Lesson Plans are subject to change and will be updated as time allows.
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WEEK OF MAY 14
- Monday: Rainforest project SIP
- Tuesday: Channel One; Rainforest project SIP
- Wednesday Channel One: Chile and Pinochet
- Thursday Channel One; Review for Post Test
- Friday: Post-Test; Begin Europe unit
WEEK OF MAY 7
- Monday: Finish posters and be ready to present on TUESDAY. South America Map Quiz on Wednesday!
- Tuesday: Channel One; Present Rainforest project
- Wednesday Channel One: Present Rainforest project
- Thursday Channel One; Present Rainforest project
- Friday: Evaluate self and others on project
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
1. http://iesicaria.xtec.cat/rainforest/index.htm
2. http://www.rainbird.com/documents/corporate/iuow/Rainforest-Curriculum.pdf
3. http://amazonteam.org/learningmaterials
WEEK OF APRIL 9
- Monday:
- Tuesday: Channel One;
- Wednesday Channel One:
- Thursday Channel One
- Friday:
WEEK OF MARCH 26
- Monday: Create your own notes; Open Book/Note Quiz on graphic organizer
- Tuesday: Channel One; Mexico packet
- Wednesday Channel One: Finish Mexico packet
- Thursday Half Day; Movie Reward entire school
- Friday: No School - Spring Break
WEEK OF MARCH 19
- Monday: In groups, read section 2 and write on graphic organizer
- Tuesday: Channel One; Discuss section 2
- Wednesday Channel One: Read section 3 and begin discussion
- Thursday Channel 1; Finish discussion of section 3; Work on section 4
- Friday: Finish section 4 and discuss
WEEK OF MARCH 12
- Monday: No School
- Tuesday: Sub; Channel One; Regional Atlas Work
- Wednesday Channel One; Finish Regional Atlas
- Thursday: Read Section 1 of packet together
- Friday: Map quiz Central America; Notes for section 1
WEEK OF MARCH 5
- Monday: Review 2nd trimester and prepare for third trimester
- Tuesday: Channel One; Unit 3 pretest
- Wednesday: ;
- Channel One; Bell work; 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; Students will fill in the blank map with the 36 Latin American countries and given physical locations
- Friday: Finish map work
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 26
- Monday: Post Test Unit 2; Work with Quebec
- Tuesday: Guest Speaker - Momna Zafar
- Wednesday: ; Drug Breakout Program
- Thursday: Drug Breakout Program
- Friday: 1/2 day - End of the Trimester
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 19
- Monday: NO SCHOOL - President's Day
- Tuesday: Sub - Channel One; read 6.1 and do questions 1-6
- Wednesday: ; Channel One; read 6.2 and do questions 1-5
- Thursday: Quebec Separation simulation/reading work
- Friday: Review for Post-Test; Post-Test on Monday!
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 12
- Monday: Bell work activity; Channel One; Read Chapter 5, Section 2 and do question
- Tuesday: Bell work activity; Channel One; Read Chapter 5, Section 2 and do worksheet
- Wednesday: ; Bell work activity; Channel One; Pull out government chart and Venn Diagram;
- Thursday: Do government notes; Canada video
- Friday: 1/2 day Timeline Quiz
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5
- Monday: 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);
- Tuesday: Begin soap carving - Cultural activity
- Wednesday: ; Finish soap carving - Cultural activity
- Thursday: sBell work activity; Channel One; Pull out government chart and Venn Diagram; Do government notes
- Friday: No School - Snow
WEEK OF January 29
- Monday: History notes;
- Tuesday: Channel One; History Notes
- Wednesday: Bell work activity - Test Yourself; Channel one; Check and go over 5.1 worksheet
- Thursday: Bell work activity ; Channel One; Review for Map Quiz tomorrow (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
- Friday: Map Quiz - Canada; Students need to know the first 13. All else that they get right is extra credit); Timeline worksheet
WEEK OF JANUARY 22
- Monday: Delay Day; Read Chapter 4.2 and do Climate Regions Worksheet
- Tuesday: Chapter 4 quiz; Channel One
- Wednesday: Channel One; Reading strategy - Read 5.1 and do questions 1, 2, and 4
- Thursday: Channel One; Do question 3 together and discuss
- Friday: Map quiz - know 20 on US side and 10 on Canadian side - up to 30 extra credit points; History and Governments worksheet
WEEK OF JANUARY 15
- Monday: NO SCHOOL - PD DAY
- Tuesday: finish questions 1-6; Channel One; Trivia on the US
- Wednesday: Bell work; Test Yourself Discussion; Channel One
- Thursday: Bell work activity; Notes; Review for Map Quiz
- Friday: MAP QUIZ - MUST KNOW 10 FROM US SIDE AND 5 FROM CANADIAN SIDE; review for Chapter 4 quiz (Tuesday)
* WEEK OF JANUARY 8
- Monday: finish Snowdogs; There will be a short quiz on Chapter 4 next Monday, and a Map Quiz next Tuesday!
