State PowerPoint Project Presentations
Today you are going to present your PowerPoint Projects. Hopefully we will get through about half of them today and then we will finish the rest of them on Monday.
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Week 1
Last Day of State PowerPoint Project
Today is your final day to work on the project. We will start presentations tomorrow.
When you finish, look at yesterday’s post. It has information about where to save your presentation and it gives you some tips to look over to make sure that you are finished.
Week 1
State PowerPoint Project
Continue working on the project. Some of you will possibly get finished today. If that happens, check the bottom of this entry for directions on things to check before turning in your project.
Tips
- Don’t use complete sentences in the PowerPoint. Remember you are going to be presenting these to the class, so you can tell us information that isn’t included on your slides
- You may take a notes page with you whenever you present. If you finish your PowerPoint, make sure your notes page is ready too.
- Whenever you think you’re finished, double check the Scoring Guide that was posted on Monday. Make sure you have followed directions on each part of your PowerPoint.
- Make sure your interesting/important facts are actually interesting/important. If you don’t think they are, chances are I won’t either.
When You Think You’re Finished
If you think you’re finished:
-Go back and double check the Scoring Guide
-Do you have enough pictures?
-Did you use too much text?
-Are your interesting facts actually interesting?
If you feel comfortable and confident in your project, turn it in.
Week 1
US PowerPoint Project
Continue working on your projects. Remember you want to use as few words as possible on your actual PowerPoint. You can make notes to use during your presentation.
Tips
- Don’t use complete sentences in the PowerPoint. Remember you are going to be presenting these to the class, so you can tell us information that isn’t included on your slides
- You may take a notes page with you whenever you present. When you finish your PowerPoint, make sure your notes page is ready too.
- Whenever you think you’re finished, double check the Scoring Guide that was posted yesterday. Make sure you have followed directions on each part of your PowerPoint.
- Make sure your interesting/important facts are actually interesting/important. If you don’t think they are, chances are I won’t either.
Week 9
US State Google Slides Project
For this project we will research a specific state and then we’ll create a Google Slides presentation. You can access a template to work off of in Google Classroom. Before you begin, I’m going to show you the “Do’s and Don’ts of PowerPoint”.
You are going to research a state and create a Google Slide about it. Here are your directions and the scoring guide: US States Project
Resources
You may use the internet to find information and pictures about your state. Below are a couple of resources that will guide you to the information you need.
Here’s a link that might give you some information about your state.
If you want to see the “Do’s and Don’ts PowerPoint” you can access it here: PowerPoint Do’s and Don’ts
Making a PowerPoint without typing everything you want to say is a new concept to you. Look at this example to see how you might want yours to look. Which slide would better keep an audiences attention? PowerPoint Example
Week 9
Continue Working
Most students didn’t finish the US Regions assignment from yesterday. There are also several students that still need to finish the US Map assignment. Today you need to try to get those finished because on Monday we are starting a project.
US Language Quiz
After you turn your assignments in, I want you to take this language quiz for fun. This quiz tells you where in the US you get your speech habits from. Depending on where you live in the United States, you use different words or pronounce words differently. Your family’s history on where they are from or have lived, greatly affects this. Whenever you finish, it will try to predict what part of the country you are from. When I took this quiz, it guessed that I was from Wichita, Springfield (MO), or Lexington. So it guessed the correct part of the country for me.
Both you and your partner will probably want to take the quiz so each of you can see if it can guess where you are from in the US.
If you have everything turned in, you can do what you’re always allowed to do:
-Read a book
-Work on Homework from another class
-Visit Class Links/Google Earth
Week 9
SLO Map Practice
Open up your SLO Map Practice assignment that you worked on yesterday. We are going to spend the first part of class going over it together.
US Regions
We will spend a couple of days learning about the different regions of the US. The United States can be grouped into 4 distinct regions. Each region has their own geographical and cultural characteristics that make them different from the other regions.
