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Week 1: 8/25-8/29 Week 2: 9/1-9/5 Week 3: 9/7- 9/12

Week 1: 8/25-8/29 Week 2: 9/1-9/5 Week 3: 9/7- 9/12. Monday 8/25. Come in, find your seat. They are for the most part in Alphabetical Order. Write down your homework: Signed Syllabus, Facebook, Class Dojo- due Tomorrow; Supplies due Friday. I will come around and stamp your agenda.

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Week 1: 8/25-8/29 Week 2: 9/1-9/5 Week 3: 9/7- 9/12

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  1. Week 1: 8/25-8/29Week 2: 9/1-9/5Week 3: 9/7- 9/12

  2. Monday 8/25 • Come in, find your seat. They are for the most part in Alphabetical Order. Write down your homework: Signed Syllabus, Facebook, Class Dojo- due Tomorrow; Supplies due Friday. I will come around and stamp your agenda.

  3. Today we will • Discover Ms. Farley’s expectations of us this year. • Identify how to succeed in Social Studies this year.

  4. Agenda • See Ms. Farley’s webpage under today in class.

  5. Tuesday 8/26 • Warm-up: Answer the following on Edmodo.com. Titled Weekly 5 Week 1. • Group code: nh9mxj • What are our 6 classroom rules? • What does one tally on the desk mean? • How will Ms. Farley get our attention? • How are legging appropriately worn? • When is gum allowed?

  6. Try it on your own this time • This year I plan to… • This quarter I plan to… • By the end of this year I will… • By the end of the quarter I will… • By the end of the semester I will… • When you believe you have written a SMART Goal, raise your hand. If I or two of your classmates consider it to meet the Requirements, then you get to add your goal to the yellow bulletin board in the hallway. :D

  7. Brainstorm….. • What do we need to have a SMART goal? • Smart, self, strive, stay focused, succeed, simplify, suitable, safe • Multiple, manageable, motivation, math, makeable (doable) • Alert, achieve, attitude, attainable • Reasonable, responsible, respect • Time- manageable, timely manner, trusting, truthful

  8. Specifics

  9. Practice!!!! • Which of the following are SMART Goals? • I plan to lose 10 pounds. • I plan to get at least a 99% in every class. • I plan to get good grades this quarter. • I plan to get make honor roll while playing football during Semester 1 of the 8th grade.

  10. Wednesday 8/27 and Thursday 8/28 • Come in, turn in your homework, and have a seat. Get out your laptop and log-in to edmodo.com. Codes: • Core 1A: dtsy7i - Core 1B: tcgp2k • Core2A: zd2jfa -Core 2B: dezdqs • Core 3A: t9p768 -Core3B:nh9mxj • We will be taking the 2013 NC State Final Exam as a Pre-test for the year. We will take this test again in January and May to view the growth we have made.

  11. If you finish the Pre-test early… • Go to edmodo.com and take the Geography Pre-will test • After the pre-test, go to the website, www.quizlet.com. • You will need to sign-up in order to keep track of your scores; use your lunch number as your log-in and password. • Once logged on, you will search for C_Farley. You will want to join my class and begin studying the vocabulary for Geography- Unit 1. You will have a test on these words.

  12. Friday 8/29 • Please get out your supplies for class ,we will put our notebook together as our supplies should have been in by today. • Write down your homework and leave it out to be stamped. • HW: Draw, write, or make a collage that represents who you are on the first page of your notebook. • Once our notebook has been set up, we will finish our Geography Pre-test on Edmodo, and begin Cornell notes on our vocabulary which is located on www.quizlet.com.

  13. Trade and Grade • You will receive a test from another Core. Please grade their Final Exam Pre-test. Use the answers below. Please grade in a red, or blue pen. • 1A • 2B • 3A • 4A • 5C • 6B • 7B • 8A • 9B • 10C • 11A • 12B • 13C • 14C • 15B • 16D • 17B • 18D • 19D • 20C • 21B • 22D • 23A • 24C • 25B • 26D

  14. If you finish the notebook set-up early… • Go to edmodo.com and take the Geography Pre-will test • After the pre-test, go to the website, www.quizlet.com. • You will need to sign-up in order to keep track of your scores; use your initials and lunch number as your log-in and password. • Once logged on, you will search for C_Farley. You will want to join my class and begin studying the vocabulary for Geography- Unit 1. You will have a test on these words.

  15. Tuesday, 9/2/14 • Get out your notebook and turn to your “All About Me Page” I will stamp it to let you know that I have seen that you have done you’re homework. • Write down your homework: 1. Finish the Unit 1- Geography Vocabulary Test by the end of 9/3/14. Record your scores for your Pre-tests, and Vocab. Test. We will begin graphing after we complete our Geography Post-Test. 2. Longitude, Latitude Practice. It will become page 7 of your notebook. • Log-on to Edmodo.com and take the Geography Pre-test. Afterwards, log-on to Quizlet.com. I will give you 7 minutes for the pre-test.

