After the EOC

 We took our EOC exam today and I am glad it is over!!

I have a feeling many students are used to elementary school and think the year is over already.
This is the only reason my grades on Focus can be so low. I think many of the students went on Spring Break and didn't return. : )
Maybe, I am assigning too little homework and they aren't used to it!

1. Please check Focus and have your student make up any missing work. I have been asking for makeup work since 4/18 when testing began. I know many of the students had time in the Study/Quiet  time for 8th grade testing.

We will continue with Rome and after testing.
Here is the next group of work and test:
5/11-5/12-50/49 questions and Valley Charts are due. EOC testing
5/13-16- Review Chapter 8 Rome p 228-247
5/17-18- Test Chapter 8 Rome
5/19-20- Review Chapter 9 p 252-276
5/23-24- Test Chapter 9 Rome,
5/25-26- Start Meso America Chapter 12

Fourth nine weeks and EOC

 Hello again!
The year is speeding by fast! It has been wonderful to teach your children this year! I think I will miss watching them grow into 8th graders.

 This nine weeks so far has been very simple for work. The students had an open book test on Chapter 8 and 9. I am very happy with lots of the scores. However, I am still missing a few tests.
 Please check the grade portal for missing test grades.

We have been working on Rome this nine weeks. I will post all of the assignments for Rome.
The students have been given extra time to turn in missing work. They have had the last two weeks to catch up on any missing work. They have also had a print out of their grades to check for missing work. The work has been posted in three different places in the room to help them catch up.

The EOC for World History will be 11-12 May. The students have been given a 50 question review sheet for all of the standards, we have done this year. They have had three weeks to work on this Study Guide.
 The students have also been given a Chart of the different River Valleys to help them also. It is due 9-10 May.

The assignments this nine week as of 5/3/2016:

Key terms cards p 228
Questions p 235
Chart( example p 228) p 228-235
Key terms p 240
Questions p 246
Outline or Chart p 240-246
Brainpop Meso America
Brainpop Caesar
Review p 247 and questions p 248
Key terms p 252
Questions p 258
Key terms p 259
Questions p 265
50 question Study Guide( three weeks) due 11-12 May
Chart of River Valleys Due 9-10 May

Updating Blog Finally!!

Oops! We have move on from China to Greece. This has been a very busy 9 weeks!! Some of my classes have been giving teaching a lesson a try. They did very well and were surprised at the work it took to create a good lesson. If, you child is in 1period,7th period, or 8 period the lessons and homework maybe a little different from the standard lesson and home learning assignment. I have given several progress reports along the way during the last nine weeks. The last one given to the students was on March 29 and March 30. Every child received this updated class progress report.


 Here is the list of assignments since the end of February:
2/25-27- Key terms p 80 Questions p 188
2/29-3/1-Review p 189-190
3/9-10- re-review Chapter 6 section 1
3/11-14- re-review Chapter 6 section 2
3/15-16-Test Chapter 6, Map Greece
3/17-3/29- Key Terms p 198* questions p 203
3/30-31- P 206-213, Key terms p 206* questions p 213
4/1-4/4-read p 216-222. key terms p 216* questions p 222
4/5-6- Review p 223 Key terms, p 224 Questions 9-13
4/7-11- Test Chapter 7, Greece, p 198-222, Map Rome
4/12-13-ROME!!!!!!!!


*Many students are not turning in Key term index cards. These cards are to help them study for the EOC test. These cards make great flash cards for studying vocabulary.


I will give out two study guides for the EOC. The students  World History EOC is May 11-12. These study guides were very effective for the original EOC for Social Studies.  According to the students from previous years, they still work well for the current EOC. Unfortunately, I don't know what is on the current EOC. World History is a very large subject area. We go from Hunting and gathering to Rome, Inca, and Aztecs. We have covered most of the World's Major religions and ancient cultures. They are looking for improvement from the pretest at the beginning of the year.

India test and Hello China

 The first part of the year is over. The students know what they should do and how to do their work.
 I am proud of so many of them.    We have complete India and now head for China. After China, we will head to Greece.
All of the papers are graded and entered in the grade book. Only papers received after Thursday are not on the grade book.


Homework on China:


2/1-2- Test Chapter 4         Draw and Label China Map on page 135 and two questions.




