Hello,
Here is a list of four essay questions for your Ancient Mesopotamia test next week Tuesday, however, only two of the four will appear.
1. What is a civilization?
2. What is a class structure?
3. Why do some historians consider the farming revolution to be the most important event in human history?
4. Describe some of the military accomplishments of the Assyrians.
Today each student was given a review sheet that needs to be filled out and returned on Monday 10/2
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Good Afternoon!!
Here are just a few quick updates:
1. Social Studies Quiz Thursday 9/28 Over pages 26-30
2. Monthly Book Summary due Friday 9/29
3. Social Studies Test Tuesday 10/3
4. In class STEM Group Ziggurat Project 10/4-10/6
There are three students per group. They were assigned and given their group members today (9/26). They will need a marble, popsicle sticks, glue, ruler, paint, and paint brushes. (These supplies are divided among each group member)
5. Words Their Way (Spelling) Test 10/6
As always please let me know if you have any questions,
Mrs. Bonner
Here are just a few quick updates:
1. Social Studies Quiz Thursday 9/28 Over pages 26-30
2. Monthly Book Summary due Friday 9/29
3. Social Studies Test Tuesday 10/3
4. In class STEM Group Ziggurat Project 10/4-10/6
There are three students per group. They were assigned and given their group members today (9/26). They will need a marble, popsicle sticks, glue, ruler, paint, and paint brushes. (These supplies are divided among each group member)
5. Words Their Way (Spelling) Test 10/6
As always please let me know if you have any questions,
Mrs. Bonner
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Good Morning,
The students are doing a wonderful job understanding systems and routines and really doing well transitioning into middle school. We will begin our first ELA unit on Overcoming Adversity and the study of Steve Jobs on Wednesday. During this unit the students will study Steve Job's commencement speech in 2005 and various other pieces of text. We will read "Mother to Song"by Langston Hughes, "Letters of Wilbur Wright" by Wilbur Wright, and "The Story of David and Goliath" from the Bible. The students will work on many different reading strategies but here is a list of a few: picking out the central idea, having a fishbowl discussion, stating a claim and finding evidence in the text to support it. They will end the unit with writing a compare and contrast essay. Comparing and contrasting the central idea in Steve Job's Stanford commencement address and J.K. Rowling's Harvard commencement address.
The students will be assigned an Adventure Book Bag Project this week. They will need to pick an adventure book and read it by October 31st. Then they will have to use a paper bag and follow the directions that are on the assignment. Please look for this assignment sheet as it will come home and need a guardian signature this week. The paper bag and presentations will start November 8th.
In Social Studies we are learning all about the Ancient Mesopotamian Civilization. The students have a list of vocabulary words that they should be practicing and going through at home. I have a test tentatively planned for Tuesday October 3rd. They have notes that even if not assigned they should be reviewing daily so they are prepared for the test.
Thank you and as always please contact me with any concerns,
Mrs. Bonner
The students are doing a wonderful job understanding systems and routines and really doing well transitioning into middle school. We will begin our first ELA unit on Overcoming Adversity and the study of Steve Jobs on Wednesday. During this unit the students will study Steve Job's commencement speech in 2005 and various other pieces of text. We will read "Mother to Song"by Langston Hughes, "Letters of Wilbur Wright" by Wilbur Wright, and "The Story of David and Goliath" from the Bible. The students will work on many different reading strategies but here is a list of a few: picking out the central idea, having a fishbowl discussion, stating a claim and finding evidence in the text to support it. They will end the unit with writing a compare and contrast essay. Comparing and contrasting the central idea in Steve Job's Stanford commencement address and J.K. Rowling's Harvard commencement address.
The students will be assigned an Adventure Book Bag Project this week. They will need to pick an adventure book and read it by October 31st. Then they will have to use a paper bag and follow the directions that are on the assignment. Please look for this assignment sheet as it will come home and need a guardian signature this week. The paper bag and presentations will start November 8th.
In Social Studies we are learning all about the Ancient Mesopotamian Civilization. The students have a list of vocabulary words that they should be practicing and going through at home. I have a test tentatively planned for Tuesday October 3rd. They have notes that even if not assigned they should be reviewing daily so they are prepared for the test.
Thank you and as always please contact me with any concerns,
Mrs. Bonner
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Good Morning,
We are well underway with procedures, routines, and understanding the daily schedule. I have begun F & P testing and will continue with it until everyone has been tested. While I am testing the students are getting a hang of the activities they will do during center time and how they have to stay focused to get the work done in class. The students will visit each center three times and after the third day if the work isn't done in class then it will become homework. Also the spelling words, Words their Way, will start to come home next week. They will have a test every ten days so the actually calendar day will change but it will all be on the sheet.
In Social Studies we have been working on vocabulary and making sure we understand the meaning of the words before we begin the unit. Today we will start with the Early Humans and dive into the difference and similarities between the past and the present.
Please help remind your student that they need to bring in a piece of cardboard for our art activity that we will start Monday September 11th. Here is a link to the activity that we will be doing- http://harringtonharmonies.com/2014/11/ancient-babylon-art-lesson-for-kids.html
If anyone would like to donate Metallic Acrylic Paint Gold or Silver for this activity to our classroom I would greatly appreciate it!! Just give me a quick email so I know its coming at kbonner@stmatthias-milw.org
As always please contact me with any questions or concerns and have a wonderful Wednesday.
Mrs. Bonner
We are well underway with procedures, routines, and understanding the daily schedule. I have begun F & P testing and will continue with it until everyone has been tested. While I am testing the students are getting a hang of the activities they will do during center time and how they have to stay focused to get the work done in class. The students will visit each center three times and after the third day if the work isn't done in class then it will become homework. Also the spelling words, Words their Way, will start to come home next week. They will have a test every ten days so the actually calendar day will change but it will all be on the sheet.
In Social Studies we have been working on vocabulary and making sure we understand the meaning of the words before we begin the unit. Today we will start with the Early Humans and dive into the difference and similarities between the past and the present.
Please help remind your student that they need to bring in a piece of cardboard for our art activity that we will start Monday September 11th. Here is a link to the activity that we will be doing- http://harringtonharmonies.com/2014/11/ancient-babylon-art-lesson-for-kids.html
If anyone would like to donate Metallic Acrylic Paint Gold or Silver for this activity to our classroom I would greatly appreciate it!! Just give me a quick email so I know its coming at kbonner@stmatthias-milw.org
As always please contact me with any questions or concerns and have a wonderful Wednesday.
Mrs. Bonner
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