1/10 Physical Geography

Reminders

• Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
• Please write your homework in your assignment book.
• Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

 ______________________________________________________


Today in class you will

• analyze information about climate, physical features, and natural resources.
• determine how physical geography impacts human geography.

Why?

• To deepen your understanding of human and physical geography.
• To develop your critical thinking skills.

________________________________________________

DIRECTIONS

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.  Go back to your table in your scrap paper doc.  Continue working with your group to complete the table.           25 minutes

3.  Whole class discussion.        10 minutes

4.  Brain dump       10 minutes
      
      

___________________________________

Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• Describe how do physical features impact human geography (population patterns, economic activity)?

1/9 Refugee

Reminders

• Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
• Please write your homework in your assignment book.
• Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

 ______________________________________________________


Today in class you will

• analyze information about climate, physical features, and natural resources.
• determine how physical geography impacts human geography.

Why?

• To deepen your understanding of human and physical geography.
• To develop your critical thinking skills.

________________________________________________

DIRECTIONS

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.  Go to Google Classroom, open the Refugee document under Human and Physical Geography.           5 minutes

3.  By yourself, read the first slide and follow directions on the second slide.        5 minutes

4.  Complete the next two slides        8 minutes

5. Complete the next four slides.        35 minutes

6. Make a focus choice.

7.  Small group planning        10 minutes
      
      

___________________________________

Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What is a refugee?
• What is your plan for reading?

1/8 Physical Geography

Reminders

• Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
• Please write your homework in your assignment book.
• Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

 ______________________________________________________


Today in class you will

• analyze information about climate, physical features, and natural resources.
• determine how physical geography impacts human geography.

Why?

• To deepen your understanding of human and physical geography.
• To develop your critical thinking skills.

________________________________________________

DIRECTIONS

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.  Open the argument writing practice document. On a sticky note (front table) indicate what worked well with the work yesterday. Indicate what didn't work well with the work yesterday (what you most struggled with). Place it on The Writing Process poster.          5 minutes

3.  In your scrap paper doc, put the date at the top. Insert a table that is 5 x5 with these headings across the top:  LOCATION, POPULATION/IMPACT, CLIMATE, PHYSICAL FEATURES, NATURAL RESOURCES        5 minutes

4.  Wait for whole class discussion        5 minutes

5.  Analyze the physical geography of the locations given and determine the impact on human geography.        35 minutes
      

___________________________________

Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What are some places impacted by physical geography?
• How do climate, physical features, and natural resources impact those places?

1/7 Argument Writing; Physical Geography

Reminders

• Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
• Please write your homework in your assignment book.
• Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

 ______________________________________________________


Today in class you will

• analyze information about climate, physical features, and natural resources.
• determine how physical geography impacts human geography.

Why?

• To deepen your understanding of human and physical geography.
• To develop your critical thinking skills.

________________________________________________

DIRECTIONS

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.  Open the document from yesterday. On a sticky note (front table) indicate what worked well with the work yesterday. Indicate what didn't work well with the work yesterday (what you most struggled with).          5 minutes

3.  In your scrap paper doc, put the date at the top. Insert a table that is 5 x5 with these headings across the top:  LOCATION, POPULATION/IMPACT, CLIMATE, PHYSICAL FEATURES, NATURAL RESOURCES        5 minutes

4.  Wait for whole class discussion        5 minutes

5.  Analyze the physical geography of the locations given and determine the impact on human geography.        35 minutes
      

___________________________________

Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What are some places impacted by physical geography?
• How do climate, physical features, and natural resources impact those places?

 ______________________________________________________


Today in class you will

• analyze argument writing.
• practice improving argument writing.

Why?

• To develop your argument writing skills.

________________________________________________

DIRECTIONS

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.  Make a copy of the document linked here.  Use the folder icon next to the title and move it to your social studies folder.          5 minutes

3.  Some parts of the document you will do with the people at your table. If no one else is at your table, move to be with at least one other person. Other parts, you will complete by yourself.  Start following the directions in the document.        50 minutes

___________________________________

Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What was the most difficult thing for you to do to improve the writing?

1/6 Argument Writing Practice; Physical Geography

Reminders

• Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
• Please write your homework in your assignment book.
• Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

 ______________________________________________________


Today in class you will

• review information about climate, physical features, and natural resources.
• analyze your own argument writing.

Why?

• To deepen your understanding of human and physical geography.
• To develop your argument writing skills.

________________________________________________

DIRECTIONS

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.  Prior to vacation you saved a PDF with a rubric and feedback about your argument writing to your social studies folder from an email I sent you.  Open that PDF now and review the rubric and feedback.          5 minutes

3.  Based on the rubric and feedback about the writing only (as opposed to the content), overall how would you assess your writing:  BEGINNING            PROGRESSING         PROFICIENT/EXPECTED             EXCEEDS EXPECTATION.        5 minutes

4.  Open your argument writing in Google Classroom, then, at the top - above the argument writing, list the 3-5 most critical things you could do to improve the writing. (Directions do not say to rewrite to revise the writing.)        15 minutes

5.  Find  answers from the original sources  (the two websites and Doc in your social studies folder you used to create your sketchnote, summary, and graphic organizer) and revise  the answers. A check mark to the left where the number is means it is correct. A check mark within the answer means what is checked is correct.  #3 has two different correct answers. Even if you have it marked as correct, find and add the second correct answer.         15 minutes

6.  Go over the correct answers with the teacher         5 minutes

7.  By yourself, complete stations around the room that you did not yet complete when you were trying to find Gee.         

___________________________________

Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What can you do to improve your writing?

 ______________________________________________________


Today in class you will

• analyze argument writing.
• practice improving argument writing.

Why?

• To develop your argument writing skills.

________________________________________________

DIRECTIONS

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.  Make a copy of the document linked here.  Use the folder icon next to the title and move it to your social studies folder.          5 minutes

3.  Some parts of the document you will do with the people at your table. If no one else is at your table, move to be with at least one other person. Other parts, you will complete by yourself.  Start following the directions in the document.        50 minutes

___________________________________

Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What was the most difficult thing for you to do to improve the writing?