FunDay Friday, December 20th

Agenda: **Please leave EVERYTHING outside today.** Homework: None, have a wonderful Holiday Break with friends and family!

Thursday, December 19th

Agenda: **Please leave EVERYTHING outside today.** Homework: None.

Wednesday, December 18th

Agenda: *iPad Day* Also bring in your silent reading book too please. Use first half of class to finish Indian Ocean Map activity. When it's done, please show me and then you can silent read. We'll discuss importance of this map at the end of class. Homework: None.

Tuesday, December 17th

Agenda: *iPad Day* Day 2 of Indian Ocean Mapping Activity. **Please bring in your colored pencils today/tomorrow** Just like yesterday, you are welcome to work with a partner or individually. You will have tomorrow to finish it up. It'll be due by the end of class tomorrow. Homework: None.

Monday, December 16th

Agenda: *iPad Day* Weekend Wrap-Ups first. Then explain Indian Ocean mapping activity and start on it as a class. Once you get a hang of it, we'll be working individually or with a partner for the rest of class. Make sure you're using the interactive map I've posted on Google Classroom. Don't stress about finishing it today, you'll have all class tomorrow to work on it too. Homework: None.

Friday, December 13th

Agenda: Please bring your backpacks into class today. Homework: None.

Thursday, December 12th

Agenda: Please leave your iPad outside today. We're going to be watching a documentary about Ancient China and the Emperor's Tomb to remind you of what you learned last year. After the documentary is done, we'll discuss. Homework: None.

Wednesday, December 11th

Agenda: *iPad Day* Take first 15 minutes of class to complete your Processing paragraph. Then we'll be sharing your paragraphs as a class. After this I'll be walking around class to check your Gupta Empire packet for credit. While I'm checking, please start reading the article on The Gupta Empire that I assigned on Newsela. After I'm done checking, we'll read it together as a class and discuss. Homework: None.

Tuesday, December 10th

Agenda: Please sit with your group. The only iPads that come into class are those 5 that are going to be used to present. Continue/finish group presentations while the rest of the class takes notes on each section. When all groups have presented, start on processing paragraph to wrap-up this mini-unit on the Achievements of the Gupta Empire. Homework: None.

Monday, December 9th

Agenda: Weekend Wrap-ups, then take 15 minutes to make sure your group is ready to present. Start presenting your Section from the Achievements of the Gupta Empire (take this seriously, remember it's a group grade). As the group is presenting, make sure you're filling in their section on the sheet. Homework: None.

Friday, December 6th

Agenda: *iPad Day* Get back with your group that you were assigned to yesterday. Then I'll explain the manner in which you will present this project to your classmates. From there, you'll use the rest of the class period to prepare your group presentation. BE READY TO PRESENT AT THE START OF CLASS MONDAY. Homework: Finish your group presentation and be ready to go first thing on Monday.

Thursday, December 5th

Agenda: *iPad Day* Start by doing Gupta Empire Q.'s Preview and Section 1 together as a class. Then work with your partner group on focusing on ONE section from Sections 2-8 (based on the number of your group). Homework: None.

Wednesday, December 4th

Agenda: *iPad Day* To begin class we'll share your Critical Thinking answers that you wrote yesterday. Then you'll complete the vocab. terms for the Gupta Empire. You'll need to look them up online to find the definitions for these terms. Then you can continue reading and highlighting the Google classroom reading on The Achievements of the Gupta Empire that you started at the end of class yesterday. At the end of class, we'll review the definitions for the vocab. terms as class. Homework: None.

Tuesday, December 3rd

Agenda: *iPad Day* Start class by sharing what you learned/remembered from the India Documentary we watched yesterday. Then work through the Geography Challenge for South Asia together as a class. If we finish before end of class, you can start reading/highlighting India chapter found in Google Classroom. Homework: None.

Monday, December 2nd

Agenda: iPads Stay Outside Today Please. Thanksgiving Week Wrap-Ups. Then watch documentary on India (to remind you about what you learned last year). Make sure you're taking bullet point notes during the doc. please. Homework: None.