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WEEK OF JUNE 3
- Monday: 5TH HOUR: Working on project; 6th and 7th HOUR: Go to this amazing website about life in the ghetto (you will want your headphones); Open, enable flash player if needed, and choose English. Then hit enter (thanks, Bryce!)
- Tuesday: Working on Europe project Here is an example Individual Country Project
- Wednesday: Finish and submit Europe project
- Thursday: Field Day activities
- Friday: Last day of school; Class awards
WEEK OF MAY 27
- Monday: NO School - Memorial Day
- Tuesday: Learning Target; CNN10; Introduce Europe Project and pick countries; Computer lab to turn in Greece/Rome webquest or work on project
- Wednesday: Learning Target; Cnn10; Computer lab for Europe project
- Thursday: Bellwork; Learning Target; Read about Holocaust; Pictures from Auschwitz
- Friday: Go to this amazing website about life in the ghetto (you will want your headphones); Open in chrome, copy website, and then open explorer. Paste web address in explorer
WEEK OF MAY 20
- Monday: Review for Post-test and South America map test; Rainforest Post-write
- Tuesday: POST TEST FOR UNIT 3; SOUTH AMERICA MAP TEST; CNN10;
- Wednesday: Begin map work and physical geography worksheets
- Thursday: Finish map work and physical geography worksheets; introduce Ancient Greece and Rome webquest CLICK HERE TO SEE THE GREECE AND ROMAN WEBQUEST
- Friday: Ancient Greece and Rome webquest. I now have a GOOGLE CLASSROOM. Here is the code you need to join my classroom (jcbyor). After you join, you should see the assignment posted to your page. YOU ONLY NEED TO DO SEVEN QUESTIONS!!
WEEK OF MAY 13
- Monday: Work on poster and presentation with group
- Tuesday: Presentation of rainforest project
- Wednesday: Presentation of rainforest project
- Thursday: SIP work and grading of project
- Friday: SIP work and grading of project
WEEK OF MAY 6
- Monday: Webquest on the Amazon Rain Forest - Research: Some of the websites are not working. Here are three other sites that will help you. The last site has GREAT information. Download some of the STUDY GUIDES and you will find AWESOME info!
1. http://iesicaria.xtec.cat/rainforest/index.htm
2. http://www.rainbird.com/documents/corporate/iuow/Rainforest-Curriculum.pdf
3. http://amazonteam.org/learningmaterials - Tuesday: Webquest on the Amazon Rain Forest - Research: Some of the websites are not working. Here are three other sites that will help you. The last site has GREAT information. Download some of the STUDY GUIDES and you will find AWESOME info!
1. http://iesicaria.xtec.cat/rainforest/index.htm
2. http://www.rainbird.com/documents/corporate/iuow/Rainforest-Curriculum.pdf
3. http://amazonteam.org/learningmaterials - Wednesday: Webquest on the Amazon Rain Forest - Research: Some of the websites are not working. Here are three other sites that will help you. The last site has GREAT information. Download some of the STUDY GUIDES and you will find AWESOME info!
1. http://iesicaria.xtec.cat/rainforest/index.htm
2. http://www.rainbird.com/documents/corporate/iuow/Rainforest-Curriculum.pdf
3. http://amazonteam.org/learningmaterials - Thursday: Channel One; Work on poster and presentation with group
- Friday: Work on poster and presentation with group
WEEK OF APRIL 29
- Monday: Map quiz on the islands; Worksheet on Music article
- Tuesday: CNN10; Powerpoint on the Dominican Republic
- Wednesday CNN10; Powerpoint on the Dominican Republic
- Thursday: CNN10; Finish Powerpoint on the Dominican Republic; Sample food from Dominican Republic; Pre-Write for Amazon Rainforest
- Friday: Read The Great Kapok Tree; Read pages 247-252 and do questions 1-5
WEEK OF APRIL 22
- Monday: Central America Notes; Central America Video
- Tuesday: Baseball video; Channel One; Readers Theatre on Puerto Rico and immigration; Listen to music from Puerto Rico; Channel One; Notes on Puerto Rico; Readers Theatre on Dominican Republic and immigration; Listen to music from Dominican Republic
- Wednesday Channel One; Notes on Dominican Republic; Channel One; Readers Theatre on Cuba and immigration; Listen to music from Cuba; Study for quiz on Friday
- Thursday: Notes on Cuba; Readers Theatre on Jamaica and immigration; Listen to music from Jamaica; Notes on Jamaica; Worksheet on Readers Theatre - due tomorrow
