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24 May d5 We did the landforms test. We finished writing about the wind and rock cycles. We discussed how you can measure the development of a country in today's world, and stuck the information in our notebooks. Absent: Valentina

21 May d2 We finished the timezones worksheet and wrote about the water cycle. Absent: Sofía V

17 May d6 We finished the rivers worksheet and went over the school evacuation procedure. We went over the answers to the natural disasters and rivers worksheets. We saw the timezones video and started the time zones worksheet. We need to finish this in next class and check the continents timeline.

16 May d5 We watched a short video about the seasons and stuck the information in our notebooks.

10 May d2 Watch the Eyewitness video and answer the questions - give in your worksheet at the end of class. You can decide with the teacher whether you will all watch together or each at their own device. You can use the subtitles to help you. media type="youtube" key="nU__h1qqO5Y" width="560" height="315" //If this link does not work, please go to Youtube and search for **"Eyewitness Natural Disaster".** It is the first one that comes up.//

Absent: Felicity

8 May d6 We presented our future cities. We started the continents timeline, which must be finished at home.
 * Homework: Finish timeline**

7 May d5 We did the evaluation of civilizations.

2 May d2 Use the PowerPoint "Course of a River" (Unit 2 classroom materials) to fill in the words on the Rivers worksheet. Do the longest rivers in the world map using the atlas. Absent: Felicity, Valentina, Antonia, María Antonia

27 Apr d6 We played the landforms game and saw a PowerPoint about **Natural Landscapes** (Unit 3 Classroom Resources Natural Landscapes). We watched the video about the river severn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TwaEjAei4M and filled in the worksheet **Label Parts of the River**. (Unit 3 Classroom Resources) Absent: Paulina, Martín, Tomás, Natalia R, Antonia, Sofía V, María Antonia

26 Apr d5 No class - language day.

23 Apr d2 We did the quiz and the group game of landscapes. We watched the videos about landform formation and stuck the information about the centre of the planet and the types of mountains in our notebooks.

19 Apr d6 We did the landscapes activity. Finish it at home if necessary.

18 Apr d5 We wrote a table to go with the earth's spheres, watched Felix Baumgartner's stratosphere jump and wrote some information about the atmosphere.

13 Apr d2 We wrote the new unit information, checked notebooks were complete for unit 2, filled in the diagram of earth's spheres and talked about what we know about the earth. Absent: Valentina

11 Apr d6 We worked on the project. Absent: Felicity

10 Apr d5 We checked one project against the rubric to see what grade it would get, then we organised who needed to finish what in the group. There will be no more class time to work on the project. There will be an evaluation of the content and work process before the presentation on //**Thursday 26 April, Day 5.**//__
 * Homework: Finish the project and grade it against the rubric to ensure that you have included everything.**

5 Apr d2 We worked on the project. Absent: Felicity

3 Apr d6 We worked on the project. Absent: Felicity

22 Mar d5 We worked on the project. Absent: Valentina, Paulina, Andrés, Federico

15 Mar d2 We worked on the project. Absent: Valentina

13 Mar d6 We finished the table about the river valley civilizations and started to answer the questions about them.
 * Homework: Find out about the advances in the world today for the 5 characteristics of civilizations.**

12 Mar d5 We sorted portfolios and filled in the civilization table for Mesopotamia.

7 Mar d2 We got the tests back and wrote a reflection. We changed places and organised groups for the summative assessment.

5 Mar d6 We did the Africa/Asia test and talked about the summative assessment.

2 Mar d5 No class - convivencia

27 Feb d2 We practised for the maps test and stuck in information about the first civilizations. We played two games to practise primary and secondary sources. Absent: Andrés

23 Feb d6 We answered some questions about the activity, did a reflection about the prehistory project and stuck in information about primary and secondary sources.
 * Homework: Finish the maps and make sure the notebook is up to date for next week.**

22 Feb d5 We did an activity about primary evidence.

19 Feb d2 We filled in maps of Africa and Asia. Absent: Tomás, Valentina, Mariana, Sofía

15 Feb d6 We went over the answers for the video. We wrote about AC/BCE in notebooks. Absent: Tomás

14 Feb d5 No class - Ash Wednesday

8 Feb d2 We watched a video about Mesopotamia and filled in a worksheet. Absent: Paulina, Martín

6 Feb d6 We presented the Unit words and took notes in our notebooks. Absent: Federico

5 Feb d5 We did the prehistory eras sorting activity. Absent: Federico

31 Jan d2 We researched the unit words.

29 Jan d6 We presented our questions and research. We were shown the rubric for the next piece of work.
 * Homework: Bring your materials for the class: computer/tablet, scissors, glue stick, notebook**

26 Jan d5 We finished the research and the presentation. We will present our work on Monday. Absent: Santiago
 * Homework: Make sure the presentation is ready.**

23 Jan d2 We went over the rubric. We researched our question and started to make the presentations. Absent: Gabriella, Mariana, Sofía V
 * Homework: Research your question.**

