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WEEK OF MAY 29*
- Monday: No School - Memorial Day
- Tuesday: Computer Lab for project work; Project due end of hour Friday
- Wednesday: Chapter 12 - or Computer Lab Project work
- Thursday: Computer Lab for project work; Project due end of hourFriday
- Friday.Computer Lab for project work; Project due end of hour TODAY
WEEK OF MAY 22*
- Monday: Map Quiz Review; 5th and 6th hour: Videos on Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome; 7th hour: Read pages 306-312 and do worksheet in class; If not done, finish for homework
- Tuesday: Channel One; Map Review; Introduce Individual Country Project; Go to computer lab if time
- Wednesday: Channel One; Map Quiz Review; Computer Lab for project work
- Thursday: Channel One; Map Quiz Review; Computer Lab for project work; Map Quiz tomorrow - students need to know 22 out of 44 countries in Europe
- Friday. Map Quiz ; Computer Lab for project work; Project due end of hour next Friday - NEXT Friday will be last day to work in lab; Play Geoguesser
WEEK OF MAY 15*
- Monday: Read Chapter 11.1 and do questions 1,2,3,5,6
- Tuesday: Channel One; Holocaust lesson (You will want to do this in Explorer or Firefox. Chrome does not work)
- Wednesday: Channel One; Holocaust lesson
- Thursday: Channel One; Map Quiz Review; Writing assignment from Wednesday's lesson; begin pictures from Auschwitz
- Friday. finish pictures from Auschwitz; Map Quiz Review; 5th and 6th hour: Read pages 306-312 and do two worksheets for homework; 7th hour: Earned COMETS TIME. Play Geoguesser
WEEK OF MAY 8*
- Monday: Finish packet on Europe - due end of hour; Read pages 274-280 and do questions 1-7
- Tuesday: Channel One; Bellwork (physical features of Europe); Begin physical features notes
- Wednesday: Channel One; continue physical features notes; review
- Thursday: Channel One; finish physical features notes; review
- Friday.QUIZ over physical features; Read Chapter 11.1 and do questions 1,2,3,5,6
WEEK OF MAY 1*
- Monday: Video on Europe
- Tuesday: Channel One; Large packet on physical and cultural aspects of Europe
- Wednesday: Channel One; Continue large packet
- Thursday: Channel One; Continue work on large packet
- Friday: Continue work on packet; Kahoots; packets may be turned in MONDAY at end of hour.
WEEK OF APRIL 24*
- Monday: Present poster and speech for webquest; Have students do a debrief writing on project
- Tuesday: Channel One; Review for Map quiz; South America notes
- Wednesday: Channel One; Pinochet and Chile
- Thursday: Map quiz on South America; Channel One; Review for post-test
- Friday: Post Test for Latin America; SIP write for 5th and 6th hour
; WEEK OF APRIL 17*
- 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: Channel One; Work on poster and presentation with group
- Thursday: Channel One; Work on poster and presentation with group
- Friday: Present poster and speech for webquest;
; WEEK OF APRIL 10*
- Monday: Bellwork (Pre-write for webquest); Dance learn; Notes on Central America
- Tuesday: Bellwork; Channel One; Read pages 209-215 and do worksheet;
- Wednesday: Bellwork; Channel One; Read The Great Kapok Tree; Read 247-252 and do 1-5 (for #1 only need to do A-C)
- Thursday: 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 - Friday: No School - Enjoy EASTER!
; WEEK OF MARCH 27*
- Monday: Notes on Cuba; Readers Theatre on Jamaica and immigration; Listen to music from Jamaica; Notes on Jamaica; Worksheet on Readers Theatre - due tomorrow
- Tuesday: Channel One; Read pages 237-240 and do 1-5, 7 is extra credit - due end of hour; Map quiz study
- Wednesday: Channel One; Notes on Central America; Cemtra; America video; Anticipation guide for Church of the Powerless; read article
- Thursday: Channel One; Map quiz on the islands; Learn to Dance: Merengue; Bachata; Salsa
- Friday: No School - Enjoy Spring Break!