- Tuesday: Bell work activity; Read Chapter 4, Section 1 and do questions 1-6; Channel One (Sub)
- Wednesday: Bell work activity; Channel One; One worksheet on Chapter 4, Section 1 (Sub)
- Thursday: Redo material from when sub was here (things were not completed correctly)
- Friday: No School - Snow Day
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* WEEK OF DECEMBER 11
- Monday: Cnn10; Do worksheet packet - FIRST AND LAST PAGE FRONT AND BACK IS A HOMEWORK GRADE; MIDDLE PAGE IS EXTRA CREDIT
- Tuesday: Bell work activity; Channel One; Mapping of US and Canada
- Wednesday: Bell work activity; Channel One; Mapping of US and Canada
- Thursday: Continue Mapping of US and Canada; finish for homework - due FRIDAY
- Friday:
* WEEK OF DECEMBER 4
- Monday: Recovering Chapter 3 worksheet
- Tuesday:
- Wednesday: Channel one; Review for Post Test
- Thursday: UNIT 1 Post test; Channel One
- Friday: Bell work activity (which US state would you like to live in); Pre-test for Unit 2 Discuss pages 102-111 in book;
* WEEK OF NOVEMBER 27*
- Monday: Notes on Section 2; Study Guide for quiz; Quiz on CHAPTER 3 on FRIDAY!
- Tuesday: Test Yourself for Section 2 part 1; Go over test yourself; begin (part of culture);
- Wednesday: Finish Religion notes and give government notes; 5th hour begin Economic notes; 6th and 7th hour Read Chapter 3, Section 3 in book and complete worksheet; ;
- Thursday: 5th hour finish economic notes; 6th and 7th hour go over worksheet (economic notes); Go over study guide; Review using Kahoot; Channel One (only one section)
- Friday: Chapter 3 Test
* WEEK OF NOVEMBER 20
- Monday: Compare US Culture with another country in the world
- Tuesday: Compare US Culture with another country in the world
- Wednesday: Thanksgiving Fun
- Thursday: No School - Thanksgiving
- Friday: No School - Thanksgiving
* WEEK OF NOVEMBER 13*
- Monday: CNN10; Pass back papers and go over SIP grades and test grades
- Tuesday: Population simulation discussion in class; Notes on migration
- Wednesday: Population Density assignment (do the first one in class and discuss, use the PEAS graph to answer the next three questions and discuss. 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; Channel One; 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 6
- Monday: Test Yourself from Section 2; Notes from Section 2; Test Yourself from Section 3; Notes from Section 3;
- Tuesday: Kahoot review; Review sheet discussion; Quick notes from Section 4; Test on Wednesday;
- Wednesday: Chapter 2 QUIZ; Channel One; Homework: Read pages 73-76 and do worksheet
- Thursday: Channel One; EXTRA CREDIT: 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 in boxes; 36 across is climate - just add an s to the end of the word to make it fit (Due by Friday)
- Friday: Go over World Population worksheet; Population lesson: Population simulatio
WEEK OF OCTOBER 30
- Monday: Cnn News; Do Pre-Reading on worksheet; Read section 2 and complete worksheet
- Tuesday: Halloween Fun
- Wednesday: Read pages 55-61 and do guided reading worksheet and Name that Climate Zone worksheet
- Thursday: Collect homework; Notes from section 1 and go over Chapter 1 Test Test Yourself from Section 2; Notes from Section 2; Test Yourself from Section 3; Notes from Section 3;
- Friday: Review sheet passed out for test on Wednesday
WEEK OF OCTOBER 23
- Monday: No School
- Tuesday: TEST over Chapter 1 and the 5 themes of Geography
- Wednesday: Sub Channel One; Read and do worksheet for Chapter 2, Section 1 PowerPoint on Plate Tectonics; Tectonics simulation; Homework - finish reading and worksheet
- Thursday: Collect homework; Watch Channel One; discuss SIP; Video on Earthquakes Pass out worksheet on section 2 - students do first part;
- Friday: CNN News; Finish video on earthquakes PowerPoint on Plate Tectonics; Tectonics simulation; Pass out worksheet on section 2 - students do first part; Test Yourself from Section 1
WEEK OF OCTOBER 16
- Monday: Pass out study guides for Test next Monday movement notes;
- Tuesday: Channel One; class discussion and list of how many miles parent travel; Map Plotting - where are we from? What are our roots? - show where places are on map;
- Wednesday: Where are we from? How much movement do our parents do for work travel? Check it out!; Channel One; Read article on roots and go over SIP paper for SS (change due date to Wednesday, October 25);
- Thursday: Region notes; Worksheet on reviewing 5 themes Check and discuss; 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: Notes on Chapter 1, Section 2; Review for test - If you have an electronic device, please bring it to class
WEEK OF OCTOBER 9
- Monday: Relative Location game: grade sheets; Extra Credit - 3 sheets on Latitude and Longitude
- 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 and explanation; Pre-teach questions from the Lorax done in class or finish for homework
- Thursday: Bellwork (how would you fill out an absent sheet for yesterday?); Channel One 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 2
- Monday: Watch CNN News; Review of Latitude and Longitude using the following worksheet Latitude/Longitude Review. Any sheet not done will be Homework.
