Five themes and other things

Today in my ELL Social Studies class I gave the students short oral quiz about the five themes of geography. F or the past week we have been defining and creating examples of the five themes (location, place, human/environmental interactions, movement, and regions). Some days were easier than others...the interactions day probably the hardest. So after going through regions (I cut up a map of the United States and then laminated the pieces) and that we can divide the earth into governmental, landforms, or directional regions; I I asked them about the different themes. They all seemed ready for the real quiz tomorrow. I don't expect their writing style to be very high, but since they have been learning note taking, maybe they will be fine on the written quiz.

My 8th graders are working on Point of View. They have a scenario and a character and must describe what happened in an accident in the first person point of view. Tomorrow all the different characters from the scenario will get together in a group to figure out what happened.The 7th graders had a free write today. Something I will be practicing with them every day. And then we will skim through the first couple of units in the text since some of them have already done units 1-3.

As for me....another busy weekend. I participated in a Radio Programming advisory panal ($50 for two hours!). Then went to the gym and worked out with my sister who was visiting (Happy Birthday, again) then more family stuff with brothers and sisters. I started to yawn by 7:00 and when i got home was falling asleep before 9:00. The typical teacher work day is still in effect for me on the weekends.

Lastly, a friend sent me this in one of those forwarding things (and no you do NOT have to send it on to twelve people while chanting)

St. Theresa's Prayer:

May today there be peace within. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content knowing you are a child of God. Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us.
Amen to that