Happy Halloween!!!

Blocks 1 and 2:

We watched the Week in Rap. Then we took our vocabulary quiz today. Students said this was easy. I passed back a whole bunch of papers and projects today. Students need to have the papers we passed back today with them on Monday so that we can go over them and they can correct their answers. We began working on economic activity maps.

Block 3:

We took notes on our Environment section. We watched the Week in Rap. Then we took our vocabulary quiz today. Students said this was easy. I passed back a whole bunch of papers and projects today. Students need to have the papers we passed back today with them on Monday so that we can go over them and they can correct their answers. We began working on economic activity maps.

All Classes:

Current Events were due today.
Bonus was due today, graded, and passed back.
Progress Reports were due today.
Block 3 had to turn in their Resources guided reading.

I hope everyone has a safe and fun Halloween.

What we did today

Block 1 and 2:

We took notes on the Environment.
We reviewed yesterday's notes on resources and then played a review game. We took a quiz on resources.
We turned in our homework from yesterday (guided reading on resources).

Block 3:

We reviewed resources notes from yesterday. We played a vocabulary BINGO game. We played a game reviewed resources. We took a quiz on resources. We received a homework assignment (guided reading on resources). Some students were able to finish this in class, others had to take this home.

All Classes:

Progress reports are due tomorrow.
Bonus is due tomorrow.
We are having a vocabulary quiz tomorrow.
Current Events are due tomorrow.



Reminder: GREAT project is due November 19th.

What we did Today!

Blocks 1 and 2:
Today we finished our vocabulary definitions and then completed the vocabulary sheet where we had to draw illustrations for our words and create a sentence using our vocabulary.

Then we took notes on our Resources topic. Lastly, we played BINGO to practice our vocabulary.

Homework: Guided Reading about Resources

Block 3:
Today we finished our vocabulary definitions and then completed the vocabulary sheet where we had to draw illustrations for our words and create a sentence using our vocabulary.


Then we took notes on our Resources topic.

Because of the tornado warning, we were unable to play BINGO or get our homework assignments.

All Classes:
Progress reports went home today. These need to be signed by a parent and brought back by Friday.
Current Events are due Friday.
Bonus is due Friday if you decided to do it.
Vocabulary Quiz Friday.

I hope everyone gets home safe tonight!

What we did Today!

All Classes:

We took our Population Test today. If you were absent, you will have to Friday to make this up. You can either come in the morning before school or in the afternoon after school.
We began working on our next section's vocabulary words. Some students finished these and some did not. We will finish them in class tomorrow.
We also began working on a visualization of our vocabulary words. We will finish this in class tomorrow as well.

Homework: No homework tonight... but Current Events are due on Friday.

What we did Today!

Blocks 1 and 2:

We reviewed study guides today and I answered any questions the students had about their test tomorrow. We also discussed two other population density maps to get a better understanding of them for our test tomorrow. We also read about population statistics in the United States and answered questions on this.

Block 3:

We reviewed your population guided reading.
We reviewed study guides today and I answered any questions the students had about their test tomorrow. We also discussed two other population density maps to get a better understanding of them for our test tomorrow.

Homework for all classes:

STUDY FOR YOU POPULATION TEST

Mr. Bullins did not come in today to conduct GREAT. Remember that your GREAT projects are due November 19th.

What we did Today!

Block 1:

We reviewed your population density map and population guided reading. Students were able to work on their study guides with a partner today to start filling in some answers.

Block 2:

We reviewed your population density maps and population guided reading. Study Guides were given out so that students can start studying this weekend.

Block 3:

We practiced and performed our population songs. The students did a really great job on these.

All Classes:

Students need to begin studying this weekend for their population test on Tuesday. We will finish reviewing on Monday. Their test is Tuesday. Current Events were due today as well.

Reminder: GREAT project is due November 19th

What we did today!

Block 1:

We practiced our population song and performed it in front of the class. We also received our study guides for our test on Tuesday.

