Showing posts with label field trips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label field trips. Show all posts

Friday, March 27, 2015

Field Trip to Austin


Students travelled to the State Capital to visit the State Capitol, the Bob Bullock Museum, and the Texas Governor's Mansion. Their behavior was exemplary and they were able to apply much of what they have learned so far this year to things they viewed at the three sites.

Assignment for Monday: Have a great weekend!

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Quiz-Ch. 15 Summary: The Civil War - Textbook Reading - Planning for Field Trip to Austin

Today our students:

  • Took the Quiz over the Chapter 15 Summary: The Civil War
  • Read Ch. 15, Sections 2 & 3 in the textbook, mentally filling in details about Texas and the Civil War

Assignment for Friday:
1. Finish reading Ch. 15/Secs. 2 & 3 on Texas and the Civil War.
2. Do some background reading in preparation for tomorrow's field trip to Austin. Click some of the links within the articles to explore further.

3. Be thinking about ways we can make our vist to these places as valuable a learning experience as possible. Write your ideas onto this Google Document.

4. No One-Pager due Friday or Monday.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Debate Prep - Science Field Trip


Today our Grade 7 scholars:
  • Had a few minutes to work in debate teams to prepare for Monday's Houston vs. Lamar debate
  • Attended the Mad Science performance at the Cultural Activities Center
Assignments for Friday
  1. Read pp. 3-12 in To Be a Slave & write on the Google Doc answers to any of the questions you would want to ask a slave. We will discuss the reading in class on Friday.
  2. Continue preparing for Monday's Houston vs. Lamar Debate by reading the Chart of Problems & Policies and writing your debate arguments and strategies. As mentioned in class today, you can also use the Chart/Timeline of the Presidents of the Republic of Texas.Work on this with your teammate.

Friday, January 23, 2015

Dads Rock - Ch. 8 Quiz - Silent Reading of Ch. 8

Still under construction, but perhaps useful. You can download it here. Zoom & scroll as needed.
Yes, it can now be revealed: all the rocking we did this week was for our students' fathers, who, after they got to eat their Doughnuts for Dads, received their limestone-mediated paperweights labelled "Dad Rocks." And don't worry, Moms, your day is on the way!

Students then did a bit of last-minute review for the Ch. 8 Quiz, focusing especially on the study aide 12345 made for his classmates.

Students then took the Quiz and after that, began reading Ch. 8 in the textbook: Growing Tensions Leading to the Texas Revolution. They were also asked to take notes pointing toward next week's debate: "Did the Texans have the right and good excuses to revolt against Mexico?"

Assignments for Monday
  1. Finish reading Ch. 8 and taking your Debate Notes. You can take the notes in any way that you feel best prepares you. One way might be to make a simple T-chart answering the debate question in one column saying "Yes" and another column saying "No." Be sure to write the debate question.
  2. Write 2-3 paragraphs summarizing our trip to San Antonio last week. Illustrate it if you can and post your writing and pictures at your blog. (I've been meaning for us to do this this past week but could never quite squeeze it in.)
  3. Have a great weekend!

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

San Antonio Field Trip Discussion - Discussion of Graphs of Population Growth 1821-1845 - Timeline of Mexican Period


Students continued their study of the Mexican Period by doing the following:

  • Discussed some of their preferences for tomorrow's field trip to San Antonio
  • Shared their analyses of the graph showing Population Growth in Texas, 1821-1845
  • Read and annotated a Timeline of the Mexican Period, 1821-1936


Assignments
For Thursday--Read and examine as much of the following as you can in preparation for the field trip to San Antonio:

Brochures of Missions
Mission San Jose Website
The Alamo Website
The Spanish Governor's Palace Website
Short Movies on the Spanish Missions in Texas
Institute of Texan Cultures
San Antonio Museum of Art


For Friday--Quiz over Chapter 7 Summary: Age of Empresarios



Monday, November 10, 2014

Field Trip to CAC


We checked to see that students had embedded their PowerPoints showing Spanish and French Exploration of Texas. Click here, here, and here to see the excellent results.

We then attended a performance of the E-Flat Porch Band at the Cultural Activities Center.

No Assignments Due