Homework, Weekly plan, and Quiz

Homework for Sunday (California) and Monday (New York):

How did Sargon maintain control over his empire?

How did Hammurabi organize the laws of Babylon?

Read the Chapter again p120 - 125 and write a small paragraph for each question. 

(Internet research with pictures and oral explanation will be a bonus. No copy paste will be allowed.)

We have studied in class how the song relates to what the Social Studies Book has written on Mesopotamia. Please make sure the students listen to the song.

Next week we will be covering the geography of Mesopotamia.

Quizz will be on Monday 19th on Sumerian Inventions, Sargon, Hammurabi, and Geography of Mesopotamia. 

Please note that during the Parent-Teacher meeting I have told the parents that we will be working from the book and from external videos, And that there will be a combination of quizzes and presentations to make the Social Studies grade.

Also, note that there have been changes in the schedules of Grade 5 please make sure students come ready with the appropriate copybooks every day. Thank you for your understanding. 

SCHEDULE NEW YORK	SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WENESDAY	THURSDAY
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
Period 4
Period 5	ENGLISH	ENGLISH	ENGLISH		ENGLISH
Period 6	ENGLISH	ENGLISH
Period 7		SOCIAL STUDIES	SOCIAL STUDIES	SOCIAL STUDIES
Period 8

SCHEDULE CALIFORNIA	SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WENESDAY	THURSDAY
Period 1	ENGLISH	SOCIAL STUDIES	ENGLISH	ENGLISH	ENGLISH
Period 2	ENGLISH	ENGLISH
Period 3
Period 4
Period 5
Period 6				SOCIAL STUDIES
Period 7
Period 8	SOCIAL STUDIES

Homework

Please make sure that every student has his social studies book and copy book tomorrow. Many have forgotten it.

We have read silently in class pages 120 -129 and students should make sure to read all questions and be able to talk about the main points and general theme of the chapter in class tomorrow.

They should also come prepared and have understood the vocabulary of the chapter.

Announcement

Parents meeting will be postponed till monday, February 5th, 2018 at 3:00 till 5:00. This is because we are still waiting for the results of the Arabic exams. Thank you for your understanding.

Revision Week

Please make sure that the students are watching the videos from the blog, I have always put videos for different levels of understanding, so make sure you watch the appropriate level. The semester exam will cover Early Humans, Mesopotamia, and the 5 themes of geography of Egypt.

I will be revising with the children this week so please only have the students watch the videos. Thank you. 

Revision

Please make sure that all students come ready for revision week by making sure they watch all the video material since the begining of the year on this blog, please make sure to look in the blog archive. The social studies book can also be useful as we covered both the Early Humans chapter and Mesopotamia. Thank you. Enjoy your weekend.

Resources and Weekly Plan

Please have students look at this website for this week's project and continuation of our theme on Ancient Mesopotamia:

https://www.ancienthistorylists.com/mesopotamia-history/top-11-inventions-and-discoveries-of-mesopotamia/

Looking forward to seeing the different posters from grade 5! 

Homework for Tuesday 28th November

Social Studies Project on Mesopotamia: Sumerian Inventions 

Today grade 5 went to the computer lab to learn how to do research for their social studies project on the Sumerian Inventions. They are to make a poster on the theme and can be as creative as they want (creativity is a bonus). They will present their posters on Tuesday 28th of November, and will have to explain the 5 inventions, choose their favourite one and explain why. Bonus to those who want to also present an extra invention, as Sumerians invented many things. 

5 Inventions all students will have to present: 

1. Agriculture/Irrigation: Keywords for research are levees, gated ditches, canals, floods
2. Wheel: Keywords for research are pottery wheel and carts 
3. Writing: Keywords for research are clay tablets, stylus and cuneiform 
4. Calendar: Keywords for research are Zodiac, time and star chart
5. Plow: Keywords for research are seeder and oxen

I will be posting some websites for students to read information on each invention tomorrow, in the meantime please make sure each student tries to apply what we learned in the computer lab today and researches on his own, the different inventions. 

Looking forward to seeing the great Sumerian Inventions as presented by grade 5. The best poster of each class will be proudly hung on the class wall and the top 3 will receive a small prize!