Itasca Middle School
Week of: 8/24-8/28/2015
SUBJECT: Social Studies 6th Grade
MONDAY
BELL: Students sit alphabetically
*SW choose 1 spiral to use for social studies and label with name
and subject; keep spirals at desk
*Discuss class procedures and routines, location of Kleenex,
baskets, crates, pencil sharpener, . . .
*Discuss importance of supplies needed and kept all year
*Intro World Cultures-study of people and places of the world
(Project image of world map and point out each region of study)
*As a class, complete a model of a WORDLE for READING and have
students complete a WORDLE for WORLD in their journals
*S volunteers will volunteer to create a class WORDLE on the board
BELL: Pass out spirals
TUESDAY
*SW watch DE video : “Basics of Geography” (48 min) and jot down
notes they think are important concepts
WEDNESDAY
PERIODS: 5, 7, 8
UNIT TITLE: Geography
LESSON PROCEDURES:
THURSDAY
Teacher: TAMMIE OWENS
BELL: Pass out spirals and title page “Vocabulary”
*Review classroom procedures
*SW receive scrambled vocabulary and definitions handouts and
match them-may work with a partner if needed
*TW call on students for correct match of vocab and definitions and
SW glue them into spiral
BELL: SW look through atlases
*SW work with a partner to answer questions related to geography
*Class will view PP and SW add to their handouts
Objective(s)
At the end of
today’s lesson the
student will be
able to …
TEKS:
Assessment
Homework
Accommodations
(May be noted weekly)
ELPS:
* follow
procedures
for
classroom
behavior
*use their
background
knowledge
to record
information
about world
*understand
that
geography
consists of
more than
the study of
land
*understand
the
vocabulary
of geography
TEKS: 22D
*better
understand
the use of
maps
TEKS: 3A,B
*WORDLE
completion
ELPS:
1,2,3,4,5
TEKS: 3A,B
ELPS:
1,2,3,4,5
TEKS: 22A
*Completio
n grade
*T and/or peer
help with
reading
*Completio
n grade
*T and/or peer
help with
reading
ELPS:
1,2,3,4,5
ELPS:
1,2,3,4,5
FRIDAY
BELL: SW glue geography handouts into spirals
*SW watch DE video: “Latitude and Longitude” (5 min)
*TW model how to find latitude and longitude on handouts and SW
continue to find lat and long of cities in the U.S.
*SW then find 5 more locations and name them and record lat and long of
on the back of the handout
*use latitude
and
longitude to
locate
various
places on a
map
TEKS: 4A
ELPS:
1,2,3,4,5
*Latitude
and
Longitude