Week of 9/2-9/6
9/2 - NO SCHOOL
9/3 - Get to know you
9/4 - Get to know you
9/5 - Get to know you
9/6 - Bring your supplies for Monday
Week of 9/9-9/13
9/9 - Notebook Set Up
9/10 - Draw a map of the world - History Time Capsule - due Friday
9/11 - Continent and Ocean review packet
9/12 - Create our Social Contract
9/13 - Go over the Continent and Ocean Packet and Label and color the map of the world - due Friday
Week of 9/16-9/20
9/16 - Early Release - Set up Google Classroom, check out my website, go to the online book
9/17 - NWEA Testing - (Reading)
9/18 - NWEA Testing - (Reading)
9/19 - NWEA Testing - (Reading)
9/20 - NWEA Testing - (Reading) - Global Scavenger Hunt when done with the NWEA Test
QUIZ ON THE CONTINENTS AND OCEANS NEXT WEEK!!
Week of 9/23-9/27
9/23-Early Release - Make sure everyone has set up Google Classroom, set up Quizlet, where are your ancestors from?, class pictures
9/24 - Introduction to the Five Themes of Geography and notes
9/25 - QUIZ TODAY! - Create a foldable on the Five Themes of Geography and illustrate it
9/26 - Five Themes postcard activity - Start working on the Five Themes Collage
9/27 - Work on the Five Themes Collage - PROJECT DUE NEXT FRIDAY 10/4/19
Week of 9/30-10/4
9/30- NO SCHOOL
10/1 - 5 Themes of Geography graphic organizer
10/2 - Work day on the Five Themes Collage - LAST IN CLASS WORK DAY
10/3 - 5 Themes of Geography country application activity
10/4 -5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY COLLAGE PROJECT DUE TODAY!! What is the difference between human and physical geography
Week of 10/7-10/11
10/7 - What is Geography? - Handout Physical or Human Geography
10/8 - Hemispheres foldable in class
10/9 - NO SCHOOL
10/10 - Geoterms (4-squares) Chapter 1 section 2
10/11 - Section 5.3 - Parts of the map - Activity 1.3
Week of 10/14-10/18
10/14 - Review packet on map symbols and legends
10/15 -Section 5.4 - Latitude and Longitude (absolute location) - Activity 1.4
10/16 - Latitude and longitude practice - lines of latitude and longitude
10/17 - Building Geography Skills latitude and longitude review practice
10/18 - Using Parallels and Meridians Review latitude and longitude review packet
Week of 10/21-10/25
10/21 - Check in work from last week - sign up for Quizlet
10/22 - Section 1.5 Map Scale activity
10/23 - Section 1.7 Create a foldable in class - The Earth and the Sun's impact on the earth
10/24 - Practice Test for chapter 1 (Study Guide)
10/25 - Play Quizlet Review in Class
CHAPTER 1 TEST ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29
Week of 10/28-11/1
10/28 - Go over the answers to the study guide from last Thursday - Play Kahoot Review Game
10/29 - Chapter 1 Test Today - Notebook Quiz Today
10/30 - Start Chapter 2 - Do the Geoterms (4 squares) for chapter 2 section 2
10/31 - Geographic Features Teachers - Create your landform slide with your partner - On Google Classroom
11/1 - Start Landform presentations - take notes
LAST DAY TO TURN IN LATE WORK FOR THE CARD MARKING IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4,
Week of 11/4-11/8
11/4 - CNN 10, update notebook, review work from last week
11/5 - Finish Landform booklets from Friday
11/6 - Introduce Diorama Project on Climate Zones/ Landform Illustrations (draw a picture including 12 labeled landforms)
11/7 - Climate Zone packets - Continue to work on Landform Illustrations
11/8 - Work Day on Research for Dioramas - See Google Classroom for the Rubric - Due Friday, November 15
Week of 11/11 - 11/15
11/11 - Review landforms - work on dioramas
11/12 - Work on Dioramas
11/13 - Open Note Quiz on Landforms - Last day to work on Dioramas
11/14 - World Biomes Research - See assignment on Google Classroom - Research Template
11/15 - Half Day Today - Dioramas due - Gallery Walk
LANDFORM TEST NEXT WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20
Week of 11/18-11/22
11/18 - Landform Review Packet - due tomorrow
11/19 - Go over answers to the review packet from yesterday (answers on Google Classroom) -Play Quizlet Live
11/20 - Test on Landforms - Chapter 2 Poem
11/21 - Canada Mapping Activity - Use the maps on Google Classroom to complete this assignment
11/22 - Color and Label the map of Canada - Finish any work from yesterday
Week of 11/25-11/29
11/25 -Chapter 3 Geoterms use section 3.1 in the online book - Reading a Bar Graph handout
11/26- All about the provinces and territories - group activity - NO HOMEWORK!!
