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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Aug. 29
SB: Explain how we enter the room.
- More review of classroom rules and expectations.
- Students need to know how to: enter the room, answer the phone,
leave the room, speak in class, turn in assignments, treat visitors,
handle teacher tools.
-Review the duties of a Geography Student.
- Role play situations.
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Aug. 30
SB: List the Duties of a Geography Student?
-Students will review the grading policies of this class.
-Examples will be shown.
- Begin reviewing for tomorrow's Geography practices and procedures
test.
-HW: Complete NB 4. 15 pts. |
Aug. 31
SB: Where do you live?
-Score Homework.
Test over Geography practices and procedures.
- Introduce the 5 themes of Geography.
- Discuss location, place, human-environment interaction, movement,
& region. |
1
SB: List the 5 Themes of Geography.
- Discuss Location in depth. We will consider both relative and
absolute location.
- Introduction to latitude and longitude.
HW: Complete NB 5. Describe your residence
in terms of relative location and absolute location. 10 pts. |
2
SB: Define Location.
- Score homework.
- More discussion on absolute location and how it relates to latitude
and longitude.
- Practice with latitude and longitude (Battleship). |
5
Labor Day
No School |
6
SB: List the continents of the world.
- Students will learn the names and locations of the world's
continents and oceans.
- Students will draw the world's continents and oceans on NB
6.
HW: Correctly label the continents and oceans on NB
7. 10 pts. |
7
SB: List the oceans of the world.
- Score homework.
- Review continents and oceans.
- Introduction of Alaska.
- Students will draw Alaska on NB 8.
- Students will add places as we move along.
- Students will try to locate more and more Alaska places throughout
the period. |
8
SB: What is the relative location of Valdez, AK?
- Students will work with the locations of major Alaskan
cities.
- Maps will be used, and students will work with the notion relative
location regarding cities of Alaska.
HW: Correctly label the cities of Alaska on
NB 9. 10 pts. |
9
SB: List three rivers in Alaska.
-Score homework
- Consider rivers and their role in the 5 themes of Geography. How
important are they in terms of Movement?
- Locate rivers of Alaska, using the map on NB
10. |
12
SB: List 10 Alaska rivers.
- Review the major cities of Alaska, as well as the major
rivers of Alaska.
- Work with GPS receivers.
- Take a trip to Geo-caching.com. |
13
SB: List the continents of the world.
- Remind students that a test will occur tomorrow covering continents,
oceans, Alaska cities, and Alaska rivers. NB
11.
- Review test items with students.
HW: Identify the continents, oceans, Alaska cities, and
Alaska rivers on NB 12.
15 pts.
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14
SB: How much time did you spend studying for today's test?
- Score homework.
-Take Test over continents,
oceans, Alaska cities, and Alaska rivers.
- Score tests if time allows.
- Plan to work outside tomorrow. |
15
SB: What does "GPS" stand for?
- Let's go Geocaching!
HW: Bring an item for a geocache.
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16
SB: Use the word "waypoint" in a sentence that describes
yesterday's geocaching experience.
- Discuss waypoints, and tracks.
- Discuss how to hide a geocache.
- Notebook check. |
19
SB: List as many states as possible in 1 minute.
- Introduce the 50 States.
- We will work with maps and partners to memorize the locations of
the 50 United States.
-Today we will focus on the eastern-most states.
See NB 13. |
20
SB: List all the States that touch the Atlantic Ocean.
- Continue working with the United States. Students should
begin quizzing one another in class today.
HW: Label the US map, NB 14.
20 pts. |
21
Inservice
No School for Students
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22
Inservice
No School for Students |
23
SB: List the MIMAL States.
- Score Tuesday's homework.
- Continue with U.S. states and their locations.
- Work with NB 15.
- Memorization games will take place.
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26
SB: List the States that touch the Pacific Ocean.
- Final day of working with the locations of U. S. States.
- Expect a trip to the playground map if weather permits. |
27
SB: List the Canadian Provinces.
- Students will be introduced to the 13 Canadian provinces.
- Expect to learn their locations and how to spell their names correctly.
HW: Label the Canadian Provinces on NB
16. 10 pts.
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28
SB: List the Canadian Provinces (again).
- Score homework.
- Review Canadian Provinces.
- Review United States for tomorrow's test.
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29
SB: What grade do you expect to get on today's test?
- Take Test on United States and Canadian
Provinces.
- Score tests if time allows. |
30
SB: List two things you have learned in Geography this year.
- Discuss Starting block answers.
- Review tests. |