Tuesday, September 21, 2010

NWEA Test today---Quiz Thursday!

Today we will be taking a standardized test during class. After that we will finish up Dutch and French exploration and prepare for a quiz on Thursday.

The quiz Thursday will be about 20 questions and it will cover everything we learned so far--make sure you study.

Below is the French and Dutch reading in case you did not finish your reading and notes in class.

French and Dutch reading

Friday, September 17, 2010

Happy Constitution Day!

Today is national Constitution Day!

Today we will get a brief overview of the Constitution. Around Christmas time we will spend almost a month studying this great document.

A current events assignment is due today.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Thursday

Today we began to look at the first explorers of the new world and why they came over here.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Parents

Tuesday i sent home a sheet about parent communication that I wanted you to sign. If it got misplaced there is a copy of it here.

Parent Sheet

Tuesday

Today we began US history with a look at Native American tribes when the Europeans first arrived. We focused on how they all adapted their specific environments.

Here are some papers we used:

Native American Notes

Journal #1

Syllabus

Current Events Template