Last week (week of the 19th) we spent a lot of time focused on the theme of location. Students learned about and practiced their skills using absolute location (latitude and longitude) and relative location (where a place is near). Students used their skills to do a treasure hunt, and then wrote their own adventure story. For the adventure story, students had to use both absolute and relative location clues for me to follow them to 10 different locations. We also talked about the theme of place, focusing on climate and landforms.
This week (week of the 26th) we spent time setting up Gmail accounts for each student. We then focused on the theme of human-environment interaction (HEI). We watched and discussed Dr. Suess' The Lorax as part of our focus on HEI. On Thursday, we reviewed all 5 themes and reviewed for the quiz students will take on Friday!
Next week we will begin a discussion of culture.
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