Norms:

Start on time 12:00
Finish at 12:40 to allow for personal needs
Come prepared

Reminders:

Monday, April 24- Happy Monday!! Only 4 more after this one!

Tuesday, April 25 - Team Meeting

Wednesday, April 26- Staff Meeting, Band at Sandy Lake

Thursday, April 27- Team Meeting for Smore, Eduphoria, loose ends, Melissa out for Team Lead @ District Office

Friday, April 28- Happy Friday!!! Only 3 more left after this one!!!

Summative Tests for 4th quarter:

Europe Test- DONE!!!
Asia Test-April 4 DONE!!!
DBQ- April 17-24 DONE!!!!
Africa/Middle East Test May 16

Agenda:

Africa rotations- How’s it going?
Discuss posters for next week’s learning- Middle East (5 Minutes)
First week of school ideas for culture (10-15 minutes)
Any comments regarding any of this year’s assessments? Will take to Team Leader.
T-Tess- According to Jimmy’s email:

EVERY teacher must have an EOY conference and it may not be waived. The purpose of the EOY conference is to review your progress toward the goals you set at the beginning of the year and to give you an opportunity to provide evidence for your appraiser to score Domain IV.

Watch videos: https://teachfortexas.org/Views/Teachers. A screenshot of the page is below. You’ll want to click on the Professional Practices & Responsibilities link to view the videos. There is one video for each dimension under Domain IV. You can watch/listen to all four videos in one conference period.

FUTURE CONVOS:

Next week, we will chat about first week of school, then start working on the first unit Geography. I am looking into finding how we can get those world maps for our rooms.
Let’s talk about how we should have kids set up their spiral notebooks for next year. I know we won’t get to it today, but be thinking and we'll chat next week.

Geography Standards

pose and answer geographic questions, including: Where is it located? Why is it there? What is significant about its location? How is its location related to the location of other people, places, and environments?.[6.3A]

locate various contemporary societies on maps and globes using latitude and longitude to determine absolute location.[6.4A]

Need to make an objective card)

identify and locate major (physical and human geographic features such as landforms, water bodies, and urban centers of various places and regions.[6.4D]

Need to make an objective card

identify the location of major world countries such as Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Russia, South Africa, Nigeria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Iran, India, Pakistan, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), Japan, North and South Korea, Indonesia, and Australia.[6.4F]

identify and analyze ways people have adapted to the physical environment in various places and regions.[6.7A]

identify and analyze ways people have modified the physical environment such as mining, irrigation, and transportation infrastructure.[6.7B]