WEEK OF MARCH 20*
- Monday: Channel One; Discussion and debrief of Caribbean
- Tuesday: Channel One; Study about the islands - a region in movement; discrimination and baseball focus; watch video; y
- Wednesday: Channel One; Readers Theatre on Puerto Rico and immigration; Listen to music from Puerto Rico
- Thursday: Channel One; Notes on Puerto Rico; Readers Theatre on Dominican Republic and immigration; Listen to music from Dominican Republic
- Friday: Channel One; Notes on Dominican Republic; Channel One; Readers Theatre on Cuba and immigration; Listen to music from Cuba
WEEK OF MARCH 13 *
- Monday: No School: Teacher PD Day
- Tuesday: New seats and review of classroom expectations; Channel One; Sample Food from the Dominican
- Wednesday: Dominican powerpoint and discussion; Dominican objects; Channel One
- Thursday: Dominican powerpoint and discussion; Dominican objects; Channel One
- Friday: Dominican powerpoint and discussion; Dominican objects; Channel One
I WAS ON MEDICAL LEAVE FROM THE WEEK OF JANUARY 16 THROUGH MARCH 13. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE LESSON PLANS I LEFT FOR THE LONG TERM SUB, YOU MAY CLICK HERE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE PLANS MAY HAVE BEEN CHANGED AS NEEDED. I HAVE RETURNED TO TEACHING AS OF MARCH 13
WEEK OF JANUARY 9*
- Monday: Bell Work activity (Write the following on the board, and have them write a paragraph and turn them in. You can share a few if you want: Tell me all about your Christmas break) ; CNN Student News (usually, we watch Channel One, but today I want them to watch CNN Student News – go to this website http://www.cnn.com/studentnews and show the newscast); Read Chapter 5, Section 1 and do questions 1-5;
- Tuesday: Channel One (we watch Channel One most every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. To show Channel One, go to www.channelone.com and show the newscast); Do worksheet on History and Governments
- Wednesday: Bell work activity - Test Yourself; Channel one; Check and go over 5.1 worksheet
- Thursday: Bell work activity ; Channel One; Timeline worksheet; 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 (students have done these before so it shouldn’t be a problem. Have one help you if you need it. I have left an answer key for you. Students need to know the first 13. All else that they get right is extra credit); Video on Canada (show as much as you want – keep the rest for another day that you might need filler)
* WEEK OF DECEMBER 19*
- Monday: Bell work activity; Chapter 4 Test; Review for Map quiz
- Tuesday: Bell work activity; Map Quiz; Channel One; Know 10 provinces and 3 territories for Thursday!! Here are some Websites to use to help you study!
- Wednesday: Bell Work activity; Channel One; Read Chapter 5, Section 1 and do questions 1-5;
- Thursday: Channel One; Map Quiz; Do worksheet on History and Governments
- Friday: Half Day - Christmas Activities
* WEEK OF DECEMBER 12*
- Monday: finish presenting Geofacts; 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
- Wednesday: Bell work activity; Channel One; One worksheet on Chapter 4, Section 1
- Thursday: Bell work; Read Chapter 4.2 and do Climate Regions worksheet; Great Lakes Worksheet is Extra Credit; Channel One
- Friday: Bell work activity; Check Climate Regions worksheet together; go over answers from worksheet from section 1; Notes;
* WEEK OF DECEMBER 5* Vote for the MS Library Grant
- Monday: Bell work activity; Check map work; Geofacts project; MAP QUIZ on Thursday - MUST KNOW 10 FROM US SIDE AND 5 FROM CANADIAN SIDE
- Tuesday: Bell Work activity; Channel One; Geofacts project
- Wednesday: Bell work activity; Channel One; Continue work on Geofacts project
- Thursday: Bell work activity; Channel One; Finish Geofacts project
- Friday: Bell Work activity; Map quiz; Present geofacts project;
* WEEK OF NOVEMBER 28*
- Monday: Bell work activity (which US state would you like to live in); Pre-test for Unit 2, the US and Canada; Discuss pages 102-111 in book; (5th hour only)
- Tuesday: Bell work activity; Channel One; Discuss pages 102-111 in book; Do worksheet packet - FIRST AND LAST PAGE FRONT AND BACK IS A HOMEWORK GRADE; MIDDLE PAGE IS EXTRA CREDIT
- Wednesday: Bell work activity; Channel One; Mapping of US and Canada
- Thursday: Bell Work activity; Channel One; Mapping of US and Canada
- Friday: Continue Mapping of US and Canada; finish for homework - due MONDAY
* WEEK OF NOVEMBER 21*
- Monday: New seating charts; discussion of new tri; Review for Unit Test
- Tuesday: Unit One Post Test
- Wednesday: Thanksgiving fun
- Thursday: No School - Thanksgiving
- Friday: No School - Thanksgiving
* WEEK OF NOVEMBER 14*
- Monday: Test Yourself for Section 2 part 1; Religion and government notes (part of culture); HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 3, Section 3 in book and complete worksheet;
- Tuesday: Test Yourself ; Collect Homework; Channel One;
- Wednesday: Economic notes; Economic demonstration; Culture extra credit assignment; Channel One;
- Thursday: Go over study guide; Review using Kahoot; Channel One
- Friday: Chapter 3 Test
* WEEK OF NOVEMBER 7*
- Monday: Bell work: Test Yourself for Section 1 of Chapter 3; 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)
- Tuesday: Channel One; Anticipation guide and reading through Chapter 3, Section 2 on page 83.;
- Wednesday: Collect and discuss homework; Discuss classroom behavior; Channel One and discussion of election; 6th hour homework: Do questions 1-5 on page 89
- Thursday: If the World Were a 100 people pre-teach questions; Watch video and give answers;
- Friday: Notes on Section 2; Cultural Simulation - Mountain v. Valley cultures or International Culture Party; Study Guide for quiz; Quiz on CHAPTER 3 on THURSDAY!
