Happy October parents and students! We had a wonderful week in 7th and 8th Grade Social Studies, honing our map skills in 7th and beginning to uncover the lives of America's first colonists in 8th Grade. The 8th Grade Quizizz Code for this week is 042157 and is on the Columbian Exchange.
Students in 7th Grade will be completing a project on the Geographic theme of Place by creating a state postcard to show what it is like in their assigned state. The students will be researching various states this week. The Quizizz code for 7th Grade this week is 547471. Helpful site for State Postcard Research Linked HERE! Upcoming Key Dates: Thurs 10/10 - Picture Day Fri 10/11 - Progress Reports go home with students Fri 10/11 - P.T.O. N.U.T. Day Sat 10/12 - Fall Festival Have a great week! Monday, September 30th - 7th Grade: Five Themes of Geography Chart, notes on Place Tuesday, October 1st - 8th Grade: Classes 1 & 2 will view America: The Story of Us, first English Colonies notes Wednesday, October 2nd - 7th Grade: Research and begin State Postcard Thursday, October 3rd - 8th Grade: Roanoke Historical Scene Investigation
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Auto7th and 8th Grade Social Studies classes are well into their units on Thinking like a Geographer and 8th Grade is beginning their look into Colonization & Settlement. Last week 7th Grade students began work on their own Autobiography Map, a map of an island that represents them! Students will continue work on this project this week and the finished map will be due Monday, September 30th. 8th Graders will start the week learning about the Columbian Exchange and its impact on the New World.
8th Graders have a Quizizz due by Monday night with the code 757113, make sure it is completed with 100% correct! This Monday, 9/23, is High School night in the cafeteria from 5-7. It's never too early for students to start thinking about where they'd like to go after next year! Mrs. Muldoon (8th Grade ELA) is the key contact at our school if your student has additional questions about high schools. This will be a short week for students as Friday, 9/27 is a Teacher PD Day. Have a great week! Monday, September 23rd - 8th Grade: EQ "What impact did Columbus' exploration have on the New World?" Begin Columbian Exchange Activity notebook page 17; view short video on Columbian Exchange; read and complete Columbus Day formative assessment Tuesday, September 24th - 7th Grade: EQ "What is geography and how can its tools be used to consider relationships between people and places?" Visit one station of Map Skills Boot Camp; work on Autobiography Map Wednesday, September 25th - 8th Grade: EQ "How did the first colonies develop in the New World?" Continue Columbian Exchange with Lunch Menu Activity; view "America: The Story of Us - Rebels" and complete video notes Thursday, September 26th - 7th Grade: "What is geography and how can its tools be used to consider relationships between people and places?" Finish work on Autobiography Map, project due Monday, September 30th! Friday, September 27th - No Classes, Teacher In-Service It's been a wonderful week at PCA and we are moving right along into new skills in each grade with this new week. Students in 7th Grade had a great time playing Latitude & Longitude Battleship to practice their coordinate skills. 8th Graders are doing a great job thinking critically and use historical thinking skills, so we are ready to move to using those skills on real historical documents! Quizizz Code for this week is 626484 for 7th Grade. Students - please feel free to generate your own questions for a future Quizizz by filling out the Google form link just below the code on the right hand side of this page. If your question is selected, you can earn some Power Paws! Monday, September 16: 7th Grade - EQ "What are the important features of a map?" Review Latitude & Longitude with Battleship Game, Map Skills 101 - Map Projections page 14; Map Features page 15 Tuesday, September 17: 8th Grade - Constitution Day Activity Wednesday, September 18: 7th Grade - EQ: "Why do cartographers create different types of maps?" Continue Map Features, Map Skills 101 - Types of Maps Stations Thursday, September 19: 8th Grade - EQ: "How did Native Americans live before explorers arrived in the 'New World'?" begin Colonization & Settlement Unit with Hook Activity (Waldseemueller's Map) Early Exploration Notes on page 10, Columbus Journal Analysis Friday, September 20*: 7th Grade - Begin work on Autobiographical Map *PCA PRIDE DAY! Here we go into our first full week of school! Hopefully students are adjusting well to the new schedule; we have a big week ahead of us! 7th and 8th Graders will be taking their first quiz of the year and this will be our first grade for the trimester. Students added vocabulary terms to their Interactive Notebooks last week that will be the basis for our vocabulary quizzes on Thursday for 7th Grade and Friday for 8th Grade. Students can create vocabulary flashcards to prepare for this quiz; because the words have been copied into their INBs they will not be permitted to use their notebooks on this quiz. How can students best prepare for their quizzes for my class? Quizizz! I create Quizizz games for each quiz or test I give to students and Quizizz is an invaluable way to prepare for my assessments. Students were given the Quizizz codes in class last week, but I also send this code on Remind each week. Please make sure you are signed up for Remind! Our week will look like this:
We have a N.U.T. Day coming up this Friday! Students may wear any school appropriate attire. The cost is $2 to participate. Have a great week! Students have successfully made it through the first week of school! Students have done a wonderful job adjusting to their new schedules and routines, and I am very proud to the see the behavior and environment in 7th & 8th Grade this year. On Tuesday, students in 8th Grade have a signed syllabus due to me that will be returned once checked. 7th Grade will have their signed syllabus due on Wednesday when we meet again. I am very proud to see that many in my homeroom turned their papers in early! Way to go 7th grade! This week will begin our movement into content for Social Studies this year. Both grades will begin the week with their pretest to determine what standards require attention throughout the year. Students in 7th Grade will be working on reviewing the 5 Themes of Geography beginning our focus on location with a few hands-on activities. We will be working on this concept throughout next week as well. 8th Graders will be working in groups to begin "Thinking Like Historians" to evaluate sources and determine credibility. Monday, September 2nd - Labor Day Tuesday - EQ: "How do we determine credibility of a source?" Social Studies 8 Pre-Test Wednesday - EQ: "How is geography useful to people?" Social Studies 7 Pre-Test Thursday - EQ: "Why do people see or remember things differently?" Lunchroom Fight & Suspension Report Activities; Activity: Snapshot Autobiography - "What was your 1st day of school like?" Friday - EQ: "How do geographers determine a location?" 5 Themes of Geography Introduction; Location Group Activities; Latitude & Longitude Practice |
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8th Grade Quizizz Code of the Week: Generate your own question for Quizizz HERE Please use the links for Remind 101 Instructions to sign up! This is the best way to get the most frequent reminders from the teachers!
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