Thursday, February 4th

The Big Geography Test was today! See you tomorrow for the start of Pre-Columbian America.

Wednesday, February 3rd

Review Activity - Geo Olympics! The events were: Where in the U.S. are you? States! Where's Your Capital? and finally the Salt Map Dash!

Good luck on the Test tomorrow!

Tuesday, February 2nd - Ground Hog Day!

Mr. M out with sick little girl. Test moved to Thursday. Students practiced for the test. They also watched some of the Ken Burn's documentary series - National Parks!  Ground Hog did not see his shadow in Wis!

Tuesday, February 2nd! Ground Hog Day!

The Geography test is officially moved to Thursday! Students practiced with a blank map filling in the states and capitals. Next, they watched a short video about Ken Burn's latest series - National Parks - America's Best Idea. 

Here is the link: http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/watch-video/#872

Students also composed an essay after watching the video clip!

If you liked that clip check out this other one from a guy who spent 3 months trekking the Brooks Range. That's northern Alaska, y'all!

Monday, February 1st

Finished our whirlwind tour of the United States. We coasted through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states. Map Quiz #5 was today!

Friday, January, 29th

Salt Map Day! The students made salt dough maps showing the major physical geography of the United States. They were well done!

Thursday, January 28th

The South and Southeastern United States.Continued our tour and did Map Quiz #4, too. Mr. M did also introduce the students to a number of online map quizzes and games. These will really help in learning the geography if used.