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SS Week of 5/17-5/21

All documents can be found on the daily assignment in Teams unless otherwise posted.

Monday 5/17

Objective(s): I can take notes on my research subject.

  • Complete note catcher (2 of 3) (Remember, at least 1 website and at least 1 book)

Tuesday 5/18

Objective(s): I can take notes on my research subject.

  • Complete note catcher (3 of 3) (Remember, at least 1 website and at least 1 book)

Wednesday 5/19

Objective(s): I can organize my notes.

  • Event graphic organizer
  • Highlight notes by event (event 1= green, event 2= blue, etc.)

Thursday 5/20

Objective(s): I can turn my notes into a top-down graphic organizer.

  • Complete top-down graphic organizer(s) (1 per event)
    • Complete at least 1 event’s graphic organizer today.

 

Friday 4/21

Objective(s): I can turn my notes into a top-down graphic organizer.

  • Complete top-down graphic organizer(s) (1 per event)
    • Complete the remaining event’s graphic organizers today.
  • Complete any missing work

Social Studies Week of 4/19

All documents can be found on the daily assignment in Teams unless otherwise posted. Note: Local Government meeting has been rescheduled to next Thursday, 4/29.

Monday 4/19

Local Government Sort

Special Districts Note-catcher

 

Tuesday 4/20

Finish Special Districts Note-catcher

4/20 Exit Ticket: Write down 3 things you have learned about local government.

Paired Reading Passage 1 Summary

 

Wednesday 4/20

D&C Special Districts Questions 1 (top) and 2 (left)

 

Thursday 4/20

D&C Special Districts Questions 3 (bottom) and 4 (right)

 

Friday 4/20

NO SCHOOL!

S.S. Week of 4/12-4/16

All documents can be found on the daily assignment in Teams unless otherwise posted. 

Monday 4/12

I will be able to identify 3 facts about the local government type: city.

  • Attend Zoom at 12:40 or watch video (Video will be posted within 24 hours of live class)
  • Listen to story of Larry the Lion (this is in student’s lapbook pieces packet) and purpose of our lessons
  • Learn about the city and take notes to answer questions on the note page (What is a city? Who are the leaders of a city? How is the city funded? What is the history of cities in Colorado? How are cities formed? What powers do cities have?)
  • Circle the city that Westgate belongs to on the Colorado city map.
  • Exit Ticket: List 3 facts about the city, which is one of the local government types.

Tuesday 4/13

I will apply my knowledge of the city (1 of the 4 types of local government) to the Larry the Lion problem.

  • Attend Zoom at 12:40 or watch video (Video will be posted within 24 hours of live class)
  • Reread Larry the Lion and review notes from yesterday about the county.
  • Student completes the depth and complexity graphic organizer by recording their answers to the questions.

Wednesday 4/14

I will be able to identify 3 facts about the local government type: school district.

  • Attend Zoom at 12:40 or watch video (Video will be posted within 24 hours of live class)
  • Listen to story of Larry the Lion (this is in student’s lapbook pieces packet) and purpose of our lessons
  • Learn about the school district and take notes to answer questions on the note page (What is a school district? Who are the leaders of a school district? How is the school district funded? What is the history of school districts in Colorado? How are school districts formed? What powers do c school district have?)
  • Color in the school district that Westgate belongs to on the Colorado school district map.
  • Exit Ticket: List 3 facts about the school district, which is one of the local government types.

Thursday 4/15

I will apply my knowledge of the school district (1 of the 4 types of local government) to the Larry the Lion problem.

  • Attend Zoom at 8:30 or watch video (Video will be posted within 24 hours of live class)
  • Reread Larry the Lion and review notes from yesterday about the school district.
  • Student completes the depth and complexity graphic organizer by recording their answers to the questions.

Friday 4/16

  • Read Democracy Weekly Articles- Week 24
    • Article 1 “Law & Order” (2 minutes)
    • Article 3 “Respecting Authority” (4:18 minutes)
    • Article 5 “How can citizens change things?”
    • Article 4: “Making A Difference” (1 minute)
  • Pick a local government type that you want to represent during our class discussion
  • Pick a person from that local government type (see list for suggestions) that you want to pretend to be on 4/21.
  • Create a costume for that person. You will wear this to school on our final class discussion day (Thursday, 4/21).