Block 2:

We practiced our population song and performed it in front of the class. We will get study guides tomorrow. We ran out of time in class today to get them.

Block 3:

We practiced our population song. We were unable to perform the songs today because my Ipod ran out of battery. We will perform ours tomorrow. We also received our study guides for our test on Tuesday and went over our population density maps.

All Classes:

Current Events is due tomorrow.
Bonus is due tomorrow as well.

What we did today

All Classes:

We finished our Population Guided Reading and turned this in. Those that did not finish have it for homework tonight.

We continued to work on our Population songs. So many groups are doing awesome!!! I'm excited about our presentations tomorrow.

Homework: Current events due Friday
                    Bonus work due Friday if the student chose to do this

What we did today

Blocks 1 and 2:

We reviewed our Culture test today. Most students did well on this. We received our vocabulary quizzes on population back today. We discussed these and went over the correct answers. We continued working on our Population Guided Readings. These are due tomorrow in class. We will have some time to work on them but you should be almost done with these. Then, we started our group work for our song presentation. Some groups are doing a great job with this.

Block 3:

We received back and reviewed the following papers: "Urban Planning" reading, "China" reading, Population vocabulary quiz, and Culture test. We discussed all of them and went over the correct answers on each. We worked on our Population Guided Reading a little bit and will have more time to finish this in class tomorrow. They are due tomorrow. Then, we began working in groups for our Population song presentation.

All Classes:

Bonus is due Friday if you chose to do this.
Current Events are due Friday.
One month from today, your GREAT project is due.

What we did Today!

Block 1:

We reviewed our population notes that we finished Friday. We took a quiz on the 12 vocabulary words for the chapter. Mr. Bullins came in and conducted GREAT. We began working on our Population Guided Reading and our homework paper on population density maps.

Block 2:

We reviewed our population notes that we finished Friday. We took a quiz on the 12 vocabulary words for the chapter. We began working on our Population Guided Reading and our homework paper on population density maps. We got into groups today and picked our songs for our singing presentation on population. We will continue to work on this Tuesday and Wednesday and we will present on Thursday. Mr. Bullins did not come in today and will make this day up later in the week.

Block 3:

We reviewed our population notes that we finished Friday. We took a quiz on the 12 vocabulary words for the chapter. Mr. Bullins came in and conducted GREAT. We began working on our Population Guided Reading and our homework paper on population density maps.

All Classes

Homework: Population density maps on Japan and Australia

Don't forget your GREAT project is due November 19th
Our population test will be Tuesday, October 26th.
Study guides for the population test will go home on Thursday

What we did today

Blocks 1 and 2:
We finished taking notes on our Population chapter. We discussed our two readings of homework from yesterday. We turned in our Current Events and listened to the "Week in Rap."

Block 3:
We began and finished our notes on the Population chapter. We turned in our Current Events and listened to the "Week in Rap."

All Classes:
Vocabulary Quiz on Monday: 12 Words
Population, Population Density, Suburbanization, Urbanization, Refugee, Famine, Immigrant, Emigrate, Birth Rate, Death Rate, Migration, Rural

STUDY STUDY STUDY

What we did Today!

All Classes:

Finished vocabulary for Population chapter.
Began notes on the Population chapter. We will finish these tomorrow.
We reviewed our Africa Junior Scholastic from last week and our Brazil T-Chart from Monday.

Reminder:

Current Events are due tomorrow.
Quiz on vocabulary for Population chapter on Monday. Study Study

What we did today

All Classes:

Worked on finishing vocabulary for our Population chapter which we will begin tomorrow. I allowed class time to work on current events if the students chose to do so. Some students have yet to finish their vocabulary. They will have limited time in class tomorrow to finish. These students need to really focus and get their work done in class.

Mr. Bullins came in and conducted GREAT today. Their GREAT projects will be due November 19th. Each student received a blue paper regarding their GREAT project earlier this week.

Homework: 2 Readings
                                       1) "Urban Planning"
                                       2) "China"
           Read these and answer the questions for each.

