| September
2-5
Parent
Homework
* Complete any forms sent home from
school.
* Review Code of Behavior
* Write about your student. Please read
the note sent home for directions on this
assignment. You may return your
description via email or to school with your
student.
December, 2008
Week
One:
Students will be working with the documents of:
the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of
Confederation. Homework will be assigned
each night based on their class learning
experiences. The questions they are to
respond to are based on application of this
learning.
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WE HAVE A QUIZ EACH FRIDAY
Week
Two:
Students will be working with the Constitution
document.
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Teams for the We the People will also be
working on their debates
Week
Three -
Simulated congressional debate preparation.
Students will also be working on First Amendment
rights and the Preamble (SOL 2c and 3b). Homework
for the week: Work on one-minute
statements each night. Review notes on
First Amendment and Preamble. Reading
assignments. Quiz Friday
All
homework is listed on the board each day.
STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COPYING THE
HOMEWORK IN THEIR AGENDAS!
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Student
Homework
December and January
ALL classes will be participating in the We
the People simulated congressional debates in
December, 2008. The teams that score the
highest points during this simulation, will be
selected to participate in the Virginia middle
school congressional debates in Norfolk on
January 10th. Our classes will either
showcase or we will have unit teams. There
are 6 units in this program. Each team
will be responsible for one unit. Students
will receive questions for the simulated
debate. They must prepare their one minute
individual statements and have knowledge of the
content. Judges will ask questions
directly related to their UNDERSTANDING of the
documents, foundations of government, and
application.
Be sure your student is working on this project
at home.
Pictures
are available on this web site under the We the
People topic on our class menu page. Visit
and see the kids working.
PROJECT
IS DUE ON JANUARY 30TH
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| January,
2009
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Week
One: Students will be working on SOL6,
foundations of government at local, state and
national level this month.
Week
One: Review and notes for SOL 6.
Assessment each Friday.
Week
Two: Benchmark assessment over second
quarter SOL skills. Students have flash
cards and review items that they should be
working on each day at home. Students can
receive the flash cards by emailing me or asking
me in class if they do not have email.
Since I do not have paper or copy access,
creating the flash cards on my computer is
expensive. Please email me for the flash
cards if at all possible. Benchmark test
on January 16th.
Week
3: Chapter 18 - We the People:
Ratification of the Constitution. Students
will also be taking the benchmark test again if
they had an inadequate score. Students who
did use the flash cards scored in the 80s and
90s last week.
Week
4: SOL 6b Powers of government in the
3-branches at the local, state, and national
level. Assessment Friday. NEW FLASH
CARDS available on Monday, Jan. 26th.
Please email me for the flash cards. Flash
Cards are available ON THIS WEB SITE ALSO.
CLICK HERE
Homework
Monday 1-26:
Civics textbook p. 197-202: Read, take
notes, and then complete the guided reading
activity. HISTORY DAY PROJECT DUE ON FRI>
If
you need help with your project, bring your
project materials to school this week.
Homework
Tuesday 1-27 - NO SCHOOL
Homework
Wed. 1-28 Civics
textbook p. 203-205 Read and complete a graphic
organizer to help you organize and remember
information. Review flash cards
Homework
Thurs: 1-29:
Civics textbook p.l 210-213. The role of
the Executive branch Complete the
"bingo" form graphic organizer that
was explained to you in class. Review flash
cards for TEST ON FRIDAY.
Homework
Friday: NONE.
HISTORY DAY PROJECT DUE TODAY.
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HOMEWORK
FEBRUARY
February 9-13
Monday:
REVIEW NOTES and answer these questions:
FLASH CARDS - REVIEW SAME CARDS AS LAST WEEK. CLICK HERE
IF
YOU DO NOT HAVE THE CARDS YET!
1.
What is due process
2.
What do the 5th and 14th amendments have to say
about due process? How are the amendments
different?
Tuesday:
CREATE A BROCHURE ABOUT CONGRESS - Due Thursday
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fold a paper to make a brochure
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You can use the computer publishing program to
make this brochure, clip art, or draw pictures
yourself.
