Wednesday September 19, 2012

Today we finished going over the different ways in which we can locate geographical features (Aerial photography, satellite photography, maps, and globes)

Homework: STUDY FOR QUIZ ON FRIDAY
YOU MUST KNOW
1. THE CONTINENTS IN SIZE ORDER
2. THE OCEANS
3. WHERE THE CONTINENTS AND OCEANS ARE ON A BLANK MAP
4. ALL 10 GEOGRAPHY TERMS (VOCABULARY)
               

Wednesday September 12, 2012

Hey guys! Today we reviewed the continents and oceans
Continents in size order:
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia

Oceans:
Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic and Indian

A continent is a large piece of land on Earth and an Ocean is a large body of water

ALL CLASSES HOMEWORK TONIGHT:
1. ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-6 (THE QUESTIONS ARE BELOW IF YOU LOST YOUR SHEET)
2. WRITE THE SEVEN CONTINENTS IN SIZE ORDER 5 TIMES
3. WRITE THE OCEANS FIVE TIMES

Directions: Using pages 6 & 7 in the Atlas, answer the following questions in FULL SENTENCES      

1.    Which ocean is closest to Asia?

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2.    What two oceans are to the east (right) and west (left) of North America?

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3.    Name one continent located by the Indian Ocean

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4.    What other continent is Europe connected to? 

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5.    Why do you think Europe and Asia are sometimes known as “Eurasia?”

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6.    What is the largest continent in the world?

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Monday September 10, 2012

Hello All!! Today we started our social studies pre-assessment.  We did numbers 1-35 (the multiple choice).  Just as  a heads up we will be finishing PArt II of the assessment tomorrow.  ALL CLASSES HOMEWORK is to bring in their supplies by Wednesday!! We will be beginning our first unit.  Enjoy the rest of this beautiful day

Ms. Jessi

Friday September 7, 2012

ALL classes participated in a scavenger hunt in which the students went around the classroom locating important objects and their locations.  Examples: textbooks, missing work wall, Vocab wall.

HOMEWORK FOR ALL CLASSES:

GIVE PARENTS WELCOME BACK LETTER
BUY SCHOOL SUPPLIES

WELCOME 6TH GRADERS!!  I am so happy to have met you all today, as promised my blog is updated ! I can't wait to see you all again tomorrow