7B+2016+-+2017

May 24 day 6 We started the summative assessment. Absent: Nicolás S

May 22 day 5 We finished the worksheet although we couldn´t see the documentary due to internet problems. We saw a presentation about the first civilizations and organised portfolios.

May 19 day 4 We carried on with the documentary and stuck some information about first civilizations into our notebooks. Absent: Nicolás S, Nicolás de C

May 17 day 2 We worked on the documentary, which we have half finished. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxd8la_ancient-worlds-come-together_shortfilms Absent: Juanita, Samuel

May 12 day 5 We talked about the characteristics of civilizations, wrote about primary and secondary sources, stuck in the information about the first humans and maps of first civilizations, and started to watch the documentary about Mesopotamia.

May 11 day 4 We finished all the maps - what was not done in class must be finished at home. Absent: Nicolás S
 * Homework: Make sure the maps are complete and that your notebook is organised. 8 Maps: Africa political, Africa physical, Asia political, Asia physical, Americas, Colombia, Cali and Longest Rivers of the World.**

May 9 day 2 We evaluated the projects and did the map of the longest rivers.

May 4 day 5 We filled in the maps of Africa Absent: Felicity

May 3 day 4 We did the worksheet about the course of a river.

Apr 28 day 2 We watched some information about rivers and filled in the diagram of a river system.

Apr 25 day 5 We discussed what makes a civilization and copied the new unit information. We saw the Powerpoint about the first humans. We did a quiz of Colombia departments and named the rivers of Cali. Absent: Nicholas

Apr 24 day 4 We checked and finished the projects. They will be graded on Sunday.

Apr 20 day 2 No class - Language Day

Apr 7 day 5 No class - Copa de Amistad

Apr 6 day 4 We worked on the project. Absent: Martín, n, Samuel, Nicolás de G, Pablo

Apr 4 day 2 We finished the conclusions and started researching about whether CCB and Cali are prepared for earthquakes. Absent: Felicity, Nicholas

Mar 30 day 5 We wrote the conclusions for the tables and did the bibliography in APA format.
 * Homework: Finish the tables and their conclusions.**

Mar 29 day 4 We filled in the table of information about earthquakes.

Mar 27 day 2 We read the articles and filled in the tables. Absent: Daniel, Nicholas

Mar 22 day 5 We worked on the comparison table for earthquakes. Absent: Daniel, Nicolás S

Mar 21 day 4 We worked on the comparison table. Absent: Martín, Valentina, Mariana O, Estefanía, Sara

Mar 15 day 2 We organised portfolios. Absent: Nicolás S

Mar 10 day 5 We finished making the table and started reading the documents about earthquakes and sorting the information into the tables.

Mar 9 day 4 We thought of the reasons why earthquakes have different effects in different places and made a shared online document to write our ideas and to put the table.

Mar 7 day 2 We finished the time zones worksheet and talked about natural disasters and the next project.

Mar 2 day 5 We went over the map, got back the posters and sorted portfolios. We did questions 1 and 2 of the time zones worksheet which we need to go over. Absent: Helena, Mateo
 * Homework: Keep practising the Colombia map.**

Mar 1 day 4 We copied information about the seasons, got back our tests and wrote a reflection, saw a video about timezones and started doing the worksheet. Absent: Estefanía, Mariana O, Mateo

Feb 27 day 2 We learned about the seasons and wrote about them in our notebooks. Absent: Nicolás dC, Aitana, Samuel, Mateo
 * Homework: Fill in and practise Colombia map. For day 5 Thursday.**

Feb 22 day 5 We did the landforms test and organised portfolios. Absent: Martín, Alejandro, Nicolás S, Fernando, Isabella

Feb 21 day 4 We saw some information about how mountains are formed and stuck the information in our notebooks. We organised portfolios. Absent: Valentina, Sara, Martín, Juan Esteban, Nicolás S, Fernando, Estefanía
 * Homework: Practise for test tomorrow.**

Feb 17 day 2 We did the timeline of tectonic plates movement. Absent: Felicity, Nicholas

Feb 14 day 5 We got the grades for our History Trail projects and wrote a reflection. We checked the South America homework and saw a video about how the tectonic plates move.

Feb 13 day 4 We went over the answers for the definitions and practised the vocabulary by playing a game in groups.

Feb 9 day 2 We evaluated the posters and finished the definitions. These must be finished at home. Absent: Nicolás S
 * Homework: Finish definitions for next class day 4. South America map for day 5**

Feb 3 day 5 We wrote about the wind and water cycle and started the landforms worksheet. The definitions and diagram should be stuck in your notebook.

Feb 2 day 4 We stuck in a diagram about the atmospehere, wrote some information about it and saw Felix Baumgartner's space jump. We discussed problems with the history trails.