11/27 - THANKSGIVING BREAK! HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY WITH YOUR FAMILY!
11/28- THANKSGIVING BREAK! HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY WITH YOUR FAMILY!
11/29 - THANKSGIVING BREAK! HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY WITH YOUR FAMILY!
Week of 12/2-12/6
12/2 - Watch the video -"The Geography of Canada"
12/3 - Work on the Canada packet - Sections 3.3,3.4 and 3.5
12/4 - Work on Canada Packet - Sections 3.4,3.7, and 3.8
12/5 - Canada Regions Sorting Activity
12/6 - Study Guide for Chapter 3 - Due Monday
CHAPTER 3 TEST ON CANADA - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10
Week of 12/9-12/13
12/9 - Review Day for the Test on Canada - Study Guide Due Today
12/10 - Chapter 3 Test on Canada
12/11 - Watch Brother Bear
12/12 - Watch Brother Bear
12/13 - Start Chapter 4 on The Great Lakes - Do Chapter 4 Geoterms and color and label the map of the Great Lakes
Week if 12/16-12/20
12/16 - Create a Foldable for chapter 4 (pollution, invasive species and habitat loss)
12/17 - The Lorax Activity
12/18 - Read sections 8.1 and 8.2 and do the chapter 4 geoterms (4-squares)
12/19 - Prepare for Culture day
12/20 - Culture Day!
HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON! SEE YOU IN 2020!
Week of 1/6-1/10
1/6 - Prepare for Immigrant Interviews
1/7 - Immigrant interviews in class today
1/8 - 8.3 and 8.4 - Push and Pull factors
1/9- Watch God Grew Tired of Us
1/10 - Watch God Grew Tired of Us
CHAPTER 8 TEST NEXT FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2020!
Week of 1/13-1/17
1/13 - Early Release Monday - catch up on missing work - the card marking ends in 2 weeks!
1/14 - Wrap up chapter 8 - Get study guide for chapter 8
1/15 - Play Kahoot or Quizlet Live for Review
1/16 - Push and Pull activity Review
1/17 - Chapter 8 Test - Get Study Guide for the Midterm
Week of 1/20-1/24
1/20 - NO SCHOOL - MLK DAY
1/21 - Review for the Midterm
1/22 - Study guide from Last Friday due today - Review for the Midterm
1/23 - Midterms - (2nd, 3rd and 4th hours)
1/24 - Midterms - (5th, 6th and 7th hours)
Week of 1/27-1/31 - Beginning of Semester 2
1/27 - Section 7.1 - Drawing to Comprehend - Section 7.2 -REAP strategy (reading strategy in your notebook)
1/28 - Sections 7.3-7.5 - Group Jigsaw Read and notes
1/29 - Food Consumption around the World Chalk Talk - Study guide for Friday's quiz
1/30 - 7.6-7.8 - mini group read and notes
1/31 - Quiz on chapter 7
Week of 2/3-2/7
2/3 - Latin America map challenge 1 and map challenge 2
2/4 - Slideshow on a Latin American Country
2/5 - Slideshow on a Latin American Country (post to google classroom)
2/6 - Share Slideshows on Google Classroom - Complete Country fact sheet on 4 different countries
2/7 - Color and label the map of Latin America
Week of 2/10-2/14
2/10 - Introduction to the Ancient Civilizations of Latin America
2/11 - Maya, Inca and Aztec Comparison Chart
2/12 - Expository Reading activity on the Ancient Civilizations
2/13 - Introduce Maya, Inca and Aztec Project - Projects Due February 24
2/14 - Project Work Day
Week of 2/17-2/21
2/17 - MIDWINTER BREAK
2/18 - MIDWINTER BREAK
2/19 - Project Work Day
2/20 - Project Work Day
2/21 - Work on Study guide for the test - Due on Tuesday, February 25
Test on Latin America Map and Ancient Civilizations on February 26
Week of 2/24-2/28
2/24 - Practice Map Test, Review Chart - Students share Ancient Civilization Projects
2/25 - Go over Study Guide and Review Chart - Play Kahoot
2/26 - SNOW DAY!!!