S.S. Week of 4/5/21

All documents can be found on the daily assignment in Teams unless otherwise posted.

Monday 4/5

I can identify the 4 types of local government and give an example of each one.

  • Attend Zoom at 8:30 or watch video (Video will be posted within 24 hours of live class) to learn about the 4 different levels of local government: county, city, school districts, and special districts.
  • Use parade slides to add to the “Types of Local Government” page in student’s lap book (Lap books should have been created on Friday 4/2)

Tuesday 4/6

I can write 6 examples of local government services.

  • Attend Zoom at 8:30 or watch video (Video will be posted within 24 hours of live class) to view the Frayer Model of the term: service.
  • Complete parade guessing game (on video) and adding to the “Types of Local Government” note page
  • Complete Lapbook page 3: Government Provides Services page by drawing pictures of 6 services the local government provides.
  • Exit ticket: Give an example of each type of local government and the service that example provides.

Wednesday 4/7

I will be able to identify 3 facts about the local government type: county.

  • Attend Zoom at 8:30 or watch video (Video will be posted within 24 hours of live class)
  • Listen to story of Larry the Lion (this is in student’s lapbook pieces packet) and purpose of our lessons
  • Learn about the county and take notes to answer questions on the note page (What is a county? Who are the leaders of a county? How is the county funded? What is the history of counties in Colorado? How are counties formed? What powers do counties have?)
  • Color in the county that Westgate belongs to on the Colorado county map.
  • Exit Ticket: List 3 facts about the county, which is one of the local government types.

Thursday 4/8

I will apply my knowledge of county (1 of the 4 types of local government) to the Larry the Lion problem.

  • Attend Zoom at 8:30 or watch video (Video will be posted within 24 hours of live class)
  • Reread Larry the Lion and review notes from yesterday about the county.
  • Student completes the depth and complexity graphic organizer by recording their answers to the questions.

Friday 4/9

  • Cut and glue the remaining pieces of the lap book (see video for instructions)

S.S. Week of 3/15-3/18

Monday- 3/15
I can understand the concepts of supply and demand.
I can explain why scarcity impacts the price of a product. 
  • Complete Auction Recording Sheet
  • 3/15 Auction Reflection Sheet
Tuesday 3/16
I can show my understanding of spending, saving, and earning money.
  • Warm-up- 3 take-aways from Week 21 articles
  • Week 21 Test
Wednesday 3/17
I can give facts about the history of St. Patrick's Day.
I can understand how Irish culture influenced our U.S. celebration of St. Patrick's Day. 
  • Warm-up: What do you know about St. Patrick’s Day?
  • Ireland & St. Patrick’s Day Note page
  • I know… Draw & Write

Thursday - 3/18

No school: Conferences

Friday - 3/19

No school: Conferences

SS Week of 3/8

Monday
  • Watch Lesson Video: S.S. 3-8 Monday.
  • Watch Shark Tank Kid-preneur Video
  • Re-watch the video and answer the questions on the sheet "3/8 Shark Tank Your Life"
  • Read and answer questions for articles 1 and 2, highlight text evidence in the color of the question
Tuesday
  • Watch Lesson Video: S.S. 3-9 Tuesday.
  • Watch “Outstanding Kid Inventors!” Video
  • Re-watch the video and answer the questions on the sheet "3/9 Outstanding Kid Inventors"
  • Read and answer questions for articles 3 and 4, highlight text evidence in the color of the question
Wednesday
  • Watch Lesson Video: S.S. 3-10 Wednesday.
  • Listen to Read Aloud (on lesson video)
  • "3/10 Brainstorm!"
  • Read and answer questions for articles 6 and 7, highlight text evidence in the color of the question
Thursday
  • Watch Lesson Video: S.S. 3-11 Thursday.
  • Listen to Read Aloud (on lesson video)
  • “3/11 Product Plan”
  • Read articles 5
Friday
  • Watch Lesson Video: S.S. 3-12 Friday.
  • Listen to Read Aloud (on lesson video)
  • “3/12 Shark Plan Pitch”
    • Planning Page/Rough Draft
    • Final Draft
  • Record your pitch on Flipgrid

SS Week of 3/1

This week students will learn about different forms of currency.

