March Madness Competition

March Madness is here.  We are having a student competition for March Madness.  Students need to click on the link below and predict who they think will win the NCAA basketball tournament. 

http://tidey.mayhem.cbssports.com/e
Pool Password:  Go Blue

Winners will receive:
1st Place = Pop a day for a week
Top Ten = Pop

This is always a lot of fun.  Predict games based on knowledge.  I had a girl win once who picked their favorite mascot in each game.  Have you parents help.  Just get involved in the fun.

Weekly Update (March 14 - 18)

Monday - Finish Tree Maps on Inspiration
Tuesday - Present Tree Maps to Group/Challenge #2
Wednesday - Latin America Challenge #3
Thursday - Latin America Challenge #4
Friday - Finish Challenge #3 and #4

Please remember that Mad Minutes start this week on Mexico and Central America.  Students need to know where these countries are by the end of the week.  There are links to games on the blog.

Haiti Fundraiser is ON!

Today, students were finally able to meet Christina Rockwell, a former Sparta graduate.  Christina presented to Sparta students about the issues that people in Haiti face.  Now, it is time to act.  This presentation kicks off the annual 6th Grade Haiti Fundraiser.  The goal is to raise $5,000 from now until Spring Break.  We have been talking about this for weeks.  The students have been encourage to:

• Babysit and donate the money to UMCOR or Pure Water for the World.
• Ask to complete extra jobs and donate the money earned to Haiti.
• Donate their hard earned money and try to get relatives and friends to match their donation.
• Do a neighborhood pop can drive with a friend.
• Create something to sell (bracelets, bookmarks, etc.) and donate the proceeds.
• Find a way to help in their own way.

Please encourage your child to get involved.  Part of being an active citizen in our society is to help those in need.  Students have been told to get their parent's permission before starting to raise any money.  If you have any questions, let me know.

Weekly Update (Feb. 28 - March 4)

Monday - 8.5 How Does Immigration Affect the U.S.?

Tuesday - 8.6 How Does Emigration Affect the Homelands?

Wednesday - Global Connections / Study Guide

Thursday - Jeopardy Review

Friday - Chapter 8 Test

Weekly Update (Feb. 14 - 18)

I have been bad about posting this week.  Sorry.  Here is the plan for Thursday and Friday.

Thursday - Circle Map on Push Factors and 8.4 Pull Factors
Friday - Circle Map on Pull Factors and Interview Preparation.

Weekly Update (Feb. 6 -10)

Monday- Personal Computer Consumption

Tuesday - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - On Your Own Activity Due Wed.

Wednesday - Global Connections / Study Guide / Foldable Study Strategy
Thursday - Jeopardy Review

Friday - Chapter 7 Test

*Reminder that conferences are this week Tuesday and Thursday from 4:30 - 7:00 p.m.  These have been rescheduled from last week due to the blizzard.

Weekly Update (Jan. 1 - Feb. 4)

Monday - Introduce Food Consumption

Tuesday - Finish Food Consumption

Wednesday - Introduce Oil Consumption

Thursday - Finish Oil Consumption

Friday - Complete Personal Computer Consumption

*Just a reminder that student led conferences are this week Tuesday and Thursday from 4:30 - 7:00 p.m.  We are going to try something different at conferences tonight.  The students are going to sign in on the white board in the order that they enter the class.  This will hopefully help us with knowing who to meet with next.  We will try it and see how it goes.