Thursday, June 11, 2009

Summertime

Have a good summer, and read some--it will do you a lot of good! Also, get outside and enjoy nature.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

3/24

Tuesday:
6th graders watched current events, then labelled their Europe maps. Know your 15 countries for Friday's quiz!

8th graders also had CNN Student News, then read about Reconstruction (the South after the Civil War). Homework was only if you did not finish the reading, questions, and sheet with the map comparison questions.

3/23

Monday:
6th graders had CNN Student News, then labelled their Europe maps. Know your countries--map quiz next Monday.

7th graders had current events, then practiced labelling their South Asia maps--quiz on Wednesday, so know the countries and features!

Friday, March 20, 2009

3/20

Friday:
6th graders had current events, then read about Renaissance, Revolutions in Government, and the Industrial Revolution. We answered questions about sections 15-2 and 15-3 in class. Homework was to check edline and get outside.

7th graders had student news, then labeled maps of South Asia. We will have a map quiz next Wednesday. After labelling the maps we explored the map games on Funbrain and maps.com (use the Asia ones--they will help you with the map test!).

3/19

Thursday:
6th grade had current events, then read about the Industrial Revolution in the text and answered its questions. We had no homework.

8th grade had CNN, then finished the "putting order of American History events" assignment. We had no homework.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

3/18

Wednesday:
6th grade watched Student News; did research on a Renaissance person; then explored two other Renaissance websites. There was no homework.

7th graders completed the Everest program and assignment, did some online research about climbing Everest, and (if time) explored the Discovery Channel's interactive Climbing Everest site. There was no homework.

3/17

Tuesday:
6th grade had student news, then read section 15-2 from the text (about Renaissance and Revolution). We answered questions about the section in class. No homework was assigned.

8th graders did an assignment researching the dates of important events in American history and putting them in chronological order. We will finish these on Thursday.