2nd Annual Blaine Rawlings Leadership in Excellence Award 2008-09

At the beginning of the school year we had a lesson about leadership and how it is necessary for civilizations to thrive.  Somebody has to step up to the challenge and call of leadership.  At the end of the school year we watched the movie Flyboys to finish our unit on WWI.  In the movie, the main character Blaine Rawlings exhibits great leadership qualities; and like bookends I have used the idea of leadership to start and end my year.  In recognition for exemplary leadershipp qualities I awarded the Blaine Rawlings Leadership in Excellence Award to the following students for 2008-09

1st Hour: Chelsie P.

2nd Hour: McKenzey B.

3rd Hour: Esai G.

4th Hour: Jazmin G.

6th Hour: Isaiah H.

A look back at 2008-09

We ended another successful school year last week at DVMS.  Here is a look back with a few pictures, and honors for those in my class.

Students of the Year:

1st hour: Anthony M.

2nd hour: John L.

3rd hour: Alyssa N.

4th hour: Deneatra W.

6th hour: Sadaf R.

4th Quarter, Week 8

2 more mondays!  Here we go…

Monday:

1. New Warm Ups
2. Conflict and War Chart
3. Place WWI events on jumbo timeline

• Homework: Bring in the lyrics to a song that you would like to transform into a WWI poem.

Tuesday

1. Turning current songs into WWI poetry

• Homework: Finish song/poem if not done in class.

Wednesday

1. WWI Stations

Thursday

1. Review

Friday

1. Clicker Quiz

4th Quarter, Week 7

Hello everybody,  We are so close to the end but are finishing strong.  We are just beginning our last unit, WWI, this week.  The kids are pretty excited to start learning about this war.

Monday:

1. New Warm Ups
2. 4 Choices for WWI Vocabulary

Tuesday

1. Creating a map of Europe in 1914

Wednesday (1/2 day)

1. The Century video on WWI

Thursday:

1. America’s entry into WWI
2. WWI Propaganda

Friday:

1. Writing WWI Poems

4th Quarter, Week 5

Here is the schedule for this week:

Monday:

1. New Warm Ups
2. 1st-2nd: VIP reading activity on acquisition of Hawaii and Alaska
3. 3rd, 4th, and 6th: Read and Sketch on acquisition of Hawaii and Alaska

Tuesday:

1. Yellow Journalism: determining fact from fiction in the media

Wednesday:

1. Timeline of the Spanish American War

• Homework for 1st and 2nd hours only: Biography of Jose Martin and Martin Poetry analysis.

Thursday:

1. Notes on the Spanish American War

Friday:

1. Rough Riders

4th Quarter, Week 4

I apologize for the break in updates. AIMS testing is now over, and I have been busy with matters of a more personal nature, so now I am back on track with updates for you. We are really heading into the home stretch of the school year now! Hard to believe! Here is the schedule for the 4th week of the 4th quarter:

Monday:

1. New Warm Ups
2. 15 minutes to work on review sheet for Progressive Era
3. Jeopardy Review

• Homework: Review for quiz with handout from today

Tuesday

1. Reform Era Quiz with Clickers

Wednesday (1/2 Day):

1. Begin Imperialism Unit
2. Map of US Imperialist Colonies

Thursday:

1. Notes: 3 reasons for US Expansion Overseas

• Homework: Should the US be an imperialistic nation?  Why or why not?

Friday

1. Imperialism video

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Parent-Teacher Conferences are this Thursday, feel free to email me at anna.mccoy@dvusd.org to schedule a 10 minute conference between 1:00 and 7:30, excluding the 5:00-6:00 dinner break.  Thanks!

4th Quarter, Week 1

Time is flying!  I cannot believe we are beginning the 4th quarter this week.  This is exciting and we need to remember to “Aim high, stay strong, and finish strong!” 🙂

Here is this week’s schedule:

Monday:

1. New Warm Ups
2. Review immigration unit

Tuesday:

1. Booker T. Washington Vs. W.E.B. Dubois debate

Wednesday:

1. Clicker Quiz

Thursday and Friday (1st, 2nd, 3rd hours on Thursday, 4th, 5th, and 6th hours, on Friday).

1. Video

3rd Quarter, Week 9

Monday:

1. review photo analysis homework
2. clicker quiz for 1st hour and 6th to finish
3. Pre-AP: Analyze the “New Colossus” Poem: What does it say about the Statue of Liberty?
4. 3rd, 4th, and 6th hours:  Start alphabet dictionaries

Tuesday:

1. Review Homework photo analysis
2. Map of growth of cities
3. Opinion Express: Timed Writing on immigration prompts

• Homework:  How do immigration issues 100 years ago compare and contrast to today’s immigration issues?

Wednesday:

1/2 Day

Thursday:

1. Notes
2. Pre-AP: Debate: Assimilation Vs. Diversity
3. Work on Alphabet Dictionaries

• Homework:  How well does the idea of the melting pot reflect US immigration around 1900?

Friday:

1. “VIP” on pages 616 and 617
2. Chinese Exclusion Act
3. Alphabet Dictionaries

3rd Quarter, Week 8

Monday:  Mrs. McCoy is home with her sick son 😦

1. New Warm Ups
2. Map of the world, charting paths of 1st and 2nd wave of immigrants

Tuesday: (Mrs. McCoy is now home sick herself)

1. Video on Industralization

Wednesday:

1. review days that I was gone
2. push and pull factor demonstration
3. Primary Source Analysis:

                     a.  Political Cartoon: “Looking Backward” (Old immigrants vs.  New immigrants)

• Homework: Venn Diagram on old and new immigrants (first and second wave of immigrants)

Thursday:

Review Venn Diagram Homework

1. Primary Source Analysis

                        b. “What Every Emigrant Should Know” primary source

                        c.  Analysis of “The New Colossus”

       2.  5 new terms for alphabet dictionary

Friday:

1. Photo Analysis: 3 different photos
2. 5 new terms for alphabet dictionary

• Homework: Photo Analysis and written response