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

Today we will

Discover Ms. Farley’s expectations of us this year.

Identify how to succeed in Social Studies this year.

Agenda

See Ms. Farley’s webpage under today in class.

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?

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

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

Specifics

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Tuesday, 9/2/141. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Four Regions of NC

The four regions are: Mountain, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, and Tidewater.

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.

What do we notice about the facts we collected?

Are there any patterns?

Analyzing Data-

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.

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.

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.

The Four Regions of NC

The four regions are: Mountain, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, and Tidewater.

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.

What do we notice about the facts we collected?

Are there any patterns?

Analyzing Data-

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.

Friday, 9/5/14

1. Log-on to Edmodo.com to complete our Weekly 5: 9/1-9/5 for your warm-up.

2. Put your notebooks on the back table so I can do a quick notebook check.

3. Write down your homework: - All: Missing Work.

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.

Who’s finding what

• Population • Climate

• Economy• Physical

Features

Pink Blue

GreenYellow

For the next 15 minutes.

1. Your dot color will receive the article about the topic you’ve been assigned.

2. Read the article.3. Fill out the chart for each region

under your topic’s column by using your context clues and maps included with the readings.

Now that 15 mins. are up,

1. Take 1 minute to review that you and your group have the same responses. As I will be splitting you up.

2. Groups will be formed after that will contain 1 person from each color.

3. You will have to talk to each other to complete the chart as much as possible in the next 10mins.

Review answers received by peer as a whole class.

This weekend…

Homework: Page 11

Tomorrow we will be comparing two regions of NC in a comparative essay.

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)

How do we write a comparative essay?

Compare two regions of NC

using the Region Charts

Take your chart, and put it into the form of an outline.

(This will be provided.)

Using the outline, write the essay.

Steps to getting it done1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Last five mins. of class, I need to see my pink and yellow groups.

Tomorrow

You will turn in your Comparative Essay.

We will begin US Geography. Test will be on Friday.

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

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????

The Major Physical Features of the US.

The Regions of the US- switch to document camera.

Homework: Regions of the US Foldable and

Reflection Questions Notebook Check and Test on Friday Essay if you did not finish this in class.

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

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

List of U.S. Geography game reviews you can play now: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/w

eb_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

Friday, 9/12/141. Come in and sit down. All that you need on your

desk is your laptop and your homework.

2. Put your notebook on the back tables in a neat pile. Today is our notebook check day! I will be checking them thoroughly to see if you have made up any missing work.

3. If I call out your name, line up at the door with all of your belongings. You are testing with ____________.

4. Homework: Native American Quizlet due Next Friday

To Test1. Connect to me via SmartSync.

1. Code:

2. Log-in to Edmodo.com to take your test. It will only take you one class period.

3. If you get done early, take the pre-test for our next unit- Native American Culture.

4. If you get done the pre-test, log on to Quizlet.com to start on our Native American Vocab.

Monday we begin Unit 2- Native American Cultures. I will return your notebook at that time, if you do not get it back in class today. Next week be prepared to check a neighbor's notebook.