2nd Quarter, Week 7

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!  This is a short week and we are FINALLY finishing and summarizing ROOTS!

Monday:

1. New Warm Ups
2. Roots

Tuesday:

1. Photo Analysis of Civil War Photos

Wednesday:

1. Finish Roots
2. Summarize using this handout

2nd Quarter, Week 6

Monday:

1. New Warm Ups
2. 15 minutes to work on quiz review sheet
3. Work in groups on “Live from Bull Run” News broadcasts

• Homework: Study Guide for Early Civil War Events

Tuesday:

1. Open binder Quiz on Early Civil War Events
2. Last preparations for group presentations

Wednesday:

1. “Live from Bull Run” Presentations (Check back here next week to see videos of the best presentations!)

Thursday:

1. Life in the Army: Turning Headings into Questions
2. Finding the Main Idea and Supporting Ideas in Chapter 16 section 2

Friday:

1. Roots VI

2nd Quarter, Week 5

It is mid-term of our 2nd quarter now and you should have seen your child’s progress report from Social Studies last week.  It does need to be signed as a homework assignment.  Here’s what’s happening this week:

Monday:

1. New Warm Ups
2. Finish the Election of 1860 Map
3. Notes: Fort Sumter: Fort Sumter and the beginning of the war

Tuesday: No School: Happy Veteran’s Day

Wednesday:

1. Read and Sketch the Battle of Bull Run
2. Introduce “Live From the Battle of Bull Run” Presentations

• Homework (1st and 2nd hours): 2 paragraph response on Fort Sumter
• Homework (3rd, 4th, and 6th hours): Fill in the Blanks Worksheet

Thursday:

1. In groups of 3 work on a script for the “Live From Bull Run” presentations.

Friday:

1. Roots Part V; writing essay prompts about and summaries of Roots

Progress Reports on Thursday

I was really sick on Monday evening and was therefore unable to get progress reports ready for Tuesday.  As we are having a half day on Wednesday, progress reports will go home on Thursday.

2nd Quarter, Week 4

Here is the schedule and homework for 2nd quarter, week 4:

Monday:

1. New Warm Ups
2. The Election of 1860: Notes, Pictures, and Songs (Scroll down on this page to hear Lincoln’s Election Song)

• Homework for ALL CLASSES:  The South Votes to Secede (Chapter 15, section 4 Geography Application)

Tuesday: Election Day

1. Kids Voting: The Election of 2008 (Go here for an unbiased comparison of the candidates which we will use in class to make our decisions)

• Homework: Get Parents to Sign Progress Reports

Wednesday:

1. Early Dismissal: Half Day Write in 4th Hour Class followed by exploratory activities.

Thursday:

1. Review Southern Secession Homework
2. Election of 1860 Map
3. Notes: Fort Sumter and Choosing Sides

Friday:

1. Roots IV

End of the Volleyball Season

We officially ended our volleyball season last week in an exciting match in the 2nd round of the playoffs against Hillcrest.  The team did a GREAT job!

We held our awards banquet for the boys volleyball team on Monday. Congratulations to Ryan N. and Colby M. for the joint MVP awards; to Jared S. for Most Improved, Tyler D. for the Hussle Award, and to Tyler K. as  Rookie-of-the-Year. 

All the boys did great and I want to thank them for their participation and for just being awesome this season.  I also want to thank the parents for their support this season and for their kindness.  Now that it is over, I hardly know what to do with myself!  I’m going through volleyball withdrawals!