This week
we will be setting up our ISN, reviewing continents and oceans, previewing our
first unit in the text and creating a tab book for the 5 themes of geography.
Friday is September 11, and the class will be participating in a reflective
activity to honor those that died 14 years ago. Looking ahead to Monday and
Tuesday of the following week, we will be working on vocabulary relating to globes
and creating a graded foldable focusing on lines of latitude and longitude and
the hemispheres.
Students should be studying their continents and oceans each night. A blank map was passed out on 9/10. There is a a correctly labeled map in their ISN (notebook). Two online games are located at: http://www.quia.com/hm/46193.html and http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm
Students should be studying their continents and oceans each night. A blank map was passed out on 9/10. There is a a correctly labeled map in their ISN (notebook). Two online games are located at: http://www.quia.com/hm/46193.html and http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm
Homework:
Monday –
Labor Day-no school
Tuesday –
Wednesday – periods 1, 2, 3, 5, 6: page 10. Period 4 - none
Thursday –
finish vocab:
5 themes of
Geography (Little People Have More Recess)
Location – The exact measurement of where something
can be found. Can be described absolutely (latitude and longitude) and relatively
(in relation to other places)
Place – description of what an area is like based
on natural and man-made features
Human/environment
interaction – relationship between
people and the earth
Movement – how people, goods and ideas move around the
world (and how patterns of movement affect people and the way in which
communities develop)
Region – an area with common features (that sets
it apart from other areas)
Friday - none
