Turner's Passport to Learning

Friday, students started class with CNN Headline News and purchased coke floats for $15 Maverick dollars!  It was a fun way to start Halloween weekend.  Next, students got into their groups to continue working on their timelines Decades of Distrust. 
HW:  NONE (working on our group projects in class)

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Today, students were placed into groups to create a time line covering Decades of Distrust.  This will continue our learning about conflict over land and religion in the Middle East.  Students were given a rubric and shown a model so they could see what our class time line should look like once we place all [...]

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Just the Facts Jack!
Okay, so we have been learning about the Ottoman Empire over the last few days.  Tomorrow, you will have to write an Exit Ticket (get it – and Exit Ticket to show me all the vast knowledge you have gained before you leave my classroom:)  I am going to attach the Power [...]

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Today, students read the play The True Story of Lawrence of Arabia as we continue learning about The Ottoman Empire.  Students then answered questions over our play and turned them in for a classwork grade.
Today, I also checked notebooks for a grade.  I was looking for the 5 tabs:  vocabulary, warm-ups, notes, maps, returned papers [...]

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Today, students worked with their 12:00 clock buddies to complete an Anticipation Guide on the Ottoman Empire.  They also read an overview on the Ottoman Empire and learned about Suleyman the Magnificent, trade routes, and the rise and fall of the empire.  Tomorrow, we will continue with a power point presentation and yes – take some notes!
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Hi Parents and Students,  today was a shortened class schedule due to having an Early Release Day today.   Students in Per. 3/4 took their test on Middle East Religions (all other classes took the test yesterday).  Hearing & Vision screening put us off of our schedule.  I will have those tests graded and on Pinnacle [...]

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Today, we were thrilled to have Lt. Muse speak to 7th grade Social Studies students about his military experience in the Middle East.  Students and teachers were treated to a wonderful slide show of pictures of Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait, the Tigris River, deserts, school children, aerial views of the cities, our military troops, military installations, very [...]

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Today in SS, we reviewed our Venn Diagram over Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.  Students did a great job as they compared and contrasted the similarities and differences of these religions.  Towards the end of class I divided the students into groups for a lesson tomorrow where each group will become “experts” on just one of [...]

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Hi Students, today we finished our cornell notetaking on the Birthplace of the Three Religions.  All classes except for Per. 3/4 was able to get work with their clock buddies on a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the similarities and differences in the religions.
Afterward, we wrote down our Ch. 16 Vocabulary words which you [...]

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Hi Team Japan – I just wanted to let you know how proud I am of the spirit and sportsmanship that all of you displayed during the Olympics this week.  I had such a great time with all of you and so proud to be the teacher of such wonderful students:) 
In SS on Thursday and Friday, [...]

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