We quickly skimmed through Chap 10, Sect. 3 in class today. Students began reading and writing Cornell Notes for this section.
We also began InspireEd centers relating to Greek and Rome’s historical and cultural contributions to modern Europe.
Students need to complete Chap. 10, Section 3 Cornell Notes tonight. We began these in class.
Have a wonderful evening!!
Students took an Academic Bowl pretest today. The top 5 students on each team will be invited to participate in an Academic Bowl, which will take place next week during the Olympics.
There is no homework tonight!!
Remember that tonight is the 6th grade event, Comedy Night, from 4:30-6:00. Tickets were sold during the week.
Next week will be the McClure Olymipics!!
During Connections, students have signed up for and practiced various events.
The 6th grade Olympic Field Day will be on Wednesday.
Ask students what are the three types of governments they learned about today and about the three major religions we will discuss throughout our European Unit.
Through video stream and textbook, we discussed the first city-states set up in Greece, their different types of government, and their impact on the present day government and culture of Europe and Russia.
Students need to complete Chap. 10, Section 2 Cornell Notes tonight. We began these in class.
Have a wonderful evening!!
Sorry about the BLOG posting so late yesterday. It was out of my control; there were school wide issues with TypePad.
—- I’ll have student test retakes graded and posted by Monday.—-
We finished our Constitution: Bill of Rights discussion today, then students took Cornell Notes as they viewed a video stream of Ancient History: Greek. We will briefly cover Greek, Rome, and Medieval Ancient Civilizations next week, as we build background for our history and government of European studies.
We will share our current event issues on Monday, if you did not do yours, you have the weekend to finish it.
Have a wonderful weekend!!
Progress Report signatures were due today.
If you did not receive one, please email me.These reports will be kept in each students ACSS binder in the graded paper section, so you and I may refer back to them.
Students turned in their Media Center Scavenger Hunt and I gave them a sticker with all the usernames, passwords, and web site info. It is in their agenda under the Media Center bar code. Some students in Period 1/2 will receive theirs tomorrow.
Everyone finished their Capital Test today and I have updated grades.
Students not testing today worked on Chap 10, Section 2,3, or 4 Cornell Notes. We also began discussions on the Bill of Rights and the Constitution as we honored yesterday’s Constitution Day.
Homework is to study for the country retest if you failed it. Watch CNN, FOX, or other news channel and be ready to discuss a current event if you passed the test!!
If you need to retake the country test tomorrow morning at 8:00AM and left your ACSS binder at school, thus not having a pass, then you may print out this email to use as a pass.
B. Pakbaz
ALL STUDENTS RECEIVED A PROGRESS REPORT TODAY. PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN THESE TOMORROW. I’LL CHECK OFF THAT PARENT/GUARDIANS SAW THESE AND THEN STUDENTS WILL KEEP THEM IN THE GRADED PAPER SECTION OF THEIR BINDER. THANKS!!
Students who need to retake the country test this Friday may use my note on their Progress Report as their Friday 8:00 AM morning pass, to be allowed to come upstairs to retake their test.
We will honor Constitution Day tomorrow with group activities and PPT, due to spending the day in the Media Center learning about all the resources available to students from home and school.
Students received passwords and usernames for Cobb Virtual Library and Galileo. We are so excited that all McClure students may now access Destiny, our school library webpath, from home!! They may find books they need/want to read and write the call numbers down while at home, then during homeroom go directly to the shelf in the Media Center and pull the books they want to check out more quickly. This saves a lot of time not having to wait for school computers to come available.
Students also accessed World Book and Grolier encyclopedias, eLibrary, Student Research Center, Gale Junior Reference Collection, and Culture Grams while in the library today. All of these may be accessed from home through Cobb Virtual Library. Homework is to finish the Media Center scavenger hunt through these resources. Share these with your parents tonight!!
Also, have your Progress Report with parent signature in class tomorrow!!
Students took the European Country section of their test today.
Most finished the capital section; a few will need to finish theirs in class tomorrow.
I will try to grade the European Country section of today’s test and post it tonight, so it will be on tomorrow’s Progress Reports.
I have graded the capital portion to today’s test for those who finished it. I will post these grades tonight in i-Parent.
As soon as the others finish this section tomorrow, I’ll grade them and post grades.
Students, if you feel you may have failed either section of this test, continue studying tonight because retesting will take place this Friday at 8:00AM. Remember that I need to sign your agenda to give permission for you to come upstairs to retake the test.
Students practiced with a partner for tomorrow’s country capital test, then we had a boys against girls competition.
Also, Mrs. Williams and I introduced students to Odyssey of the Mind. Anyone interested in joining and did not come to today’s meeting, may pick up forms from us tomorrow. Check out the Ootm website at www.odysseyofthemind.com.
Homework is to label your two workbooks if you did not during the weekend. Use a sharpie and label as directed in class.
(Name _______ 6__ ACSS Per ___)
Also, don’t forget to practice for tomorrow’s country/capital test! The capital portion of the test will be multiple choice (out of three) and the country portion of the test will be matching #s on a map to the correct country.
Have a nice evening!!
ODYSSEY OF THE MIND
Due to early release being on Tuesday,
Ootm will meet on Monday from 4:30-5:30.
NEW MEMBERS ARE WELCOME!!
Don’t forget to bring a transportation note to your homeroom teacher. Parents/guardians must pick you up promptly at 5:30.
As we continued with our Hero’s activity, one of our students shared a story about his great grandfather’s adventures during war time in Europe. Then students made Cornell lists of their favorite heros and completed a real/fictional compare/contrast double bubble, which they shared with their group.
Students received a workbook and a reading study guide book in which we will use throughout the year. These are for the students to keep; they may write in them.
Homework is to label your two workbooks. Use a sharpie and label as directed in class.
(Name _______ 6__ ACSS Per ___)
Also, don’t forget to practice for Tuesday’s country/capital test!!
Have a wonderful weekend!!