2/26 - Black History Month Trading Cards Activity - Due tomorrow
2/28 - Ancient Civilizations and Latin America map Test - Turn in Black History Month Trading Card
Week of 3/2-3/6
3/2 - Start Chapter 9 - do the chapter introduction and geoterms (4-squares) for chapter 9 section 1
3/2 - Visits to Mexico City Neighborhoods - Class activity
3/4 - Visits to Mexico City Neighborhoods - Class activity
3/4 - Write article on the visits to the Mexico City Neighborhoods - On Google Classroom - DUE MONDAY 3/9/20
3/5 - Start Chapter 12 - do the chapter introduction and the geoterms (4-squares) for chapter 12 section 1
Week of 3/9-3/13
3/9 - Read Chapter 12 and take notes on the 6 interest groups in the Rainforest
3/10 - NO SCHOOL
3/11 - Slideshow on the Rainforest interest groups - On Google Classroom
3/12 - Slideshow on the Rainforest interest groups - On Google Classroom
3/13 - Unit Test Study Guide - Due Monday
Latin America Unit Test on Tuesday, March 17
Latin America Fiesta on Friday, March 20
9/2 - NO SCHOOL
9/3 - Get to know you
9/4 - Get to know you
9/5 - Get to know you
9/6 - Bring your supplies for Monday
Week of 9/9-9/13
9/9 - Notebook Set Up
9/10 - Draw a map of the world - History Time Capsule - due Friday
9/11 - Continent and Ocean review packet
9/12 - Create our Social Contract
9/13 - Go over the Continent and Ocean Packet and Label and color the map of the world - due Friday
Week of 9/16-9/20
9/16 - Early Release - Set up Google Classroom, check out my website, go to the online book
9/17 - NWEA Testing - (Reading)
9/18 - NWEA Testing - (Reading)
9/19 - NWEA Testing - (Reading)
9/20 - NWEA Testing - (Reading) - Global Scavenger Hunt when done with the NWEA Test
QUIZ ON THE CONTINENTS AND OCEANS NEXT WEEK!!
