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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 27
- Monday: New Learning Target sheet; Notes from 3.1; Read article on population
- Tuesday: New Learning Target; CNN10; SIP writing start
- Wednesday: CNN10; Finish SIP
- Thursday: New Learning Target; Population Density work; Complete your own town
- Friday: Bellwork; New Learning Target; CNN10; Finish town work
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 20
- Monday: New Learning Target; Read Chapter 3.1 and do World Population worksheet
- Tuesday: New Learning Target; CNN10; Population lesson: Population simulation; Population simulation discussion in class
- Wednesday: THANKSGIVING BREAK
- Thursday: THANKSGIVING BREAK
- Friday: THANKSGIVING BREAK
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 13
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6
- Monday: Collect homework; CNN10; Landforms Gimkit
- Tuesday: New Learning target; Notes from Section 2; CNN10; Notes from Section 3; Read pages 64-66; Exit Ticket: Test Yourself from Section 2; Test Yourself from Section 3;
- Wednesday: No learning target; Go over answers from yesterday's test yourself; Test now on Friday; Complete review sheet; Do the following: PAGE 48: Do number 1 and 3. For Number 1, just define - magma, continent, plate tectonics, weathering and erosion
PAGE 54: Do numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6
PAGE 61: Do numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7. For number 1, they just need to define weather, climate, prevailing wind, climate zone, biome, and urban climate
PAGE 66: Do numbers 1, 6, and 7 - Thursday: New Learning Target: Review Physical Geography; Kahoot review for test tomorrow; Go over answers to review guide; show CNN10 if time. CNN10; Landforms gimkit
- Friday: Study for test; Chapter 2 test; Cnn10
WEEK OF OCTOBER 30
- Monday: Test Yourself from 2.1; New Learning Target; Continue work on Landforms Webquest
- Tuesday: Halloween Fun
- Wednesday: New Learning Target; CNN10; Finish Landforms Webquest
- Thursday: Dinosaur Landforms bellwork; new Learning Target; CNN10; Go over test; Pass out worksheet on section 2 - students do first part; Read section 2 and complete worksheet;
- Friday: New Learning Target; Read pages 55-61 and do guided reading worksheet for homework; Review Worksheet; CNN10 if Time
WEEK OF OCTOBER23
- Monday: Collect old Learning Targets sheets, New Learning Target and sheet; Where are we from? Pie graph and line graph How much movement do our parents do for work travel? Check it out!; CNN10; Read Chapter 2.1 (44-48); worksheet
- Tuesday: Bellwork; New Learning Target; CNN10; PowerPoint on Plate Tectonics; Tectonics simulation
- Wednesday: New Learning Target; Bellwork: Do Test Yourself questions - check to see how much you know from section 1; Notes
- Thursday: Bellwork; New Learning Target; CNN10; Landforms Webquest
- Friday: Half Day; Current Events Catch-up
WEEK OF OCTOBER 16
- Monday: NO SCHOOL
- Tuesday: Sub: 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
- Wednesday: CNN10; Review for test with KAHOOT
- Thursday: TEST on Chapter 1 and Five themes
- Friday: CNN10 day and 6th grade review
WEEK OF OCTOBER 9
- Monday: Sub: Bellwork (describe how Human-Environment interaction affects your life); CNN10 ; HEI Poster
- Tuesday: Pass out study guides for Test on THURSDAY Oct 19; CNN10; HEI activity
- Wednesday: Bellwork; CNN10; Read the Lorax; finish the Lorax worksheet in class
- Thursday: CNN10; movement notes; Where are we from? How much movement do our parents do for work travel? Check it out!; show where places are on map; Do a movement activity
- Friday: Region notes; Worksheet on reviewing 5 themes Check and discuss;
WEEK OF OCTOBER 2
- Monday: Bellwork (Test Yourself Again); CNN10; Relative Location: Notes, PowerPoint, and assignment - 5 relative location clues as to where you are in the classroom;
- Tuesday: Bellwork (Compass Rose Pool); Relative Location game
- Wednesday: Bellwork (More Relative Location clues); 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;
- Thursday: 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
- Friday: 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; 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 25
- Monday: Bellwork: New Learning Target sheet; Discussion of old Learning Targets; pass back and go over assignments; Cnn10; Pass back and go over quizzes
- Tuesday: Bellwork; New Learning Target; CNN10; Notes on Absolute Location; Latitude and Longitude Practice in class
- Wednesday: Bellwork (more plotting of latitude and longitude); Notes and in class practice; CNN10; worksheet for practice on Latitude and Longitude
- Thursday:Bellwork (Test Yourself Again!); CNN10 Review of Latitude and Longitude using the following worksheet Latitude/Longitude Review. Any sheet not done will be Homework;
- Friday: Bellwork; Latitude and Longitude Table Competition Game
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 18
- Monday: Bellwork: What do you know about the Constitution?; Join google classroom; Escape room instructions; Constitution Escape Room! Today is Constitution Day
- Tuesday: BeBellwork Review for quiz - Test yourself; CNN: QUIZ TOMORROW!
- Wednesday: Cnn10; Quiz; Do map seatwork questions - if not done, finish for Homework
- Thursday: Bellwork and classwork on graphs, charts, and diagrams; CNN10: Hemisphere notes; Hunting for Hemispheres worksheet - if not done, finish for homework;
- Friday: Bellwork (Hemisphere Review); Cnn10 Hunting for Hemispheres wordsearch;
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 11
- 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
- Thursday: Bellwork; map notes; Review page 26; Cnn10; Reading maps worksheet for Homework
- Friday: Bellwork; Finish map notes; Review pages 2-8 and pages 27-31 in book (all about maps); QUIZ WEDNESDAY!
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 4
- Monday: NO SCHOOL
- Tuesday: BELLWORK: Do you remember the Nitty-Gritty of Miss Kuhrt’s classroom? Procedural “quiz” You will find this in BIN 3 (by lined paper); ANOTHER QUIZ!!; HOMEWORK: Get to know you form
- Wednesday: Counselor, Mrs. Davis-Green talks to class
- Thursday: Bellwork (what did you learn from Mrs. Davis Green); Pre-tests; Cnn10
- Friday: Bellwork; Pass out textbooks; Textbook competition; Cnn10
WEEK OF AUGUST 27
- Monday: Sub: Video: www.teachertube.com/videos/geography-of-canada-387978 and worksheet; reading with worksheet; wordsearch if time on Canada
- Tuesday: BELLWORK: List four important things you learned from the class meeting with Mrs. Bergstrom today. What is one thing you still have questions about?; Collect Parent Letter - Remember - Due THURSDAY; Talk about yesterday; Course Descriptions; Begin Kuhrt’s Keys to the Game
- Wednesday: BELLWORK: TALK to your table group and make sure everyone knows the three major units we will cover this year in social studies; Collect Parent Letter - Remember - Due Thursday; Go over student questions from yesterday; Show report form; Show grading scale and discuss attendance policy; Student Numbers; NEW SEATS
- Thursday: BELLWORK: Talk to your new tablemates. What is one or two things that you all have in common; Collect Parent Letter - due TODAY!; Words of Wisdom from the 8th graders; Finish Kuhrt’s Keys to the Game
- Friday: No School
WEEK OF AUGUST 19
- Monday:
- Tuesday:
- Wednesday: First day of school! Half Day Welcome Back
- Thursday: Hands activity; Discussion on 6th grade; Parent Letter (found on main class page) Due August 31
- Friday: Talk Ball; Finish Parent Letter discussion and sixth grade talk; sub talk to get students ready; discipline form