2/3-4-Dragons and Chinese Rivers  Read p 136-141   voc p 136 Questions p 141,1ab,2ab,3ab




2/5-8- Confucius    Read p 144-148  voc p 144 and questions p 148,1ab,2ab,3ab    Quiz 5-1




2/9-10- Terra Cotta Warriors        Read p 149-153 voc p 149 and questions p 153,1ab,2ab,3ab

1/14-15- student Venn diagram with Hindu and Buddha information. no Homework


1/19-20-Chandragupta vs Asoka voc p 126, 130 questions  1abc,2abc
               Quiz Hinduism and Buddhism


1/21-24- The Battle of Klinga p 12e-130


1/25-26- Review India  p 131,1-7 write out     Questions p 12, 8abc,9abc,10,abc,11abc,12abc.   RACE style
Restate question
Answer question
Cite information
Elaborate/evidence


1/27-28-final, Final India Review


1/31-2/1-test Chapter 4- India-- Map China

Thank you!

 Dear Parents,
Thank you for being so patience about my surgery. Everything went very well this time and hopefully this adventure will be complete next October!


 I apologize for not posting all of the information while I was out. I have graded all of the papers from before the break and updated the grades. I am now starting with papers turned in since last Monday. I will have those graded soon. My goal is to grade the test from before break and then the homework. I seem to have lots of late work turned in this past week. Please remind students to put their name on the paper, because my nameless wall has run out of room! It would be great to have assignments on late papers also, then I don't have to guess what they are for a grade.


1/4-5_ India voc p 106 questions p 111, 1ab,2ab,3ab
1/6-7 Mohenjo-Daro  Read p 112-113 and do assessment. Draw a picture from your mind's eye on what you think the city looks like.
1/8-11- Hinduism Read p 114-118, voc p 114 questions p 118
1/12-13- Buddhism. Read p 119-123 voc p 119 questions p 123.


Please remind students to be respectful when learning about another person; religion and culture.
* the next test will be before the nine weeks end.
******** Students will need a new composition book for next semester.*****************

Update in work and grades

 I have not posted the finally grades for my class yet. I will take the last late papers on Wednesday and I will update then.
 I will not post the Mesopotamia Test until Quarter 2. The students didn't do well on this test. I would prefer to use it for next nine weeks so they may raise their grade vs this test pulling them down. The students always do well on the first test and then relax for the second. This is what I saw on the second test. The students also have trouble with the second nine weeks because of relaxing from the first quarter and many holidays. Time passes without them realizing how fast it is going. The students are having trouble with their vocabulary. I asked them to use their flash cards they created and practice. This will help them at the end of the year exam.

We are now in Egypt:
10/22-23-Draw and Label map on p 67 and answer two questions.
10/26-27: voc p 68 and Questions p 73, 1abc,2abc Read p 68-73
10/28-29- Voc p 74 and questions p 79,1ab,2ab,3ab voc quiz Section 1,Read p 74-79
11/2-3-Pyramids- p 86-87 assessment Read p 86-87
11/4-5-voc p 80 and questions p 85, 1ab,2ab,3ab and quiz section 2, Read p 80-85
11/6-9-voc p 88 and questions p 93,1ab,2ab,3ab quiz section 3 Read p 88-93
11/10-12- using route maps P 94-95
11/13-11/16-Read p 96-100 voc p 96 and questions p 100,1ab,2ab,3ab
11/17-18- Review p 101 key terms 1-7, questions  p 102,8abc,9abc,10abc,11ab,12ab
11/19-20- Review and voc test Chapter 3
11/23-24- Test Chapter 3

The "No Name "wall

 Dear Parents,

My "No Name" on your paper wall is running out of room. I don't have nay more space to place a new paper. I encourage the Students to check the wall if they don't get a paper back.
In defense of the wall; I will every Student a progress report from my class on Friday(10/9) or Monday(10/12). I have every project and paper graded at the moment in time. Some of these papers are super and I would enjoy posting them to the lost person's grade. I am sure it would help them.

 Thank you for you help in this matter!! : )

lastest posting

9/28-9/29- Test Chapter 1  Draw and Label Map page 29 and two questions

9/30-10/1- Create an outline from pages 30-35

10/2-10/5-Voc p 30 questions p 35, 1ab,2ab,3ab and read p 36-37 and assessment

10/6-10/7- Quiz Section 1,Class Venn diagram, voc p 38 and questions p 42,1ab,2ab,3ab

10/8-10/9- Voc p 43, questions p 47, rituals and routines Hammurabi Style

10/12/10/13- Outline p 48-53

10/14-10/15- voc p 48 questions p 53

 Test before end of October.

