Date |
Classwork |
Homework |
9/3 |
No school - Labor Day |
None |
9/4 |
History Dates Chant Keynote lesson on World Powers: Spain, France, England Quizizz review game |
None |
9/5 |
History Dates Chant Screencast lessons on Elizabethan Age England Record lesson response in Flipgrid video |
None |
9/6 |
History Dates Chant Introduce 1st Bonus Blog opportunity Introduce 5th grade Atlas Complete Atlas page in class Shakespearean insults activity |
None |
9/7 |
History Dates Chant Read textbook page 63 Keynote lesson on Francis Drake, Queen Elizabeth, and the defeat of the Spanish Armada Socrative lesson check |
None |
Date |
Classwork |
Homework |
8/27 |
History Dates Chant Lesson on how to write 5th grade complete sentences Read text page 68 on John Cabot and answer question in Google Classroom in complete sentences Lesson on how to write a 5th grade one-paragraph essay Introduce Bonus Blog format and how to write entries Practice Bonus Blog writing answering the focus question: "For what reasons did Europeans explore the world in the 15th-17th centuries?" |
None |
8/28 |
History Dates Chant Read textbook page 71 on Jacques Cartier Keynote lesson on Cartier and the French in the New World Finish Practice Blog from yesterday and add to Bonus Blog |
None |
8/29 |
History Dates Chant Self-guided lesson on Henry Hudson; read page 73, watch Hudson screencast; watch Hudson video; respond to 5 questions in class Individual conferences with Mr. Sweet/Ms. Boyd to get feedback on Monday's essay-writing |
None |
8/30 |
History Dates Chant Introduce explorers mapping project and add Columbus, Cortes, Cartier, Cabot and Hudson to world exploration map Continue iIndividual conferences with Mr. Sweet/Ms. Boyd to get feedback on Tuesday's essay-writing; complete and turn in Explorers Maps |
None |
8/31 |
History Dates Chant Finish and turn in Explorers Map |
None |
Date |
Classwork |
Homework |
8/20 |
How to read nonfiction: lesson on reading goals for 5th grade; leaving tracks of our thinking in the text; model and then practice leaving tracks through article on early world explorers |
None |
8/21 |
Introduce the History Dates Chant Begin Keynote on the Age of Exploration: the Vikings, the Crusades, Marco Polo Socrative lesson check |
None |
8/22 |
History Dates Chant Review reading nonfiction skills and leaving tracks; practice reading nonfiction and leaving tracks through article on Viking explorers Age of Exploration Keynote lesson, Day 2: Vasco da Gama and Portugal find a waterway east |
None |
8/23 |
History Dates Chant Review nonfiction reading skills Leave tracks of thinking in article about Vasco da Gama Age of Exploration Keynote, Day 3: Christopher Columbus Socrative lesson check |
None |
8/24 |
History Dates Chant Introduce and preview SS Textbook; lesson on how to read for main idea; read pages 65-67, tracking details on the main idea Exploration Keynote, day 4: Hernan Cortes Respond to lesson in Google Classroom |
None |
Date |
Classwork |
Homework |
8/13 |
Lower School Orientation Day, 1:00-5:00 |
None |
8/14 |
No School |
None |
8/15 |
First Day of School! |
Bring in pictures for your pennant |
8/16 |
Meet Mr. Sweet, tour of our room, rules and procedures review, Introduction to 5th Grade Social Studies: Why do we study history? |
None |
8./17 |
Keynote lesson and activities: Why does History get "messy?" Respond to lesson in Google Classroom |
None |