7B+2015+-+2016

May 25 day 1 We finished the drawings for Primary Evidence and discussed the difference between primary and secondary sources.

May 24 day 6 We did the History Detectives work.

May 19 day 3 We did the first part of the Primary Evidence work. We need 10 mins to finish the last drawing. Absent: Triana, María José, Santiago R, Mariana, Stella, Nicolás U

May 18 day 2 We finished Hammurabi´s Code.

May 17 day 1 We did the Hammurabi's Code activity and we need to finish answering the questions. Absent: Santiago R

May 16 day 6 We finished the documentary. Absent: Nicolás U

May 11 day 3 We started to watch the documentary and answer the worksheet about it. Absent: Nicolás N
 * Homework: Choose either the Africa or the Asia map. Choose 5 places from the political map and 5 from the physical map to investigate. Find out 1 interesting fact for each place (10 in total). Present the work with a map of the continent showing these places. The facts and images should be shown in an interesting way with images for each fact. It can be in your notebook or on a small poster, no bigger than 2 //octavos// of card. For Day 3 (19th May)**

May 10 day 2 We got back the project grades and wrote a reflection about it. We finished the atlas skills sheet. Absent: Mateo, Santiago R

May 5 day 1 We worked on the Mesopotamia crossword and atlas skills sheet. Absent: Gustavo, Camila, Juanita, Triana, Juan Pablo, Julián, Alejandro

May 4 day 6 We worked on the Mesopotamia crossword and atlas skills sheet. Absent: Mateo

Apr 29 day 3 We started the Mesopotamia crossword.

Apr 28 day 2 We saw a presentation and stuck in the characteristics of a civilization. Absent: Juanita

Apr 27 day 1 We saw the last presentation and discussed and wrote some information about characteristics of a civilization and being civilized. Absent: Triana

Apr 26 day 6 The class was rather short due to personal project and technical problems. We saw one presentation and evaluated two. Absent: Triana

Apr 21 day 3 We saw some of the presentations and evaluated them.

Apr 20 day 2 We finished the maps. Absent: María José, Paolo, Felipe, Gustavo

Apr 19 day 1 We handed in the projects, wrote the project evaluation and started the Asia maps.

Apr 18 day 6 We saw the powerpoint about the first humans and started the Africa maps. We need to finish the physical map.
 * Homework: Tomorrow you must hand in the Natural Disasters project. The country report must be printed.**

Apr 13 day 3 No school due to Día E

Apr 12 day 2 We discussed what we know about the first humans an wrote the Unit 3 information in our notebooks. Absent: Mateo

Apr 11 day 1 The final presentation was explained and we were given some more class time to improve the work, which must be presented next week.

Apr 8 day 6 We worked on the projects. Absent: Felicity

Apr 5 day 3 We worked on the conclusion and the country reports.

Apr 4 day 2 We compared what had happened in each country during the disaster to see whether being an MEDC or LEDC makes a difference to the outcome. We need to continue working on this and to find out any information for our country report that we now realise is missing. Absent: Mateo

Apr 1 day 1 We worked on the individual research for the natural disaster using the guiding questions. This should be finished for Monday.
 * Homework: Finish your report.**

Mar 31 day 6 We finished the table of MEDC and LEDC, writing why each country was MEDC or LEDC. We started to research the individual disasters.

Mar 17 day 3 We worked on the natural disasters projects although many people were absent. Absent: Mateo, Santiago R, Nicolás U, Juan Camilo, Camila, Juanita, Triana, Alejandro

Mar 16 day 2 We worked on the natural disasters projects. Absent: Mateo, Santiago R, Nicolás U

Mar 15 day 1 We sorted portfolios. We changed groups and were introduced to the final evaluation project.

Mar 14 day 6 We wrote information in our notebooks about measuring development and we filled in the table with the indicators using the atlas. Absent: Tomás José

Mar 9 day 3 We saw a video from one group, wrote a reflection about the work we did yesterday and discussed the earthquake comparison. Absent: Triana

Mar 8 day 2 We watched a video about natural disasters and answered questions about it. We wrote reflections about our rivers test. Absent: Triana

Mar 7 day 1 We checked and handed in the work and saw some of the presentations for #5

Mar 4 day 6 No class due to talk.

Mar 1 day 3 We did the rivers test.

Feb 29 day 2 We received out grades and feedback for the posters and continued to work on the projects.

