Reminder for 6th Graders

Students have a project due on Monday (Nov 3, 2008). Please see previous entries for further details. These projects are due in class on Monday with presentations shortly to follow.

5th Grade State Test

5th Grade students will finally take their test on the 50 states and their capitals. All students have review guides for each of the 50 states and should review this material in preparation for their test.

Tuesday - 5th Grade Boys
Wednesday - 5th Grade Girls

Information on Class Projects...

6th Grade Students have been assigned a class project on the region of Latin America. The Final project is due on Nov 3, 2008. This project will consist of 3 parts: Written, Oral and Visual.













7th Grade students have also been assigned a class project, which will be due on Nov. 12, 2008. Their projects focus on one of 10 African countries.












5th Grade students will be assigned a project on US History and Geography after their test on the 50 states and their capitals (next Monday and Tuesday)

The tests are coming...the tests are coming...

7th Grade students will be taking a test on Friday. Students were given a study guide today in class. The material on this study guide is REVIEW. All of this material has been covered in detail in class and for homework.

Prior to Friday's test, students should be able to define EACH of the vocabulary words and be able to answer each question in their own words. All vocabulary and questions can be found in the home and classwork that students should have in their notebooks. There will be an in-class review session during Wednesday's class.

The 50 States and their capitals:



5th Grade students will be taking a test covering the 50 states very soon. This test will come the week after Fall Break. In the mean time students should continue to study the states we have covered thus far. Students should be familiar with the states and their capitals.

Calling all speakers

I am working to bring in outside speakers to bring a different perspective to many of teh cultures and regions of the world we are studying.

If any parents have contacts with have extensive familiarity and knowledge of Latin America, Europe, Canada or Australia (6th Grade) and Africa, Middle East and Asia (8th Grade) please let me know, we would be happy to present them to our 6th and 7th grade classes.

5th Grade: Save the Date

Students in the 5th Grade Humanities classes will soon begin working on government and history. We will begin that transition during this unit. The history portion of this class begins with a study of the causes and effects of the Civil War. On November 4th (Election Day) we will have a special guest from the Atlanta History Center who will bring artifacts and discuss the civil war with students. This will not be a one-sided activity. Students will be actively engaged.

I am working to bring other speakers to talk on a variety of issues, included local political leaders, and those who can bring history alive.