  16. Now that the 7 minutes are up… • We are getting new seats. Please listen carefully to wear you will be. • I will be working with the blue and green groups today on Latitude and Longitude. • My Pink and Yellow groups, please continue to take notes on the Geography Vocabulary following the notes guidelines on the side board. If you have a question, please use your stoplight cue cards. I will help you when I have a chance. You may whisper to a person near you, if you have a question and I cannot get there immediately.

  17. What is the difference between Longitude and Latitude? • We will be taking Cornell Notes on following Latitude v. Longitude videos before practicing together, and then on our own. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUA-Let4PM4 • https://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=-0c1idtn3e8

  18. Practice Together • Longitude is just like the x-coordinates of a graph. • Latitude is like the y-coordinates. • When reading or recording the coordinates remember that Longitude comes before Latitude. • Example: just like in math (x,y) so for us we would read the coordinates as (40°N, 30°W); 40 degrees North and 30 degrees West. • The Practice Page you will receive will go onto page 7 of our notebook. We will do the first one together.

  19. At 22min mark….Switch! • I will now work with the Yellow and Pink groups. You have 30 seconds to quickly switch seats. Take your laptops and notebooks with you, nothing else.

  20. Wednesday, 9/3/14 • Blue and Green dots, will work on their own today. Pink and Yellow dots will be with Ms. Farley. • Move to the area you need to be in. Take your laptop, notebook, and a pen/pencil. • Turn in your homework, and write down your homework for tonight. You have 3 minutes. • Blue and Green Dots- Major Industries and Resources of NC Reading Guide, and On Page 11, create a map of NC and it’s major industries and resources. Include a title, scale, and key. • Pink and Yellow Dots- On Page 9, Create a Map that outlines the four regions of NC. We will add to this map on Friday.

  21. What group is doing what? • Blue and Green Dots will work on their own first. You will watch the video “Map Skills” on Brain-pop. • Login: leecs • Password: brainpop • The work you will need to complete for this video is outlined on Edmodo.com. • If you finish early, complete the reading “Summary: Resources and Industries.” Write your answers to the “After You Read” on the backside of the page. This will become page 12 of your notebook, after I grade your responses. On Page 11, create a map of NC and it’s major industries and resources. Include a title, scale, and key. • Yellow and Pink Dots will work with Ms. Farley on the 4 regions of North Carolina. • We will be taking Cornell notes, and creating a map. You will need 4 different colored pencils, or crayons. • Add page 9 and 10 to your notebook. Page 10 will be our Regions of NC Cornell notes. Page 9 will be a map outlining the regions of NC.

  22. The Four Regions of NC • The four regions are: Mountain, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, and Tidewater.

  23. In a 20min. time-span, • We are quietly going to work with a partner who has a different color than us on the “Physical Features” and “Major Cities” columns on our chart “Regions and Sub-regions of North Carolina.” • Physical features — Students should list any physical feature, including specific places such as Mount Mitchell or the Sandhills, that can be found in each region. • They should list elevation, major water sources, soils and major forms of vegetation. Some of the features will not be directly stated, but can be inferred. • Major cities – Explain that the students should compare the major cities with the map of the regions to discover which cities belong in each region or sub-region.

  24. Analyzing Data- • What do we notice about the facts we collected? • Are there any patterns?

  25. Tomorrow • Groups will need to remain the same. I will need to continue to work with the yellow and pink groups for half of the class. Blue and green groups, you will being work on the Regions of NC on your own. • Homework: Based on your “home” seat • Blue and Green Dots- Major Industries and Resources of NC Reading Guide, and On Page 11, create a map of NC and it’s major industries and resources. Include a title, scale, and key. • Pink and Yellow Dots- On Page 9, Create a Map that outlines the four regions of NC. We will add to this map on Friday. • If you have a question I didn’t get to answer today, please write it down on a sticky note and stick it in the Parking Lot.

  26. Thursday, 9/4/14 • Blue and green dots are working with me, yellow and pink dots will be working independently. Get where you need to be in the next 30 seconds with your laptop, notebook, and a pen/pencil. • Homework: Based on your “home” group • Yellow and Pink Dots- Major Industries and Resources of NC Reading Guide, and On Page 11, create a map of NC and it’s major industries and resources. Include a title, scale, and key. • Blue and Green Dots- On Page 9, Create a Map that outlines the four regions of NC. We will add to this map on Friday.

  27. What group is doing what? • Pink and Yellow dots will work on their own first. You will watch the video “Map Skills” on Brain-pop. • Login: leecs • Password: brainpop • The work you will need to complete for this video is outlined on Edmodo.com. • If you finish early, complete the reading “Summary: Resources and Industries.” Write your answers to the “After You Read” on the backside of the page. This will become page 12 of your notebook, after I grade your responses. On Page 11, create a map of NC and it’s major industries and resources. Include a title, scale, and key. • Blue and Green Dots will work with Ms. Farley on the 4 regions of North Carolina. • We will be taking Cornell notes, and creating a map. You will need 4 different colored pencils, or crayons. • Add page 9 and 10 to your notebook. Page 10 will be our Regions of NC Cornell notes. Page 9 will be a map outlining the regions of NC.

