Wednesday 11/19

• Tic Tac Toe project
• Homework:
• Finish project

Tuesday 11/18

• Tic Tac Toe project
• Homework:
• Bring in food for the NC Food Bank

Monday 11/17

• Turn in "Create a God" project
• Hand back "Find Your Way Around Rome" packets
• Begin Tic Tac Toe Project - Students will complete 5 blocks from a tic tac toe board.  Most work will be done in class and the only time they should be working on this for homework is Wednesday night.  Directions are at the top of the project and have been discussed with the students.
• Homework
• Bring in food for the NC Food Bank

Friday 11/14

• Turn in Roman Gods packet to the basket at the beginning of class
• Review notes from Ancient Rome
• Return papers
• Introduce Tic Tac Toe project for next week
• Homework:
• Bring in food for the NC Food Bank

Thursday 11/13

• Answer questions about packets and projects
• Complete Roman Empire notes
• Homework:
  • Continue working on creating a Roman god or goddess.
  • Roman Gods packet due tomorrow
  • Complete Roman Empire notes

Wednesday 11/12

• Check and collect Rome packets
• Hand out Roman Gods packet
• Assign Roman Gods project:  Create a "new god" including Name, Title, Powers, Weapon of Choice, Symbol, Hobbies, Background and a picture.  Project will be completed on an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of computer paper.
• Homework:***BLOCK 5 DID NOT GET TO THE PROJECT TODAY AND WILL HAVE ONE EXTRA DAY TO COMPLETE THE  ASSIGNMENT!***
  • Roman Gods packet due Friday
  • Roman Gods project due Monday
  • Bring in Social Studies Book.  We now have enough for each student to have a book for home and will need to collect and reassign book numbers.

Tuesday 11/11

• No School!

Monday 11/10

• Collect signed papers (Report Cards from Block 2)
• Check homework and collect
• Find Your Way Around Rome Map and Timeline Activities
• Homework:
  • Complete packet from class on Rome

Friday 11/7

• Finish Reading 13-2
• Review Key Terms
• Complete numbers 1-5 from section assessment
• Homework:
  • Complete any unfinished classwork

Friday 10/31

• Put Ancient Greece Notes and Whats Holding It Up? worksheets in basket
• Ancient Greece Test
• Finish Alexander the Great reading and complete worksheet
• Return papers to be signed
• Kids Vote
• Award extra credit for keeping Fortune Teller
• Homework:
  • Get papers signed

Thursday 10/30

• Review homework
• Review for quiz
• Read Section on Alexander the Great and complete sheet (Half the class)
• Homework:
  • Study for quiz
  • All make up work is due tomorrow!

Wednesday 10/29

• Check and collect homework
• Begin Ancient Greece Notes
• Homework:
  • Finish Notes
  • Whats Holding it up? worksheet
  • Finish Wanted Poster if you haven't turned it in yet

Tuesday 10/28

• Q and A on Wanted Poster Assignment
• Video on Ancient Greece - Take Notes!
• Complete crossword and fill in worksheet from video
• Homework:
  • Finish video sheet
  • Wanted Poster due Thursday
  • Go to McTeacher Night

Monday 10/27

• Collect all assignments outstanding from last week:
  • Name in Greek
  • Beginning of Mythology sheet
  • New ending to myth
  • Selection Test sheet
• Hand out Wanted Poster Assignment and answer questions
• Homework:
  • Wanted Poster: Due Thursday
  • Parents please check SPAN in the morning for updates.

Friday 10/24

• Read Ancient Olympics Packet
• Complete the Selection Test sheet
• Read quietly
• Homework:
  • Complete classwork

Thursday 10/23

• Read myth
• Rewrite a new ending
• Complete sheet - Beginning of Mythology
• Read quietly
• Homework:
  • Complete classwork

Wednesday 10/22

• Check and collect homework
• Write 2 sentences about yourself in Greek
• Share sentences as a class
• Write your name in Greek and decorate your paper
• Homework:
  • Finish writing your name in Greek and decorate paper with items that represent you!

