Silent Conversations and Reading Notes

Hello! Today students were to come to class with the 8 vocabulary words completed on the Frayer Target (see previous post). More students than we would like didn't have this ready and unfortunately they couldn't participate in the silent conversation students had about it. Students had a silent conversation about the Frayer Target and then we discussed as a class some connections between the words. Likely, students noticed that this was not an easy task as the goal was to find connections between the words requiring them to know more than just the definitions of the words. Then students worked with their partner (or on their own) to complete the reading notes. Mrs. Cobb's class must have 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4 complete. Many students completed this before the end of class. We have decided to have the quiz on Thursday instead of Wednesday. Have a great day.

TGIF

Today students worked on their Frayer Target vocabulary terms sheet gathering definitions, writing sentences, and making simple illustrations. Any work on these should be completed at home and be ready for use on Monday. We also began work on the reading notes for chapter 4. We just completed the Preview page and are ready to dig in on Monday. Quiz Tip: The quiz is set for Wednesday and will cover the terms, the three concepts out of the five social studies themes (basic information), and there will be a free response question for the B-A+ level about the three concepts Culture, Government, and Economy.

Themes of Social Studies

Thursday students reviewed categorizing images into the 3/5 themes of social studies. We looked again at the themes Culture, Government, and Economics. They viewed the video The Middle Ages - Towns and recorded notes by placing the notes into the same three thematic categories. Finally, students began work on the Frayer Target to begin work on the vocabulary for chapter 4. A copy is included on the Edmodo post. Quiz Tip: The quiz for chapter 4 will take place on Wednesday of next week.

Big Concept Day

Today students completed a "Think, Pair Share" activity over the three concepts of Economy, Government, and Culture. I have included the handouts on the daily blog in Edmodo. We also began a video where they were required to observe and record images and or dialogue that could be connected to each of the three concepts. We just began the video and will conclude it tomorrow.

Assessment Day

Tuesday is complete. Today we took the assessment for chapter 3 The Role of the Church in the Middle Ages. Students read articles and historical fiction when they were finished. Tomorrow we will begin work in chapter 4 and look at Economic, Political, and Social aspects of the Middle Ages.

Frayer Model of Feudalism Vocabulary Completed!

Oops. This post belongs on Wednesday the 28th. Hello! Today students worked in their pairs again to complete the 4 boxes on the Frayer model for vocabulary as well as the picture of the word. Some classes were able to work on their gallery walk of the words to get the definitions copied and others were not. We complete this step tomorrow and work on the reading notes on the Role of Church in the Middle Ages. Students can and should begin working on learning the vocabulary words. The assessment will come early next week.

Review Stations

Hello! Today we spent the time reviewing in stations around the room. Students were reviewing vocabulary and reading notes with different activities in 10 min.rotations. Students completed an exit card discussing what they felt they needed to do tonight to prepare for the quiz and how long it would take them. This completed will be their ticket to take the quiz tomorrow. The basic level of the quiz will be the vocabulary. The rest of the quiz will be in the form of more complex multiple choice as well as short answer which should include the use of the content vocabulary. Study!