 Timeline due October 6 and 7. Students were given the directions and examples two weeks ago.

Reviewing how to do homework.

9/16-17 We went  over how to make our homework better.
               vocab cards p 12 questions p 17, 1a,b,c 2a,b,c Quiz on 6-9 next class.

9/18-9/21-Pre History II- Chart p 12 and quiz p 6-9 Read p 18-19 Assessment P 19

                 Create Chart p 12 quiz 12-17 Quiz p 6-9

9/22-23- Civilization           Growth of a Civilization chart p 20 game civilization

voc p 20 and questions p24, questions 1a,b2a,b 3a,b

Timeline Due 10/6(A)-7(b)

Finally reconnecting!!

 I have had a rough time getting Blogger, duval county schools and Google to agree. I have finally convinced them all to work together. Thank you for your patience. It has been very frustrating! I know for both of us.

Here is the chart information to help you catch up:

9/1-9/2- Base line Testing

9/8-9/9- Migration   Home work P FL52-FL55

9/10-9/11- Geography and History  Read p 6-9 and do * vocabulary index cards and Questions p 9, 1a,b,c;2a,b,c. The students need to restate the question, write complete sentences and give evidence for their answers.

* index vocabulary cards- Cards should have vocabulary word and coordinating picture on the front and the complete definition from the book on the back. Creating a flash card.

9/14-9/15- Time lined page 10-11 in Textbook. Students will do Practice the skill and Apply the Skill. *Timeline project assigned due for A on October 6 and for B October 7.

* timeline project- The students will need a poster board for this project. The board should be used on the long side. The students are to create a time line from the year they were born ( 2003,2004,2005). The top part of the Timeline should be pictures representing your child's life from Birth to 2015. The bottom of the Timeline should be world events for each year of your child's life. These events should have pictures also. Both sets of pictures should have small captions identifying them. The student were shown how to research this information and they drew an example in their journals.

9/16-9/17- Pre History   Read p 12-17  *vocabulary index cards for the words on page 12 and questions only on p 17, 1 a,b,c and 2 a,b,c.


 I have been grading papers most night and pass them back., However I only update the grades once a week. Please be patient with me and I will be with you. We both have the same Goal.

Biggest problems I see when grading papers:

no name on paper or cards
incomplete sentences
not restating the question
Writing out the questions, when not needed
Not reading the questions correctly causing the answer to be incorrect
Not following directions
Not following Rubric

I have also seen some lovely papers. I get so excited when I read them!!!

 The students will be having some quizzes coming up soon. The test will be towards the end of this month.

Welcome to 2015-2016 School year!!!

 Thank you to all of the families and your donations of Paper, Hand Sanitizer, and Wipes!! I feel like Christmas!!

 I am excited about the new year and my great students. We plan to travel from the beginning of man to Rome. It should be a great adventure.Currently, we are learning about Geography and how to use maps. This will help us on our adventure to know where we are and why people live there.

Please feel free to contact me by e-mail anytime: Failse@duvalschools.org  I am much better by email than phone. You can call the school anytime for a conference.


 The following schedule is what we have done, are doing, and will be doing in the next week.

8/24-25- How do I?   Learning and reviewing Rituals and Routines and Homework Rubric  p 6-7

8/26-27-Six Themes of Geography- Create foldable on topic                                                  p 8-9

8/28-8/31-Maps and Map Projections.  take notes on seasons and longitude and latitude.
                  Homework: Worksheet Six Essentials Elements of Geography, and questions FL 41,1-2;
                  FL 43, 1-2                                                                                                              p 10-11

9/1-9/2- Maps and Movement, check Homework and takes notes.                                         p 12-13
              Home work: p FL 44-FL 51, questions

9/3-9/4- Primary and Secondary sources.                                                                               p 14-15

EOC and History Fair.

 Dear parents of my 2A class:
 Your children missed my class today due to testing. I did track them down and gave them their study guides. They have two guides; one guides needs the child to look up the answers and the other can be used as a question and answer sheet.
 The EOC was moved to Wednesday for A day classes and Thursday for B day classes. There will not be a test on Rome. We are quickly looking at Chapter 12, Incas, Mayans and Aztecs.
All the work for the rest of the year will be classroom work only.
History Fair is still due May 20 and 21. It is important to get them in on time. I must grade them before the end of the nine weeks.

