Mar 31 2009
7th Grade Social Studies
TEST TOMORROW!
We reviewed for tomorrow's test by playing a memory game. Remember to review your landforms and countries (yellow map) and your review guide. I am confident you will do well if you study!
Homework: Study for the test!
Here is a picture of the Asian Brown Cloud we were talking about.
Mar 27 2009
7th Grade Social Studies
After taking a few notes on the caste system of India, we performed our philosophy skits. I hope this helped you understand the differences between the prominent religions of Asia. Review the landforms and countries map this weekend for your test next week!
Have a relaxing weekend!
Mar 26 2009
7th Grade Social Studies
We learned about the different religions of Asia today, and we began creating skits showing how different philosophies would handle difficult situations. We will perform these skits tomorrow. Remember that we will have a test next Wednesday.
Tell Mr. Kay: Why do many Buddhist monks shave their heads?
8th Grade Reading
After daily practice, independent reading, and 327 writing, we worked on suffixes and prefixes. You do not have any homework tonight.
Have a great night!
Mar 25 2009
7th Grade Social Studies
We worked on our Ganges River Comic Strip today in class. If you were not able to finish it in class, please complete it for homework. We will have a test over the religion, culture and geography of Southern and Eastern Asia.
Tell Mr. Kay: What countries are missing from the map on the back wall?
Mar 24 2009
7th Grade Social Studies
We took a major quiz over the landforms and countries of Asia today. We also finished discussing the Ganges River. We will work on an activity tomorrow that will assess our understanding of the issues surrounding the Ganges River. We are on track for a test over the geography, culture and religion of Asia next Wednesday.
Tell Mr. Kay: What are three beliefs Hindus hold about the Ganges River?
8th Grade Reading
We continued our work on consumer and public documents today by working with information found in phone books. If you have not turned in your current event, you must turn it in by Thursday.
Have a great night!
Mar 23 2009
7th Grade Social Studies
The landforms and countries quiz has been moved to tomorrow. You have an extra day to study, so I expect excellent results! Remember that the quiz will include all of the information on your yellow map from last week.
Homework: Study your map for tomorrow's quiz!
Tell Mr. Kay: What is the primary religion of India?
Mar 19 2009
7th Grade Social Studies
We took a quiz over our focus countries today. We also worked on page 69 of our workbook while reading pages 583-589. Don't forget about your landforms and countries quiz on Monday. It will include all of the information on the map we completed on Tuesday.
Have a great night!
Mar 18 2009
7th Grade Social Studies
We worked in groups and created a class map of Southern and Eastern Asia. We will complete this tomorrow after the country quiz. We will have a landforms quiz on Monday.
Homework: Study for your country quiz!
Mar 17 2009
7th Grade Social Studies
Today we worked on our physio-political map of Southern and Eastern Asia. You should complete this for homework if you were not able to finish it in class. Your "Out" today was: Name the five most difficult things for you to memorize on your map and explain how you are going to remember them.
Tell Mr. Kay: What is the relative location of Vietnam?
Mar 16 2009
7th Grade Social Studies
We started exploring the geography of Southern and Eastern Asia today by looking at Chomolungma or Mt. Everest. We viewed a video on the dangers that climbers face when attempting to scale the tallest mountain in the world.
Tell Mr. Kay: Between what two countries does Mt. Everest lie?
8th Grade Reading
After independent reading, we continued looking at context clues and how they can help us understand the words we come across in our reading. We read "After Twenty Years", a short story by O. Henry and looked for unfamiliar words and used context clues to figure out the meaning.
Have a great night!
