IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP FOR GRADES TO GO YOU MAY WANT TO SO THAT YOU AND/OR YOUR CHILD HIS/HER ACADEMIC PROGRESS.  YOU NEED TO STOP BY THE MAIN OFFICE TO FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK.

Nov. 20 - Notebook check for Unit 2 (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus River and China) is on Monday

Project-based assessments for China are due by the end of class on Friday, Nov. 20th

Nov. 19 - Vocabulary Quiz for China tomorrow; Notebook check for Unit 2 (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus River and China) is on Monday 

Nov. 18 - Vocabulary Quiz for China on Friday;  Notebook check for Unit 2 is on Monday

Nov. 17 - Study for vocabulary quiz (China) on Friday

Students will begin on their project-based assessments for China 

Nov. 16 - Study for vocabulary quiz (China) on Friday;  If students earned a 100% on their pre-assessment they do not have to take the quiz, however they need to show me their pre-assessment in order to receive clearance from me.

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Nov. 13 - Zip strips for China due Monday

Nov. 12 - Zip strips for China due Monday

Nov. 11 - No homework

PARENT CONFERENCE NIGHT - WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11th from 5 - 7

Nov. 10 - No homework

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Nov. 5 - No homework!  Enjoy your 4 day weekend!  Veterans' Day is next week so try to do something nice to honor our service men and women.

Nov. 4 - Same as yesterday

Nov. 3 - VOCABULARY QUIZ on Thursday for the Indus River Valley.

Nov. 2 - Zip Strips for Indus River Valley due tomorow;  VOCABULARY QUIZ on Thursday for Indus River Valley (worth 1 summative);  Students are working on an in-class project-based learning assignment that will take the place of the content portion of the "traditional" quiz/post-assessment.  Their final product will be a brochure of the Indus River Valley that will be due on Thursday (worth 1 summative and 1 formative).

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Oct. 30 - No homework.  Have a great weekend!  Reminder that this weekend clocks get moved back one hour Saturday night.

Oct. 29 - No homework

Oct. 28 - No homework

Oct. 27 - Egypt Quiz on Wednesday

Oct. 26 - Egypt Quiz on Wednesday

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Oct. 23 - Quiz on Egypt next Wednesday.  Have a good weekend!

Oct. 22 - Same as yesterday

Oct. 21 -  Same as yesterday.  Students should have more to study each night since we are reading and taking notes (practicing how to take 2 column notes) on EGYPT. Plus we are going back and correcting/filling in their content pre-assessments/study guides.

Oct. 20 - Study for Egypt Quiz next Wednesday.  Study zip strips, study content pre-assessment (study guide), and study any other notes (KWL, 2 column notes) in Unit 2 Egypt Section. 

Oct. 19 - No homework

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Oct. 16 - No School

Oct. 15 - Zip strips for Unit 2 - Egypt (pre-assessment vocabulary sheet) will be due on Monday

Oct. 14 - Zip strips for Unit 2 - Egypt (pre-assessment vocabulary sheet) will be due on Monday

Oct. 13 - No homework

Oct. 12 - No homework

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Oct. 8 - Listen to the weather forecast for tomorrow, wear appropriate clothing, wear comfortable walking shoes, and bring a disposable bagged lunch or money to buy lunch.  It is optional if you want to bring some spending money.  Be at school regular time, by 7:40, and report to your homeroom as usual.  REMEMBER YOU WILL NEED A RIDE HOME BECAUSE WE WILL BE GETTING TO SCHOOL BETWEEN 4:30 - 5:00.

Oct. 7 - TBA

Oct. 6 - UNIT 2 MESOPOTAMIA QUIZ tomorrow

Oct. 5 - Study for UNIT 2 MESOPOTAMIA QUIZ on Wednesday (zip strips/vocabulary and KWL or pre-assessment turned study guide/content)

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Oct. 2 - Quiz for Mesopotamia on Wednesday

Oct. 1 - Zip Strips for Unit 2 Mesopotamia are due tomorrow;  Quiz for Mesopotamia on Wednesday

Sept. 30 - Zip Strips for Unit 2 Mesopotamia due Friday;  Students are to only be doing the terms and definitions that they missed on their pre-assessment (gold paper).  Students in Block 4 & 1 were given time between 10 - 20 minutes in class to work on them.  

Today, People of the Fertile Crescent Timeline was handed back.  Students were reminded that if they did not achieve a 70% or better on the assignment that they could make corrections and resubmit it by next Wednesday.    

Sept. 29 - No Homework;  Students received interim reports today.  We also began a discussion about goal setting, behavior (individual and community) and academic performance that we will continue tomorrow in class.  I encourage parents/guardians to have those conversations with their students at home.   

Sept. 28 - Block 1 finish classwork (Hammurabi's Political Influence)