1. Joey 5 th grade Mrs. Branin

2. Bring your School Calendar file/data table & graph on this slide Insert > Object > Create from file > Browse > H: > Grade level folder > Math > School Calendar

3. 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? http://www.worldatlas.com/nations.h tm

5. United States School Days Comparing 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  1 st -5 th grade ▫Middle School  6 th -8 th grade ▫High School  9 th -12 th grade Bonus: How many hours do you go to school in a total school year?

7. Australia’s School Days Comparing Facts Australia 200 days a year. January to mid December Four terms, nine-eleven weeks 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

9. Japan’s School Days Comparing Facts Japan 210 days a year. April to July 3 terms with breaks in the summer, winter and spring terms 8:30-3:15 8:30- Required 12 years Elementary 6 years Middle School 3 years Secondary School 3 years

11. France’s School Days Comparing Facts France 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, 6 th to 11 th

13. United Kingdom’s School Days Comparing Facts United Kingdom 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

15. China’s School Days Comparing Facts China 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

16. Choose a County South Korea School Days Comparing Facts South Korea days a year. March to February 2 terms, 44 weeks 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Students help clean their classes after school. Each room has 30 students.

17. 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. Save your project as a.pdf and Publish on Student Web Page

18. 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

19. Make a QR code for another country http://www.qrstuff.com/