Tuesday 10/21

• Check and collect homework: Ancient Palaces worksheet and color the Athens and Sparta worksheet
• Finish note taking on Gods of Ancient Greece
• Complete questions from notes
• Translate Greek sentence from board
• Homework:
  • Write 2 sentences in Greek.  Sentences must make sense.

Monday 10/20

• Check and review homework from last week:  Venn diagram of Athens and Sparta.  6 facts from each city-state and 4 facts they have in common
• Take notes from flashcards on overhead
• Begin Ancient Palaces worksheet
• Homework
  • Finish coloring Athens/Sparta worksheet
  • Complete Ancient Palaces sheet front and back
  • Get papers signed from Friday - Papers will be collected tomorrow

Friday 10/17

• Finish Timeline
• Read about Athens and Sparta
• Create Venn Diagram about Athens/Sparta.  Diagram must include 6 facts for each city-state and 4 facts that they have in common.
• Return papers
• Homework:
  • Although I do not usually assign work over the weekend, students need to finish their Venn Diagrams and color the Athens/Sparta sheet for Monday morning.
  • 5 papers should come home for signatures (2 Quizzes, letter/postcard assignment, self created map of Caribbean South America and the Citizenship project).  If a student was absent they may be missing one of the assignments and that should be made up as soon as possible.

Thursday 10/16

• Check and collect homework
• Continue working on timeline
• Homework:
  • No homework

Wednesday 10/15

• Check and review homework then collect it.
• Create a timeline of 6 events from ancient Greece.  Timeline must include an illustration for each event and a description as to why this event was important.  Students worked on this today and will finish in class tomorrow.  It is NOT homework.
• Homework:
  • "How to Compare Different Kinds of Maps" worksheet

Tuesday 10/14

• Put project in basket when entering class
• Review maps by labeling on map projected on board
• Review KWL information
• Read 310-317 Define Key Terms and do #'s 1-3 on page 317
• Homework:
  • Finish Reading 310-317
  • Define Key Terms
  • Page 317 #'s 1-3

Monday 10/13 ****Thank you to all students and parents who came out for the 10th Annual Ribbon Run for the Autism Society of NC.  The final numbers are not in yet but we do know that each year there are more participants and money raised for this awesome event.  Congrats to all who finished the 5k, 1 mile and Tot Trot.  The events were a total success and you all deserve awards!****

• Check and review guidelines for PSA project.  Students are permitted one free night to take the project home for revisions after discussion in class today.
• Introduction to Greece.  Complete first 2 columns of individual KWL chart.
• Handed out map on Ancient Greece to label and color
• Homework:
  • Finish project if necessary
  • Finish first 2 columns of KWL chart
  • Finish labeling and coloring map

Thursday 10/9

• Collect notes from PSA
• Quiz
• Pacific South America Project:  Students who signed up were given time to go to the media center to check out books or do research.  The students who did not go to the media center, stayed in the class and did their research with the materials I had available.
• Homework:
  • Finish PSA project.  Project is due Monday.
  • All are invited to join us this Saturday morning at 9:00 for the 10th annual Ribbon Run for the Autism Society of North Carolina.  Hope to see everyone there!

Wednesday 10/8

• Check homework and review for quiz
• Assign PSA mini project.  Pick one country in Pacific South America and write an essay (4-5 paragraphs) about why everyone should visit that country. Include items about the weather, geography, history and culture. Using those topics, "prove" why that would be the best country to visit. You may also include facts about other countries that would make them less appealing. Use your book, the encyclopedias from my class or the Internet when you get home. This assignment is due on Monday.
• Homework:
  • StudyFor Quiz
  • PSA Project

Tuesday 10/7 

***Today we talked briefly about the Autism Society of North Carolina's Ribbon Run taking place this weekend at Moore Square in downtown Raleigh.  If you are interested in participating, I am team captain for the Walking With Grace team and we will be downtown around 8:00 on Saturday morning.  You can find all the information you need at: http://www.autismsociety-nc.org/ and click the link for the 10th Annual Ribbon Run.  This is not a school sponsored event so please do not drop children off and leave.  There will be lots going on so bring the family out for a great time.***

