Week of January 4, 2021 - January 8, 2021

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be able to write a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph. Students will know the five themes of geography and be able to apply them. 

QOD: What is the tallest mountain in New England? What is the tallest dog breed in the world?

Circle: What was one highlight from your Christmas break? Would you rather be able to detect any lie told to you, or get away with any lie you want?

5 Big Things: Where are the five places in the world you most want to go at some point in your life?

Climate Change Mini Q: We will be introducing the Mini Q today by doing the Background Essay and the first document. 

12/12/20 - 12/13/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be able to write a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph. Students will know the five themes of geography and be able to apply them. 

QOD: How many states border the Pacific Ocean?

Circle: What is your favorite holiday tradition with your family?

Where Would I Live Paragraph: You will be working on a paragraph where you will be arguing where you would want to live in the United States based on the six maps we evaluated in class. 

12/10/20 - 12/11/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be able to write a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph. Students will know the five themes of geography and be able to apply them. 

QOD: Which of the seven continents has the highest population?

Circle: What is your favorite memory involving snow?

Map Analysis: You will be finishing your region maps in your groups today.

Map Questions: You will be working together in groups to answer the questions about each map. After completing each map, we will be talking about the answers as a class. 

Week of 11/30/20 - 12/4/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be able to write a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph. Students will know the five themes of geography and be able to apply them. 

QOD: Which state has the highest percentage of forest cover? Which of the 50 states was last to become a state?

Circle: Are you someone who likes or dislikes surprises? Why? What was one thing that was served at Thanksgiving that you hate to eat?

Map Analysis: Students will be working together in groups to create Region maps for the United States.

Exit Ticket: Which region that you've created do you most want to live in?

Thursday 11/19 & Friday 11/20

 Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be able to write a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph. Students will know the five themes of geography and be able to apply them. 

QOD: What two countries have the longest border in the world?

Circle:  Who is a character from a movie or tv show that you would want to hang out with?

Movement & Region Questions: Students will be talking about the answers that they gave for the movement and region questions.

My Town Project: Students will be starting their My Town Projects in class today.

Monday 11/16 & Tuesday 11/17

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be able to write a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph. Students will know the five themes of geography and be able to apply them. 

QOD: What is the name of the world's largest and hottest desert? 

Circle: Which app on your phone do you use the most?

Five Themes Geography: We will be starting to go over the five themes of geography today in class. The five themes are Location, Place, Movement, Human/Environment Interaction, and Region.

Students will be working in groups to read about and understand one specific theme.

https://www.csustan.edu/sites/default/files/TeacherEd/FacultyStaff/betts/Handouts/PDFs/Five%20Themes%20of%20Geography.pdf

Region: We will be talking about the theme Region. Students will be brainstorming different regions for the state of Maine.

Movement: We will be talking about the theme Movement. Students will be brainstorming what is imported into and exported out of the state of Maine. 

Human/Environment Interaction: We will be talking about the theme HEI. Students will be brainstorming a list of ways that we adapt to and change our environment.

Exit Ticket: Students will need to create a video showing an example of humans adapting to their environment.

Week of 11/9/20 - 11/13/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be able to write a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph. Students will know the five themes of geography and be able to apply them. 

QOD: English is the most spoken language in the world, what is the second most spoken? What is the biggest ocean in the world?

Circle: If you could only have one meal for a week, what meal would you choose? What's the longest you've ever been away from home?

Five Big Things: What are your five favorite activities to do?

Five Themes Geography: We will be starting to go over the five themes of geography today in class. The five themes are Location, Place, Movement, Human/Environment Interaction, and Region.

Location: We will be talking about the theme Location. Students will be coming up with their own examples by describing something local using absolute and relative location.

Place: We will be talking about the theme Place. Students will be trying to describe Maine using the theme Place. Students will then be trying to make a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph about whether they love or hate living in Maine based on Maine's characteristics. 

Movement: We will be talking about the theme Movement. Students will be brainstorming what is imported into and exported out of the state of Maine. 

Exit Ticket: Using examples from outside of Maine, try to create examples for each of the themes we have gone over so far.

On Zoom

Pod B: Students will be looking for an article about the election and answering a few questions.