- Friday: Finish Jamaica notes; Learn to Dance: Merengue; Bachata; Salsa (5th hour had questions instead)
WEEK OF APRIL 15
- Monday: Bellwork (review for Central America map quiz); New Learning Target; Collect Homework; Large Packet on ancient civilizations
- Tuesday: Bell work; CNN10; Central America Quiz; Finish packet on ancient civilizations - due tomorrow
- Wednesday Bellwork - read pages 237-240; As a class answer questions 1-5; CNN10; Collect Packet; Worksheet
- Thursday: Bellwork; CNN10; Central America - a region in conflict: Anticipation Guide; Church of the Powerless article;
- Friday: NO SCHOOL
WEEK OF APRIL 8
- Monday: In groups, read section 3 and write on graphic organizer; discuss section 3
- Tuesday: Bell work; Channel One; Video on Ancient Civilizations
- Wednesday Bell work; Channel One; Video on Ancient Civilizations;
- Thursday: Bell work - open note/organizer quiz; Debrief quiz; Channel One' Map to study for quiz on Tuesday
- Friday: ;Packet on Mexico - Ancient Civilizations and Myth
WEEK OF MARCH 25
- Monday: Learning Target; Bellwork; Finish section 1 of packet together;
- Tuesday: Learning Target; In groups, read section 2 and write on graphic organizer
- Wednesday Learning Target; Discuss section 2; CNN10;
- Thursday: Class competition on sections 1-2 and countries; CNN10
- Friday: ; ENJOY SPRING BREAK
WEEK OF MARCH 18
- Monday: Learning Target; Bellwork; Regional Atlas Work from book (class discussion)
- Tuesday: Learning Target; Graphing Central America (this was to be bellwork only but took much longer to complete)
- Wednesday Learning Target; Bellwork; Channel One; Finish Regional Atlas (worksheet)
- Thursday: CNN10; Learning Target; Bellwork; Google Earth exploration of Latin America physical features
- Friday: Learning Target; Collect homework from Wednesday; Read Section 1 of packet together and use reading strategies (talk to the text, context clues, one sentence summarizing) to do Notes for section 1
WEEK OF MARCH 11
- Monday: NO SChOOL - PD Day
- Tuesday: Collect Learning Targets from last two weeks; New Learning Target sheet; CNN10; Pre-Test on Latin America
- Wednesday: ;
- Channel One; Bell work (KL chart on Latin America); Begin Unit on Latin America: Begin Unit on Latin America: In their table groups have students make a graphic organizer on large manila sheet (there are large sheets on top of my one cabinet). Put Latin America in center, fold it in half twice, and in each quadrant label: countries, physical, political/historical; economicIn groups, list as many Latin American countries as possible in ten minutes (no notes, books, planners, etc.)create a class list (I usually do it as a competition – each table says one at a time and see what table is the last one “standing”);Then, having them use page 184-186, groups then list the remaining countries that they missedIf there is more time, have them label each country as belonging to CENTRAL America (C), the CARIBBEAN ISLANDS (I) or SOUTH America (S)
- Thursday: : Channel One; finish yesterday's work
- Friday: Students will fill in the blank map with the 36 Latin American countries and given physical locations
WEEK OF MARCH 4
- Monday: Start of new tri - New seats and review of procedures; Do government notes;; Read 5.2 and do worksheet
- Tuesday: Bell work; Cnn10; Read Chapter 6.1; Do questions 1 - 6 on page 162;
- Wednesday: Map Quiz - students must know all territories and provinces in Canada; Read 6.2 and do worksheet
- Thursday: ; Bellwork - here is the link to the website with foreign language phrases; ; Cnn10; Review for Unit 2 Post-Test
- Friday: Unit 2 Post-Test; Video on Canada
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 25
- Monday: Project debrief and Inuit video; PICTURES FROM SOAP CARVING
- Tuesday: Cnn10; Pull out government chart and Venn Diagram;
- Wednesday: Drug Breakout program
- Thursday: ; Drug Breakout program
- Friday: END OF TRIMESTER Bell work activity ; Review for Map Quiz next Wednesday (know all territories and provinces in Canada); Here are some Websites to use:
- http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/canada_GL_Click.html
- http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Canadian_Geography.htm
- http://www.lizardpoint.com/geography/canada-quiz.php
- http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/Canada/Canada.html
