2nd Quarter, Week 3

Monday: 

1. New Warm Up Sheet
2. Notes: (Use handout below to fill in information from the powerpoint notes)  Powerpoint: Events Leading to the Civil War
3. Supplementary Handout: Timeline of Events Leading to the Civil War 
4. Pre-AP: Peer Edit DBQ

• Homework: Quiz study guide
• Pre-AP only: Timeline of events leading up to the Civil War

Tuesday:

1. History Challenge
2. Football Review Game

Wednesday:

1. Pre-AP: DBQ Essays Due
2. Quiz
3. Civil War Memory Game

Thursday:

1. The Election of 1860
2. Standards based assessment Questions

• Homework: Make Vocabulary Flash Cards

Friday:

1. Better Know a City
2. Roots Part IV.

8th Grade Boys Beat Highland Lakes!

For the first time my volleyball team won in only 2 games, defeating the higher ranked 4th seek Highland Lakes team.  It was awesome.  The team played the best they ever have!  Tyler K and Kyle F were awesome serving, Ryan N dominated at the net, and Colby M was everywhere doing everything.  The whole team came together.  We now play the top seeded Hillcrest on Thursday in order to get to the championship round! 

GO COLTS!

2nd Quarter, Week 2

I enjoyed meeting with many parents on Thursday, and am glad that we are now back to a regular schedule every day this week.  Here is our agenda for each day and homework below:

Monday:

1. New Warm Ups
2. Notes on Nationalism and Sectionalism

Tuesday:

1. Pre-AP: Pre-Civil War DBQ (Document Based Question)
2. Mapping sections of the US

• General Ed Classes Homework: Complete handout sent home.
• Pre-AP Homework: Complete Sectionanlism Map

Wednesday:

1. Read and Sketch Chapter 15, section 1
2. Pre-AP: Work on DBQ

• Pre-AP Homework: Complete DBQ Essay

Thursday:

1. Venn Diagram on differences between North and South
2. Advantages and Disadvantages of North and South

• Homework for all classes: Written Response:  In 1-3 paragraphs answer thoroughly:  Based on our notes and discussion today, which side (the North or South) had the best chance of winning a long war?  Use at least 3 examples or pieces of evidence to support your answer.

Friday:

1. Better Know a City
2. One half hour more of ROOTS

2nd Quarter, Week 1: October 13-17

This is the first week of our second quarter, and the week of Parent Teacher Conferences.   Monday is a day off, and Thursday and Friday are both half days.  On Thursday students will go to one hour each of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd hours, and on Friday students will attend a full hour of 4th, 5th, and 6th hours.  Here is the schedule for my classes this week:

Monday: No School: Columbus Day

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday/Friday: We will watch portions of the 1970s tv mini series “Roots” to complete our week and a half long discussion of slavery and to gear up for the beginning of our unit on The Civil War.  Students will complete a summary of what they watch and story pyramid for the portions viewed in class.

Geo Bee 2008-09

I am taking over the Geo Bee this year, so for those of you interested in competing in the school wide competition this year and possibly advancing to the state competition in January, come by my room (302) on Wednesday, October 15 after school for a qualifying exam.  There will be 25 questions and should take you no longer than 30 minutes. 

Those who qualify will meet with me once a week on Thursdays starting in November and going until the first week of January.  The school wide competition is January 8, 2009.

The top 10 finishers in the school wide competition will spend the day with me and another staff member to attend the state wide competition at ASU in April.

I am looking forward to a fun and rewarding experience with the Geo Bee!

Parent Teacher Conferences Thursday Oct. 16

We are holding parent-teacher conferences on Thursday, October 16th from 1:00 to 8:00 with the exception of the 6:00 hour.  Conferences are slated for 10 minutes each.  If you would like to schedule a time to meet with me feel free to email me at anna.mccoy@dvusd.org  with a good time for you…first come, first served.  I’m looking forward to meeting with as many of you parents as possible 🙂

Week 9: October 6-10

This is the last week of the first quarter!  Grades close on Friday October 10.

Monday:

1. Video: The Underground Railroad
2. Study Guide for Unit 3: Slavery

Tuesday:

1. Notes: Attempts at Solving the Problem of Slavery with accompanying handout Accompanying notes outline
2. Review Study Guide

Wednesday: (Early Release)

1. Half Day Write

Thursday:

1. Quiz
2. More of Underground Railroad Video and Binder Checks

Friday:

1. More of Underground Railroad Video and Binder Checks