Monday, August 15th
Hello everyone and welcome to 8th grade. Today we played a Georgia Geo Activity to get to know one another and received our course syllabus. Homework tonight is to get the parent signature handout filled out and signed.
Tuesday, August 16th
Today we reviewed basic geography and created a "mental map" of Georgia. Remember to bring a spiral notebook to class on Tuesday.
Wednesday, August 17th
Today we worked on a map activity for Georgia. Map will be collected at the end of class Friday.
Thursday, August 18th
Today's topic is climate. If absent from class, please read pp. 22-30 from your textbook.
Friday, August 19th
Today we will take our first Ten-Minute Check over content covered this week in class. Georgia maps will be due at the end of class. Students should work on the Guided Reading handout for Chapters 1 and 2.
Have a nice weekend:)
Monday, August 22nd
Today we embarked on learning a new skill for most, for effecient notetaking - outlining. "Tonight for homework, finish the "B" Section: Ridge and Valley as directed in class. We will go over these tomorrow. Bring a spiral to class - will need very soon. Download Outline handout for Lesson 1
Tuesday, August 23rd
Today we continued working on "how to outline." Students were given time in class to finish their Geographic Regions notes. We also introduced new unit vocabulary: relative location, prime meridian, region, barrier island, Fall Line, verticle climate, and drought. Students should write these in their vocabulary spiral - textbook definitions and writing the definition in their own words. Finish notes and vocabulary for homework, if necessary.
Wednesday and Thursday, August 24th and 25th
- Performance Task: Students started work on the Five Regions of Georgia Foldable. If you think you will need additional time, work on this at home. It will be collected at the end of class Friday.
Friday, August 26th
- 10-Minute Check #2
- Finish Georgia's Geographic Regions Foldable - due end of class today.
Have a great weekend:)
Monday, August 29th
This week's vocabulary was added to student's spiral notebook: urban area, rural area, suburban area, and infrastructure. If you were absent, add these words, writing a textbook definition and a definition in your own words for each. In class, we worked to complete the Chapters 1 and 2 Guided Reading (Anchor) - finish for homework.Download Unit 1 Guided Reading ANCHOR
Tuesday, August 30th
A study guide was provided to each student and we worked on it in class today. Finish for homework.
Download Study Guide - Focus Points for U1 Test
Wednesday, August 31st
Today we allowed time for individual review, group review, and a review game activity for tomorrow's test. Be sure to study for your test tomorrow.
Thursday, September 1st
Unit 1 Test: Geography of Georgia
Friday, September 2nd
Today we began our study of Prehistoric Georgia with a presentation of a Power Point titled, The Dating Game. Students need to add the following terms to their Vocabulary Spiral: B.C., A.D., B.C.E., C.E., circa, century, primary and secondary source, artifacts, archaeologist, scarcity, factors of production, productivity, specialization. In class, students discussed and defined these words. If absent today, please copy these words and get a reliable peer to provide you with the definitions.
