Week of 4/22

Happy Spring! We all know April showers bring May flowers, but I bet we didn't expect it to bring so much flooding. Lets hope for sunshine and beautiful Spring Days!

7th Grade SS: Students are learning about Africa. Monday, Tuesday, and Weds., students will be taking Africa countries quizzes and reading about the physical features of the continent. Thursday, many students will be at 7th grade State Band Festival. Congratulations 7th Grade Band! I know you will perform greatly! We will continue to study Africa into next week.

8th Grade SS: Students are finishing up Chapter 18: A Reform Era. We will spend the remainder of the week with Chapter 19: African Americans at Mid-Century with a focus on slavery issues and reform.

Mid-Term Progress Reports should come home with your child this Friday.

Have a great week!

Week of April 15th

7th Grade Social Studies: Students are studying countries in the former Soviet Union. They are evaluating certain countries with designated criteria, to determine if they would be a best choice for a host location for the next International GeoGames. Students are then writing a recommendation letter on their selected GeoGames Host Nation. This letter is due Wed. 17th and serves as an assessment grade. Students will next be introduced an learn about Africa.

8th Grade Social Studies: Students are finishing their studies of Chapter 15. The focus of the chapter is Manifest Destiny. Students' assessment for this chapter is creating a political cartoon about the effects of Manifest Destiny. This is due at the end of the hour Tuesday the 16th. Students then will be beginning Chapter 18 The Reform Era. Chapter 18 Vocab. will be due Thursday.