- Tuesday: Bellwork - Hurricane Warning!; Channel One; Spy Tracking worksheet - if not done, finish for Homework.
- Wednesday: Channel One; Do Spy Tracking stories together; Worksheet on Crack the code
- Thursday: Relative Location: Notes, PowerPoint, and assignment - 5 relative location clues as to where you are in the classroom; Channel One
- Friday: No Class - Power Outage
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 25
- Monday: Review for quiz; 10 point quiz on Section 1 and Maps; CNN News; Map fun - Play Geoguessr!
- Tuesday: Bellwork and classwork on graphs, charts, and diagrams; Hemisphere notes; Hunting for Hemispheres worksheet - if not done, finish for homework;
- Wednesday: Pass back and go over quiz; Channel One; Notes on Absolute Location; Latitude and Longitude Practice in class
- Thursday: Bellwork - Finish Latitude and Longitude Practice; Latitude and Longitude Table Competition Game. Want to Play Again? Check this site out!; Homework: worksheet for practice on Latitude and Longitude
- Friday: Bellwork: Check homework with a partner - if wrong, help them to get it right!; Watch CNN news; Hunting for Hemispheres wordsearch;
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 18
- Monday: Bellwork - Test yourself; 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;
- Tuesday: choose a group representative from yesterday's play to read for the whole class; Assignment: Underline important facts in the play;; Venn Diagram on Maps; Channel One;
- Wednesday: Channel One and discussion; Begin Map notes; Reading maps worksheet for Homework
- Thursday: Bellwork; Finish map notes; Review pages 2-8 and pages 28-31 in book (all about maps); Do map seatwork questions - if not done, finish for Homework; QUIZ TOMORROW!
- Friday: Half Day - no classes
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 11
- Monday: Bellwork: Today is Patriots Day. Why is patriotism important? Can you think of a time when patriotism might be bad?; Discussion of bellwork; Unit Pre-test; Cnn News (if needed)
- Tuesday: Bell work - What's the Difference sheet; Discuss bellwork and reading strategies; Continue review of textbook; Read first part of Chapter 1, Section 1; HOMEWORK: 1. Geography is
- Wednesday: Bellwork - Test yourself; Finish reading Chapter 1, Section 1; Channel One
- Thursday: Channel One; Guided notes on Chapter 1.1
- Friday: Bellwork - what makes you proud to be an American?; Watch Schoolhouse Rock, Constitution webquest. Go to this website https://www.icivics.org/web-quests/constitution-rules-running-country and follow through site, working on worksheet as you go.
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 4
- Monday: NO SCHOOL - Labor Day weekend
- Tuesday: Bellwork; Baseball Teams; Channel One; Student Search - if not done, finish for homework
- Wednesday: Bellwork and discussion; Channel One; Map Pre-tests;
- Thursday: Bellwork and discussionChannel One; Pass out books and do textbook form; brief introduction to books
- Friday: Book Scavenger hunt with partner; Discussion of scavenger hunt
* WEEK OF AUGUST 28
- Monday: 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)
- Tuesday: Finish discussion on Kuhrt Keys to the Game; Assign student numbers; Get to know your teacher quiz; Channel One
- Wednesday: Bellwork and discussion; ; Get to know you activity; Student Search; Channel One;
- Thursday: Parent Letter Due; Find a student who...; Channel One; Map Pre-Tests
- Friday: NO SCHOOL - Labor Day weekend
* WEEK OF AUGUST 21
- 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 31; Course Description and discussion (all found on main page)
- Friday: Sub (going to get my exchange student); Mrs. Davis Green talks to class