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.