Grades, Vocabulary and Notes for Chapter 8

This weekend, I submitted grades for the UIL grade check. This grade check marks the end of the 6th week for this 9 week grading period. There are only 3 weeks left for students to get their averages where they need to be. Today, each student was given the opportunity to hear their up to date average for my class and was given a list of what assignments, if any, they were missing. Please check with your student as to what they are missing and go online to view their grades. Time is quickly running out on this grading period.

In an effort to get the students an easy grade to raise their averages, I assigned the vocabulary from Chapter 8. The vocabulary assignment can be found below. The assignment is due on Wednesday.

Below the vocabulary assignment are the notes from Chapter 8, Lesson 1 over the Mexican National Era. Please make sure your student copies these notes or prints them out for study.

Chapter 7, Lesson 3 Notes

As promised, here are the Chapter 7, Lesson 3 notes. Students will need to copy/print these notes and have them ready when we do our review of Chapter 7 on Monday.

Chapter 7 - Lesson 2 Notes, Chapter 7 Vocabulary Builder

Today, we finished up discussion over the Chapter 7, Lesson 2 notes. The notes are below in case anyone did not quite get finished copying them. I also handed out a short worksheet which is due on Monday 11/23. Many of the students finished it up in class already.

We remain on track to have the test over Chapter 7 on Tuesday 11/24.

Internet Problems

For some reason, the Blogger server was unavailable to me until after 10:00pm. That being the case, I was unable to post the notes for Lesson 2. I'll get them posted tomorrow, no worries.

The vocabulary assignment for Chapter 7 was assigned today. The students had some time to work on it in class and some finished before leaving. The assignment is due Tuesday 11/18 at the beginning of class for those who did not complete it today. The vocabulary is posted below.

Please make sure your student gets this assignment done and turned in on time.

Chapter 7 - Mexico Becomes Independent

I started the day by giving the students their grades from the test they took last Friday. These grades have been posted and can be viewed online at this time. I did not give the tests back to the students yet as I had several kids absent who need to make it up. I don't want the tests floating around until everyone has taken it. Once the tests are returned, the students can do test corrections in order to raise their grades.

Next, we started our notes on Chapter 7 - Mexico Becomes Independent. We touched on all kinds of good stuff including the 7 Years War, the Louisiana Purchase, the Adams-Onis Treaty and the first Filibusters. I showed the kids a couple of short videos on these topics that can be accessed below. The Lesson 1 notes can be found below the videos.

Chapter 6 Test, Progress Reports

Friday, the students took their exam over Chapter 6 - Spanish Colonial Texas. The tests have been graded and the scores posted in the grade book.

Progress reports were handed out on Friday to most classes. I have one class that did not get them as I wanted them to concentrate on the test and not use up class time discussing the progress reports. The thing about progress reports is that they are obsolete by the time you, the parent/guardian receive them. I would encourage you to go to the EHMS school website and check the grades there. That is the way to get the most current and up to date grades for your student.

One more thing, just for fun, I gave the students a bonus question on Friday. If they got it right, they would have received five bonus points on their test. I put the picture below on the screen. They bonus question was "What is this animal?" For the answer scroll down below the photo.

Answer: A lamprey

Finishing Up Chapter 6 Over Spanish Colonial Texas, Chapter Test on Friday

Tuesday, we finished up the Chapter 6 - Lesson 3 notes over Spanish Colonial Texas. The notes for Lesson 3 are below. Notes on Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 can be found by scrolling down to earlier blog posts. We will review on Thursday and the exam over Chapter 6 will be given on Friday.

Please make sure your student studies and is as prepared as possible for the test on Friday.

Maps/Art Assignment Due, Week at a Glance

The map/art assignment (map, mission floor plan, cabin drawings) was due today at the beginning of class. Students were to have reproduced and colored one of the illustrations from Chapter 6 mentioned above. This was assigned on Wednesday of last week.

As I'm sure you all know, this Wednesday is the Veteran's Day holiday and there will be no school.

The week sets up like this:

Tuesday: Chapter 6 Lesson 3 Notes over Spanish Colonial Texas
Wednesday: Holiday
Thursday: Chapter 6 Review
Friday: Chapter 6 Exam over Spanish Colonial Texas

Please encourage your student to get any late and/or make-up work turned in ASAP and to start studying for the test this Friday.

Multiple Items...

There were several things going on today. I'll give you the run down.

First, an art assignment was given to the students. The students have three choices: recreated the map found on page 143 of their book, recreate the mission layout drawing on page 145, or draw a picture of the mission San Francisco de los Tejas found on page 146. The first map and the mission illustration can be found online in the Lesson 1 Resources and the mission picture can be found on the Chapter 6 Place and Time can Place section though it is very small. The art assignment is due on Monday 11/9.

The students also received their Chapter 7 Vocabulary Builder worksheet assignment. The vocabulary builder will be due on Friday 11/6.

Finally, the students began copying the notes from Chapter 6 - Lesson 2. This is a long section so they likely did not finish in class. They were instructed to finish the notes at home. The notes can both be found below.

Chapter 6 - Lesson 1 Notes, Chapter 5 Test Corrections, Chapter 6 Vocabulary Due

Today, we completed the notes from Chapter 6 - Lesson 1. The notes are below in their entirety.

The Chapter 5 Test over the early Spanish explorers was returned to the students. Students may make test corrections in order to recapture half of the points they missed on the test. Corrections should be done on a separate piece of paper and stapled to the original test and turned back in to me. The corrections will be graded and test scores adjusted accordingly. Students will need to make corrections on their own time as no class time will be available for this activity.

*HOMEWORK ALERT*- The Chapter 6 Vocabulary assignment is due tomorrow at the beginning of class. Please make sure that your student has completed the assignment and is ready to turn it in tomorrow. The vocabulary terms are available on the post from yesterday.

Chapter 6 - Spanish Colonial Texas, Vocabulary Assigned

Today, we started Chapter 6 - Spanish Colonial Texas. We read Lesson 1 in class together and will start summarizing the information with notes tomorrow.

I did assign the Chapter 6 Vocabulary. The terms and full instructions are below. The vocabulary assignment will be due on Wednesday 11/4 at the beginning of class