Tuesday, February 21, 2012 O Grab a new Frank from the stool & check in O Grab a worksheet from the chair O Turn in your essays by placing them under the document camera O Intro to the Sahara Learning Target: O I can describe ways the Sahara Desert both promotes and limits development now. O Bellringer: O List or draw 5 things that you typically do every day. (soccer practice, going to school, eating a bagel for breakfast, etc.)

Teacher-Directed Instruction CHAMPS O CONVERSATION: Level 0 unless called on O HELP: Raise your hand O ACTIVITY: Examine each picture and describe 3 sensory images about each place O MOVEMENT: You may not get up to sharpen your pencil O PARTICIPATION: Looking at the screen, writing on your paper

Picture 1

Picture 2

Picture 3

Brainstorming Chart: 3 Climates Picture 1: Desert Picture 2: Sahel Picture 3: Oasis Challenges Adaptations

Sahara Video O Conversation: Level 0 O Help: Raise your hand O Activity: As you watch the video on the Sahara Desert complete the Venn Diagram in which you compare how animals and humans adapt to living in a desert environment. O Movement: You may not get up and sharpen your pencil O Participation: Watch the video and take notes

Reflection O How might your routines that you identified in the bellringer change if you lived in one of these 3 places? O How does the physical geography influence people’s daily routines and activities?

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 O Check in with Frank O Life in the Sahara O Vocabulary Check O Reflection O Check out with Frank O Homework: Journey Through the Sahara Learning Target: O I can describe ways the Sahara Desert both promotes and limits settlement now. O Bellringer: How do you think that the desert promotes or limits settlement?

Whole Class Instruction Expectations O Conversation: Level___ O Help: If you need help, you should______ your hand O Activity: Listen to your peers read aloud the Introduction, then complete the chart O Movement: You may/may not sharpen you pencil/go to the bathroom/go to your locker O Participation:__________your paper and ____________your peers

Learning Target Check # 1 O How does the chart that we just filled out (Monitor for meaning about the Introduction) relate to the learning target today (I can describe ways the Sahara Desert both promotes and limits settlement now.)?

Teacher-Directed Instruction Expectations O Conversation: Level___ O Help: What do you need to do if you need help? O Activity: Match each picture to the vocabulary words O Movement: May you get up to sharpen your pencil? May you leave your seat for bathroom/locker/etc? O Participation: What actions will show me that you are participating?

Match the term with the definition Picture A- Picture B-

Picture C- Picture D-

Picture E- Picture F-

Picture G- Picture H-

Sahara Desert

Sahel

Oasis

Drought

Famine

Nomads

Migration

Desertification

Learning Target Check # 2 O How does the activity that we just completed relate to the learning target today (I can describe ways the Sahara Desert both promotes and limits settlement now.)?

Expectations for Individual Work O Conversation: Level 0 O Help: Raise you hand O Activity: Complete the chart. Pick which way (draw a picture or write a sentence using the word) that will help you remember the meaning of the word term the best. O Movement: You may get up to sharpen your pencil without asking for permission and go to the bathroom after asking for permission. O Participation: You should be working on this INDIVIDUALLY. I should see you looking at and writing on your paper. I should NOT see you talking to your neighbor/

Sahara Vocabulary Words GeotermDraw a picture or write a sentence using of each term Sahara Desert Oasis Sahel Famine Drought Nomad

Expectations for Individual Work O Conversation: Level 0 O Help: Raise you hand O Activity: Complete the chart. Pick which way (draw a picture or write a sentence using the word) that will help you remember the meaning of the word term the best. O Movement: You may get up to sharpen your pencil without asking for permission and go to the bathroom after asking for permission. O Participation: You should be working on this INDIVIDUALLY. I should see you looking at and writing on your paper. I should NOT see you talking to your neighbor/

Reflection O Think about the vocabulary words (desertification, drought, famine, nomad, migration) and regions (Sahara Desert, Sahel, Oasis) that you just learned about. O How do you think that the Sahara Desert promotes settlement now? O How do you think that the Sahara Desert limits settlement now?

Thursday, February 23, 2012 O Place your homework on the red chair in front of the room O Check in with Frank O Adapting to life in the Sahara Desert O Reflection O Check out with Frank O Homework: Complete the parts of the worksheet that we did not complete during class Learning Target: O I can describe how we adapt to life in the Sahara Desert. O Bellringer: What are some of the possible adaptations that people make to living in the desert?

Expectations for 2/23 Part 1 O Conversation: Level 0 O Help: Raise your hand O Activity: As a class, read page 303. Annotate the material on this page in the box O Movement: You may not sharpen your pencil/go to the restroom/ go to your lockers O Participation: Look and follow a long as we read the section as a class. Write down any annotations

Learning Target Check # 1 O How do the Tuareg adapt to the Sahara Desert?

Expectations for 2/23 Part 2 O Conversation: Level 1 O Help: Raise your hand if you need help O Activity: work with a shoulder partner to read and annotate page 305. O Movement: you may get up to sharpen your pencil without asking for permission O Participation: work with your partner to read the textbook and complete this section of your paper.

Learning Check # 2 O How do people adapt to life in the Oasis?

Expectations for 2/23 Part 3 O Conversation: Level 0 O Help: Raise your hand if you are confused O Activity: Read and annotate page 307 by yourself O Movement: you may get up to sharpen your pencil without asking for permission O Participation: Silently read page 307 and annotate the material.

Reflection O Think back to what you learned about the Tuareg, the people in the Oasis and people in the Sahel. O What are some of the ways that people adapt to living in the Sahara Desert? O Which of these climates would you like to live in and why?

Friday, February 24, 2012 O Grab a paper from the stool O Check in with Frank O Sahara Video O Quiz Learning Target: O I can describe how we adapt to life in the Sahara Desert. O Bellringer: