Hausdorf’s Hemisphere

Don’t forget when you come back it will be Tuesday, Advisement day. Remember to plan accordingly. Have a super weekend.

Today students completed warm up questions, DG 3, and will have a quiz on Tuesday over this material, then we introduced the five themes of geography, after going over the five fields of learning chart (in the DG 3 powerpoint). In a group format, students were to read and discussed the theme in their group envelope, then tell the class its definition and examples of it. Then we looked at some notes, a brief license plate analogy activity, and then it was time to go.

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Tuesday- we’ll finish the five themes, then review on Wednesday, and take the TEST on Thursday. Students will probably have homework Tuesday evening.

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HOMEWORK- review notes (fields of learning), and DG material

REMEMBER THURSDAY’S TEST IS ON SCANTRON, PLEASE BRING A PENCIL!

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Looking forward to it!!!

Today students started the warm up, DG 3 1-4, then we took some notes on Map Skill information, and started working on the Five Fields of Learning in Geography (will finish that tomorrow). Students created a chart with the five fields, History, Geography, Government, Economics, and Culture, then we are going to fill in that chart tomorrow. Students were given the Latitude/Longitude handout for HOMEWORK, it is for a homework grade (10pts.) due tomorrow.

VERY IMPORTANT: THE TEST HAS BEEN MOVED TO THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK

We’ll also go over the Scavenger Hunt and start the Five Themes of Geography. Below is a GEOGRAPHY TEST REVIEW GUIDE, which may help some students. Feel free to look over and make notes as we cover all the areas.

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We also looked at the website link from yesterday’s blog, which showed us projections, latitude/longitude, hemispheres, equator, prime meridian, etc.

I had to create our own visual example of distortion, to illustrate the concept. That’s what is below. We had discussion about this in most classes.

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HOMEWORK- finish the Latitude/Longitude handout

Today students took the DG 2 quiz, keep on studying the DG grades were very good, then we had a textbook scavenger hunt contest, some classes did not quite finish, and then we also started some Map Skills notes, which we will finish up tomorrow.

Below is a website that allows you to play a game to understand how latitude and longitude work. Let me know what you think of it…may have to copy and paste the link into the address bar.

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/latitude-longitude-map-game.php

Another site that is kind of fun in through National Geographic, check it as well, it’s a little more mature the above site.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/hall/index.html?node=20

Tomorrow- finish Map Skills notes (copy will be available on tomorrow’s blog), find a scavenger hunt winner, introduce Cornell notes

HOMEWORK- none

IMPORTANT: HAVING YOUR FIRST TEST ON WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK

Please don’t forget about Fundraiser books!

Open House is SEPTEMBER 8th at 7pm.

Today students went to their very first advisement class (and we will every Tuesday), so we had an adjusted schedule and they day seemed to fly by. Students copied the rest of DG 2, went over the answers, and we even had a mini globe discussion. Then we had Mrs. Blank with us in class to talk about Guidance and who she is and how she can help.

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THERE WILL BE NO LANDFORM QUIZ TOMORROW. I will include landforms and definitions on another type of assessment.

HOMEWORK- look over and review your DG 2 questions for quiz tomorrow

Fundraiser books and information went home today. If you do not want to sell the book, bring it back tomorrow, or real soon. Students did sign for the books in afternoon homeroom.

Also, please put MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8 as OPEN HOUSE FOR SIXTH GRADE on your calendar. It starts at 7pm. I’ll be sending out emails very soon. Thank you for your awesomeness, and I look forward to seeing all the incredible parents that evening!

Students started with DG 2 warm up questions, then presented the islands flat upon the desktops, we had 5 minutes to walk about and determine which islands were going to be nominated for "class island", then we held a secret voting session to determine the winner, per class. After that we reviewed the landform terms from our atlas, below is a list that might be helpful. Students could also look over the landform guide they completed in class, that has the landforms pictures. STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE TO COPY ALL THE DEFINITIONS, JUST BE ABLE TO TELL THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM AND BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEM VISUALLY. EXAMPLE- IF THERE IS A PICTURE OF A GULF, STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GULF AND A BAY, THE BAY IS SMALLER.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml

http://www.quia.com/quiz/117248.html?AP_rand=68498968

The islands were excellent from what I saw, there were just a few students who didn’t turn the project, so, overall I was very impressed!

Landform Quiz on Wednesday!

Tomorrow, we will finish DG 2 (have that quiz on Wednesday), then listen to Mrs. Blank about guidance issues, and then go over the terms.

HOMEWORK- review landform terms

Today students took their first DG quiz, and most of the grades were excellent. Thank you for reviewing your material. Then we got busy with island masterpieces. Textbooks were issued in 1st period and 4th period. I am in the process of getting more textbooks for 2nd and 3rd period. We will also be using a class set of textbooks in class, so student textbooks are to remain at home. Students also signed for their book and I encouraged them greatly to check for damages and to let me know as soon as possible, so they wouldn’t be responsible for damage fees later.

PLEASE TAKE THE SURVEY (FROM FRIDAY) IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY, THANK YOU!!!

Monday- Islands are due, we will do a "walkabout" and then vote on islands in each period, we will also go over definitions of landforms and discuss why we’re learning about landforms.

HOMEWORK- FINISH ISLAND

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, WEEK #2 OF MIDDLE SCHOOL, GREAT JOB!!!