Around the World - Across the Years

I apologize for the confusion with yesterday’s post. I accidentally created a new page for Thursday (twice!) rather than creating a new “post”. Well, live and learn! So for those of you who wanted to comment on Thursday’s entry - try again!
History - We took the economics vocabulary quiz & the geography quiz on the [...]

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History - We reviewed for our economics quiz using a PowerPoint available under Class Notes. Two sections also prepared skits to present economic standards.
Reading - We corrected our Word Ladder p. 85. Then we practiced our readers’ theater and one group presented their readers’ theater script.

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History - We played concentration using the vocabulary terms from attachment C in the Partners in Trade unit.
Reading - We practiced our readers’ theater from yesterday, read Time for Kids.   HW = TFK comprehension quiz & Word Ladder p. 85.

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In history today, we watched and discussed another video of sixth graders modeling some economic principles using the example of a summer drama production - see class notes.
In reading we took our spelling trial test and began work on the readers’ theater script for One-Eye! Two-Eyes! Three Eyes!  We are working on readers’ theater to [...]

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Today we discussed some economic terms and recorded them in our notebooks. We watched a video featuring sixth grade students explaining economic terms using the illustration of a lemonade stand. Some students also worked on finishing their social studies tests from Friday.
* Note - The AccuQuiz Warning System now has its own page. [...]

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Wow! At the end of the day the teachers were asked to escort the students to the bus and to then go home themselves. We have the storm of the winter with blizzard conditions coming. Today in history we started our Import - Export test and took our Southern Europe quiz.

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Today, in history, we worked on attachment I (See Class Notes - Partners in Trade). We will use this information on our import - export test on Friday.
In reading, we corrected our word ladder, play Sparkle, and read.
Test Warning - Spelling Test on Lesson 134 (left column) Friday
Quiz warning - Southern Europe map quiz [...]

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Today, in history, we worked on finding a trading partner for our countries. We will use this information on our import - export test on Friday. Also, some students were given make up assignments for homework. Check ProgressBook to see if you have any assignments to make up.
In reading, we worked on [...]

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In history today my substitute had the students work in groups of three to record import and export data about assigned countries. Then, as time permitted the students compiled the data onto a master sheet.
In reading today, the students took a trial test over the words for the week, lesson 134. We are [...]

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In history we compared the imports and exports of the United States with other countries. Students researched a specific country and recorded key imports and exports on a graphic organizer. We also discussed how to use the Q and A page of our blog site.
Test Watch: Imports and Exports Test - possibly Friday

Quiz Warning: Southern [...]

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