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Grade will depend on creativity, complete
information.
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Information you must have: U.S. Congress
description of powers, limits on powers, and
general powers, checks and balances - how
Congress can check on other branches, and other
information you find in your civics text or the
Constitution, Article 1.
Wednesday:
Continue to work on your Congressional brochure
due tomorrow.
Thursday:
Review flash cards and notes. Quiz Friday
Friday
- quiz
FEBRUARY
17-20, 2009
NEW FLASH CARDS FOR THIS WEEK CLICK
HERE
Tues
- 2/17 Read p. 79 civics textbook and
review NEW flashcards
Wed
-2/18 Review graphic organizer from class and
flash cards
Thurs
2/19 Read p. 82-83 civics textbook and complete
guided reading;review for quiz
Thursday
2/2 QUIZ TODAY
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MARCH HOMEWORK
March 2-6, 2009
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Project for the week: Make a STEPS TO
CITIZENSHIP book explaining the naturalization
process to citizenship.
* Read Civics book pages 8-13
NEW FLASH CARDS SOL 3A Click
Here
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Review flash cards
To play review games, go to the We
the People page. Click on SOL 3a games
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Quiz on Friday
March 16-20, 2009
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Debate planning for Friday. Teams will
debate again this week. You MUST do the
research first. Work on your research all
week.
NEW
FLASH CARDS SOL 3c and 3d click
here
Monday
Homework (3/16) Read page 100-102 civics
textbook. Complete graphic
organizer/guided reading page.
Tues-Thurs
- Review flashcards; debate preparation.
QUIZ SOL 3c Friday
For
practice: students may play online games
and review for practice at this web site.
Please get the password from your teacher:
IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.solpass.org
Go to the middle school pages.
MARCH 23-27, 2009
REMINDER:
ALL PERMISSION FORMS AND MONEY FOR OUR APRIL 2ND
FIELD TRIP IS DUE BY TUESDAY THIS WEEK.
Monday
- Flash card review all cards. Read pages
132-134 civics textbook. Start collecting
pictures and materials for our poster assignment
on Friday!
Begin
foldable book for duties, responsibilities,
rights
Tues
- Thurs - homework
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review flash cards
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Prepare for test on unit 3 on Friday
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BRING MATERIALS YOU WANT TO USE TO CREATE THE
POSTER ASSIGNMENT BY FRIDAY. We will
make the poster in class.
FRIDAY
- Test on Unit 3. Review all flash
cards. Test is weighted .. not a quiz
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APRIL
- MAY 1ST NEWS AND HOMEWORK
April 27-May 1 - Unit of Study SOL 9a
ECONOMIC CONCEPTS
HOMEWORK:
Students are creating an economic scrapbook of
all of the concepts listed in this SOL.
They have a specific rubric to follow for the
100 point assignment. Modeled pages are on
the board each day for students to follow.
All information for this book, term, definition,
and examples, are from notes students are
required to take during instruction. If
you child does NOT have notes, then he/she did
not take notes during that time. Students
may also use the computer at home to create this
scrapbook. All scrapbooks are due next
week (May 5th).
* Students will receive flashcards this
week for SOL 9a. Students are required to
REVIEW THESE FLASHCARDS EACH DAY. There is
a QUIZ on Friday. For Flash Cards click
here.
WE
THE PEOPLE DEBATE TEAMS
Our students did very well at the Northern
Virginia regional We the People Congressional
Debates. Pictures of the participating
teams may be found on the we the people page on
this web site. Congratulations to Reece,
Julietta, Destiny, and Brenda for a job well
done winning the top unit award! Our
second place team was Kaitlyn, Brittany, and
Quincy.
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Students took their third quarter benchmark test
last Wednesday. Please encourage your
child to review the flash cards. Students
who are more successful on our assessments have
continuously reviewed their flash cards and
completed all class assignments.
MAY
11-15, 2009
sol
9b - Economic systems (free market, command,
mixed). Flash cards available click
here
Quiz Friday on economic systems
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