Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Small change in plans

 The World History pre-exam will be given Wednesday and Thursday.
This will cause the timeline lesson to change.
The homework for that lesson will be Read p 10-11, practice the skill and apply the skill.
The time line project rubric will be given out Friday/Monday
The Chapter 1 section 1 test will be Friday and Monday along with a map skills test.
The rest of the homework will stay the same.

As of 9/25, all home work received, checked and posted to the grade portal.The Grade port was down last weekend for maintance, if you had problems reaching it.
 I hope to give out progress reports on Friday and Monday ,if the system is working correctly. This was my goal today but the system was having issues. It wins!! : )

Friday, September 21, 2012

events coming up!

 We have survived the first progress reports. I have grade every paper with a name on the paper and posted the grade on the grade portal. yeah No homework for me!!


The students have been amazed, no homework the last few classes!!

New Schedule:

9/24-9/25- Outline with teacher in class. questions p 9 1abc,2abc vocabulary definitions p 6
9/26-9/27- Time lines- The students will create a time lime of the events in their lives and the events in the world during their first years. This assignment will be for two weeks.
quiz Chapter 1 section 1
9/28-10/1 outline Chapter 1 section 2. The Hayden way.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

* Students will start Benchmark testing 12 September 2012. It will last until 17 September 2012.
* Students have been given papers back to check against the homework rubric. Any redos need to be returned as soon as possible. Most papers were returned because of incomplete sentences or questions not being restate. Students are allowed to correct papers and return them back in for full credit.
* Grade Portal has been updated
* new assignments:

9/12-9/13- Special Maps
Read p FL 52- FL53, Questions p FL53, 1-2
Read p FL 54-FL55, questions p FL55, 1-2

9/14-9/15-Toward Civilization
 Quiz on map skills and five themes of geography

Friday, September 7, 2012

September homework 9/4-9/11

 Students are working on map skills in the front of their World History Book.
The homework for this week :
9/4-9/5- Read p Fl 42-FL 43, questions P FL 43,1-2 and vocabulary worksheet
9/6-9/7- read p FL 44-47, questions p FL 45,1-2; Fl 47,1-3, worksheet Compass Rose.
9/10-9/11- read p FL48-FL51, questions on each page
****** Student need to have composition books by 9/10/12***********

Benchmark testing 9/12-14 and 9/17. Students will still have homework.