Weekly Update (Oct. 31 - Nov. 4)

Monday - 2.8 Regions / Study Guide (Study for Test)
Tuesday - Jeopardy (Study for Test)
Wednesday - Chapter 2 Test
Thursday - Introduction to Canada
Friday - Jigsaw on Canada and United States

Weekly Update (Oct. 24 - 28)

Monday - Student Led Conference Prep / Climate Act It Outs
Tuesday - 2.5 Earth's Vegetation
Wednesday - 2.6 Population Density
Thursday - 2.7 Economic Activity
Friday - Economic Activity Act It Outs / 2.8 Earth's Regions

Student Led Conferences

Just a reminder that student led conferences are coming up next week.  The dates are Thursday, October 27 and Tuesday, November 1 from 4:30 - 7:00 p.m.  Your child will be preparing information to share with you.  They will show you work for each of their core classes, goals that they have written, and discuss their progress report.  It is very important that students have an opportunity to share this information with you.  Teachers will be available in the class to discuss how you child has been doing so far this year.  Thanks for taking time out of your schedule to attend conferences.

Weekly Update (Oct. 17 - 21)

Monday - 2.3 Physical Features
Tuesday - MEAP
Wednesday - MEAP / Physical Feature Act It Outs
Thursday - 2.4 Earth's Climates
Friday - Climate Act It Outs / 2.5 Earth's Vegetation

Chapter 1 Test Results

Here are the results for the Chapter 1 Test.  As you can see, only 40% of the students had their study guide signed.  Please make sure that your child is studying for each test.

                 Studied                                    Not Studied
A           11 students                                 10 students
B           13 students                                  22 students
C            9 students                                     9 students          
             81% Passed                                64% Passed
D             3 students                                    6 students
E             5 students                                  17 students          
             19% Failed                                  36% Failed

Overall 71% Pass  29% Failed

Weekly Update (Oct. 10 - 14)

Monday -  Preview 2 (Due Wednesday) - Many students have not completed this and it needs to be finished at home.
Tuesday - MEAP Testing
Wednesday - MEAP Testing / Introduce Chapter 2
Thursday - Start Geoterms 2
Friday - Finish Geoterms 2 (Due Monday)

*We are MEAP testing on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.  We will not have social studies class on Tuesday and Wednesday's class will only be 30 minutes long.  Please talk with your child about the importance of sleep, eating breakfast, and doing their personal best on the MEAP test.