Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Thursday, December 17

Happy Test Day.

Today is the State Test tomorrow is the Capital Test. You can take the test until you get the grade you want.

After you finish with the State Test you can use the blog to study for the Capital Test. You can also use your time to finish your project. Remember I want to see your State Fact Sheet by Friday. And I need your PowerPoint Presentation by next Tuesday.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Tuesday, December 15

We will be taking a Pre-Test on Capitals of the U.S. Remember on Thursday their will be a State Test and on Friday a Capital Test, both will be in the computer lab. When you finish with your tests you can work on your state projects.

For the rest of the class we will be finishing correcting Chapter 4. And finally if we have time we'll watch a short video on the Great Lakes.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Monday, December 14

We will be watching Channel 1 news today. They have a special episode about how young people view the country today compared to 40 years ago in 1969.

We are all at different places so to get us back together after Channel 1 we will finish discussing what we didn't get to last week. You will also get a worksheet on Chapter 4 Sections 3 and 4. This will be due tomorrow.

Remember State Test on Thursday and Capital Test on Friday.

Make sure you are continuing to work on your state projects. I'd like to see your State Fact Sheet by Friday. And your project will be due before you leave for Christmas break.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Thursday, December 10

Our goal for today is to discuss the USA by correcting the 4-1 and 4-2 worksheet along with the Chapter 4 Supplemental Questions.

To do this you will need to hand in your supplemental questions so I can give you a grade on them while you watch Channel 1 News.

After that we will discuss the worksheets.

Remember there is a State Test 1 week from today and a capital test a week from tomorrow.

Also you should be working on your Minnesota Project either at home or before or after school.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Thursday and Friday December 3rd and 4th

We'll be in the computer lab both Thursday and Friday. There are 3 things that we need to accomplish in the next two weeks.

1. Project on a U.S. State and a power point presentation of that state.

2. Know all 50 States, there will be a test on Thursday December 17th.

3. Know all 50 State Capitals, there will be a test on Friday December 18th.

For the States and Capitals there are numerous web sites dedicated to learning them. Many are linked to the right under the Games section.

There will be limited class time to work on these 3 things so time will need to be used before and after school and at home.