Lesson: Today the students shared their Imaginary Country Projects. Then we played a current event news game called Newzbrain.
Homework: None
Warm Up: The students watched CNN Student News. Click here to watch today's episode.
Lesson: Today the students shared their Imaginary Country Projects. Then we played a current event news game called Newzbrain. Homework: None
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Warm Up: The students watched CNN Student News. Click here to watch today's episode.
Lesson: Tuesday through Thursday, the students will be putting their imaginary country projects together. For a more detailed description of this project, see yesterday's post. Homework: Imaginary Country due Friday Warm Up: The students watched CNN Student News. Click here to watch today's episode.
Lesson: Today the students continued planning their imaginary country. They will be creating their own imaginary country to apply some of the geography terms that we have learned in class. They worked on the planning sheet in class today. For their country project, they must draw and color a country and include the following:
Homework: Imaginary Country Planning Worksheet Warm Up: The students watched CNN Student News. Click here to watch today's episode.
Lesson: Today the students started planning for the Imaginary Country Project. They will be creating their own imaginary country to apply some of the geography terms that we have learned in class. They worked on the planning sheet in class today. For their country project, they must draw and color a country and include the following:
Homework: Imaginary Country Project due next Friday Warm Up: The students watched CNN Student News. Click here to watch today's episode.
Lesson: Today the students watched a video about the 5 Themes of Geography. Click here to watch the 5 Themes of Geography Rap. Then the students worked on a writing activity where they applied the 5 Themes of Geography to Excelsior Middle School. For a copy of this document, click here. Homework: Finish 5 Themes Worksheet Warm Up: The students watched CNN Student News. Click here to watch today's episode.
Lesson: Today we finished taking notes on the 5 Themes of Geography. They took notes on the terms in their composition notebooks. For each term, they used an organizer to write the term, the definition, characteristics of that term, examples of the term, and a symbol for each term. For a copy of this PowerPoint, click here. Homework: None Warm Up: The students watched CNN Student News. Click here to watch today's episode.
Lesson: Today the students learned about the 5 Themes of Geography. They took notes on the terms in their composition notebooks. For each term, they used an organizer to write the term, the definition, characteristics of that term, examples of the term, and a symbol for each term. We will continue taking notes tomorrow in class. For a copy of this PowerPoint, click here. Homework: None Today we were supposed to have the OCM Olympics, but the weather required us to postpone the event. In place of the Olympics, we did a team PBIS celebration. All students with no missing work got to participate in the team celebration, while students with missing work worked in work rooms.
Warm Up: The students watched CNN Student News. Click here to watch today's episode.
Lesson: Today we began learning about the Five Themes of Geography. There are five ways that geographers look at the earth, and they use the five themes to organize the information. The five themes are:
Homework: None Warm Up: The students watched CNN Student News. Click here to watch today's episode.
Lesson: I handed back their geography tests today in class. We reviewed the team policy on test retakes and went through the retake form. The students asked many questions! Students with a failing grade are required to retake their assessments. Check PowerSchool next week for their test grades. Homework: Test retakes due this week |
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