Feb 26 day 1 We copied some information about the river systems of Colombia that we hadn't done and worked on projects. Next week we will correct and edit and do Question 5. You should have finished questions 1 to 4 by next class.
 * Homework: Start your mini-diary (Question 6), finish anything that needs to be done for Questions 1 - 4 and study for the test on Tuesday. **

Feb 25 day 6 We worked on the research about other rivers and how to look after the rivers.
 * Homework: Practise for next week's rivers test. Work on research for project.**

Feb 22 day 3 We worked on questions 1 and 2

Feb 19 day 2 We played a game to practise the rivers of Colombia and worked on question 1 of the Rio Cali project.
 * Homework: Question 1 should be finished for the next class. Start researching about //invasiones// on the river Cali so that you are ready for the next question.**

Feb 18 day 1 We finished the documentary and made a mountain and river system outside.
 * Homework: Watch the 3 videos showing the course of the river Cali and make notes so that you write the descriptions in class tomorrow.**

Feb 17 day 6 We watched the documentary to the piranhas in the middle course. We took a picture of the poster and need to print it.
 * Homework: Please print the photo of the poster. For next class.**

Feb 12 day 3 We did the worksheets about river systems. Absent: Felicity

Feb 11 day 2 We started to watch the documentary about rivers but it did not work very well. Absent: María José

Feb 10 day 1 We finished the map of Colombian rivers and did the one of the Americas. We will have 5 mins to finish the longest rivers of the world map in the next class.

Feb 9 day 6 We did the landforms test and peer graded the posters.

Feb 3 day 3 We did the Cali and Colombia river maps.

Feb 2 day 2 No class - assembly.

Feb 1 day 1 We finished the posters and practised for the landforms quiz. We checked our notebooks were up to date and discussed the rivers that we know. Absent: Camila, Nicolás N

Jan 29 day 6 We almost finished the posters. Absent: Camila

Jan 26 day 3 We worked on the posters.

Jan 25 day 2 We talked about an incident that happened in another class and started the pisos termicos posters.

Jan 22 day 1 We finished the landscapes matching.

Jan 21 day 6 We finished the questions and started the work on landscapes. We went over the homework and made a rubric of what the poster should be like together as a class.
 * Homework: Find information to make your pisos termicos poster for Monday in class. Practise the landforms vocabulary and take a screen shot of the results of the quiz in Unit 2 websites by Day 6**

Jan 18 day 3 We saw the video of the wind cycle and did the questions about the earth's changing surface. Some people need to finish. Absent: Mariana

Jan 15 day 2 We wrote some information about the atmosphere and the wind, rain and rock cycles and saw Felix Baumgartner's jump.

Jan 14 day 1 We went over the exams and organised portfolios. Absent: Tomás

Jan 13 day 6 We changed seating arrangements and got feedback for the posters that we made last year about Christmas traditions. Absent: Tomás, Alejandro V, Paola
 * Homework: Bring the printed Google Maps project (by Monday) and a copy of the Taller de Normas from CC for the portfolio. **

Dec 10 Exam

Dec 3 day 3 We looked at how erosion works and how mountains are formed and stuck the information sheet in our notebooks. Absent: Mateo

Dec 2 day 2 We saw a video about how the tectonic plates move and made a timeline of the movement of the continents. Absent: Mateo, Sara

Dec 1 day 1 We coloured a diagram of the Earth's layers and filled in a table about them. Absent: Sara

Nov 30 day 6 We did portfolios. Absent: Sara

Nov 25 day 3 We finished watching the documentary. Absent: Mateo, Triana, Nicolás N
 * Homework: Find out about at least 2 Christmas traditions in your country and write about them in your own words. Include pictures and a map to show where the country is. Include 2 references in a small bibliography (which may not be Wikipedia.) The work should be on a letter size piece of paper or an octavo of card to go on display. For Day 1. **

Nov 24 day 2 We talked about behaviour issues and carried on with the video. Absent: Nicolás N

Nov 23 day 1 We wrote the new unit information and started to watch the documentary "The Building of the Earth" (first 10 minutes) Absent: Santiago C

Nov 20 day 6 No class because the materials were not given to do it. Absent: Felicity

Nov 17 day 3 We went over the rubric, checked and handed in the projects. Absent: Santiago C, Mateo E, Juan Camilo G, Sara, Triana, Alejandro P

Nov 5 day 2 Last day to work on Google Maps project.
 * Homework: Finish project and send it to my email on Tuesday 17th. **

Nov 4 day 1 We worked on the Google Maps project. Absent: Felicity

Nov 3 day 6 We did the mapping test.

Oct 28 day 3 We started the Google Maps project, looking out how to find the house and evaluate the map of our neighbourhood.

