Sixth Grade:
This week your students will be working on a project at home entitled "Ancient Heads". The project was introduced on Friday and the work at home should begin Monday night. This project is due Friday 9/30. This week we will begin to study Mesopotamia. The students will be answering the investigative question: Why is Mesopotamia considered the birthplace of Civilization? We will be discussing what the characteristics of a civilization are and will be using those to evaluate why Mesopotamia is considered one of the first civilizations. We will also begin looking at the achievements of the Ancient Sumerians.
Seventh Grade:
The students have been working on the Roman Visual Spectrum project which is due this Wednesday. We have been discussing the reasons for Rome's fall and will be finishing that discussion Monday. On Tuesday, we will move on to our next unit: The Islamic Empire. We will investigating the following question: How did Muhammad's Message impact Arabia during the Middle Ages. We will first discuss the geography of Arabia and how people lived, and then we will discuss the culture of the Arabian people before Muhammad's birth.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Week of 9/19/11
Seventh Grade:
Your students should be working on their Roman Visual Spectrum Project this week at home! In class we will be discussing historians' theories on the Fall of Rome and will be comparing Rome's historic fall to our own nation's current challenges.
Sixth Grade:
Most of your students did well on the Geography quiz. If your student is unhappy with their grade, please talk to them about what they did to prepare for the quiz. I had several students, who, in class said they did not study at all. Unfortunately, some of the grades reflect that. If your student did study, and is unhappy with the results, please encourage him/her to come talk to me about study strategies that might help.
This week we will finish up our discussion of Hunter gatherers by looking at how humans began to develop agriculture and how it affected their lives. We will be discussing neolithic towns and an end of unit project will be assigned later this week. I will post the due date when it is assigned in powerschool and on this blog.
Your students should be working on their Roman Visual Spectrum Project this week at home! In class we will be discussing historians' theories on the Fall of Rome and will be comparing Rome's historic fall to our own nation's current challenges.
Sixth Grade:
Most of your students did well on the Geography quiz. If your student is unhappy with their grade, please talk to them about what they did to prepare for the quiz. I had several students, who, in class said they did not study at all. Unfortunately, some of the grades reflect that. If your student did study, and is unhappy with the results, please encourage him/her to come talk to me about study strategies that might help.
This week we will finish up our discussion of Hunter gatherers by looking at how humans began to develop agriculture and how it affected their lives. We will be discussing neolithic towns and an end of unit project will be assigned later this week. I will post the due date when it is assigned in powerschool and on this blog.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Seventh Grade Project Assigned
Your seventh graders were assigned the Roman Visual Spectrum Project this week. The due date for this project is 9/28/11. However there will be checkpoints along the way. The first column of their project will be checked next Tuesday 9/20, and I will be checking daily for progress. They will earn five points each day for meeting the assigned checkpoint. Please check powerschool to monitor your student's progress.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Week of 9/12/11
Sixth Grade:
On Monday, we will be discussing the students' "Remembering 9-11" interviews. We will discuss why it is important that we remember this event in our nation's history. On Tuesday we will begin to discuss Hunter-Gatherer Societies. We will discuss the lifestyles of the hunter gatherers and then analyze how the use of tools and the introduction of agriculture changed the lives of human beings.
The students have a geography quiz on Friday. They were given a study guide last week.
Seventh Grade:
On Monday, we will be discussing the students' "Remembering 9-11" interviews. We will discuss why it is important that we remember this event in our nation's history. On Tuesday, we will return to discussing Rome's achievements. The students will be generating a list of qualities that describe historical achievements. Using those qualities they will then determine which of the 14 achievements we have discussed are the most important. They will be assigned their first project late next week.
On another note, we still have some openings for our DC trip this Spring Break. We are opening the trip to parents as well. There are only 9 spaces left! If you are interested in going on the trip, please come to an information meeting right after Back to School Night in my room, F-2.
On Monday, we will be discussing the students' "Remembering 9-11" interviews. We will discuss why it is important that we remember this event in our nation's history. On Tuesday we will begin to discuss Hunter-Gatherer Societies. We will discuss the lifestyles of the hunter gatherers and then analyze how the use of tools and the introduction of agriculture changed the lives of human beings.
The students have a geography quiz on Friday. They were given a study guide last week.
Seventh Grade:
On Monday, we will be discussing the students' "Remembering 9-11" interviews. We will discuss why it is important that we remember this event in our nation's history. On Tuesday, we will return to discussing Rome's achievements. The students will be generating a list of qualities that describe historical achievements. Using those qualities they will then determine which of the 14 achievements we have discussed are the most important. They will be assigned their first project late next week.
On another note, we still have some openings for our DC trip this Spring Break. We are opening the trip to parents as well. There are only 9 spaces left! If you are interested in going on the trip, please come to an information meeting right after Back to School Night in my room, F-2.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Week of 9/6/11
Sixth Grade:
This week we will be discussing the 10th anniversary of 9-11. The students will be assigned an interview they will be completing at home. It will be due 9-12-11. In addition, we will start our unit on Hunter-Gatherer societies. The students will be investigating how tools and agriculture changed the lives of humans.
Seventh Grade:
This week we will be discussing the 10th anniversary of 9-11. The students will be assigned an interview they will be completing at home. It will be due 9-12-11. In addition, we will continue our study of Rome by examining the major accomplishments of Rome.
This week we will be discussing the 10th anniversary of 9-11. The students will be assigned an interview they will be completing at home. It will be due 9-12-11. In addition, we will start our unit on Hunter-Gatherer societies. The students will be investigating how tools and agriculture changed the lives of humans.
Seventh Grade:
This week we will be discussing the 10th anniversary of 9-11. The students will be assigned an interview they will be completing at home. It will be due 9-12-11. In addition, we will continue our study of Rome by examining the major accomplishments of Rome.
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