Helpful Hints History Fair:

folder/packet

1. title page
2. Process paper ( no numbering)
3.Bibliography ( at least Three sources)
4. Annotated Bibliography ( a note on how you used each source)

 Board:
 I had students take pictures of examples.
No process paper or bibliography on board
Students can decorate boards, pictures and captions explaining topics Leadership and Legacy
Can also use primary source documents.
Can use DVDs, CDs, props and primary artifacts in front or attached to the board. See example at www. NHD.org. Remember, these are National winners, so  I am not expecting the same from first time students.

www.NHD.org


  The students have been show this website many times and how to get to the help they need.



Upcoming end of the year notes:
 20-21 May Projects due
20-21 May EOC History
19-20 May 6th grade achieve testing
21-22 May Music EOC
22-26 May Science EOC
26-27 May I-ready testing
29 May six grade locker clean out and book return
3 June 6th grade field trip EPCOT
4 June Field Day
5 June last day- report cards are mailed home next week.
8-9 June teachers

History Fair- home work

 Assignments:
4/8-4/9-Chart p 216, voc p 216, questions p 222,1abc,2abc

4/10-4/13- Review Greece P 223 vocabulary, p 224,questions 9 ab,10abc, 11abc,12abc,13abc
4/14-4/15- take home test
4/14-/15- Civilization comparison chart.
4/16-4/17- Roma Chapter 8

All students have history fair topics, unless turned in late. Friday all classes will have review History Fair research sheet and calendar
 How to do note cards,  Process paper, exhibit,etc.
www.NDH.org/exhibit
www.NHD.org/processpaper

suggested webites:
www.Floridahistory.org
www.libraryofcongress.gov
Florida Memory
www.Jacksonvillehistoricalsociety.org
www.floridahumanitiescounsel.org
www.nationalhumanitiescounsel.org

 All students have received history fair packets.

After Spring Break!

All grades are updated and Test graded. Students have been given progress reports to compare their papers and test grades for corrections. All test and papers have been given back to the students. Corrections have been made.
Students have also reviewed rubric and expectations.

History Fair topics and research can begin. Students have been give suggestions on a hand out and information expectations. THEY have NOT been given a timeline yet. www.NHD.org is an excellent resource.


Assignments:

3/23-24- Read p 192-195, questions page 195

3/25-3/26- Take home test. Short answers must have complete sentences, questions restated and at least a paragraph with evidence. Each short answer question has a ten point value, matching is two pints, multiple choice are 5 points and the last page has a total of 25 points.

3/27-3/30 Athens- Read page 198-203, vocabulary p 198 and questions p 203,1ab,2ab,3ab
                 (History Fair Topics due)   www.NHD.org/exhibit

3/31-4/1-read p 204-205, questions p 205 (Start History Fair Research)
4/2-4/3- Student holiday

4/7-4/8- Sparta vs  Athens  Read p 206-213, vocabulary p 206 questions p 213,1abc,2abc,3ab

Greece and History Fair

 I am back!! Thank you for being patient with my recent Breast Cancer. I did have a Mastectomy in early January and I am currently Cancer free!! I really appreciate the welcomes and the prayers. Thank you.

Now back to business!! : )

As of 2/27 every paper in my procession has been graded and posted. If a paper was turned in today, it will appear next week.

The students are currently taking their China test after a review and doing maps for Greece.

Homework is the following:
2/26-2/27- Draw and Label Map page 167, questions.

3/2-3/3 - voc p 168, with pictures and definitions on index cards, questions p 175,1ab,2ab,3ab

3/4-3/5- copy time line p 172, Read p176-177, questions

3/6-3/9- voc p 180, questions p 188,1ab,2ab,3ab

3/10-3/11-Venn diagram with Socrates and Plato

3/12-3/13- review p 189-190, 1-10 write complete definition  then questions 11a,b,c-14a,b,c.

 Dear Parents
 I hope to back at school by February. I will start on the History Fair  as soon as I get back., Please don't worry.  My sub and I talk everyday about how the students are doing and the lessons are working. I have already update the third nine weeks grade portal.
 Here is the current plan:
 1/9-12/15- Test  Chapter 11- Draw and Label the Map p 105 and answer two questions.

1/13-14/15- Read p 106-111, Outline p 106-111,voc p 106 and questions p 111. Restate questions, write complete sentences and give evidence.