Oct 27 day 2 We finished the Google Earth work and looked at how to do the Google Maps project. The rubric is in Unit 1 classroom materials and there are instructions for how to create a map in Unit 1 websites.
 * Homework: Read the rubric so that you can come prepared to start the work in the next class. **

Oct 26 day 1 We did an activity about international signage and played around the world to practise Colombian departments and capitals. We couldn't finish the Google Earth activity as nobody brought a computer. We were shown where to find the rubric for the Google Maps project. Some people still need to finish the time zones worksheet. Absent: Mateo
 * Homework: Time Zones and Coordinates worksheet for Wednesday Day 3. Practise for the test which will be next week. **

Oct 23 day 6 No school.

Oct 20 day 3 We finished the time zone worksheet and did the first part of the Google Earth activity.

Oct 19 day 2 We did the work on time zones, which some people still need to finish.

Oct 16 day 1 We copied the information about the seasons and saw videos about time zones. We started the first part of the worksheet. Absent: Camila
 * Homework: Bring a laptop with Google Earth installed on it for Monday if you can. **

Oct 15 day 6 We finished the Map Makers work and saw a video about the seasons. We stuck in the diagram of the seasons and wrote the title. Absent: Santiago C

Oct 2 day 3 We talked about what happened in the cinema. We worked on the questions about Map Making. Absent: Santiago C, Santiago R, Julián

Oct 1 day2 We worked on the questions about Map Making.

Sep 30 day 1 We read some information about the history of map making and started to answer the questions.

Sep 29 day 6 We finished the atlas activity and saw a presentation about measuring time and place.

Sep 25 day 4 We went to the cinema to see Magia Salvaje. Absent: María José, Juanita

Sep 24 day 3 We did an activity about the planets, wrote information in notebooks about the solar system and saw some short videos about the solar system. Absent: María José

Sep 23 day 2 We did the atlas race quiz. Absent: Nicolás U, Stella

Sep 22 day 1 We finished the presidents quiz. We did the scale work. Absent: Laura, Alejandro V, Stella
 * Homework: Write a review about the film Magia Salvaje. Write your opinion of it. What did you learn that you didn't know about Colombia? What made you proud/sad about Colombia? You should write at least a page. For Day 1 **

Sep 21 day 6 We did the work on coordinates for the presidents quiz, but we need to finish it. Absent: Alejandro V

Sep 16 day 3 No class - Wednesday timetable.

Sep 15 day 2 We finished the Colombia map and started to look at coordinates in the atlas. We need to check that everyone finished the scale activity. Absent: Laura, Sara, Santiago R, Mariana

Sep 14 day 1 We did the scale activity although some people did not finish. We started filling in the map of Colombia. Absent: Triana
 * Homework: Practise the map of Colombia (departments and capitals) by following the link in Unit 1 websites. Take a screen shot (press the key //ImprPant// and paste) of your result and send it in an email to Felicity. For Day 1 **

Sep 11 day 6 We did the worksheet about coordinates. We stuck in the paper about scale but didn't finish it.

Sep 8 day 3 We looked at the atlases and wrote mapping vocabulary in our notebooks. We went outside to see how we find north by pointing with our right hand to where the sun rises. We are then facing north. We labelled the lines of latitude and longitude map and saw quickly how to find co-ordinates on the map.

Sep 7 day 2 We checked the map was complete and made a treasure map with only symbols and drawings for another group to follow. 4 out of 5 groups managed to find the treasure before the lesson ended!

Sep 4 day 1 We checked the homework and finished the map of South America.
 * Homework: Practise the map of South America (countries and capitals) by following the link in Unit 1 websites. Take a screen shot (press the key //ImprPant// and paste) of your result and send it in an email to Felicity. For Day 1 **

Sep 3 day 6 We played a game in teams with the jigsaw of Colombia. We had a long discussion about rules and respectful behaviour. We started filling the maps of South America.

Sep 1 day 4 We did an activity looking at the attributes of our classmates. We assessed the posters according to a rubric that we made together for presentation and discussed how to work efficiently in groups. Absent: Stella

Aug 28 day 2 We checked membership of the wiki and email contacts. We made a poster of Colombia in groups that could be put in a different country to promote tourism in Colombia. The poster had to have a map and be attractive to look at so that visitors would want to come to Colombia. We had to finish the poster in the given time. Absent: Felipe, Stella

Aug 27 day 1 We wrote the Unit information in our notwbooks, joined the grade 7 wiki and went over the homework. Absent: Felipe, Stella
 * Homework: Send an email to Felicity at fbedford@ccbcali.edu.co. Join the ccbgrade7 wiki. Write a paragraph about the Individuals and Societies wiki saying whether you think it will be useful, what you think of the topics that you are going to study and how you think it could be improved. Do the crossword. For DAY 1**