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September
25 Tuesday Half Day. Continue with new Geography terms. Homework worksheet.
26 Wednesday Grade 6 writing test. Video "What is Geography".
27 Thursday Do Now. Finish "Geography Handbook". Collect homework.
28 Friday Current Events. Review for upcoming quiz. Projects due.

October
1 Monday Do Now. Return and review homework. Practice latitude/longitude in teams.
2 Tuesday Quiz (minimarshmallow)
3 Wednesday Do Now. Review quiz. Begin looking at map projections.
4 Thursday Do now. Continue map projections. Begin atlas talk.
5 Friday Current events. Pass back projects. Continue atlas talk.
8 Monday Columbus Day!
9 Tuesday Professional Developement Day.
10 Wednesday Do Now. Pass back projects. Discussed new latitude/longitude assignment.
11 Thursday Studying in Starlab!
12 Friday Current Events. Work on our latitude/longitude presentations. Pass in Starlab homework.
15 Monday Latitude/longitude helpful hints assignment due!
16 Tuesday Do Now. Comparing Starlab assignments with Geo Olympic partners.
17 Wednesday Do Now. Continue with our new Geo terms. Announce next project - Map Projections.
18 Thursday Do Now. Continue working in our vocabulary packet. Beginning time zones.
19 Friday Current events. Continueing with time zones. Beginning landforms and waterways.
22 Monday Worksheets on Gross National Product (GNP). Homework- see homework icon.
23 Tuesday Do Now. Reviewed atlas for upcoming quiz. Collected homework.
24 Wednesday Do Now. Correct homework from Monday. Discuss landforms using software.
25 Thursday Do Now. Review atas components. Continue with landforms.
26 Friday Current events. Atlas quiz.
29 Monday Do Now. Pass back quizzes. Pass out and review test study guide. Pass out rubric for map projection
30 Tuesday Do Now. Finish Geography Handbook section. Begin landforms using Presentation Plus software.
31 Wednesday Do Now. Finish Presentation Plus- landforms. Begin graphs.

November
1 Thursday Current Events. Final Geography Olympics! Test review.
2 Friday Quarter 1 test (marshmallow)
5 Monday Do Now. Crowning of Geo Olympic winners! Pass back tests. Begin discussion about graphs and charts.
6 Tuesday Do Now. Complete graphs and charts. Classwork handout. Collect homework.
7 Wednesday Do Now. Change Geo Olympic partners. Change seating arrangements. Begin climate types.
8 Thursday Do Now. Continue climate types. Collect homework.
9 Friday Current events. Complete climate types. First Geo Olympics!
13 Tuesday Do Now. Pass back quarter 1 papers. Vocabulary review.
14 Wednesday Do Now. Open response question.
15 Thursday Vocabulary quiz. Current events.
16 Friday Library research on P.E. country.
19 Monday Europe video. Documented main points of video. Passed back and reviewed quizzes.
20 Tuesday Geography Bee rounds 1-4.
21 Wednesday Half day - Math day!
22 Thursday Thanksgiving Day! Enjoy!
23 Friday Day off! Relax!
26 Monday Guest speaker from Europe, Pia.
27 Tuesday Do Now. Discussion begins about European Country Presentation Project.
28 Wednesday Do Now. Finish 2007 Geography Bee.
29 Thursday Do Now. Discussion on Western European countries.
30 Friday Do Now. Current Events. Geography Olympics.

December
3 Monday This years first snow day!
4 Tuesday Do Now. Return 'stacks' of work. Grade our questions on Western Europe.
5 Wednesday Mars research in the library.
6 Thursday Half Day Math Day! Yeah!
7 Friday A Mountview welcome to our guests from Europe!

January
14 Monday FIELD TRIP TO MARS!!!
15 Tuesday FIELD TRIP TO MARS!!!
16 Wednesday Bring in your physical map of Europe to work on in class.
17 Thursday Let's discuss Russia utilizing the Presentation Plus software.
18 Friday Current events and vocabulary quiz.
28 Monday Mr. Champlin out sick. Homework to be worked on in class. See homework icon.
29 Tuesday Pass back maps of Europe and Mapping Mars worksheet. Review Mapping Mars.
30 Wednesday Choose African presentation country. Library to fill out 'Country Profile' sheet.
31 Thursday Let's practice 'open response' questions!

February
1 Friday Group work for our African presentations.
11 Monday Do Now. Assigned African presentation dates. Corrected North Africa homework.
12 Tuesday Do Now. Finish correcting North Africa homework. Begin Presentation Plus software.
13 Wednesday Do Now. Finish software covering North Africa. Review for Friday's quiz.
14 Thursday Do Now. Geography Olympics!
15 Friday Current events. Quiz covering North Africa (Mini Marshmallow!)
25 Monday Do Now. Review for presentations, quiz, and assign current events
26 Tuesday Quiz covering North Africa
27 Wednesday Video covering young people in Africa
28 Thursday Do Now. Let's talk time zones!
29 Friday Current Events! Begin West Africa. Hand out map rubrics.

March
3 Monday Do Now. Presentation Plus software covering Western Africa.
4 Tuesday Half Day Math Day!
5 Wednesday Do Now. Continue video on Africa. Introduce Africa maps.
6 Thursday Do Now. Geography Olympics! Back to 6th Grade for a Day!
7 Friday Current Events. Presentation Plus software covering Western Africa continued.
10 Monday Do Now. Discussed Friday's homework. Presentations in some classes.
11 Tuesday Do Now. Review West Africa notes. Presentations in some classes.
12 Wednesday Do Now quiz. Africa video. Presentations in some classes.
13 Thursday Do Now. Current events. Presentations in some classes. Discuss Africa maps.
14 Friday Africa quiz review. Presentations in most classes.
24 Monday Africa presentations in all classes today.
25 Tuesday Africa presentations in all classes except classes 6& 7 due to MCAS testing.
26 Wednesday Africa presentations in all classes except classes 3&4 due to MCAS testing.
26 Wednesday First day of school! Building tours conducted in World Geography class.
27 Thursday Africa presentations in all classes except classes 1&5 due to MCAS testing.
28 Friday Africa presentations in all classes.
31 Monday Political maps and Current Events due. Presentations or reviews for quiz.

April
1 Tuesday Quiz covering West Africa. Pass out test study guide.
2 Wednesday Presentations in many classes, beginning physical map of Africa
3 Thursday Madagascar, the movie! Yeah!
4 Friday Africa test review. Student teacher for several classes. Current Events for some.
14 Monday Do Now. Physical maps of Africa worked on in class.
15 Tuesday Do Now. Housekeeping items. Asia overview
16 Wednesday Do Now. Begin Asia discussions with the Middle East.
17 Thursday Do Now. Utilize Presentation Plus software to continue Middle East discussions
18 Friday Do Now. Current Events. Quarter 3 last Geo Olympics!!

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