Water for South Sudan

We have been listening to the book, A Long Walk to Water in Social Studies.  This book tells the story of Salva Dut, a "Lost Boy" of Sudan, and his work to bring clean water to his home country.

I have made a donation in honor of my students to his non-profit, Water for South Sudan.  Many of the kids were interested in doing this as well.  There is no pressure to donate, but I wanted to make the link available for those who were inspired to help after learning about the hardships and illness that plague those who live without clean water. 

There is also a brief video of his story if you are interested.


http://www.waterforsouthsudan.org/salvas-story/

Sub Saharan Africa Map Quiz

Reminder:  The quiz is 4/11.  We are not making a political map for this unit, so use the one in the textbook, or a current one from online to study.

These are the physio-graphic features from the map that may be on the quiz and unit test:

water features

Red Sea                             Mediterranean Sea                          Gulf of Guinea                  

Mozambique Channel       Indian Ocean                                   Atlantic Ocean

Nile River (all)                  Niger River                                      Congo River 

Lake Victoria                    Victoria Falls                                    Zambezi River

mountains 

Atlas Mountains, Ethiopian Highlands, Mt. Kilimanjaro.

deserts

Sahara, Namib, Kalahari

other

Congo Rain-forest, Sahel Zone

These are the countries and capitals than may be on the quiz and unit test:

Sudan  - Khartoum
South Sudan  -  Juba
Ethiopia
Somalia
Kenya  - Nairobi
Tanzania
Madagascar
Mozambique
South Africa (not to locate, but we will discuss: Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein)
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - Kinshasa
Nigeria
Ghana

4th Nine Week Important Dates

As always, I will add and update as needed, but this should be the big things.

Friday, 3/30 - No School
Friday, 4/6 - Sudan/ A Long Walk to Water/Lost Boys Quiz
Wednesday, 4/11 - Africa Map Quiz
Friday, 4/13  Tuesday 4/17- Africa Inspired Art Due, BOC
Wednesday, 4/18 or Friday, 4/20 - Africa Unit Test Friday, 4/27

Early May - Asia Map Quiz
Wednesday, 5/9 - Censorship DBQ
Monday and Tuesday, 5/14 & 15 - STAAR Testing for 6th grade
Wednesday, 5/23 - Asia Unit Test
Monday, 5/28 - No School
Tuesday - Friday, 5/29-6/1 - Final Exams - On Thursday, it is a normal schedule until 5th period, and then they skip Activity and go directly to 8th period for the exam. On Wed. - Fri., 6th grade has two exams each day followed by lunch then Activity with a 12:30 dismissal.
Wed. 1st and 4th     Thu. 2nd and 5th    Fri. 7th and 3rd (yes, in that order) 😀

Sub Saharan Africa Reading and Videos

3/19 - We previewed Sub Saharan Africa and East Africa with pages 616-622 and 634-641.

3/20 - Textbook pages 650-653

3/20 - 3/29 - We will be listening to the audio book of A Long Walk to Water.  If you are absent, please borrow a paper copy of the book to catch up.