• Check Homework
• Pacific South America Notes
• Homework:
  • Finish Notes
  • Study for quiz on Thursday
  • Tell parents about Ribbon Run

Monday 10/6

• Review Chapter 10
• Review South America
• Jigsaw Game
• Chapter 10 Review page 245 # 1-8
• Homework:
  • Finish Classwork

Friday 10/3

Parents,

Many of you have had questions about SPAN being updated.  SPAN will be updated at the beginning of next week with make up grades and new assignments.  Too many students got behind during the first half of the first quarter and I have been paying the price trying to get make up assignments graded.  Because SPAN is now available for all to see, I hope during the remainder of the school year we will work together to keep the students up to date on all missing work.  Please remember that when your child has missed school, they should check the board for what they missed and get the assignments turned in right away.  Also, please remember that come 7th grade, policies for late work may not exist.  Learning to get assignments turned in on time will prove to be very valuable.

Thanks,

T. Smith

• Check homework
• Read and review sections 10-2 and 10-3
• Homework:
  • Study Pacific South America Maps

Thursday 10/2

• Check and collect homework
• Color and label Pacific South America Maps
• Homework
  • Finish maps

Wednesday 10/1

• Collect quiz study guide
• Take the quiz
• Read Chapter 10 section 1
• Define the key terms and answer #'s 1-3 on page 232
• Homework:
  • Complete classwork
  • Book orders, interims, signed papers are due

Tuesday 9/30

• Checked Atlantic South America Maps for following directions
• Took notes and reviewed for quiz
• Homework:
  • Finish notes and study for quiz
  • Book orders, signed papers, interims and late work are due!

Monday 9/29

• Finish reading 9-3
• Review key terms from 9-2 and 9-3
• Answer #5 from Section Assessment of 9-3
• Review maps of Atlantic South America
• Homework:
  • Study for Atlantic South America quiz on Wednesday
  • I still need several interims to be signed and returned
  • Get all papers signed and returned
  • Turn in late or missing work from interims (10/3 is the last day for make up work from the interims)
  • Book order forms are due on Thursday

Friday 9/26

• Collected any signed papers
• Collected interim reports
• Reviewed 9-1 Key Terms and Questions 1-3 (compared Amazon River to Cape Fear River)
• Listened to reading of 9-2 and 9-3 on cd
• Homework:
  • Interims and papers signed
  • Any late or missing work needs to be turned in
  • Finish Atlantic South America map if not completed already
  • Book orders will be collected through Thursday

Thursday 9/25

• Handed out interims and answered questions about grades and assignments
• Handed out Atlantic South America map
• Students worked on maps while individual questions were answered about grades
• Homework
  • Finish Atlantic South America Map
  • Get interim report and all papers signed
  • Visit: http://www.autismsociety-nc.org/html/autism_ribbon_run.html and think about joining us and the "Walking With Grace" team on October 11.

Wednesday 9/24

• Caribbean South America Quiz
• Read Chapter 9 Section 1
• Define Key Terms
• Answer #'s 1-3 on page 209
• Homework:
  • Finish your classwork

Tuesday 9/23

• Collect and share homework- Review locations of specific regions of Caribbean South America
• Review for quiz
• Short video on Chapter 8
• Homework:
  • Study for Chapter 8 quiz
  • Get papers signed-Any papers not turned in are now late
  • Return book orders

Monday 9/22

• Collect papers signed by parents
• Collect Book Orders
• Finish Caribbean South America Map.  Map should include:
  • Names of countries
  • Capital cities
  • Compass rose
  • Bodies of water
  • Rivers, lakes and mountains
  • Lines of latitude and longitude
• Begin letter/postcard about trip to Caribbean South America.  Should include:
  • Scenery
  • Weather
  • Traditions
  • Details of regions visited
  • Historical sites
  • What you liked most or least and so on.
• Homework
  • Finish Caribbean South America map if necessary
  • Finish letter/postcard
  • Signed papers are due tomorrow
  • Study for Chapter 8 quiz

Friday 9/19

• Check and collect homework
• Assign Map Activity
• Return papers and hand out Scholastic book orders
• Homework:
  • Get papers signed and returned by Tuesday
  • Return book orders by Friday
  • Your Caribbean Map Activity is due Tuesday

