Hello everyone!
I hope you had as great a first week as I did! It was fun to get to know you, and I am very much looking forward to the rest of the year!
In both 6th and 7th grades this week we took a map quiz and started becoming familiar with the parts of a map. Next week we will continue learning about maps, longitude and latitude, and grids, leading up to the students making their own map at the end of the week.
8th graders this week began talking about their own place in history, and the concept of family. Over the weekend they will be completing research on their own family history, as well as a family tree. Next week they will continue bringing information about their own families into a short in-class presentation.
The seniors this week were given the task to start their own blogs as part of their communications class. Each senior is expected to post to their blog at least one time per week, sometimes with a topic given by me (or another teacher,) sometimes just an updater post on the progression of their senior year. Next week we will start looking at our quarter-long research methods unit, focusing on how to avoid plagiarism.
Let's hit the ground running on Monday, ready to succeed during our first full week of the 2010-2011 school year!
KF
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