  28. The Four Regions of NC • The four regions are: Mountain, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, and Tidewater.

  29. In a 20min. time-span, • We are quietly going to work with a partner who has a different color than us on the “Physical Features” and “Major Cities” columns on our chart “Regions and Sub-regions of North Carolina.” • Physical features — Students should list any physical feature, including specific places such as Mount Mitchell or the Sandhills, that can be found in each region. • They should list elevation, major water sources, soils and major forms of vegetation. Some of the features will not be directly stated, but can be inferred. • Major cities – Explain that the students should compare the major cities with the map of the regions to discover which cities belong in each region or sub-region.

  30. Analyzing Data- • What do we notice about the facts we collected? • Are there any patterns?

  31. Tomorrow, we will… • Complete two activities related to North Carolina’s climate, and economics, our last two columns of the chart on page 10. • It will require us to be on our best behavior as we will have a large jigsaw to complete in class. You will be responsible for another person’s learning, so it’s best not to waste our time.

  32. Friday, 9/5/14 • Log-on to Edmodo.com to complete our Weekly 5: 9/1-9/5 for your warm-up. • Put your notebooks on the back table so I can do a quick notebook check. • Write down your homework: - All: Missing Work.

  33. Monday, 9/8/14 • Come in, get out a pen/pencil, collect your notebook, and get out the following sheets: • NC Resources and Industries- Page 10 • NC Regions Chart- Page 12 • Write down your homework on Page 11 of your notebook!!! In your agenda say see page 11. • Core 1and 2B: On Page 11, answer the following question in a 5-6 sentence paragraph- What region would you want to live in and why? Add colorful drawings around the paragraph that go with your response. • Core 2A and 3: On Page 11, answer the following question in a 3-5 sentence paragraph- What region would you want to live in and why? Add colorful drawings around the paragraph that go with your response.

  34. Who’s finding what

  35. For the next 15 minutes. • Your dot color will receive the article about the topic you’ve been assigned. • Read the article. • Fill out the chart for each region under your topic’s column by using your context clues and maps included with the readings.

  36. Now that 15 mins. are up, • Take 1 minute to review that you and your group have the same responses. As I will be splitting you up. • Groups will be formed after that will contain 1 person from each color. • You will have to talk to each other to complete the chart as much as possible in the next 10mins.

  37. Review answers received by peer as a whole class.

  38. This weekend… • Homework: Page 11 • Tomorrow we will be comparing two regions of NC in a comparative essay.

  39. Tuesday, 9/9/14 • Warm-up: What do you believe the word “generalities” means? What does it mean to compare two or more objects? Write down your responses on Page 12 of your notebook. • Write down your homework: For All- • Comparative Essay on two Regions of NC (This essay will be page 11 of your notebook, as well)

  40. How do we write a comparative essay?

  41. Steps to getting it done • With a partner, compare two regions of North Carolina using the chart given. You will have 10 mins. This chart belongs on page 14 of your notebook. • With the remainder of class, work on your outline on your own. • Remember to use your stoplight cards! I will be coming around to individuals who are showing red and yellow cards. • Last five mins. of class, I need to see my pink and yellow groups.

  42. Tomorrow • You will turn in your Comparative Essay. • We will begin US Geography. • Test will be on Friday.

  43. Wednesday, 9/10/14 • Come in. Sit down. Get out a pen/pencil, and turn your essay into the bin. • Write down your Homework: • All: Regions of the US foldable and Reflection Questions- Pg 13 • Notebook Check and Test on Friday

  44. How good is your memory? • You will be given a US map, page 14 of your notebook. Leave it face down. • Watch the video clip, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSvJ9SN8THE. Still leave the map alone. • Once the song is done, record as many names of states in their proper spot. • Think you can get twice as much with another showing????

  45. The Major Physical Features of the US.

  46. The Regions of the US- switch to document camera.

  47. Homework: • Regions of the US Foldable and Reflection Questions • Notebook Check and Test on Friday • Essay if you did not finish this in class.

  48. Thursday, 9/11/14- Review Day!!! • Come in, quickly and quietly sit at your home group. • Log-on to Edmodo.com for your Weekly 5. • Homework: • All : Test and Notebook Check Tomorrow. • Girls I.E. Homework: Our Land and It’s Resources Enrichment Reading. Due tomorrow

  49. Study Guide • Use your notes from class to aid you in completing as much of your Study Guide as possible on your own in 15mins • For the next 7 mins, compare your work to that of your partner. If you have different answers, discuss which one is the better choice. • Trade /”Grade” as whole class

  50. List of U.S. Geography game reviews you can play now: • http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm • http://lizardpoint.com/geography/usa-quiz.php?type=randmenu • http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/us-puzzle.html • http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html

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