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.