ATTN: Period 2/Period 6

Reminder:

Ms. Ryan will be coming to :

2nd period this Thursday (9/11)

6th period this Friday (9/12)

Please remember to bring your History Day folders!

Also, we will be using the mobile computer lab later this week. If you haven't turned in your
"Web Contract" (HCPSS Expectations for Computer Usage) form, you need to do so.
It was in the 6th grade packet.
I have the list of names--and extra copies of the Web Contract-- if you can't remember.

Vocabulary Quiz, next Wednesday, 9/17

All Classes:

This was announced to several of my classes today--but with two fire drills (period 2 just 'didn't happen' today), and students in sectionals, etc., I'm posting it here as well.
Vocabulary Quiz- Wednesday, Sept. 17.

This is 9 days notice, and I always promise at least a week notice, so we're good...
I will announce again tomorrow, at which point every student should have it written in his/her agenda book.
Period 1, 3, 4- Multiple choice/matching
Period 2, 6 - Read the defintion, provide the word

Homework due Monday, 9/8

All classes:

Complete the "Geography " crossword puzzle. These definitions will be similar to those on the quiz to be announced next week for the following week (9/15-9/19) so it makes a great study tool, as do flash cards.

All classes: Complete the Relative Location worksheet (it has a map of Panama on the back), if you haven't already. Most of Period 1 and 2 students have turned it in. Periods 3, 4, & 6 have not yet.

P.S. If you're reading this on Friday before 8:00 pm and you still haven't made a submission (see the post from earlier this week) there's still time! Great response overall!

Homework, due Friday (Pd 1 and 4) and Sunday (pd 2 and 6)

Homework for Period 1 and 4 is to finish the "Direction and Distance" worksheet from class for tomorrow, Friday, 9/5.

Homework for Period 2 and 6 is to email Ms. Ryan by 11pm Sunday night (but please do it by a reasonable hour!)and tell her something interesting about you.
Her email address can be found in the Staff List on the
Patapsco Middle School home page.
Make sure that you put "History Day" in the subject line.

History Day 2009!

Patapsco Middle School's History Day 2009 is getting under way...!
This is the first year that we will have participation by our 6th , 7th and 8th graders.
We hope to hold the school wide competition in February, the county competition is scheduled for March 21, and the MD state competition....
Ms. Ryan will be in my period 2 and period 6 classes tomorrow (Thurs., 9/4) to present information, exhibit a few samples, as well as answer questions about History Day.
History Day is open to all students, but is a required, graded project for G/T classes.
The research is completed outside of the school, but Ms. Ryan comes to my classroom on a regularly scheduled basis to keep students on track and provide lessons on primary sources, interview questions, bibliographies, etc.

Blog only Extra Credit

Please read the directions to receive credit-
In an effort to generate more traffic to my blog, I will post a "blog only" extra question once or twice per quarter. Students must respond with the correct answer via email--either from their parent's email account, or from their account with a cc: to their parents (school policy).
Deadline is Friday, September 5, 8:00 pm. Please don't respond via "comments", otherwise you will post the answer for all visitors :-(

Question(s):
At the top of this post is a picture of Indonesia.

1. It is part of which continent?
2. It is an example of which vocabulary word?

Homework, Due Thursday, 9/4

All classes:

Complete vocabulary definition for this Thursday,9/4.

Depending on your class you should have either 29 or 35 words.

If I--or Ms. McBride/Ms. Hess--gave you a printed list of words those are the words that you are responsible for.

I will be checking your words for completion on Thursday, but not collecting them. Students should keep definitions to study as well as complete vocabulary activities prior to the vocabulary quiz (TBA).