Ms. Giles

May 13

6th grade - Make sure your Australian Flag is colored. Tonight work on the Unusual Mammals of Australia questions.

7th grade - Find 15 facts on Mongolia and the Gobi Desert.

 

May 11

6th grade - Workbook pages 226-227.

7th grade - Your country project is due tomorrow. You will be presenting to the class.

I hope everyone had a Happy Mother's Day! Here I am with my beautiful mother on Sunday.

May 4

6th grade - Read and answer the questions about Australia (worksheet).

7th grade - Continue to research your country. Finished projects are due Tuesday, May 12. Here are links to the Culturegrams and CIA Factbook:

http://online.culturegrams.com/secure/world/index.php  

 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html        

Download Country Project   

Here are some more photos from Istanbul:

Aya Sophia at Night

 

Can you see the ships and tankers behind me waiting in the Marmara Sea to sail up the Bosphorus to the Black Sea?

 

My red scarf came in handy - I needed it to enter mosques and also to keep my head and ears warm in the cold night air.

 

April 29

6th grade - Write about Eva and Juan Peron. List positive and negative things they did for Argentina.

7th grade - Finish Japan Map and Numbers sheets.

Week of April 20

There is no homework this week because I want you to get plenty of rest for the CRCT. If you want to review your geography, go to www.sheppardsoftware.com

Here are some photos from my spring break trip to Istanbul, Turkey.

 

Blue Mosque and Aya Sophia

 

Police tank protecting President Obama

 

Turkish police

 

My newest Turkish friend in front of a mosque

 

Tulips are the national flower of Turkey

Merhaba from İstanbul

İ hope everyone had a wonderful spring break! İ did not run into President Obama but İ did see some police tanks out ready to protect the area he was about to visit. Everyone in Turkey loves our new president. İ will see you later in the week with lots of stories and pictures to share with you and maybe even a little surprise.

April 2

6th grade - Finish the capitals of South America worksheet.

7th grade - Chinese characters and China word search sheets.

Have a wonderful Spring Break! I will see you on Thursday, April 16th. Be good.

March 30

6th grade - The sheet on Amazing Animals of South America is due on Wednesday, April 1.

7th grade - Study for Thursday's map test over East Asia (use the study map I gave you in class on Monday).

Photos from the last two weeks

  Arya's family - Happy Persian New Year

  Fun shirts from Jamaica

March 23

6th grade (this is not due until Wednesday, March 25): Workbook pages 60-61 and pages 62-63.

7th grade: Questions on Ancient Egypt. Are you excited about our upcoming field trip on Wednesday?