11-4 to 11-8

Since last week had multiple stops and starts We are just going to get completely caught up this week in our content. Please be sure to read your Advocacy page for important dates and school wide activities.

10-28 to 11-1

Welcome back Winter:)

Due to Halloween festivities we will have a shortened week in Social Studies.

We are looking at Rights and Responsibilities and will pack in some important concepts. On Tuesday, you may be asked to give an interview about your Rights and Responsibilities.

10-21

I sent home the passwords for students to access the Studies Weekly online today. If your student did not bring it home please email me and I will send it to you directly

Personal Timelines

Hello All,

Today we started working on our personal timelines in conjunction with our study of time this week. Your students should be coming home with questions about benchmark events in their lives. (5-8 events starting with their birthday) We will complete the final project in class this week.

Welcome Back

I hope all of you had a Wonderful Fall Break and are ready to get back into the school groove. I will be handing out the Social Studies Weekly computer passwords so students can access the content online at home.

This week in Social Studies, we will be looking at Time

What is Time? - Students will learn about time and chronological order through a historical time line. They will discuss the importance of primary sources as research tools. They will also learn about mountains and how they change over time.
Vocabulary Words
chronological order: arranged in the order in which events occurred
history: a written record of people, places, and events from the past
primary sources: records from the actual time of an event
secondary sources: records created by people who did not witness an event

Conferences are this Thursday and Friday. We look forward to seeing all of you here.

First day of Fall, feels like the year is going by so quickly.

Physical and Political Maps - Students will learn the difference between a physical and political map. They will also learn about each of the seven continents. Students will also learn about desert ecosystems.
Vocabulary Words
physical map: a map that shows the physical features of an area (e.g., rivers, mountains, etc.)
political map: a map showing boundaries, major cities, and other political features of a place
continent: a large body of land
arid: very dry

September 16-20

The Amazing World of Maps - Students will learn about different kinds of maps (e.g., flat, globe, thematic) and how to use a map grid. They will discuss longitude, latitude and hemispheres.

Vocabulary Words
hemisphere: one half of the Earth
Mercator map: a map that shows a fat version of the Earth
projection map: a map showing the curved surface of the Earth on a fat map
International Date Line: an imaginary line of longitude; the place where each calendar day begins

Week 5 3rd grade Social Studies

All About Maps - Students will learn about maps and how to use map features (e.g., symbols,key, scale, compass rose). Students will also learn about tropical rainforest ecosystems.
Vocabulary Words
symbol: something that stands for something else
scale: part of a map that allows one to determine distance
physical map: a map that shows the physical features of an area (e.g., rivers, mountains, etc.)
political map: a map showing boundaries, major cities, and other political features of a place

Mr. Hepner's Social Studies Class

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