Welcome to Lakeland Highlands Middle School! 

I hope the year has started off wonderfully for everyone.  Schoolnotes is a great tool for you to see your homework and to get assignments if you are absent.  Make sure you check schoolnotes frequently.

August 24th and 25th:

Activity:  Beginning of the year paperwork.  Students will be coming home with tons of papers that need to be signed and returned.  In class we will be working on informational paperwork as well.

August 26th and 27th:

Activity:  Ms. Steele's Classroom Procedures  These procedures will be sent home for parents to read over, sign, and return.  It is very important that we are all very aware of these procedures so we will not have any issues in the future.

August 28th and 31st:

Activity:  Review the seven continents and five oceans.  Introduction to the Atlas

HOMEWORK:  Facts on the Continents and Oceans (Worksheet) 

Gold Students will receive this Monday and it is due on Wednesday.

Silver Students will receive this on Tuesday and it is due on Thursday.

September 1st and 2nd:

Activity: Introduction the Geography, Textbook

             Finish Atlas Activity

September 4th and 8th: 

Activity:  Geography Pretest, United Streaming Video, "Physical Geography", and Geography Packet

September 9th and 10th:

Five Themes of Geography

Homework:  Workbook pages 6-8;  Students will be given a workbook to complete homework in and use as a resource at home.  It correlates directly with the textbook.

September 15 and 16:

Geographer's Tools

HW:  Workbook pages 9-11 and study world map

September 17 and 18:

Constitution Activity

Quiz:  Open Folder  Map Skills, Five Themes, Geographer's Tools

September 22 and 23:

Activity:  Our Planet Earth

HOMEWORK:  Workbook pages 13-15

September 24 and 25:

Activity:  Forces Shaping Earth

September 28 and 29

Activity:  Climate and Weather, Freedom Week Activities

HOMEWORK:  Workbook pages 19-21

September 30 and October 1:

How Climate Affects Vegetation, Freedom Week Activity

October 2 and 5:  Chapter 2 Quiz, Open Folder.  Study and memorize locations of the seven continents, five oceans, zero degrees latitude, and zero degrees longitude.

October 6 and 7:

World Population, Finish Quizzes

Homework:  Workbook pages 26-28

October 8 and 9:

Migration

October 12 and 13:

Economic Systems

Homework:  Workbook pages 32-34

October 14 and 15:

Political Systems

October 16 and 19:

Quiz: Chapter 3, Earth's Human Geography

Study Oceans, Continents, zero degress latitude and zero degrees longitude

October 20 and 21:

Finish Quiz and Begin Understanding Culture Activity

October 22 and 26:

Understanding Culture:  Lesson Reflection

Begin Culture and Society

October 27 and 28:

Cultural Change

HOMEWORK:  RESEARCH A COUNTRY FOR CULTURE POSTER

ALL STUDENTS WILL NEED A POSTER FOR OUR CULTURE PROJECT!  PLEASE HAVE POSTER IN CLASS BY THE END OF THE WEEK.  THANK YOU! 

October 29 and 30:

Culture Quiz

Work on Posters

November 2 and 3:

Natural Resources

Work on Posters

November 4 and 5:

Land Use

Posters

November 6 and 9: 

People's Effect on the Environment

Posters

November 10 and 11:

Chapter 5 Quiz

Work on Culture Posters

November 12 and 13: 

Begin Review for the Foundations of Geography Test

Today will be the Vocabulary Review.  Students will need to study these words for Homework.

Students will work on Culture Posters if they finish their words.

November 16 and 17:

Review content for the Foundations of Geography Test

Finish Posters

Homework:  Study Review Sheet and Vocabulary

November 18:   Review for Test

November 19 and 20:

Test: Foundations of Geography 

December 3 and 4, 2009

Students were given a new Workbook for our Asia unit.

Homework:  WB pages 6-8

December 7 and 8, 2009

Asia Factoids,  WB pages 6-8 due

December 9 and 10, 2009:

Asia Climate and Vegetation

HW:  Workbook pages 9-11

December 11 and 14, 2009

East Asia's Climate and Vegetation

December 15 and 16, 2009:

East Asia Climate and Vegetation Charts

East Asia's Natural Resources

Homework:  Workbook pages 12-14

December 17 and 18, 2009:

Quiz:  East Asia's Physical Geography

 January 11 and 12, 2010

East Asia's Historic Traditions

Homework:  Workbook Pages 36-38

January 13 and 14, 2010

East Asia's People and Culture

January 15 and 19, 2010

MLK Days

January 20 and 21, 2010:

China

Homework:  Workbook pages 61-62

January 22 and 26, 2010:

Japan

January 27 and 28, 2010:

The Koreas

Homework:  Workbook pages 66-68

January 29 and February 1, 2010:

Quiz East Asia

February 2 and 3, 2010:

South Asia:Countries and Map

Finish Quiz

Chopsticks

February 4 and 5, 2010:

South Asia Physical Geography

Homework:  WB pages 16-18

February 8 and 9, 2010:

South Asia Cultures and History

February 10 and 11, 2010:

South Asia:  India

Homework:  WB pages 70-72

February 12 and 16, 2010:

Pakistan

February 17 and 18, 2010:

Quiz:  South Asia and Maps