Week of Nov 18th

Welcome back from another sunny weekend!

This week we will be researching or doing the following:

Science:
We are building and using Anemometers and Wind Vanes
After that we will do Lesson13 "Forecasting Weather"
We will also be learning about Weather Map Symbols

Social Studies:  We will finish up "From Nomads to Farmers"
We will also start learning about one of the first early civilizations: Mesopotamia

Thanks for reading,
Mr Franey

Week of Nov. 11th

Welcome back from a gorgeous 3 day weekend!

This week we will cover the following topics below

Science:  Climate and Weather
We will be studying the causes of climate, world wide wind, and measuring wind speed and direction
We will be doing 2 hands on design thinking projects - wind vane and anemometer

Social Studies: The Great Human Migration
We will make and study an extensive make of the origins of humans and their migration routes across the world.  Then we will begin the first ancient civilization - Mesopotamia

Thanks for reading,
Mr Franey

Week of Nov 4th

Welcome back

This is what we will be covering this week in Science and Social Studies

Note: I will be out Tue and Wed this week for Professional Development and your student will have a substitute teacher for those days

Science:
First: "Hurricane Chasers" and Weather Underground -logging severe weather data and mean, median, mode
Then: Science Worksheet packets for Tue-Wed with substitute teacher
Next: Working to update Science Notebooks
Lastly: Textbook Lesson 9 Oceans and Climate

Social Studies:
Human Migration Lessons
Play "hunter/gatherer" game in small groups

Week of Oct 28th

Welcome Back

It's conference week this week and all days are minimum day schedule with a release time of 11:40

If you don't have a conference time, please email your students 3rd period teacher in order to schedule one

Have a great week!

Mr Franey