1/15-20-Read p 112-113, do two questions p 113, Draw a picture from your mind's eye about how you think Mohenjo-Daro looked at this time. Use the information on p 106-113 to help you.

1/21-22/15- Read p 114-118. Voc. p114 and questions o 118. restate questions, write complete sentences and give evidence. Classwork create as a group; 5 questions to have the movie on Hinduism answer.

1/23-26/15- Read p 119-123, voc p 119, questions p 123, Restate questions, write complete sentences and give evidence.. Groups create 5 questions for Buddhism movie.

1/27-28/15-  Read p 126-130, voc p 126, questions p 130.
Restate questions, write complete sentences and give evidence. Classwork is to create a Venn diagram comparing Chandragupta vs Asoka.

1/29-1/30- Review for test Chapter on India.

past , present and future news and assignments.

Dear Parents,

 Thank you for being patient will my illness lately. I will be out for minor surgery 5 December 2014. I will be out the week after this. I have a good friend, who is my sub. She is Jo Carraro, a former engineer at ATT and Bed and Breakfast owner in Puerto Rico. She is a traveler like me and understands history. She has been subbing/teaching Spanish at Twin Lake the last few months.


My students will not start History Fair until January. I don't feel I would teach this project well before the Holidays. You may get information at www.NHD.org , you will find the rules and theme. I will give the students a packet after they return from break. I am going to try to get the students to learn some new topics and concentrate on Jacksonville and Florida history. I will have a list of people and places to help them use local resources.

The usual blog undated is as follows:

11/20-21- Egyptian Life- quiz 2.3
Chart p 88 in class home learning : Read p 88-93,voc p88 questions p 93,1ab,2ab.3ab

11/24-25- Nubia- Read p 96-100 voc p 96, questions p 100 1ab,2ab,3ab

11/26-12/1- HOLIDAYS

12/2-12/3- Review Egypt- P 101, 1-7 and p 102,questions 8abc-12ab

12/4-5- Review II- video and student review

12/8-12/9-TEST CHAPTER 3 EGYPT   draw and label Map p 309

12/10-11- Intro to Africa
Create Chart in class p 310
Home learning- voc p 310 and questions p 315

12/12-15- West Africa outline p 318-323
voc p 318 and questions p 323 1abc, 2ab

12/16-18- East Africa voc p 326 and questions p 330 abc, 2ab

12/19- Winter  Break- Take home test due after break 1/ 6-7

1/6-7- History Fair information.
 Chapter on India.

test next wednesday and Thursday on chapter 2/ no CGA for this quarter

 This is the copy of the chart from 10/22-11/19:

10/22-23-Judaism II- Outline p 56-60
10/27-28- Review vocabulary p 61 1-14, Page 62 15abc,16abc,17abc,18abc,19abc
10/29-10-30- Test  Chapter 2,  Draw and Label Map p 67 and two questions
10/31-11/3- Movie Prince of Egypt and write compare and contrast with real story of Moses.
11/4-11/5-Geography of Egypt Read p 68-73 vocabulary p 68 and questions p 73, 1abc,2abc
11/6-11/7- I see the Nile- draw picture of the Nile and act out the flow of the Nile. also chart1010-11/10-11/11- Holiday
11/12-11/13- The Three Kingdoms chart p 74, Vocabulary 74 questions p 79,1ab,2ab,3ab
11/14-11/17- Copy Timeline on P 76,vocabulary p 80 questions p 85,1ab,2ab,3ab
11/18-11/19- Tour of Egypt,  Chart p 80, Read p86- 87, questions p 87, Identify and infer

 This can change with testing  or other required events.

Homework update: 9/30-10/17

 The portal was updated Wednesday with all work received by Wednesday.
 The portal was updated again on Sunday with test scores.

Over all for the 151 students: ( 10 students still need to take the test)
A-57
B-54
C-16
D-12
F- 2

 The chart:
9/30-10/1-voc p 30 questions p 35
10/2-10/3-Outlines- Students outline from 33-35, using method taught in class.
10/6-10/7-voc p 38, questions p 42
10/8-10/9-Hammurabi's code
                 voc p 43 questions p 47

10/10-10/13- Phoenicians
                      voc p 48 questions p 53
10/14-10/15- Alpha Beta
                        Review writing
10/16-10/17- Judaism-
                       voc p 56 questions p60

Prepare for chapter 2 test and CGA- 1st 9 weeks.