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7th Grade Social Studies
We continued to work on our Africa travel posters today in class.  We will work on these for the first 15 minutes of class tomorrow and then present them to the class.  We will vote on which country we would like to visit based on the travel poster.  We will also have a notebook quiz tomorrow; this will assess the organization of our notebooks and the completion of some of our notebook assignments.  If you have not finished your Africa vocabulary, you must have it completed for tomorrow. 

Have a great night!!

Africa, here we come!!

7th Grade Social Studies

We began a new project on Africa today.  We are working in groups to create travel posters highlighting our six focus countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Sudan and Kenya.  We will continue to work on these on Thursday.  We will take a break tomorrow to work on the new vocabulary for Africa.

Homework:  Get your progress report signed!  If your parents have any questions or comments, please write a note on the progress report.  Thanks!

Question:  What are you looking forward to studying most in Africa?  Leave a comment on this blog post with your answer.  You can leave one tonight or tomorrow night.

8th Grade Read 180

We took a diagnostic reading test on USA Test Prep, and the students received their progress reports.

Homework:  Get your progress report signed!

Stay warm tonight!

7th Grade Social Studies
Today we went to the guidance office for the vision and hearing screening.  We also worked on a word search while waiting to be screened.  We updated our notebooks and warm-ups so we would be prepared for the notebook and warm-up quizzes this week.  You do not have any homework tonight.

Have exuberant evening!

7th Grade Social Studies

We reviewed the standards for Middle East History and Civics/Government in class today.  You also received the test that you took yesterday.  If you scored below a 74%, you must have your parents’ sign your test, and you must complete the test corrections.  If you scored a 74% or above, the test corrections are optional.  The guidelines for test corrections are as follows:

Ø       On a separate sheet of paper, answer all the questions you have missed in complete sentences.  For example:

# 21 – The percentage of people in a country that can read and write is called the literacy rate.

Ø       You will receive half credit on your test grade for every answer you complete (Original credit: 1.5 points.  Half credit: .75 points)

Ø       The corrections are due on Monday, November 17, 2008

Have a great weekend!!

7th Grade Social Studies
Today we took a test over Middle East government and economics.  I am ecstatic that most of you studied hard and thought the test was easy!  You do not have any homework tonight.

8th Grade Reading
After independent reading and submitting our projects, we went online to USA Test Prep and took a diagnostic reading test.  Remember to visit this site frequently to play the reading games and continue to improve your reading skills!

Have a great night!

7th Grade Social Studies

We reviewed for the test that we will have tomorrow!  Don’t forget to study!!

Here are some things that will help you in your studying adventures:  Download study_guide_answers.doc  and Download middle_east_map_answers.doc 

Also, review your economic vocabulary; it comprises a large part of the the test.

Have a great night!

7th Grade Social Studies

After finishing our Venn diagrams comparing the economic systems of Israel, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia, we played alphabet soup vocab review!  Remember to review your words every night!

Have a great night!

7th Grade Social Studies

Show Mr. Kay: Tomorrow, come into my classroom, turn your desk around and sit facing the back wall.  Don’t speak to anyone or tell anyone what you are doing.

7th Grade Social Studies

We completed our economics definitions, and we worked with some numbers to find out the GDP per capita.  If you missed any of the notes, you can find them on yesterday’s post.  Guess what?  No homework tonight!

Write a comment on Mr. Kay’s blog:  Give me one of the economic vocabulary words and the definition.  Don’t repeat one that someone else wrote!

Have an excellent evening!

7th Grade Social Studies

We briefly discussed the results of yesterday’s election before watching CNN student news today.  We were introduced to some economic terms, and we composed a paragraph answering the question: How do the various economic systems answer the three basic questions differently?  If you missed any of the notes or definitions, here they are:Download economics_notes.ppt

Homework:  Finish your paragraph.  Bring your calculator to class tomorrow.

Tell Mr. Kay: What type of economic system is based on inheritance and social networking?

8th Grade Reading

We worked on our theme poems today.  I hope you were able to be creative and inventive in the composing of your poem!  We will continue to work on the project on Friday.  Your completed project is due on November 13th

Have a great night!