Thursday, August 26, 2010

Great Start!

We have had a wonderful start to this year!  :)  I wanted to send a reminder to you that my journal cover project is due tomorrow.  Students will be presenting them in their classes for credit.  Also, all textbooks should be covered by (and decorated-for extra credit) Monday, August 30.

We begin our work on Chapter 1 today.  Students will read and work independently through the chapter to find information about the Native Americans who first lived in our country.  They will be assigned to a group and given one of the eight cultural regions about which they will share information to the class next week.  One worksheet was collected in class today and the other is due on Monday, the 30th of August.  On that paper is a map with the eight cultural regions.  Students should find their region in their textbook and color it on their map.

We will begin working on the vocabulary for Chapter 1, too.  We will begin this on Monday, the 30th since they journals are not due until tomorrow.  All definitions are to be kept in the vocabulary section of their journal.  Each page should have four words with a brief definition, part of speech of the root word and a picture that represents the word.  The vocabulary words are: migrate, culture, environment, natural resource, cultural region, and adaptation.

Also, I need my syllabus signed and the information sheet completed by one parent by Wednesday, September 1st; that is only four school days from now! 

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