Today students worked on longitude and latitude coordinates. We are preparing for the assessment tomorrow. Mrs. Cobb had some students working in computer lab finishing up some things. We also wrote and or scored the "Why did the Greeks colonize?" question by viewing a rubric lesson on three separate responses. Students looked at their response and compared theirs to the ones presented on the video. Remember, in order to score high on a written response you have to have the main idea correct (answer to the question) and show detailed information supporting your main idea. You also have to use content vocabulary in your response to show that you understand. A good paragraph response has all of these three elements and really explains the concept fully.
I will push out another practice set of coordinates so that you may practice or check yourself for understanding.
I also pushed out another quiz covering the longitude and latitude video clips. It is on your class period group.
Assessment Tips:
Practice using longitude and latitude coordinates by playing the "Hanna" game, work with Study Stack, or practice with a friend or family member using a map,
The assessment will include coordinates with which you will have to locate the city or country. It will also include the name of cities where you have to state the coordinates of their location.
This will be your first social studies grade.
Below is a video clip showing an example of how writing will be scored in Social Studies.
Sample Paragraph Scoring
Study Stack Practice for Longitude Latitude.
Study Stack Longitude Latitude Practice
