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Ms Gorczyca Unit Overview
Ms Gorczyca Unit Overview
Day 2, Monday:
Day 3, Tuesday:
-40 minutes
-6 G1.2.1, 6-G1.2.5, 6G1.2.6 (Social Studies)
-Major landforms, and rivers,
of the western hemisphere
-Possible questions we could
ask during the mystery skype
challenge based on
information from this lesson
(Skype, 2015).
-70 minutes
-MS-ESS2-6, 6-G1.2.6
(Science and Social Studies)
- Oceanic circulation and
regional climates
-Possible questions we could
ask during the Mystery Skype
challenge based on
information from this lesson
Day 7, Monday:
-40 minutes
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.RP.A.3
, 6-G1.2.6 (Math and Social
Studies)
-Ratio reasoning
-Distance scales on maps
-Possible questions we could
ask during the mystery skype
challenge based on
information from this lesson
Day 8, Tuesday:
-70 minutes
-6-G1.2.6 (Social Studies)
-Mystery Skype preparation
day
-Putting all the pieces
together
-Choosing our questions
-Recalling characteristics of
our place
Day 4,
Wednesday:
-65 minutes
- MS-ESS1-1, 6-G1.2.6
(Science and Social Studies)
- Earth-sun models
-Seasons
-Possible questions we could
ask during the mystery skype
challenge based on
information from this lesson
Day 6, Friday:
-80 minutes
-6 G2.1.1, -6-G1.2.5, 6G1.2.6 (Social Studies)
-Describing climates of the
Western Hemisphere
-Possible questions we could
ask during the mystery skype
challenge based on
information from this lesson
-45 minutes
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.RP.A.3
, 6-G1.2.6 (Math and Social
Studies)
-Ratio reasoning
-Scaled drawing of our
classroom
-Possible questions we could
ask during the mystery skype
challenge based on
information from this lesson
Day 9,
Wednesday:
Day 10,
Thursday:
Materials needed:
computer with webcam,
Skype downloaded to
computer, projector, Mystery
Skype Scoring Guide, My
Guess Worksheet, Objectives
Ranking Sheet, Objective
Day 5, Thursday:
Materials needed:
Weather Song-What is
Climate? YouTube video
(Vektorgt, 2010), Day 5
Objectives Sheet, iPads or
laptops, projector, sticky
notes, Show What You Know:
Climates Worksheet, Show
What You Know: Climates
Worksheet Answer Key, MiniPresentation Rubric,
Presentation Preparation
Teacher Check and Partner
Climate Matching Game
Formal Formative Assessment
-95 minutes
-All expectations being used
-Culminating activity: Mystery
Skype challenge
-Using geographical inquiry
skills in a real world situation
-Review for summative
assessment
Introduction Day:
-45 minutes
-6-G1.2.5 (Social Studies)
-Essential questions
-Our goal for the unit/how we
will get there
-Review and explore maps,
Google Earth, Google Maps,
etc.
Materials needed:
projector, white board,
document camera,
rulers/yard sticks, scissors,
newspaper comics, Spring
Arbor University Journal
(Bauman, et al., 2015), Day 6
Objective Sheet, Our
Classroom Drawn to Scale
Worksheet, Our Classroom
Drawn to Scale Scoring
Guide, Try it On Your Own
-70 minutes
-All objectives being used
-Written summative
assessment
-Reflecting on the mystery
classrooms place
-Reflecting on our unit and
revisiting essential questions
Materials needed:
iPads/laptops, Summative
Assessment, projector, big
poster papers from
Introductory Lesson (Day 1),
markers, egg timer