Hausdorf’s Hemisphere

Thank you very much PTSA for providing some well needed snacks during conference week. A huge thank you for some very unique and tasty bear claws!

Monday is the deadline for permission forms, if you want to go, make sure you bring the completed forms on Monday!

Today students had all class period to organize their presentations, like writing scripts, what person is covering what topic, formats, etc. I went over the basic presentation format and wrote it on the whiteboard. It went something like this:

1. Introductions/Province
2. Details (economy, history, geography, etc.)
3. Summary
4. Question/answer session

HOMEWORK- is to get everything ready for the presentations which start first thing Monday
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As students continued to organize and finalize information about their provinces, I went over the rubrics that will be used to assess the assignments for this lesson. The oral presentation part begins on Monday. So students had today and tomorrow to get organized.

Presentation Rubric new powerpoint version

Presentation Rubric blog older version

I also showed students how to create songs using the Audacity program and a website for future educational purposes.

HOMEWORK - finish up any tasks that need to be completed from Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday

 Provincial flag of?

Today students were creative designing their provincial brochure, as well as completing the other tasks from Monday and Tuesday, which are on previous blog entries from this week. Here is the data table in both versions. Also, the link below is for the province profile so that students could complete the brochure. I typed in each province to find the profile through our cobb virtual library site, example “Manitoba”.

•Wednesday –1. Using your province profile, create a brochure for your province, include: •5 bullets describing the Geography (inside) •5 bullets describing the Climate (outside) •10 bullets describing the Economy (inside) •10 bullets describing the History (inside) •5 bullets describing why your province is special (outside)

http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/home

Here is the data table in Office 2007 Word: province data table word 2007

DUE DATE: Presentations begin on Friday. Written products due Monday

HOMEWORK- to complete any tasks that were assigned from Monday-Wednesday (today)

Which provincial flag is this?

Today students continued working on “Having Pride In Your Province” Tuesday’s tasks, which are below. There are also resources, like the data table below.

•Tuesday –1. Create a detailed map of your province, include cities, landform features, and bodies of water.

–2. Generate a T-shirt design for your province, include, province name, your motto and flag on the front, real motto and a picture on the back. Choose a color that represents your province well.

–3. Create 5 math questions that involve your province, with answers.

province data table

HOMEWORK- complete any of the tasks from Monday and Tuesday that are not finished

EXTRA: This may not work for some computers, due to file type. This is experimental anyway.

This is an example of what a song might sound like: okay, it’s not that good, but the lyrics are content driven.  saskatchewan country song blog

Don’t forget to check out the Book Fair!

Lots of great books, cool materials, and unique goodies for sale!

Today students started the “Have Pride In Your Province” Lesson ,which will continue through the week, since we are on a shortened schedule. Please make sure you are keeping up with the “to-do” list each day, Friday is the due date for all work. Today you had information on your assigned province which was to help you generate ideas for the following:

•Monday: 

–1. Create Your Own Motto

–2. A fictional sports team, what sport?

–3. Create Your Own Province Song (don’t have to sing it, but WRITE IT).  Must be 4 4-line stanzas.

–4. Identify Your Neighbors

–5. Identify Your Size

Tuesday and Wednesday:  more “to-dos”

Friday: due

HOMEWORK- get done what you don’t in class

Today students took the Canada Map Test, then took a short quick quiz on map skills followed by a “Who Discovered America”.
Monday- the province research questions (from Wednesday) will be collected.

HOMEWORK-finish province research questions if needed

Today students focused on reviewing for the Canada Map Test tomorrow. We did a couple of small group competitions and then went over the correct answers. Please review your maps, practice with sheppardsoftware like you were asked to do for at least a week, and come ready to do well tomorrow. Political map practice review for blog

Tomorrow, the Province Research questions are due from our media center day and p. 11 in the workbook.

HOMEWORK- review for Canada Map Test

More review tools:   

http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/canquiz.html

http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/Canada/Canada.html

http://www.mapsofworld.com/games/puzzle/canada/
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