Monday is Labor Day--NO SCHOOL
Tuesday is library check-out day.  We will also play a whole-group quiz game to review our Middle East maps.  Then we will have a boys vs. girls competition using geography terms.
Wednesday--the map test has been moved to Wednesday  WOO-HOO!
Thursday and Friday we will be discussing environmental issues in the Middle East.
​Have a fun and safe long weekend!

This week students will receive a colored map of the Middle East and a blank map of the Middle East (numbered).  We will learn how to locate 10 countries and 8 physical features by using a chant.  They can practice at home (key is on back of their map).
Also, they should be using Quizlet to help study these locations.

No school next Monday (Labor Day).
Map test will be next Tuesday.
Library day will also be Tuesday since there is no school Monday.

Agenda for Tuesday-Friday:

1. PreTest with goformative.  
​2. Students will receive one reference page to insert into their social studies folder.
3. EdPuzzle (Autocracy/Democracy--2 of them), then (Presidential/Parliamentary)
4.Assignment: use yellow book chapters 4 and 5 to complete the goformative assignment 
5. Glue foldables into notebooks (this will be done as time permits throughout the week. 
6. Advanced class will complete the entire ICivics lesson "Who Rules"
7. Post Test with goformative. 
8. Students will use Quizlet throughout the week to review.

Hey!  We made it through the first week, and here we are starting a new one!

​Monday- quick review of procedures and rules.  Economic PowerPoint and notes. Compare the 3 economic groups using a few short video clips.
​Fun group activity to finish up the class.
Tuesday- Fall Benchmark
​Wednesday- quick review of those procedures again!  Gotta get that routine down strong. Review econ terms using Quizlet (click that!  Practice at home, too!)
​Thursday- yep! We're going to review rules and procedures for a minute here!  Time to begin CNN-10 this week!  The first 10 minutes are normally used for reviewing current events via CNN-10.  Students should probably expect a short econ quiz today (if I had to guess)
Friday--Government pre-test

​Just a reminder: Pre-tests are not averaged in to students' grades, but they will appear in gradebook, but for reference purposes only.

Welcome Back!!!  Where did summer go?

​Monday-  Scheduling, housekeeping items, rules and procedures
​Tuesday- continue housekeeping items, review student handbook
​Wednesday- continue review of 7th grade procedures; Economic Systems pre-test
​Thursday- review rules and procedures; Review Economic Systems
​Friday- review rules and procedures; Review economic terms (introducing a few new ones)  Look for information to come home regarding yearbook purchase and fall pictures.