- http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/canada-puzzle.html
- http://online.seterra.net/en/ex/85
- http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/map-quiz-canada.php
- http://www.geography-map-games.com/geography-games-Provinces-of-Canada-_pageid93.html Login: missksclass Password: comets
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 18
- Monday: No School - Presidents' Day
- Tuesday: Bellwork activity; Cnn10; Finish history notes; Timeline worksheet
- Wednesday: Pass out sheet on Inuit; Show soapstone carving videos. You can watch them at these links: Inuit Lesson on Teacher Tube; Short Soapstone Carving demonstration; Larger soapstone carving demonstration (polar bear);
- Thursday: ; Begin soap carving - Cultural activity
- Friday: Finish soap carving - Cultural activity
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 11
- Monday: Bell work activity; Go over History worksheet and discuss reasons for low score; begin History notes;
- Tuesday: No School
- Wednesday: No School
- Thursday: Ellis Island Virtual Tour and questions
- Friday: No School - Presidents' Day
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 4
- Monday: Bell work activity; Check Climate Regions worksheet together; go over answers from worksheet from section 1; Notes;
- Tuesday: TEST; Cnn10; Great Lakes Worksheet
- Wednesday: No School
- Thursday: Channel One; Reading strategy - Read 5.1 and do worksheet plus question 1a and 4 on 141
- Friday: Map quiz - know 20 on US side and 10 on Canadian side - up to 30 extra credit points;
WEEK OF JANUARY 28
- Monday: NO SCHOOL
- Tuesday: Test Yourself; CNN10; One worksheet on Chapter 4, Section 1
- Wednesday: NO SCHOOL
- Thursday: ; NO SCHOOL
- Friday: Bell work; Read Chapter 4.2 and do Climate Regions worksheet
WEEK OF JANUARY 21
- Monday: no school - MLK DAY
- Tuesday: Bell work activity; Read Chapter 4, Section 1 and do questions 1-6; Channel One
- Wednesday: NO SCHOOL
- Thursday: NO SCHOOL
- Friday: Bell work activity; cNN10; Trivia and Google Earth
- * WEEK OF JANUARY 14*
- Monday: Bell Work activity; Channel One; Geofacts project
- Tuesday: Bell Work activity; Channel One; Geofacts project
- Wednesday: 2 hour late start - Cards for leaving/returning teachers; CNN10
- Thursday: FINISH Geofacts project
- Friday: Bell work activity; CNN10; Map quiz (MUST KNOW 10 FROM US SIDE AND 6 FROM CANADIAN SIDE - ALL ELSE IS EXTRA CREDIT - UP TO 20 POINTS); If time - US and Canada trivia
* WEEK OF JANUARY 7*
- Monday: Sub - Review of break, goals for the new year, expectation from students
- Tuesday: New policies and procedures (classroom as a learning environment; Learning Target checks); CNN10; Continue Mapping of US and Canada - due Friday
- Wednesday: Bellwork; CNN10; continue work on Map labeling
- Thursday: Bell work activity; CNN10; Discuss pages 102-111 in book; Begin worksheet packet -
- Friday: Bell Work activity;Finish worksheet packet - FIRST AND LAST PAGE FRONT AND BACK IS A HOMEWORK GRADE; MIDDLE PAGE IS EXTRA CREDIT;Introduce Geofacts project
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 26*
- Monday: NO School - Snow Day
- Tuesday: Working on Culture Project
- Wednesday: Finishing Culture Project
- Thursday: Bellwork - share one interesting feature about the culture of your country; Notes on cultural diffusion; Study Guide for Test on Thursday, December 6; Religion notes and discussion;
- Friday: Finish Religion notes and do Government notes; Test Yourself
* WEEK OF NOVEMBER 19*
- Monday: Cnn10; Notes on Section 2; Study Guide for quiz;
- Tuesday: Test Yourself for Section 2 part 1; Go over test yourself; Culture activity (will complete on Monday)
- Wednesday: Thanksgiving Holiday
- Thursday: Thanksgiving Holidayy
- Friday: Thanksgiving Holiday
* WEEK OF NOVEMBER 12*
- Monday: Notes on migration; Population Density assignment (do the first one in class and discuss, use the PEAS graph to answer the next three questions and discuss.
- Tuesday: Practice population density; CNN10; Create your own town
- Wednesday: CNN10; Continue to work on and finish the remaining ten questions for HOMEWORK using the Pre-Activity Population Density Handout B graph paper)
- Thursday: Bell work: Test Yourself for Section 1 of Chapter 3; CNN10; Anticipation guide and reading through Chapter 3, Section 2 on page 83.