Week of 9/23-9/27
9/23-Early Release - Make sure everyone has set up Google Classroom, set up Quizlet, where are your ancestors from?, class pictures
9/24 - Introduction to the Five Themes of Geography and notes
9/25 - QUIZ TODAY! - Create a foldable on the Five Themes of Geography and illustrate it
9/26 - Five Themes postcard activity - Start working on the Five Themes Collage
9/27 - Work on the Five Themes Collage - PROJECT DUE NEXT FRIDAY 10/4/19
Week of 9/30-10/4
9/30- NO SCHOOL
10/1 - 5 Themes of Geography graphic organizer
10/2 - Work day on the Five Themes Collage - LAST IN CLASS WORK DAY
10/3 - 5 Themes of Geography country application activity
10/4 -5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY COLLAGE PROJECT DUE TODAY!! What is the difference between human and physical geography
Week of 10/7-10/11
10/7 - What is Geography? - Handout Physical or Human Geography
10/8 - Hemispheres foldable in class
10/9 - NO SCHOOL
10/10 - Geoterms (4-squares) Chapter 1 section 2
10/11 - Section 5.3 - Parts of the map - Activity 1.3
Week of 10/14-10/18
10/14 - Review packet on map symbols and legends
10/15 -Section 5.4 - Latitude and Longitude (absolute location) - Activity 1.4
10/16 - Latitude and longitude practice - lines of latitude and longitude
10/17 - Building Geography Skills latitude and longitude review practice
10/18 - Using Parallels and Meridians Review latitude and longitude review packet
Week of 10/21-10/25
10/21 - Check in work from last week - sign up for Quizlet
10/22 - Section 1.5 Map Scale activity
10/23 - Section 1.7 Create a foldable in class - The Earth and the Sun's impact on the earth
10/24 - Practice Test for chapter 1 (Study Guide)
10/25 - Play Quizlet Review in Class
CHAPTER 1 TEST ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29
Week of 10/28-11/1
10/28 - Go over the answers to the study guide from last Thursday - Play Kahoot Review Game
10/29 - Chapter 1 Test Today - Notebook Quiz Today
10/30 - Start Chapter 2 - Do the Geoterms (4 squares) for chapter 2 section 2
10/31 - Geographic Features Teachers - Create your landform slide with your partner - On Google Classroom
11/1 - Start Landform presentations - take notes
LAST DAY TO TURN IN LATE WORK FOR THE CARD MARKING IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4,
Week of 11/4-11/8
11/4 - CNN 10, update notebook, review work from last week
11/5 - Finish Landform booklets from Friday
11/6 - Introduce Diorama Project on Climate Zones/ Landform Illustrations (draw a picture including 12 labeled landforms)
11/7 - Climate Zone packets - Continue to work on Landform Illustrations
11/8 - Work Day on Research for Dioramas - See Google Classroom for the Rubric - Due Friday, November 15
Week of 11/11 - 11/15
11/11 - Review landforms - work on dioramas
11/12 - Work on Dioramas
11/13 - Open Note Quiz on Landforms - Last day to work on Dioramas
11/14 - World Biomes Research - See assignment on Google Classroom - Research Template
11/15 - Half Day Today - Dioramas due - Gallery Walk
LANDFORM TEST NEXT WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20
Week of 11/18-11/22
11/18 - Landform Review Packet - due tomorrow
11/19 - Go over answers to the review packet from yesterday (answers on Google Classroom) -Play Quizlet Live
11/20 - Test on Landforms - Chapter 2 Poem
11/21 - Canada Mapping Activity - Use the maps on Google Classroom to complete this assignment
11/22 - Color and Label the map of Canada - Finish any work from yesterday
Week of 11/25-11/29
11/25 -Chapter 3 Geoterms use section 3.1 in the online book - Reading a Bar Graph handout
11/26- All about the provinces and territories - group activity - NO HOMEWORK!!
11/27 - THANKSGIVING BREAK! HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY WITH YOUR FAMILY!
11/28- THANKSGIVING BREAK! HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY WITH YOUR FAMILY!
11/29 - THANKSGIVING BREAK! HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY WITH YOUR FAMILY!
Week of 12/2-12/6
12/2 - Watch the video -"The Geography of Canada"
12/3 - Work on the Canada packet - Sections 3.3,3.4 and 3.5
12/4 - Work on Canada Packet - Sections 3.4,3.7, and 3.8
12/5 - Canada Regions Sorting Activity
12/6 - Study Guide for Chapter 3 - Due Monday
CHAPTER 3 TEST ON CANADA - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10
Week of 12/9-12/13
12/9 - Review Day for the Test on Canada - Study Guide Due Today
12/10 - Chapter 3 Test on Canada
12/11 - Watch Brother Bear
12/12 - Watch Brother Bear
12/13 - Start Chapter 4 on The Great Lakes - Do Chapter 4 Geoterms and color and label the map of the Great Lakes
Week if 12/16-12/20
12/16 - Create a Foldable for chapter 4 (pollution, invasive species and habitat loss)
12/17 - The Lorax Activity
12/18 - Read sections 8.1 and 8.2 and do the chapter 4 geoterms (4-squares)
12/19 - Prepare for Culture day
12/20 - Culture Day!
HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON! SEE YOU IN 2020!
Week of 1/6-1/10
1/6 - Prepare for Immigrant Interviews
1/7 - Immigrant interviews in class today
1/8 - 8.3 and 8.4 - Push and Pull factors
1/9- Watch God Grew Tired of Us
1/10 - Watch God Grew Tired of Us
CHAPTER 8 TEST NEXT FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2020!
Week of 1/13-1/17
1/13 - Early Release Monday - catch up on missing work - the card marking ends in 2 weeks!
1/14 - Wrap up chapter 8 - Get study guide for chapter 8
1/15 - Play Kahoot or Quizlet Live for Review
1/16 - Push and Pull activity Review
1/17 - Chapter 8 Test - Get Study Guide for the Midterm
Week of 1/20-1/24
1/20 - NO SCHOOL - MLK DAY
1/21 - Review for the Midterm
1/22 - Study guide from Last Friday due today - Review for the Midterm
1/23 - Midterms - (2nd, 3rd and 4th hours)
1/24 - Midterms - (5th, 6th and 7th hours)
Week of 1/27-1/31 - Beginning of Semester 2
1/27 - Section 7.1 - Drawing to Comprehend - Section 7.2 -REAP strategy (reading strategy in your notebook)
1/28 - Sections 7.3-7.5 - Group Jigsaw Read and notes
1/29 - Food Consumption around the World Chalk Talk - Study guide for Friday's quiz
1/30 - 7.6-7.8 - mini group read and notes
1/31 - Quiz on chapter 7
Week of 2/3-2/7
2/3 - Latin America map challenge 1 and map challenge 2
2/4 - Slideshow on a Latin American Country
2/5 - Slideshow on a Latin American Country (post to google classroom)
2/6 - Share Slideshows on Google Classroom - Complete Country fact sheet on 4 different countries
2/7 - Color and label the map of Latin America
Week of 2/10-2/14
2/10 - Introduction to the Ancient Civilizations of Latin America
2/11 - Maya, Inca and Aztec Comparison Chart
2/12 - Expository Reading activity on the Ancient Civilizations
2/13 - Introduce Maya, Inca and Aztec Project - Projects Due February 24
2/14 - Project Work Day
Week of 2/17-2/21
2/17 - MIDWINTER BREAK
2/18 - MIDWINTER BREAK
2/19 - Project Work Day
2/20 - Project Work Day
2/21 - Work on Study guide for the test - Due on Tuesday, February 25
Test on Latin America Map and Ancient Civilizations on February 26
Week of 2/24-2/28
2/24 - Practice Map Test, Review Chart - Students share Ancient Civilization Projects
2/25 - Go over Study Guide and Review Chart - Play Kahoot
2/26 - SNOW DAY!!!
2/26 - Black History Month Trading Cards Activity - Due tomorrow
2/28 - Ancient Civilizations and Latin America map Test - Turn in Black History Month Trading Card
Week of 3/2-3/6
3/2 - Start Chapter 9 - do the chapter introduction and geoterms (4-squares) for chapter 9 section 1
3/2 - Visits to Mexico City Neighborhoods - Class activity
3/4 - Visits to Mexico City Neighborhoods - Class activity
3/4 - Write article on the visits to the Mexico City Neighborhoods - On Google Classroom - DUE MONDAY 3/9/20
3/5 - Start Chapter 12 - do the chapter introduction and the geoterms (4-squares) for chapter 12 section 1
Week of 3/9-3/13
3/9 - Read Chapter 12 and take notes on the 6 interest groups in the Rainforest
3/10 - NO SCHOOL
3/11 - Slideshow on the Rainforest interest groups - On Google Classroom
3/12 - Slideshow on the Rainforest interest groups - On Google Classroom
3/13 - Unit Test Study Guide - Due Monday
Latin America Unit Test on Tuesday, March 17
Latin America Fiesta on Friday, March 20