Week of Jan 27th

Welcome back from a nice but then sad weekend with the passing of Kobe Bryant.
This is what we will be studying this week:

Science:  We will be finishing up our Weather/Climate Unit.  We will get into Global Warming and then begin reviewing for the Unit Test.

Social Studies:  We will be finishing up our Mesopotamia Unit as well.  We will take a unit test. We are also finishing up our hands-on Ziggurat Project and the Historical Fiction story that goes along with it.

Thanks, Mr Franey

Week of Jan 6th

Welcome back and Happy New Year!

This is what we will be covering this week in Science and Soc. Studies:

Science: Oceans and how they affect Climate, Atmosphere and Climate Review, DRI Guest Speakers and Lessons about "Citizen Science: Snowflakes"

Social Studies:  Mesopotamian Architecture, Research City-States and Ziggurats, Hands-On Activity: Build a Ziggurat with Playing Cards

Thanks for Reading<
Mr Franey

Week of Dec 16th

Welcome back and I hope you got to enjoy the BlueBird Powder Day Sunday!

Science:  This week we will be studying Atmosphere and Climate.  We will be using the new text and a "Listen-Stop-Write" strategy this week, and we will be getting back into our Science Notebook as well. We will also use Kahoot to start reviewing all we have learned so far in the Weather/Climate Pilot Unit

Social Studies: We will start the week with a Barter Market Check In and play a Barter Market Simulation Game.  Then we will continue with Inventions from Mesopotamia.  We will finish the week with Architecture in Mesopotamia as well.

Thanks for reading,
Have a great week and a Wonderful Winter Break
Happy Holidays,
Mr Franey

Week of December 9th

Welcome back from another Wild Weekend of Weather!

This week we will be doing the following in each class...

Science: Weather and Climate
This week we will be studying Weather Maps and Forecasting Weather.  It should be lots of fun since the end product will be students forecasting weather using their chromebook camera and then casting it onto the class TV!

Social Studies: We have been studying the 7 Features of Civilization and this week we will finish up Government piece, Hammurabi. Then we will study Inventions of Mesopotamia. After that we will research ancient city-states and Ziggurats.

Best Regards,
Mr Franey

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