Social Studies
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Physical Maps
Lesson Outline
Jackson finished his reading and discussing Social Studies Weekly Lesson 5 about physical features on a map. He took a test over this unit.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
We will discuss land use.
Lesson Outline
We will talk about residential, industrial, and commercial uses of land and look at pictures to support these concepts.
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
We used pictures to illustrate the types of land use that we talked about.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Human Features in Geography
Lesson Outline
We will study how humans have an impact on geography. We will talk about where people live and how others locate them.
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
We explored locations starting with a home address, city, state, country and continent. We discussed activities people are involved in outside of the home.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Landforms Physical Feature Bodies of Water Climate Map
Lesson Outline
Jackson is learning about the physical world. He is studying about the different landforms and climates and how they are displayed on a map.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Social Studies Weekly News Magazine Week 5
Lesson Outline
Jackson began reading and discussing his Social Studies Weekly Magazine Week 5.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Map and Globe Skills Latitude Longitude Equator Prime Meridian
Lesson Outline
Jackson completed reading and discussing his Social Studies News Magazine Week 4. He took a test over the material covered.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Weather and Climate
Lesson Outline
We will discuss weather and climate and compare and contrast the two terms.
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
We discussed weather and climate, but we need more time to compare and contrast them.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Map Skills Globes Flat Maps Physical Maps Legend Scale Compass RoseTitle
Lesson Outline
Jackson finished reading and discussing his Florida Weekly reader about map skill, and how to read globes and different kinds of maps.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Continents
Lesson Outline
We studied the continents by finding their location on a globe, identifying countries in each continent, and identifying languages associated with the countries.
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
We completed the items listed in the lesson outline.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Map Skills Globes Flat Maps Physical Maps Scale Compass Rose Oceans Continent or Country
Lesson Outline
Jackson worked on map skills, locating places on the map, knowing the difference between a continent and a country, how to use a compass rose, how to use a scale, and recognizing the difference between a globe, a flat map, and a physical map.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45