WEDNESDAY, January 14, 2015

Today in class...

• We did our Daily Geo
• We watched the news
• We began to take notes on Chapter 5, Section 3
• We studied our Asia Map Key

Homework...

• Asia Map Test will be on January 30

Today in History...

• Ratification Day! Today in 1784, the Treaty of Paris was signed officially ending the American Revolution between the newly formed United States and Great Britain. 

TUESDAY, January 13, 2015

Today in class...

• We did Daily Geo
• We finished our Student Learning/Teaching Presentations
• We watched the news

Homework...

• Study your Asia Map Key

Random...

• Today is the 100th anniversary of the great 1915 Avezzano earthquake in Avezzano, Italy which killed over 30,000 people

 

MONDAY, January 12, 2015

Today in class...

• We did Daily Geo
• We began our Student Presentations of Learning

Homework...

• If you haven't presented you - you will present tomorrow

Random...

• The banana, botanically speaking, is a berry

FRIDAY, January 9, 2015

Today in class...

• We took our Daily Geo Quiz
• We watched the news
• We worked in our groups on our student-led teaching assignments
• Remember:
• You are responsible for all the information in your section
• You have to assume the rest of the class knows nothing about your topic - teach them! 
• Cover any information from your section that is critical to know in order to understand the topic better
• Your teaching needs to be between 5-10 minutes long (as a group)

Homework...

• Be prepared to teach on Monday in your group! 

Random...

• Spain literally means "the land of rabbits"

All random quotes pulled from:

Botham, Noel. The Amazing Book of Useless Information. (New York: Perigee Book, 2008).

THURSDAY, January 8, 2015

Today in class...

• We did our Atlas Thursday Daily Geo
• We watched the news
• We corrected our Asia Map Key
• We started our group team teaching assignment on Chapter 5

Homework...

• Team teaching assignment

Random...

• The largest web-footed bird is the albatross

WEDNESDAY, January 7, 2015

Today in class...

• We did our Daily Geo (Quote Wednesday)
• We watched the news
• We did our Asia Map Keys 

Homework...

• If not finished - your Asia Map Key MUST BE done by tomorrow

Random...

• Nabisco's Oreo is the world's bestselling brand of cookie, at a rate of 6 billion each year!

TUESDAY, January 6, 2015

Today in class...

• We did Daily Geo
• We discussed what we did over our break
• We watched the news
• We did a writing assignment (reflect, forecast, and describe) - handed in during class

Homework...

• None

Random...

• Hawaii's Mount Waialeale is the wettest place in the world - it rains about 90% of the time, about 480 inches/year!