Social Studies:
Students will show what they have learned about the First
Civilizations of Mesopotamia on Tuesday’s test. Due to student request,
there will be an after-school review game from 3:40-4:10 for anyone interested
in participating. Students will preview Chapter 2: Ancient Egypt Thursday
and begin investigating their geography on Friday.
Homeroom: No school for students this Wednesday.
What Is Happening:
Monday:
- Chapter 1: The First Civilization test tomorrow
- Library check-out
- Mind Jogger review game
- returned quizzes and found the correct answers in the textbook
- discussed study options; textbook pages 32-33 question 1-19 and 24-25 make a good practice test or the chapter 1 Self-Check Quiz online
- played Jeopardy during the after-school study group
History Channel "farming clip"
Tuesday:
- Students completed the Social Studies test
- Introduced Chapter 2: Ancient Egypt
- Began our new preview page on SSn page 24. They will finish during Thinking Thursday!
- No school for students
- students finished their Ancient Egypt preview page
- completed/corrected any Social Studies Notebook pages needed
- studied for other classes as necessary
- Analyzed Was Sumer Really A Civilization? posters
- Determined following directions is an important life skill
- Practiced following directions by learning how to play reading and thinking board games with our team