* WEEK OF OCTOBER 31*
- Monday: Halloween Fun
- Tuesday: Chapter 2 QUIZ; Channel One
- Wednesday: Channel One ; Read pages 73-76 and do worksheet with a partner. If not done, finish for homework
- Thursday: Check homework and go over correct answers; Pass back tests from Chapter 2 and discuss; Channe3l One; Notes on Population
- Friday: Pass back graph/chart worksheet and discuss; Population lesson: Population simulation and discussion in class; Notes on migration
* WEEK OF OCTOBER 24
- Monday: No School - Teacher PD day
- Tuesday: Review of class norms; Review last week; ; Finish any work from last week; Collect SIP
- Wednesday: Channel One (two shows and discussion); Test for Chapter 2 or test on 2 and 3? Up to the students - they decided to test separately - our Chapter 2 test will be on Tuesday; Collect work
- Thursday: Channel One; Review Chapter 1 test; Go over test yourself activities from Chapter 2, sections 1-3; discuss notes and answer questions; Homework: Review sheet passed out for test on Tuesday; Extra Credit: Crossword puzzle; Chapter 2.2 worksheet
- Friday: Kahoot review; Review sheet discussion; Quick notes from Section 4; Test on Tuesday
WEEK OF OCTOBER 17
- 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
- Friday: Collect homework; Test Yourself from Section 2; Notes from Section 2; Test Yourself from Section 3; Notes from Section 3; 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 in boxes; 36 across is climate - just add an s to the end of the word to make it fit
WEEK OF OCTOBER 10
- 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 Tuesday, October 18, 2016); Region notes; Worksheet on reviewing 5 themes for Homework;
- Thursday: Check and discuss homework; Channel One; Read and do worksheet on Chapter 1, Section 2; 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 3
- Monday: Sub; Relative Location game
- Tuesday: Sub; Read two Place descriptions; Place notes; Place activity and explanation; Assignment: Without naming the place, describe a location I would know using place characteristics (human and physical). If not done finish for homework; and Pre-teach questions from the Lorax done in class or finish for homework
- Wednesday: Channel One; discuss pre-teaching questions; Human-Environment Interaction Notes;
- Thursday: Bell work - describe an example of Human-Environment Interaction in your own life; Channel One; Read the Lorax; finish the Lorax worksheet for homework
- Friday: Collect homework; Watched Discovering Your Roots as a lead-in to SIP paper on Monday. If you want to watch more, you can go to this website and see the shows. The show we watched was at this website. Looking to do more research on your family tree? Try, Rootsweb and theirWorld Connect site; 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 SEPTEMBER 26
- Monday: 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
- Tuesday: Bellwork: Check homework with a partner - if wrong, help them to get it right!; Watch Channel One; Review of Latitude and Longitude using the following worksheet atitude/Longitude Review. Any sheet not done will be Homework.
- Wednesday: Bellwork - Hurricane Warning!; Channel One; Spy Tracking worksheet - if not done, finish for Homework.
- Thursday: Sub: Channel One; Do Spy Tracking stories together; Worksheet on Crack the code
- Friday: Relative Location: Notes, PowerPoint, and assignment - 5 relative location clues as to where you are in the classroom; Here is a link to the website for the extra credit
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 19
- Monday: 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 ON TUESDAY
- Tuesday: Review for quiz; 10 point quiz on Section 1 and Maps; Channel One;
- Wednesday: Bellwork and classwork on graphs, charts, and diagrams; Hemisphere notes; Hunting for Hemispheres worksheet - if not done, finish for homework; if time, in class only -Watch Channel One;
- Thursday: Collect Homework; Watch Channel One; Hunting for Hemispheres wordsearch; Pass back papers and go over quiz; Meet with students on grades
- Friday: Notes on Absolute Location; Latitude and Longitude Practice in class
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 12
- Monday: Bellwork - Test yourself; Finish reading Chapter 1, Section 1 and finish Guided notes; 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: baseball partners; 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: Locker cleanup!; Channel One; Collect Homework
- 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 5
- Monday: NO SCHOOL - Labor Day weekend
- Tuesday: Bellwork - Thank you letter telling Mrs. Davis-Green something you enjoyed and something you learned; Channel One; Pre-Tests
- Wednesday: Channel One and discussion; Pass out books; Textbook form
- Thursday: Channel One and discussion; ; Book scavenger hunt and go over scavenger hunt;
- Friday: 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
* WEEK OF AUGUST 29
- Monday: Bellwork and discussion; Assign student numbers; Get to know your teacher quiz
- Tuesday: Bellwork - Get to know you activity; Student Search; Channel One
- Wednesday: Bellwork on channel one; Channel One; Find a student who...
- Thursday: Parent Letter Due; Mrs. Davis-Green comes to speak to class
- Friday: NO SCHOOL - Labor Day weekend
* WEEK OF AUGUST 22
- 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 September 1;
- 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)