Essential Question: Identify and explain the perspectives of all parties participating in an exchange.

 

Monday 3/1: 

I can research and report on other countries currency.

  • Warm- up: Wants and Needs Sort
  • Complete World Currency Project (Due today)

Tuesday 3/2:

I can explain why we can’t just print money to make everyone rich.

  • Warm- up: Writing Response
  • Read the article as a class “Why can't we just print a bunch of money to make everyone rich? - Daniel, 8”
  • Read & Answer Worksheet
  • 3/2 Exit Ticket

Wednesday 3/3:

I can explain why we can’t just print money to make everyone rich. 

  • Warm- up: Writing Response
  • Watch How is Money Made? Video
  • Design a dollar bill
  • 3/3 Design a dollar bill Exit Ticket

Thursday 3/4: 

  • IN CLASS PARTICIPATION RECOMMENDED
  • Auction Recording Sheet
  • 3/4 Auction Reflection Sheet

Friday 3/5:

I can demonstrate understanding of this week's economics content. 

  • Read Week 20 articles 4, 5, and 7
  • Play Kahoot to study for the test
  • Take Week 20 test. 

SS Week of 2/22/21

This week students will learn about different forms of money.

  • Essential Question: Identify and explain the perspectives of all parties participating in an exchange.

Monday 2/22:

I can find text evidence in text.

  • Warm- up: Producers and Consumer Sort
  • Read and highlight evidence for article questions
    • Articles 1-3
  • Read article 6

Tuesday 2/23:

I can research and report on other countries currency.

  • Warm- up
  • Watch Explore More Videos: History of Money; Paper Money Intro; Secrets of US Money Intro.; International Currency Intro
  • Begin World Currency Research Project (due on Wednesday)

Wednesday 2/24:

I can research and report on other countries currency.

  • Warm- up
  • Complete World Currency Research Project (due today)

Thursday 2/25: 

I can explain why we can’t just print money to make everyone rich. 

  • Warm- up
  • Read “Why can’t we just print a bunch of money to make everyone rich? – Daniel 8” article
  • Design a new dollar bill
  • Exit Ticket

Friday 2/26:

I can define economic vocabulary words. 

  • Economics Vocabulary Sheet (words from resources to counterfeit). (Class Notebook)

Social Studies 2/15-2/19

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Students will continue the economic unit and will be learning about supply and demand
 
This week's Social Studies to-do's:
1. Democracy Weekly Week 19 Newspaper articles
2. Daily Writing Response
3. "2-17 Goods and Services Sort" (Graded)
4. Democracy Weekly Week #19 Test (Graded)

Social Studies for 2/8-2/12 Maslen

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Students will continue the economic unit and will be learning about consumers and producers.
 
This week's Social Studies to-do's:
1. Democracy Weekly Week 18 Newspaper articles
2. Daily Writing Response
3. "2-11 Let's Write" (Graded)
4. Democracy Weekly Week #18 Test (Graded)

Social Studies Week of 2/1-2/5 Maslen

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Students will begin the economic unit and will be learning about resources.
 
This week's Social Studies to-do's:
1. Democracy Weekly Week 17 Newspaper articles
2. Daily Writing Response
3. "2-3 Average Annual Precipitation"
4. Highlight all proper nouns in Week 17 Newspaper
5. Democracy Weekly Week #17 Test

Social Studies for Week of 1/25 - 1/29

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This week, students will be learning about justice and tolerance.
 
This week's Social Studies to-do's:
1. Democracy Weekly Week 16 Newspaper articles
2. Three Takeaways (M & W)
3. 1/26 Let's Write or Write Your Own Song (class notebook or on newspaper)
4. In-class discussions
5. Democracy Weekly Week #16 Test

Social Studies 1/18-1/22

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No School on Monday.
 
This week, students will be learning about Eleanor Roosevelt, humanitarianism, and the United Nations.
 
This week's Social Studies to-do's:
1. Democracy Weekly Week 15 Newspaper articles
2. Three Takeaways (W)
3. 1/21 Mapping and Charting (class notebook or on newspaper)
4. United Nations Notes
5. Democracy Weekly Week #15 Test