The supreme purpose of history is a better world.~ Herbert Hoover
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Sunday, March 3, 2013
This month many of our eighth graders will be receiving their high school acceptance letters. Congratulations to all of you as you get your acceptances. Spaghetti Bingo is on Saturday, March 16th. Parents have been working diligently to make this year's Spaghetti Bingo a memorable one.
Eighth graders will focus on how meeting challenges in domestic and foreign affairs, the US proved itself to be a strong, independent nation. As the nation expands, students will begin to uncover the changes of our nation from an agrarian way of life to one that stressed individualism and a market economy.
This month sixth graders will be working on their Mesopotamia project in SS. They will be learning about the land where one of the first civilizations arose between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. Students will learn how irrigation led to the agricultural surplus that made it possible for some people to have jobs other than farming. With the increase of specialized labor, students will find out how the wheel, the sailboat, and system of writing developed.
In English, sixth graders have just completed their focus on nouns. We will now be moving on to pronouns. Students should be using their understanding of nouns, pronouns, and verbs to effectively paraphrase information they come across through fiction and nonfiction reading. Upon completing the Mesopotamia unit in SS, students will use their knowledge of Mesopotamia to write a persuasive essay, compare and contrast essay, and an friendly letter. In the third trimester, students will be working on their historical fiction book reports.
The seventh graders have been devoting their time to their West African Projects. Their mission has been to develop travel diaries focusing on one of the kingdoms of West Africa. They have been using a variety of resources to create their travel diaries. After the travel diaries, students will be focusing on Asian civilizations. They will begin to learn about the Mongols, China, and Japan.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
It's great to have you back into the swing of things. I have high hopes that this will be a productive and enjoyable year. We will spend most of this week understanding how geography has impacted our nation. Below the chapter guide are a few links to some geography games. Make sure to spend some time playing them as they will help with your overall understanding of our nation's geography. I will introduce the activity in class on Wednesday so I will expect that you have completed tonight's homework by tomorrow's class.
Click on the correct geographic region. (note: These regions differ from the ones described in the text)
Click on the correct lake.
Click on the correct river.
Why is this image important for the study of human geography?
Here's another helpful link on US geographical regions.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
The Borders at the Howard Hughes Center and the Barnes and Noble in the Marina have books in stock. Both stores’ websites have easy ordering capabilities as well. You may also be able to purchase a used copy of the book through “amazon.com.”
To be completely prepared for the start of the school year, the students need to arrive at school with informal notes about the main character (Brian Robertson) and complete the plot outline. The students have been briefed on these requirements and understand how to complete the plot questions. The students will use their notes on the character to aid them in their writing assignment once they return to school.
Thank you for your time and support. The students will enjoy the novel and the analysis we do in class. The theme of the story is relevant and the novel is a great opportunity to prepare the students for the upcoming year.
Monday, December 5, 2011
The class discussion and the online activities allowed us to understand how the people of Catalhoyuk lived. Also, you could picture how long and hard the work was when some of the archaeologists had to dig up the whole entire city.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Hello 7th graders,
We have been going over connections we have with the Roman Empire today. Remember to keep in mind that our goal is to compare and contrast modes of travel in 150 A.D. with those of use today, and assess the impact of modern technology on communication.
Please make sure to bring your pictures to class tomorrow as we will be using those images to begin working on the following activity:
Create an illustrated flow chart showing how communication and transportation technologies connect people and places all over the world.
-Will be graded using the assignment rubric guidelines
-You will need to have at least 6 pictures for communication and 6 for transportation.
-heading and # written on the back of the flow chart
-flowchart is labeled
-Paragraph explaining how communication and transportation technologies connect people and places all over the world
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Dear students and parents,
Our start to the new school year is fast approaching and we here in the Jr. High are excited to get started with the new school year. We are happy to welcome two new dedicated teachers to our Jr. High faculty. Mr. Bradlin will be the 6th grade homeroom, Jr High Math, and 6th and 8th grade Religion teacher. Ms. Cordero will be the 7thgrade homeroom, 7th Religion, and 7th & 8th Language Arts teacher.
All students in the Jr. High are encouraged to read over the summer in order to build good readers. To assist parents and students with the selection of appropriate materials, links were placed on the St. Jerome Jr. High page and on EdZone. There are no test/projects with summer reading for the 7th and 8th graders; however, I ask that all students complete reading logs for each book they have read and at least one plot outline from one of the books that is on the reading log.
For your convenience, I have placed the links below in the event that you have not been able to locate the summer reading lists, plot outline, and reading log.
Enjoy the rest of your summer,