WEEK OF JANUARY 4th
Day HW
Monday - Read pages 219 - 221
- Questioning (1 question for each blue subsection)
Tuesday - Read pages 223 - 224
- Questioning (1 question for each blue subsection)
Wednesday - Write a sentence for each vocabulary word in Chapter 8.
Thursday - Vocabulary quiz (Chapter 8) - study
Friday - No Homework
WEEK OF DECEMBER 21st
Day HW
Monday - Read pages 209 - 211
- Complete a Question and Answer for each section (4)
Tuesday - Read pages 212 - 215
- Complete a Question and Answer for each section (5)
Wednesday - TBA
WEEK OF DECEMBER 14th
DAY HW
Monday - pg. 192 Academic and Content vocabulary
Tuesday - Finish Graphic Organizer on Landforms, Waterways,
Resources, and Climate
Wednesday - Respond to the following question: "How has physical
geography affected the lives of people in the region?"
This response is due on Friday.
Thursday - Finish response
WEEK OF DECEMBER 7th
DAY HW
Monday - Study for United States / Canada Test on Friday
Tuesday - Study
Wednesday - Study
Thursday - Study
Friday - No homework
The students will also be participating in the National Geographic Bee this
week on Monday and Tuesday. One winner from each team will compete for the
school championship in January.
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 30th
DAY HW
Monday - Read pages 159 - 161
- Answer questions 2 & 4 on pg. 162
- How is your stock doing?
Tuesday - Read "Regions of Canada" pgs. 161 - 162
- Complete a "Questioning" organizer for each section
- How is your stock doing?
Wednesday - Read pages 163 - 165 answer questions 1 & 2
- How is your stock doing?
Thursday - How did your stock do?
- Did you make or lose money?
- How much did you buy it for?
- How many shares?
- How much did you sell it for?
Friday - No Homework
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 23rd
DAY HW
Monday - No Homework
Tuesday - Write your descriptions for each of your 6 pictures.
Make sure that each description is at least 4 sentences
in length and explains the significance (importance) of
the picture.
Wednesday - No Homework
Thursday - No School - HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
Friday - No School
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 16th
DAY HW
Monday - Reading Comprehension Handout - "Questioning"
Tuesday - Begin collecting images that represent the history
and culture of the United States & Canada. Chapter 5
Wednesday - Continue to collect images (see above)
Thursday - Make sure that you have collected at least 6 images to
bring to class tomorrow. Remember, each of your images must
reflect the history and culture of the United States &
Canada.
Friday - No homework
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9th
DAY HW
Monday - Complete vocabulary in notebooks (pg.116 & 124)
Tuesday - Political map of United States & Canada due Friday
- Label all 50 states in the U.S.A.
- Label the 13 Canadian Provinces
- Also label: Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean,
Hudson Bay, Labrador Sea, Bering Sea, Gulf of St. Lawrence
Wednesday - NO SCHOOL
Thursday - Finish Map
Friday - No HW
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2nd
DAY HW
Monday - Read and summarize page 93
- Make this your best summary yet!!!
Tuesday - No School
Wednesday - Page 96 Question #3
WEEK OF OCTOBER 26th
DAY HW
Monday - Respond to this question: "What aspects of culture
are easily shared through the internet?"
- Your response should be a minimum of 4 sentences.
Tuesday - Read pages 86 - 89
- Complete a graphic organizer for each section.
You should have four graphic organizers.
Titles: 1.) Cultural Change - Inventions & Technology
2.) Cultural Change - Cultural Diffusion
3.) Regional & Global Cultures - Culture Regions
4.) Regional & Global Cultures - Global Culture
Wednesday - No homework
Thursday - Begin our R.A.F.T.
Friday - No homework
WEEK OF OCTOBER 19th
DAY HW
Monday - Read pages 73 - 77.
- Complete a Summary Graphic Organizer for each
section. You should have 7 summaries. One for each
Blue Sub-Section.
- To begin class on Tuesday, we will have a quiz and
you will be allowed to use your summaries.
Tuesday - In complete sentences answer questions #5 and #6 on
page 76.
- Each answer requires at least 3 sentences.
Wednesday - Study for vocabulary quiz on Friday.
VOCABULARY LIST: smog, acid rain, greenhouse effect, crop
rotation, deforestation, conservation, irrigation, pesticide, ecosystem,
biodiversity, layer, technique, death rate, birthrate, famine, population
density, urbanization, emigrate, refugee, technology, and internal. All words
can be found on pages 63 and 72.
Thursday - Study for vocabulary quiz.
Friday - No homework
WEEK OF OCTOBER 12th
DAY HW
Monday - No School
Tuesday - Read pages 63 - 66 and summarize each section (4)
- The sections are: 1. Air Pollution 2. The Greenhouse
Effect 3. The Lithosphere and 4. Hydrosphere &
Biosphere
- Remember, Section, Main Idea, Important Details, and
Summary
Wednesday - Answer questions 5 & 6 on page 66
Thursday - Look at "The World: Climate Regions" map on pages
2 & 3 of your textbook.
- Answer one of the following questions:
Hard: What are the climate zones in the United States?
Harder: What is the predominant (climate you would
see the most) climate in Western Europe? Where
else would you find this climate in the world?
Hardest: Locate the areas of the Poles, the Tropics, and
the Equator. What are the wind patterns in these
areas and what is their impact on the climate
of these regions? (Hint: use other maps)
Friday - None
WEEK OF OCTOBER 5th
DAY HW
Monday - Rd. Section, "Landforms & Climate" pg. 58 - 59
- Complete Summary Graphic Organizer - Storms
Tuesday - Rd. Section "Climate Zones" pg. 59-61
- Complete Summary Graphic Organizer
Wednesday - Study for Friday's quiz
Thursday - Study for tomorrow's quiz
Friday - Enjoy the weekend!
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 28th
DAY
Monday - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday - Latitude / Longitude worksheet
Wednesday - Read pages 45 -48 Q. #4
Thursday - Map Skills Practice Sheet
Friday - No Homework
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21st
DAY
Monday - Read pages 24 - 25
- Complete "Skills Practice" 1 & 2 (pg. 25)
Tuesday - Read pages 26 -27
- Complete "Skills Practice" 1,2,3, & 4 (pg. 27)
Wednesday - Read pages 28 - 31
- Complete "Skills Practice" 1 & 2 on page 29
and 1 & 2 on page 31
Thursday - TBD (To Be Determined)
Friday - No Homework
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14th
DAY HW
Monday - - Complete, "Content Vocabulary Activity"
Tuesday - Read pages 35 - 38 and complete, "The Earth
in Space" handout
Wednesday - Complete graphic organizer for writing prompt
Thursday - Work on your writing piece - finish
introductory paragraph
Friday - No homework
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7th
DAY HW
Monday - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday - - page 54 Question #2
Wednesday - - page 17 Question #2
Thursday - - Review Study Guide for Friday's
quiz on 1. Continents & Oceans
2. Landforms & Waterways and 3. The
Five Themes of Geography