Last Week of 2014

This is the final week of our 2014 school calendar. When we return, the calendars will read 2015.

6th Grade students are taking notes about our world in spatial terms (geographic features) and will end the week by completing vocabulary, creating a vocab. review on quizlet and taking a vocab quiz on Friday.

7th Grade students are learning about specific biomes and adaptations needed to survive in them during the prehistoric times. Students will conclude the week with a video on the early stone ages (paleolithic and neolithic times).

6th Grade Test Review Links

6th Grade SS students: Please copy and paste these links into a new tab to access and practice for Weds. Unit 1 Test

http://quizlet.com/49023174/6th-grade-vocabulary-cards-flash-cards/

http://quizlet.com/53433221/categorization-five-themes-of-geography-flash-cards/

Also study the Unit 1 Big Ideas.

Thanksgiving Week

I would like to first share how Thankful I am to be a part of the education of my students. I have been blessed with a wonderful group of 6th and 7th grade Spartans! I hope you are all able to find some time of Thanksgiving this week.

This week is the final week of the trimester.

6th grade students are continuing their work through Unit 1. The Unit 1 Test should be a week or so after our return from break.

7th grade students have taken their Unit 1 Tests and grades were immediately posted into gradebook. Make up tests are on Monday (24th) and retests are during lunch on Tuesday (25th). All students are completing Unit 2 Vocabulary words 1-9, and will make and take a student-made vocabulary quiz on Tuesday.

Have a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Conference Week

This week Thursday we are holding parent-teacher conferences at the middle school from 4:00 to 7:00. I will be available in the gymnasium to conference with you about your child's progress in class. We are also holding conferences next week Tuesday from 5:00-8:00.

Hope to see you there.

Progress Reports Coming Home

Progress reports are coming home today. Please take time to discuss your students grades with them this weekend. Progress envelopes are due back at school signed by early next week.

7ht grade SS is nearing the end of their first unit. A test will be scheduled for either the first or second week in November. More details to come.

6th grade SS is finalizing the 5 Themes of Geography with a group act-it-out on the 5 themes. This project and video taping will be done on Monday.

Week of October 13th

Homecoming week was a fun time with the kids. Many students look great in their spiritwear!

6th grade SS classes are reviewing the 5 themes of Geography, taking notes on the perspectives of social scientists, and describing how social scientists help us understand our world. Students will be taking their first vocabulary quiz on Friday.

7th Grade SS classes are utilizing tools and studying ways historians organize and analyze time and the past.
They will have an introduction to historical eras and utilize timelines as a way of organizing chronological information.
Students will also complete lesson vocab.

Spirit Week At SMS!

SPIRIT WEEK DAILY THEMES:
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6TH: COLLEGE WEAR (SHIRTS OR
SWEATSHIRTS)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH: FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM
APPAREL
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8TH: SOUVENIR SHIRT/CLOTHES
FROM A PLACE YOU’VE BEEN OR WOULD LIKE TO GO (NO HATS,
PLEASE)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9TH: MISMATCH DAY
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10TH: BLUE AND WHITE DAY
*SCHOOL DRESS CODE STILL APPLIES DURING SPIRIT WEEK*

7th Grade SS classes are finishing their lessons on determining what is historically most important or significant. They will continue studying how historians investigate the past by framing porblems to study, selecting and analyzing available evidence, organizing their information and creating an historical account. Studies also inlude understanding the tools historians use to organize information, including significance, social institutions, time and space.

6th Grade SS classes are learning that geographers use a variety of tools and technologies to acquire geographic information. They are learning about the use of some of these tools, including: maps, areial photos, satellite images, globes, Geographic Information Systems, and Global Positioning Systems.