!  Every student created their own individual collage.  Each student posted a blog entyr on their Edublog Site that includes a picture of their collage along with 4 paragraphs describing why they choose the pictures that they did.   Check out each individual students collage by browsing our SUNFISH LEARNING PORTAL.  A link for the Sunfish Team Portal is permanently located on the right side of my homepage.

Come check it out on the Sunfish hallway!!!!!

Mrs Norman will be the sponsor for the 2009-2010 National Geographic Geography Bee.  Interested students should listen for information in their Social Studies classrooms.  In the meantime, interested students can practice by clicking the link HERE!!!!!