Class News 2015/16

PLEASE E-MAIL ME YOUR SONG!! Just copy and paste a youtube link with your favorite song (school friendly).  Your name will not be attached to it so no one will know you sent it. Today in class we began our unit on ancient Greece. We read pages 268-269 about the geography of Greece and then … Continue reading »

E-MAIL ME YOUR FAVORITE SONG! Send me a youtube link of your favorite song (school appropriate). Today in class we watched a couple videos about the making of silk and also about the modern day Silk Road in China. Here is the video on how silk is made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqFm_7KyfHI&t=207s Here is the video on the … Continue reading »

Today students took the Silk Road test. I also check their silk road notes packet, their bellwork, and collected their journal entries. We have finished ancient China and are now starting ancient Greece.  We need to do the chapter 26 illustrated dictionary.  But this isn’t due until the Tuesday after break. Here is the dictionary: … Continue reading »

Today in class we finished our final journey entry, watched a video on the Silk Road and they received the study guide. SILK ROAD TEST IS TOMORROW! Students can go onto iLearn and use the practice assessment to study for the test.  They can take this multiple times. Tomorrow I will check their notes packet, … Continue reading »

SILK ROAD TEST ON THURSDAY! Tomorrow we will get the study guide and review for the test. STUDENTS CAN TAKE A PRACTICE ASSESSMENT ON MY iLearn!!! On my iLearn, students can take the Silk Road Practice Assessment as many times as they want.  These questions will be very similar to the ones on the test … Continue reading »

Today we continued the silk road and did journal entry #3 and also worked on Document D. Any students that were absent today need to complete those assignments. SILK ROAD TEST ON THURSDAY! I will also be checking their notes packet and journal entries for points.  The journal entries (5 total) will be a SUMMATIVE … Continue reading »

Today in class we continued our “journey” along the Silk Road. We were in the city of Dunhuang and students needed to have completed Document B questions from yesterday.  Today they wrote out their journal entry about what they have learned in Dunhuang and what they will expect in the future. We also analyzed document … Continue reading »

The last few days in class students have been learning about the Silk Road, a vast network of trade routes that spanned from the Roman empire in Europe to the Han Empire in China. We have been doing something a little different, which we haven’t done before.  We haven’t been using the textbook so much … Continue reading »

Today in class we started our chapter on the Silk Road.  In this chapter students will take on the role of a traveler on the silk road and record their journey along the way. If any student was absent they just need to read sections 1-2 in chapter 24. No homework Thank you

Chapter 24 illustrated dictionaries were due today.  They can still be turned in next week (grade for 5th card marking) ch 24 illustrated dictionary No homework over weekend. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!