Creature Feature

Creature Feature: Poem in 2 Voices

Creature Feature Scoring Guide

This Week in Room 101

Core
Monday: Intro Creature Feature, Mayan Beliefs note taking
Tuesday: Creature Feature, Mayan Beliefs seminar (see related post HERE)
Wednesday:Creature Feature drawing due, Mayan writing, intro Incas
Thursday: Creature Feature, poems in two voices practice, Incas
Friday: Creature Feature poem DUE, Macchu Picchu Real Estate advertisement notes


Reading
Tuesday: Jabberwocky
Thursday: You are Old Father William


Wildcat Pride
Monday: Decades Day signs
Tuesday: Finish Decades Day signs (due Wednesday)
Wednesday: Community 101: Family Building Blocks meeting
Thursday: Community 101: Love Inc meeting
Friday: Community 101: Children First for Oregon meeting


Cultural Exploration
Monday: Finish "Bad Hair Day" art
Tuesday: making appointments in Spanish
Wednesday: new vocab
Thursday: new vocab practice 
Friday: art Friday

Mayan Seminar: May 8th

Seminar Questions
Please prepare notes for each question and be prepared to discuss your answers on TUESDAY MAY 8th DURING OUR MAYAN DISCUSSION. Participation in the discussion is required, these questions will guide you through the exercise. 

1.  The Maya built thousands of pyramids and the Egyptians less than one hundred.  Why are the   Egyptian pyramids so much more famous than the Mayan pyramids?  Why are pyramids associated with Egypt and not Central America?

2.  Pyramids played an important role in Mayan culture and life.  What was the significance of these pyramids?  how were they the center of Mayan beliefs?

3.  Pakal the Great was a Mayan king in the 7th century, and builder of one of the greatest  pyramids.  Why did Pakal build his great pyramid?  What was he preparing for with this pyramid?

4.  What is Chichen Itza?  Where is it located?  Why is this place so important to Mayan beliefs and   culture?

5.  To try to solve the mysteries of the Maya scientists and explorers go cave diving.  What are the  dangers of cave diving?  What precautions must divers take to ensure their safety?  Why is cave diving so dangerous?

6.  Many keys to the secrets of the Mayan world are in the Popul Vuh.  What are the Popul Vuh?

 7.  There are no temples or pyramids in Candelaria.  Why do scientists go to Candelaria to solve the mystery of the passage to the Maya underworld?

Helpful Links: 

(from http://www.whiteriver.k12.sd.us/FamilyResearch.htm)
The Palenque Project:  http://www.mesoweb.com/palenque/current_dig.html

Omniglot:  A Guide to Written Language:  http://www.omniglot.com/writing/mayan.htm

The Popul Vuh:  http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/pvuheng.htm

Palenque:  http://www.utexas.edu/cofa/a_ah/dir/precol/maya_palenque.html

Seminar Tips

• Speak so that all can hear you
• Listen closely
• Speak without raising hands
• Refer to the text
• Talk to each other and the middle of the circle, not just the leader
• Ask others for clarification. Don’t stay confused
• Invite and allow others to speak
• Consider all viewpoints and ideas
• Know that you are responsible for the quality of the seminar

Seminar Grade

 1. Student notes will be collected and checked for completeness but will not be graded

2. Students will be graded using the following rubric: 

Seminar grading rubric

Today's Lesson

Good Day Poodles,

1. Be AWESOME today. (It is May 4th. Star Wars Day)

2. For the website to work you need to do 2 things, first, get headphones, and second use Firefox or Google Chrome

3. Click HERE for the MesoAmerican Ballgame assignment, I will see you this afternoon.

-Miss B

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This Week in Room 101: April 2-6

 6th Grade Core

Monday - Friday in SS: create Google presentation

Monday - Friday in LA: study and prepare vocabulary for "Mondo-Octo Vocab quiz"

Tuesday: book Log Due

Wednesday: intro BARF (due April 11)

**April 11: Mondo-Octo (80 word vocab quiz)

Reading

Monday: Intro Shakespeare

Wednesday: Shakespeare's life and times

Friday: Shakespeare's life and times

Wildcat Pride

Monday - Friday: Finish Yearbook

Wednesday: Doernbecher committee apps due

Thursday or Friday: Community 101 funder visit

Cultural Explorations

Monday: Culturebook Rough Draft

Tuesday: Culturebook RD due

Wednesday: Culturebook Final Draft

Thursday: Culturebook Final draft DUE and present

Friday: Art Friday

Pneumonia and Your Grades...

Greetings to my wonderful students.

Just a quick note that I caught bacterial pneumonia the week before break and have spent the entire break resting, and getting better. Thankfully I am on the mend, and I will return to school tomorrow. I appreciate your patience, it is going to take a few days before grades are updated and things are back on track. Thank you for your understanding. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow and I look forward to seeing your parents at conferences April 11 and 12.

Miss B.