Social Studies
FIRST SIX WEEKS
We have begun our Citizenship unit. We have covered the Great Seal of the United States, what the pledge means using synonyms and the Bill of Rights and Responsibilities as Citizens of the U.S.
TEKS: 5.18A, 5.26C, 5.25B
September 8 - 12
Citizenship
Monday: Vocabulary Spiral: Rights and Responsibilies
*definiations and drawings in class
Tuesday: Study Guide: Test on Thursday the 11th
Finish Citizen Abe (art activity using Rights and Responsibilities)
Wednesday: Play Jeopardy as reinforcement for the test
Thursday: Rights and Responsibilities test
*Rights: Bill of Rights
*Responsibilities: Your duty to the U.S.
*The Great Seal
*Some vocabulary
Friday: Vocabulary Spiral for Free Enterprise
Free Enterprise
September 15 - 19
Monday: Vocabulary Spiral pictures/cover
Tuesday: New Business Poster
Wednesday: Supply and Demand
Guess what I am
Students guess the vocabulary word using clues
Free Enterprise crossword
Thursday: Study Guide for test next week (keep at school till Monday)
Friday: Computer: Electronically Compare prices at Wal Mart, Target and Toys R Us
for a list of consumer products to find the best deal
Social Studies
Geography
September 22 -26
Monday: Review for test
1 VS Class game
Tuesday: Free Enterprise test
Wednesday: Vocabulary Sprirals / Geography / landforms, bodies of water, climates
Thursday: Spiral illustrations
Friday: Finish Spiral illustrations
September 29 - October 03
Geography
Monday: Landform Google: using google earth the students will get a birds eye view of landforms
around the world
Tuesday: Video: American Landscape/ Physical features of the United States
Wednesday: Landform map : The students will lable and color a map with landforms and bodies of
water
Thursday: Cross Section of the United States
Discuss elevation, sea level and elevation key
Friday: Atlas Scavenger Hunt
October 6 - 10
Geography
Monday: Bodies of water map
*Rivers, lakes, bays, gulfs, oceans and Great Lakes
Tuesday: Study Guide for Landform Test
Wednesday: TEST over LANDFORMS and BODIES OF WATER
Thursday: Study Guide: Atlas map keys and terms
Friday: Open book test over Atlas , keys, and terms
October 13 - 17
Native Americans