19 Jan d6 We wrote the characteristics of a good question in our notebooks and analysed our questions according to these criteria. We choose the 5 best questions for research and 3 which were not good, explaining why they could not be researched easily. For the next class we will choose one question to research and make a short presentation about what we find out. Bring computers for the next class. Absent: Federico, Tomás, Valentina

18 Jan d5 We went over the exam and organised portfolios. Absent: Federico

15 Jan d2 We finished watching the videos and copied our questions onto a shared piece of paper for each group. We made a tally chart of the question words that we used and discussed what makes a good research question. Absent: Valentina

11 Jan d6 We wrote the Unit information, drew/wrote some examples of prehistory, took notes from a PowerPoint about prehistory and watched the first part of the video about first humans, writing and discussing some questions about what we had watched. We did a survey to see what question words we used most frequently - why 6, how 5, if 4, what 2, when 1 Absent: Martín, Antonia

10 Jan d5 Back to class sharing and activities. Absent: Martín, Antonia

7 Dec EXAM

30 Nov d2 We finished the portfolios and introduced the idea of history and prehistory - write and discuss own interpretations and dictionary definitions. Absent: Martín, Andrés, Gabriella, Valentina

28 Nov d6 We organised portfolios. Absent: Juliana

27 Nov d5 We organised portfolios.

22 Nov d2 We did atlas skills worksheet.

20 Nov d6 We started the atlas worksheet.

17 Nov d5 We wrote an evaluation of the projects Absent: Paulina, Sofía G, Daniel, Tomás, Mariana, Antonia, María Antonia

14 Nov d2 We presented the traffic projects. Absent: Aura

9 Nov d6 We presented the projects. One group is half-way through and another needs to do it.

8 Nov d5 We worked on the presentation of the project.

2 Nov d2 We worked on the presentation of the project. Absent: Sofía, Natalia M, Juliana

31 Oct d6 We finished all the surveys but some groups need to send them to me. We worked on questions 1 to 5. You need to finish all the research and start thinking about how to present your findings. Absent: Paulina, Sofía G, Natalia M, Juliana, Antonia
 * Homework: Finish research for questions 1 to 5**

30 Oct d5 Very short class - Futuro Colombia talk. We wrote a reflection about the mapping test and filled in the portfolio sheet. Absent: Andrés, Natalia M, Sofía G, Juliana, Valentina

25 Oct d2 We worked on the research and the survey questions. One group needs to work with Felicity on their questions. Absent: Paulina

23 Oct d6 No class - MUN simulation.

20 Oct d5 We completed 1, 2 and 3. We started to look for information about 4 and 2 groups worked on their surveys. Absent: Nicolás
 * Homework: Work on questions 1 to 4**

17 Oct d2 We finished the test and organised groups for the project. We worked on questions 1, 2 and 3. Absent: Daniel, Gabriella, Natalia R
 * Homework: Work on 1,2 and 3**

5 Oct d6 We did the mapping test.

4 Oct d5 No class - St. Francis Day.

29 Sep d2 We worked on the project, made a shared document and wrote information in it for question 2 in the rubric. Absent: Valentina, Antonia
 * Homework: Find out information for question 1 about Cali's traffic problems.**

27 Sep d6 We checked the answers for the crossword, got into new groups and went over the rubric for the final assessment.
 * Homework: Practise for the test on Thursday D6. You can use the link for the vocabulary quiz in Unit 1 websites to practise.**

26 Sep d5 We did the mapping vocabulary crossword, which should be finished next week. Absent: Natalia Rivera

21 Sep d2 We finished the questions about the history of mapmaking.

19 Sep d6 We saw a presentation about measuring time and space and started the reading comprehension about the history of mapmaking.

18 Sep d5 We did the atlas race worksheet.

13 Sep d2 No class - Prueba Saber.

Sep 11 d6 We went to the talk about traffic management in the auditorium.

Sep 8 d5 We checked the coordinates worksheet and South America map. We wrote about parts of the atlas. Absent: Aura

Sep 5 d2 We finished the coordinates worksheet and started filling in the South America maps which must be finished for next class. Homework: Finish map for D5 Absent: María Antonia

Sep 1 d6 We wrote about the parts of the map and started the coordinates worksheet. You must have finished the first part by next class, but we will do the coordinates work together in class. Absent: Santiago

Aug 31 d5 We did a treasure map activity and discussed the problems of making maps with no words. Absent: Santiago

Aug 28 d2 We learned how to make graphs in Excel and shared some of the graphs we had made, discussing any problems we had with the questions. We watched a part of the documentary Cosmic Voyage to look at the scale of the universe, which you can watch at home if you want: []
 * Homework: print and stick or draw graph in notebook for Thursday 31st d5**

24 Aug d6 We wrote the Unit information in our notebooks and wrote a list of all the reasons we make journeys. Each person has to think of a question they can ask the rest of the class about a journey and put the answers into a graph. It should be a closed question with about 4 possible answers. The question and the tally chart should be ready for next class so that we can ask as soon as we get to class and make the graph. Absent: Andrés

23 Aug d5 We organised a seating plan, looked at the wiki and played some geography games on the websites.

17 Aug d2 We did some get to know you activities. Absent: Paulina