- Friday: If the World Were a 100 people pre-teach questions; Watch video and give answers;
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 5
- Monday: Sub - Challenge Day: Do bar graph worksheet in class; Read Chapter 3.1 and do World Population worksheet
- Tuesday: CNN10; Google Earth and Geoguessr
- Wednesday: Cnn10; SIP writing
- Thursday: Collect SIP; CNN10; Pass back and go over Chapter 2 tests; Review 8.1
- Friday: Population lesson: Population simulation; Population simulation discussion in class; Notes on migration
WEEK OF OCTOBER 29
- Monday: Test Yourself from Section 2; Notes from Section 2; Test Yourself from Section 3; Notes from Section 3; Homework:
- Tuesday: CNN10; Read Chapter 2.4 and discuss; Homework: Review crossword over vocabulary from Chapter 2. NOTE: 1 across should be prevailing winds and 2 down should be greenhouse effect - they don't quite fit properly inboxes; 36 across is climate - just add an s to the end of the word to make it fit
- Wednesday: Halloween fun for 5th hour; school-wide party for 6th and 7th hour
- Thursday: Kahoot Review and Grudgeball
- Friday: Half Day: TEST over Chapter 2
WEEK OF OCTOBER 22
- Monday: TEST over Chapter 1 and the 5 themes of Geography
- Tuesday: Channel One; Read and do worksheet for Chapter 2, Section 1 stopping at weathering and #8; go over PowerPoint on Plate Tectonics; Tectonics simulation; Homework - finish reading and worksheet
- Wednesday: Collect homework; Watch Channel One; Do Test Yourself questions - check to see how much you know from section 1; Pass out worksheet on section 2 - students do first part; Read section 2 and complete worksheet
- Thursday: Channel One; Read pages 55-61 and do guided reading worksheet and Name that Climate Zone worksheet; Parent-Teacher Conferences 3:30-7:30
- Friday: https://geoguessr.com/ geoguessr.com/; Collect homework; Class discussion - TEST POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT FRIDAY
WEEK OF OCTOBER 15
- Monday: NO SCHOOL
- Tuesday: Pass out study guides for Test next Monday movement notes;
- Wednesday: CNN10; Where are we from? How much movement do our parents do for work travel? Check it out!; show where places are on map; Region notes; Worksheet on reviewing 5 themes Check and discuss;
- Thursday: CNN10; Notes on Chapter 1, Section 2; Go over page 1 and 2 of study guide together; Read and do worksheet on Chapter 1, Section 2 for Homework; If you have an electronic device, please bring it to class tomorrow
- Friday: Review for test - If you have an electronic device, please bring it to class
WEEK OF OCTOBER 8
- Monday: Relative Location game: grade sheets;
- Tuesday: Collect progress reports; Read two Place descriptions and discuss; Place notes and discussion;Assignment: Without naming the place, describe a location I would know using place characteristics (human and physical). If not done finish for homework;
- Wednesday: Bell work (using yesterday's assignment, switch papers with the person across from you. Have that person circle human characteristics and underline physical characteristics); Place activity with a partner; Any not finished is homework
- Thursday: Home on the Range Place explanation; CNN10; Pre-teach questions from the Lorax done in class and discuss pre-teaching questions; Human-Environment Interaction Notes;
- Friday: Bell work - describe an example of Human-Environment Interaction in your own life; Read the Lorax; finish the Lorax worksheet in class; HOMEWORK: Find out how many miles your parents/guardians travel to/from work in a day; find out what your ethnic heritage is (I'm Polish, German, French, and Irish)
WEEK OF OCTOBER 1
- Monday: Classroom work on Latitude and Longitude; Latitude and Longitude Practice in class; ;
- Tuesday: Test Yourself Bellwork; CNN10; Work on individual practice of Latitude and Longitude on the Chrome Books by playing games located here
- Wednesday: Latitude and Longitude Table Competition Game; CNN10; Bellwork: worksheet for practice on Latitude and Longitude
- Thursday: Bellwork (Test Yourself, again!); CNN10; Spy Tracking #5 is extra credit, due tomorrow; Review of Latitude and Longitude using the following worksheet Latitude/Longitude Review. Any sheet not done will be Homework..