****SORRY!  We didn't get to use the math book online today but will get to it early next week.  Everyone have a great weekend!****

Thursday 9/18

******NEWSFLASH... Both the Social Studies and Math books are now available online using your Social Studies username and password.  There will be an introduction to the math book online, tomorrow during class.*******

• Check homework:  Map and Section 2 Key terms
• Put map on board and fill in information
• Read section 3
• Review section 3 key terms
• Homework:
  • Finish defining section 3 key terms
  • Answer section 2 and section 3, section assessments #'s 1-3

Wednesday 9/17

• Review key terms and places for section 1
• Answer #1-3 from page 189
• Do number 4 individually
• Read section 2
• Define key terms and places section 2
• Homework - Both items were started in class
  • Finish South America map
  • Finish section 2 key terms and places

Tuesday 9/16

• Hand out papers
• Open House reminder
• Hand out books and cd's
• Finish Reading Section 1
• Define key terms and places for section 1
• Begin map of South America
• Homework:
  • None

Monday 9/15

• Questions before the test?
• Test
• Read section 1 starting on page 186- Define the key terms and places.
• Homework:
  • Continue to sell your fundraiser materials.  First collection date is tomorrow.
  • Be sure to show parents your picture envelope.  Thursday is picture day!
  • Reminder about Open House... See you Tuesday night.
  • Try out the textbook online.  Decide if you want to carry a book home or simply use the online textbook for your homework.

Friday 9/12

• Share and collect homework
• Review for test by completing study guide and reviewing answers
• Homework
  • Study for test on Monday

Thursday 9/11- All students in attendance today received a login and password for www.go.hrw.com.

• Citizenship Activity including a video on the events of September 11, 2001.
• Homework:
  • Complete Citizenship activity
  • Study for test

Wednesday 9/10 - All students will be receiving a login and password for the book online by the end of the week.  This will give students access to their book even when they are not at home or have left it at school.

• Finished relating our homes to the 5 Themes of Geography
• Began review for test on Monday
• Homework
  • No Homework- Classwork from today will be finished in class tomorrow.

Tuesday 9/9-

• Checked homework
• Reviewed directions, (N,S,E,W) and completed short activity
• Homework:
  • No Homework

Monday 9/8-

• Students took a review quiz on directions, vocabulary, continents and oceans.
• Completed a sheet and reviewed answers for Latitude and Longitude
• For Homework:
  • Complete: A Geographers World - Map Activity

Friday 9/5-

• We checked both homework items and reviewed latitude and longitude
• Finished relating our homes to the 5 Themes of Geography
• Finished with brief discussion on hurricanes

Thursday 9/4-

• Reviewed homework including oceans and continents
• Introduced Latitude and Longitude
• For Homework:
  • Finish World Map (mostly done in class)
  • Complete Latitude and Longitude worksheet

Wednesday 9/3-

• We continued to work on the 5 Themes of Geography in class.
• For homework: 
  • Complete the "How much do you remember?" worksheet.  This is a basic review of the oceans and continents.
  • Bring in your locker letter if you have not done so already.
  • Bring in your Fortune Teller if you did not have it today.

Tuesday the 2nd-

• Bring in your letters about sharing lockers.
• Finish your Fortune Teller and study the 5 Themes Questions.

Friday the 29th-

• No Homework... have a great weekend!

Thursday the 28th-

• No Homework!

Wednesday the 27th-

• Answer these questions:  What is the most important rule of mapwork to you?
• Why do you feel that way?

Tuesday the 26th-

• Social Studies letter signed
• Handbook verification form signed
• Money for agenda

Monday the 25th-

• Social Studies letter signed
• Handbook verification form signed

Welcome to Social Studies!

I hope everyone had a great summer. We will begin this year by learning about the 5 Themes of Geogrpahy and basic Social Studies terms.  We will cover South America and Ancient Greece in the first quarter before moving into Ancient Rome and Medieval Europe to start the second.  I am looking forward to an awesome year and I hope you are as well.


Thanks and go Eagles,


Troy Smith