Mullen’s Megaphone

EQ: How was religion important to the development of the cultures of the Middle East?
Warm-up: no warm-up today
Agenda:
1. Review game for map quiz
2. Map quiz
3. Reading lesson 4, 440-443

If you were absent: You need to make-up the map test. Remember, it is your responsibility to come to me for make-up work.

Homework: none

This is Mrs. Mullen saying…

Enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend!

We learned a story to help us with the location of the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. It started with…I went to the store to buy a Turkey… If you remember the story, it will surely help you Friday when you are taking the map test.

EQ: How was religion important to the development of the cultures of the Middle East?
Warm-up: What story is told in the Gospels? (hint: p 436)
Agenda:
1. Checking map for homework grade
2. "I went to the store to buy a turkey…"
3. Reviewing workbook pp 132-133
4. "Birthplace of Three Religions"

Announcement: Map test on Friday

Here is a website to help you study your countries. www.sheppardsoftware.com. Have fun!

If you were absent: Come to see me to be assigned to a group for skits. Make sure that you show me your map. I checked it for homework.

This is Mrs. Mullen saying….

Have a great afternoon!

We were busy today! Desk Olympics is a great way to transform the classroom when we are working with groups! Classwork is below:

EQ: How was religion important to the development of the cultures of the Middle East?
Warm-up: What city has the Jews, Christians and Muslims lived in for centuries? (hint: p 435)
Agenda:
1. Reviewing lesson "Water: Liquid Gold"
2. Desk Olympics
3. Issuing workbooks
4. Reading pp 132-133 and answering questions
5. Completing map of North Africa/Middle East

Homework: completing map

If you were absent: You missed a fun day! Make sure that you come to me for a workbook and complete assignments 4 and 5 above. You will find the map in the blue crate under #25.

Announcement: Map quiz on Friday

This is Mrs. Mullen saying…

Extend yourself. Have the Olympic spirit!

Classwork: The Middle East has their share of water problems. What can be done? We had a great lesson on the possible solutions today in class.

EQ: How can the people of the Middle East help with their water problems? What does the title of our lesson mean? "Water: Liquid Gold"
Warm-up: After reading handout, answer the questions on the answer line of your warm-up sheet. Instead of writing the questions, label your warm-up "Yearly Rainfall in the Middle East"
Agenda:
1. Revew of lesson 3, pp 429-433
2. "Water: Liquid Gold"

If you were absent: You will need to read the information sheet and complete the meeting notes for our lesson "Water:  Liquid Gold". Both sheets are found in the blue crate under #24.

Homework: none

This is Mrs. Mullen saying…

Extend yourself. Be thankful for that glass of water!

Today we watched a cool video while we updated our notebooks. The address is below.

Classwork:
    –Watching a water hole in Africa live! How cool!
    –Updating notebooks
    –Finishing "Sands of Time"

http://wavelit.com/main_player11.asp?sh=africam&ch=Wildlife

Homework: none

This is Mrs. Mullen saying…

Technology is awesome!

I am starting something new! My blog will be organized with the essential question, warm-up and agenda of what we did that day. I hope this will be helpful for you when you are absent or need to catch up on classwork. Here it is…

EQ:  Why has desertification become a problem for the people in North Africa?
Warm-up:  In Islam, the most important teachings of Muhammad are called _________________.
Agenda:
Take up warm-ups/ABC order
1. Vocabulary Review Game
2. Vocabulary Quiz
3. The Sahara Desert "How Can Farmland Become Desert?"

Homework: Scale Map Project due tomorrow

This is Mrs. Mullen saying…

Extend yourself. Make school a priority!

Classwork: Today we were very busy making our scale map grids. It is harder than you think to draw straight lines…even with a ruler! Tomorrow we will begin the fun part of the project…drawing the countries and bodies of water! We will also review our vocabulary words to prepare us for our quiz on Tuesday.

Homework: none

Announcement: Vocabulary Quiz on Tuesday, 9/18/07

This is Mrs. Mullen saying.

Extend yourself. Always pay attention!

Classwork: Today we discussed the guided reading over lesson 1 and talked about the effect that the rivers and seas had on ancient Mesopotamia. We then were given a rubric and scale map project instruction sheet and talked about the expectations. This project will be a major grade and it will be creative, informative and fun.

Homework: Define vocabulary words. I will check these tomorrow for a homework grade.

NOTICE THE CHANGE:
Announcement: vocabulary quiz on Tuesday, 9/18th.

This is Mrs. Mullen saying…

Extend yourself. Always smile:)

Classwork: Today we started with a discussion of what makes someone a hero. Looking back six years to 9/11, we remembered several different heroes of that day.

We wrote vocabulary words to define for chapter 15 and starting reading about the importance of water to North Africa and Southwest Asia. We finished by completing a guided reading over lesson 1. This is homework if not finished.

Announcement: Vocabulary Quiz on Monday 9/17/07

Homework: Complete guided reading. Vocabulary words are due Thursday

Vocabulary words to define:

fertile, hunter-gatherer, irrigation, Fertile Crescent, class system, cuneiform, scribe, Abraham, Judaism, Jesus, Christianity, Muhammad, Islam, Muslim, Qur’an, Five Pillars of Islam, caliph, theocracy, Ottoman Empire, Constantinople.

This is Mrs. Mullen saying…

Extend yourself. Be someone’s hero.

Classwork: We took a pre-test over the region of North Africa and Southwest Asia. After the pre-test, we completed a K-W-L over this region. K for what we already know, W for what we want to know, and L for what we have learned. Obviously, we can’t complete the last column but we will when the chapter is over. I know this because you are going to remind me to revisit this K-W-L, right?

Homework: none

This is Mrs. Mullen saying,

Extend yourself. Be gracious.