- Friday: Hurricane Warning bellwork; Relative Location: Notes, PowerPoint, and assignment - 5 relative location clues as to where you are in the classroom; 6th hour homework: 5 relative location clues as to where you are in the classroom. Choose three countries and do five relative location clues for each country
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 24
- Monday: Review for quiz; 10 point quiz on Section 1 and Maps; CNN News; Map fun - Play Geoguessr!
- Tuesday: Student scavenger hunt and discussion; CNN10 and discussion Bellwork and classwork on graphs, charts, and diagrams; Hemisphere notes; Hunting for Hemispheres worksheet - if not done, finish for homework;
- Wednesday: Bellwork and classwork on graphs, charts, and diagrams; Hemisphere notes; Hunting for Hemispheres worksheet - if not done, finish for homework;
- Thursday: Watch CNN news; Hunting for Hemispheres wordsearch;
- Friday: Pass back and go over quiz; Notes on Absolute Location;
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17
- Monday: TODAY IS CONSTITUTION DAY!
GO TO THIS WEBSITE: https://www.icivics.org/register?role=student&classcode=1
PUT IN YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME (NO NICKNAMES) AND IN THE CLASS CODE TYPE IN Stone97355
Then hit NEXT
CREATE A PASSWORD, CONFIRM YOUR PASSWORD, AND AGREE TO THE TERMS OF USE. Then hit FINISH
CONTINUE TO ASSIGNMENTS, AND CLICK CLASSES. GO TO CONSTITUTION DAY (SEPTEMBER 18, 2018) AND START ASSIGNMENT
USE THE SLIDES TO HELP YOU AND THE LINKS TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. You may answer online! - Tuesday: Bellwork; do questions on page 17
- Wednesday: CNN10 and discussion; Begin Map notes; Reading maps worksheet for Homework
- Thursday: CNN10 and discussion; Finish Map Notes; Questions on Map - finish for homework
- Friday: Go over everything from last few days!; QUIZ ON MONDAY!
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 10
- Monday: Bell work - What's the Difference sheet; Discuss bellwork and reading strategies; Continue review of textbook; Read first part of Chapter 1, Section 1; Take notes - Guided notes; HOMEWORK: 1. Geography is
- Tuesday: Bellwork - Test yourself - student review; Finish reading Chapter 1, Section 1 and finish Guided notes; CNN10 and discussion
- Wednesday: Do Dr. G. Ographer - read through and underline important facts with your table; Line up from shortest to tallest and then use to break into groups of six; in groups, read through Mapmaker, Mapmaker play; choose a group representative from play to read for the whole class; Assignment: Underline important facts in the play; CNN10; HOMEWORK: Venn Diagram on Maps
- Thursday: CNN10 and discussion; Begin Map notes; Reading maps worksheet for Homework
- Friday: Collect Homework; Bellwork - what makes you proud to be an American?; Watch Schoolhouse Rock, Constitution webquest. Discuss what the PREAMBLE really means; Computer LAB: Go to this website https://www.icivics.org/web-quests/constitution-rules-running-country and follow through site, working on worksheet as you go. (We will continue this on Monday)
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 3
- Monday: NO SCHOOL - Labor Day weekend
- Tuesday: Bellwork and discussion CNN10; Pre-Test on Maps
- Wednesday: CNN10 and discussion; Pass out books; Textbook form; Pre-test on Unit 1; Get to Know you sheet
- Thursday: Channel One and discussion; ; Book scavenger hunt and go over scavenger hunt;
- Friday: Go over scavenger hunt; watch CNN10 and discuss; pass back papers
* WEEK OF AUGUST 28
- Monday: Collect parent letter if a student has them; Finish discussion on Kuhrt Keys to the Game; Get to know your teacher quiz;
- Tuesday: Finish reviewing procedures; CNN10; Google earth activity
- Wednesday: Mrs. Davis-Green, counselor, talks to class
- Thursday: Parent Letter Due; Bellwork - Thank you letter telling Mrs. Davis-Green something you enjoyed and something you learned; Get to know you activity; ; CNN10; Assign student numbers;
- Friday: NO SCHOOL - Labor Day weekend
* WEEK OF AUGUST 20
- Monday:
- Tuesday:
- Wednesday: First day of school! Half Day Welcome Back and General Discipline Form
- Thursday: Seating chart activity; Parent Letter (found on main class page) Due August 30;
- Friday: Collect parent letter if a student has them; Course description (on main class page) and discussion; Kuhrt's Keys to the game handout (found on main page)