Jan 31 day 2 We made a table to go with the Earth's layers diagram and did a sorting activity using a Venn diagram to put objects into the correct layers. Absent: Nicolás de C
 * Homework: Think of a question about the Earth and research the answer using at least 3 sources. Make a small poster the size of a piece of paper or octavo of card showing the question and the answer written in your own words. There should be images on the poster and the bibliography should be presented in a small section of the front of the poster. On the back of the poster you must write why the question was a good one. For DAY 2 Thurs 9th Feb.**

Jan 26 day 5 We finished the brainstorm, thought up and discussed questions about the Earth and coloured a diagram of Earth's spheres.

Jan 25 day 4 We wrote the new unit information and started to do a brainstorm of what we know about the Earth and any questions that we have.

Jan 23 day 2 We put up our history trail. Absent: Samuel

Jan 18 day 5 This is the 9th class of the project. Everything must be finished for next week to put up in school on day 2 Monday 23rd. Today we evaluated the group work. Absent: Nicholas, Mariana R

Jan 17 day 4 We went over the exams and organised portfolios. Absent: Nicholas, Mariana R

Jan 13 day 2 We finished the maps and qr codes for the history trail. Absent: Juanita, Mariana R, Nicolás

Dec 6 EXAM

Dec 5 day 5 No school as the day finised at 1:30

Dec 2 day 4 Luisa Valencia came to talk to us about the early days of the school.

Nov 30 day 2 We worked on project.

Nov 25 day 5 We finished the navigational technology paragraph and worked on the project.

Nov 24 day 4 We worked on the project.

Nov 22 day 2 We worked on the project.

Nov 17 day 5 Work on project. Absent: Felicity, Juan Sebastián, Daniel, Nicholas

Nov 16 day 4 Work on project. Absent: Felicity, Juan Sebastián, Daniel, Nicholas

Nov 11 day 2 Start working on the project.

Nov 8 day 5 Introduce History Trail project. Write personal memories. Absent: Juan Esteban

Nov 4 day 4 No class due to storyteller.

Nov 2 day 2 We finish the paragraph about navigational technology. Absent: Felicity

Oct 27 day 4 We finished the comparisons and wrote the final paragraph. Absent: Juanita, Juan Esteban, Mateo

Oct 26 day 5 We started the comparisons of new navigational technology.

Oct 25 day 2 We finished the Map Makers work. Absent: Isabella

Oct 20 day 5 We did the map makers work that we need to finish. Absent: Aitana

Oct 19 day 4 We did a tour around the school thinking about what questions we could ask about the history of the school. Absent: Martin, Helena, Aitana

Oct 7 day 2 We discussed and wrote about our school memories.
 * Homework: Finish the memories and add photos**.

Oct 3 day 4 We wrote a reflection about the test and listed the ways we use to find our way around now. We practised using some scanning technology in our phones, and we need to discuss next time the sort of things that we could do with this technology. Absent: Aitana, Sara, Mariana R, Valentina, Estefania

Sep 29 day 2 We had 5 minutes extra to finish the test. We discussed the school's history and saw a Power Point about the first ways of measuring time and space. We wrote a list of all the ways we use nowadays to find our way around.

Sep 26 day 5 We finished the work about the planets and wrote information in our notebooks. We used the atlas to find countries then checked out answers using Google Maps or Earth. Absent: Daniel, Aitana

Sep 23 day 4 We did the mapping test.

Sep 21 day 2 No class - prueba saber practice.

Sep 16 day 5 We wrote some information in out notebooks about scale, coordinates and compass points. We saw some videos about planets and did an activity to sort out the solar system. We need to see the other video and write the information in our notebooks. Absent: Aitana

Sep 15 day 4 We finished the atlas race work.
 * Homework: Study for test for next Friday 23rd.**

Sep 13 day 2 We finished the coordinates work and started the atlas skils.
 * Homework: Mapping vocabulary online quiz. Find it in Unit 1 websites. For Day 5, Friday.**

Sep 6 day 5 We played a geography game in pairs, checked the homework and started the coordinates worksheet.

Sep 7 day 4 We filled in the diagram of lines of latitude and longitude and practised mapping vocabulary. Some people need to finish the homework properly.

Sep 5 day 2 We went over the homework and made a rubric to evaluate the work that we did in the reflection. We finished the crossword.

Aug 31 day 5 We worked on the crossword and went over the parts of the atlas. We will have five minutes to finish in next class.
 * Homework: Survey about Felicity for Day 2**

Aug 30 day 4 We did the mapping vocabulary crossword. Absent: Felicity

Aug 26 day 2 We explored the wiki for Grade 7 and for I and S. We discussed the graphs that we made in class and how to work well in groups. We sent an email to Felicity.

Aug 23 day 5 We made a treasure map and had to go and search for another group's treasure. We talked about what makes a good map and wrote the Unit information in our notebooks.

Aug 22 day 4 We talked about what bothers us in class, made a graph of the results and joined the Grade 7 wiki.

Aug 18 Day 2 We had our first class and did some introduction activities.