- roots test Tuesday (Roots 18)
- Study Roots 16-18 each night this week, being sure they are written in the composition notebook
- We will continue testing all 50 states each Tuesday, so please encourage your student to study these each night after their Roots
- We will continue our studies with the U.S. Constitution
- Students will be tested on the 10 Amendments each Friday
- We will work on Chapter 12 in our History workbook
- film, Mama Flora’s Family, which aligns well to our finished novel
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· Students have a roots test every Tuesday. Study Roots 16 each night this week, writing them in the composition notebook.
· We will continue testing all 50 states each Tuesday, so please encourage your student to study these each night after their Roots. · We also will continue our studies with the U.S. Constitution. · We will work in the workbook; chapter 10 this week. · Students will be tested on the 10 Amendments each Friday. · We will also continue our in-class novel; The Glory Field, by Walter Dean Meyers. This is also available on audiobook. Our focus will be figurative language. We will not read the entire book, but rather a few sections that will follow generations of a family, covering colonial slavery beginning in 1753, plantation life in 1864, and growing up in 1964. Packets are handed out this week and are expected to be completed on time. An updated packet is on my webpage under assignments. · Students have a roots test every Tuesday. Study Roots 1-15 each night this week, being sure they are in the composition notebook. Those will be looked at throughout this week for points.
· We will continue testing all 50 states each Tuesday, so please encourage your student to study these each night after their Roots. · We are continuing to study the U.S. Constitution. We will work in the workbook; chapter 9 this week. Students will be asked to continue studying the first ten amendments to the Constitution; otherwise known as the Bill of Rights. They are on my webpage and in their notebook. They will be tested on these each Friday. · We will also be begin our in-class novel; The Glory Field, by Walter Dean Meyers. This is also available on audiobook. Our focus will be figurative language. We will not read the entire book, but rather a few sections that will follow generations of a family, covering colonial slavery beginning in 1753, plantation life in 1864, and growing up in 1964. · Students have a roots test every Tuesday.
· Study Roots 15 each night this week, writing them in the composition notebook. · We will continue testing all 50 states each Tuesday, so please encourage your student to study these each night after their Roots. · We have begun the road to the U.S. Constitution. We will work in the workbook; chapters 8 and 9 this week. Students will be asked to begin studying the first ten amendments to the Constitution; otherwise known as the Bill of Rights. They will be tested on these each Friday, beginning this week, with a pre-test on Wednesday. · We will also be introduced to our next in-class novel; The Glory Field, by Walter Dean Meyers. This is also available on audiobook. Our focus will be figurative language. We will not read the entire book, but rather a few sections that will follow generations of a family, covering colonial slavery beginning in 1753, plantation life in 1864, and growing up in 1964.
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Students have a roots test every Tuesday. Study Roots 1-12, then Roots 13 each night this week, writing them in the composition notebook. We will continue testing all 50 states each Tuesday, so please encourage your student to study these each night after their Roots. We are wrapping up the American Revolution paper this week, and beginning the transition period leading to the Constitution being written. Students have a roots test every Tuesday. Study Roots 12, then Roots 1-12 each night this break, being sure they are all in the composition notebook. We will continue testing all 50 states each Tuesday now, so please encourage your student to study these each night after their Roots. We are studying the American Revolution; through the DBQ (Document-Based Question) packet ,and their workbook and textbook, wrapping up their final American Revolution paper after break.
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This week, we are writing code. http://www.crunchzilla.com/code-monster https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming Students have a roots test every Tuesday. Study Roots 11, then Roots 12 each night this week, writing them in their composition notebook. We will continue testing all 50 states each Tuesday now, so please encourage your student to study these each night after their Roots. We are studying the American Revolution; through the DBQ (Document-Based Question) packet ,and their workbook and textbook. Students have a roots test every Tuesday. Study Roots 10, then Roots 11 each night this week, writing them in their composition notebook. We will continue testing all 50 states each Tuesday now, so please encourage your student to study these each night after their Roots. We are studying the American Revolution; through the DBQ (Document-Based Question) packet ,and their workbook and textbook.
Study Roots 9 for Tuesday 11/18, then Roots 1-9 each night this week for Exam on Tuesday 11/25, writing them in their composition notebook. These notebook checks are this Friday and are worth a significant amount! We will continue testing all 50 states this Friday, so please encourage your student to study these each night after their Roots. We will begin testing states on Tuesdays after break.
We are studying the American Revolution and beginning another DBQ (Document-Based Question) packet. The end of the trimester is next Tuesday 11/25, so we will have a Roots Final (1-9), as well as a social studies final next week. |
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