You need to read this digital PowerPoint book: US Regions PowerPoint Book
After you read the PowerPoint book, you need to complete the US Regions comparison chart that is in Google Classroom. Since this is a graphic organizer that is meant to show a comparison, you don’t need to write in a complete sentence. Use a different color font for each region. That means you should use 4 different colors of font on this assignment.
Week 9
Extra Credit Opportunity
You won’t be allowed to work on this during class. It must be completed outside of class.
- This will be due first thing on Thursday.
- This must be hand written.
- It must be CORRECTLY and COMPLETELY finished to get the extra credit points. If it is only partially complete, you won’t receive any points.
Extra Credit Opportunity! I had some students not prepare for the states and capitals test like they should have. This extra credit opportunity won’t make up for your poor test grade, but it will help it some. It doesn’t matter if you received an A or an F, you are allowed to do the extra credit opportunity.
Your assignment is:
1. On a blank sheet of paper number 1-50.
2. List the 50 states
3. Next to each state write the capital
4. Next to each capital write the postal abbreviation for that state
You won’t be allowed to work on this during class. It must be completed outside of class. This is due on Thursday. If you do this assignment you will receive 20 extra credit points.
Map Practice
One of our focuses this semester is learning how to read various types of charts, graphs, and maps. Today’s assignment focuses on this topic.
Go to Google Classroom. Do the SLO Map Practice assignment. Whenever you finish, turn it in:
-Today you do not need to use complete sentences.
-Don’t forget about Alaska and Hawaii whenever there are questions asking you to find certain items in the US. It’s easy to forget about them since they aren’t in the main part of the US.
Week 9
States, Capitals, and Postal Abbreviations Test
Today we are taking our states and capitals test.
Your username is your first name, your last name, 306 There are no commas and no spaces. For example, my username would be: jacobosborne306
Yours should look exactly like that except you will insert your first and last name instead of mine.
You must use your official school name. For example, if your name is William, but you go by Will, you must use your proper name William.
If you have 2 last names make sure you use both last names on your log-in. For example: If your name is Jose Reyes-Lopez, you would need to put josereyeslopez306.
Your password is your Mosis #.
Whenever you finish your test press “Submit”. You don’t have to tell me or show me your score. I have access to all of the scores.
The secret word is: states
After the Test
There is to be no talking! Chances are very high that there will be students that will take the entire hour to finish their tests. Today, if you finish early, you may play Cool Math.
Week 8
Common Assessment 1
Today we are going to take our 1st Common Assessment. You can access it at this link. If you don’t know your username and password, right-click on this link and then select “open in new tab”. That way you can switch back and forth between the testing website and this website to read the directions.
Your username is your first name, your last name, 306 There are no commas and no spaces. For example, my username would be: jacobosborne306
Yours should look exactly like that except you will insert your first and last name instead of mine.
You must use your official school name. For example, if your name is William, but you go by Will, you must use your proper name William.
If you have 2 last names make sure you use both last names on your log-in. For example: If your name is Jose Reyes-Lopez, you would need to put josereyeslopez306.
Your password is your Mosis #.
Whenever you finish your test press “Submit”. You don’t have to tell me or show me your score. I have access to all of the scores.
I will tell you what the “secret word” for this assignment is whenever I’m ready for you to begin.
After the test
Do not use the internet or any resources for this assignment. This isn’t for a grade. This is for practice to show you how prepared (or unprepared) you are for the test. The test will be Monday!
Take this practice quiz. If it asks you to log-in, use the same log-in from the the Common Assessment.
The secret word is: practice2
After you finish your quiz, look at the chart below and compare to how many you got correct to see what your letter grade would be if this was an actual test.
23-25 = A
20-22 = B
18-19 = C
15-17 = D
14 and below = F
After you have taken the practice test you need to go to the Class Links at the top of this page. Inside of “Links” scroll down to United States, Capitals, and Postal Abbreviations Practice and select any one of those 4 activities to work on until the end of the hour.
State and Capital Test on Monday
Study for your states and capitals test. On the test you will have 3 sections:
1. Match the state to the capital (20 questions)
2. Match the state with the postal abbreviation (10 questions)
3. Identify states on a map (20 questions)