Monday: Quiz on vocabulary

What we did Today!

All Classes:
Students took their Culture Test.

We finished our Africa Junior Scholastic and Brazil T-chart.

We began (some students finished) working on our definitions for our Population chapter that we will start on Thursday.

With any time left over in class, students worked on their current events.

Mr. Bullins will come in tomorrow to make up for missing Monday's class.

REMINDER

Dance this Friday. $5 per ticket

Report cards went home today.

Return parent survey by Friday the 15th.

Canned food drive for GREAT is due November 19th.

Culture Test Tomorrow

All Classes:
We reviewed for the test and I fielded questions about your study guides. If you have any questions tonight, please email or blog me before 9pm.

We got our current events notebooks back. There is another current event due Friday.

Your culture test is tomorrow. Your only homework tonight is to STUDY STUDY STUDY! 

Mr. Bullins did not come in and conduct GREAT today. He most likely will come in one day later this week. Try to get your GREAT paper signed by then. I did send home with you the directions for your GREAT projects. These are due by November 19th. There are no excuses for late work. If you cannot do what the requirements are, please talk to me or Mr. Bullins. We will give you a separate project.

We worked on a Culture reading about the daily life of a Brazilian girl. We will finish this tomorrow after your test.

Homebase:
Report cards went home today. My homebase students need to have these signed and returned by Wednesday.

Reward Day

Today the students were able to participate in their first reward day and their first attendance party. The day was successful and hopefully students will realize the importance of coming to school, behaving, and bringing all materials to class including their homework.

My students who did not earn their Reward Day stayed in my room finishing their current events or working on their study guide for their culture test on Tuesday.

Homework:
Progress reports are due Monday
Current Events due Monday with two articles if you did not turn it in today!
GREAT Paper needs signed by Monday
Culture test on Tuesday... you should already be studying!

Report cards go home Monday.

What we did today

All classes:
We continued to work on our Africa Junior Scholastic magazines. Most students have completed them but I am still waiting on some to complete their work. They will get a chance to do this on Tuesday after our Culture test. We received our study guides today to help us study for our test on Tuesday. Make sure you have your GREAT paper signed by Monday. Also, we will review your cultural traits quiz tomorrow.

Progress reports that show your 1st 6 weeks final grade were sent home today in my class. Students need to have these signed and returned by Monday.

Blocks 1 and 2:
We reviewed your culture guided reading.

Block 3: 
We will review your culture guided reading tomorrow.

START STUDYING FOR YOUR TEST NOW!!!!

Current events are due tomorrow as well.

Culture Test

Reminder for students:

Your test on your Culture chapter which includes the 8 cultural traits, will be on Tuesday, October 12th. Study guides for this test will go home tomorrow (Thursday).

Start studying now so that you can ask me questions on Monday.

Field Trip Day!

All of Cotten, Hylton, and Schraufnagel's classes were on a field trip today to HAW River. I stayed behind with the students who did not attend the trip. These students worked on assignments given by each of their teachers.

I hope all of the students who went on the trip had a great time and have stories to tell me when they return to school tomorrow.

What we did Today!

All classes:

Students who did not finish their culture guided reading last week did so today. We also worked on our Junior Scholastic magazines most of the class period.

We will finish working with the magazines on Thursday since tomorrow is the Haw River Field Trip.

Many students did not follow directions and/or did not complete their Cultural Traits project/collage for which they had over a week to finish.

Parents:

I came back to my classroom yesterday to learn from at least 5 different adults in the school that the behavior in all three of my classes was terrible while I was away. I have addressed this issue with them and had each student write me a letter explaining how they thought their class' behavior was last week. These letters are not good. Many students described students being rude to the substitute and basically taking advantage of me not being in the classroom. I am very disappointed and saddened that my students have acted this way and I do hope you address this at home with your child. Many students said that others were back talking my substitute. There is no reason for this kind of behavior to go on in my classroom whether I am there or not. My expectations do not change whether I am in the classroom or not.