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School Calendars Around the World. Joey 5 th grade Mrs. Branin. Bring your School Calendar file/data table & graph on this slide Insert > Object > Create from file > Browse > H: > Grade level folder > Math > School Calendar. You need a picture/image on you presentation
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School Calendars Around the World Joey 5th grade Mrs. Branin
Bring your School Calendar file/data table & graph on this slide Insert > Object > Create from file > Browse > H: > Grade level folder > Math > School Calendar
You need a picture/image on you presentation What are you going to use? A QR code or website to get a image of your country? Maps Around the World http://www.worldatlas.com/nations.htm
United States Hours in School
United States School DaysComparing Facts • The United States goes to school 180 days a year • September to June • There are four marking periods? • How many weeks • 8:55 – 3:40 • United States students attend school 13 years, from kindergarten to twelfth grade. • How long are you in school? • Elementary • 1st-5th grade • Middle School • 6th -8th grade • High School • 9th -12th grade • Bonus: How many hours do you go to school in a total school year?
Australia’s School DaysComparing Facts • 200 days a year. • January to mid December • Four terms, nine-elevenweeks • Time of school day is from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. • Required 11 years, but attend 12 years • Elementary • 1-6 years • Secondary School • 7-12 years Australia
Japan’s School DaysComparing Facts • 210 days a year. • April to July • 3 terms • with breaks in the summer, winter and spring terms • 8:30-3:15 • Required 12 years • Elementary • 6 years • Middle School • 3 years • Secondary School • 3 years Japan
France’s School DaysComparing Facts • 195 days a year. • 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. • No school on Wednesday or Sunday, and a half day on Saturday • August to June • Four terms • Primary grades, 6th to 11th France
United Kingdom’s School DaysComparing Facts • 195 days a year. • 8:55 – 3:15 • Six terms • Primary school is 4 -11 years • Children wear school uniforms • Primary school • four to eleven years United Kingdom
China’s School DaysComparing Facts • 200 days a year. • Great deal of technology education • 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. • September to mid July • Two hour lunch break • Twenty one students in each class China
Choose a CountySouth Korea School DaysComparing Facts • days a year. • March to February • 2 terms, 44weeks • 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. • Students help clean their classes after school. • Each room has 30 students. South Korea
Save your project as a .pdf and Publish on Student Web Page Get multimedia presentation ready to display • Peer Edit your presentation • Check your slides carefully for correct information • Spell check • Add background • Check the rubric for anything you might add • Office Button • Hover over Save As > PDF > Publish • Open your Site Manager • Create a new flex editor page • Name it Comparing School Calendar • Organize it under School Calendar • Type descriptive paragraph of your project and link a word to your .pdf file.
Answer blog question on your Teacher’s Web Page • Ask question “What would it be like to go to school in South Korea?” • What country would you like to go to school in and why? • Write a paragraph about a school year in an another country on your student web pages • Open Site Manager • Create new page (flex editor) • Name of country • Organize it under school calendar and SAVE
Make a QR code for another country • http://www.qrstuff.com/