Monday, September 11, 2017

9/11 Video, Chapter 2/3 on Texas Geography Started

We started class today by watching a video on the 9/11 attacks 16 years ago. For these students, this event seems like ancient history as the event took place before they were born. We discussed the fallout from the event and how it has deeply affected our Fort Hood community with deployments to Afghanistan.

After the video, we took some brief notes over the geography of Texas and discussed some fun facts regarding the size of the state. Attached below are the notes taken in class. Any student who did not finish the notes in class may print these notes off or fill in any gaps by referring to them.



Friday, September 8, 2017

Vocabulary Due, Map Activity, Loggin on to Online Textbooks

The vocabulary assignment for Chapter 1 was due today at the beginning of class. Any student who was absent today will need to be ready to turn in the assignment upon their return to class next Monday. The assignment can be found below on the post from 9/5.

In class today the students practiced their map interpretation skills and use of latitude/longitude. The students rotated between five maps and answered questions pertaining to each. Any student who was out of the classroom today will need to make arrangements to come after school and make up the assignment.

Online textbooks can be accessed by following the steps listed below:

- Go to the Killeen ISD home page
- Click the "Students & Parents" link at the top of the page
- Click on the "Learning Resources" link in the left hand margin of the page
- Click on the "McGraw Hill Online Textbook" link

These steps should take you to a log in page where a user name and a password are required. The user name is simply the letter "s" followed by your child's six digit student ID # @killeenisd.org. The password consists of the first three letters of your child's last name followed by their six digit student ID #. So, log in information for a mythical student named John Smith, who had ID #123456, would look like this:

User Name: s123456@killeenisd.org
Password: smi123456

Your child may also check out a hard copy of the textbook from the library if online access is a problem.

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Welcome Back, Chapter 1 Vocabulary Assigned

Welcome to the 2017-18 school year! The first week is now behind us and the classes are beginning to get into the subject matter.

Today, I assigned the vocabulary terms for Chapter 1. The assignment and instructions can be found below. Please make sure your student gets this assignment completed and turned in by Friday of this week.




Thursday, May 18, 2017

Open Notes Test on Monday and the Final Assignment of the Year

The students will be taking their test over Chapter 16 - The Civil War on Monday. The test will be an open notes exam so please make sure your student has everything they need in order to be fully prepared for this final summative grade of the year.

The students were also given their final formative assignment today. The "Recreating Texas" assignment is usually one they enjoy. Full instructions for this assignment can be found below along with the due date.


Monday, May 15, 2017

Lesson 3 Notes

We picked up where we left off prior to the STAAR Test today. Notes over Chapter 16 - Lesson 3 were given during class. The students should have the first half complete. We will cover the second half of the notes tomorrow. The Lesson 3 notes are attached below. Students may feel free to copy or print them for class tomorrow.



Thursday, May 4, 2017

Open Notes Quiz and Lesson 2 Notes

The students took a quiz today over the material from Lesson 1 and beginning of Lesson 2. Students who brought their notes to class were allowed to use them for the quiz.

After the quiz, we continued with the Lesson 2 notes. The notes for Lesson 2 are below. Students may print or copy them from this site if they do not wish to hand write them tomorrow in class.




Monday, May 1, 2017

Vocabulary Builder Worksheet Due, Chapter 16 - Lesson 1 Notes

*HOMEWORK ALERT*- The Chapter 16 Vocabulary Builder worksheet, which I assigned last Friday, is due tomorrow at the beginning of class.

We will be starting the notes over Chapter 16 - The Civil War tomorrow. Any student who does not want to hand write the notes can print them out below. They will need to have these tomorrow in class. If they do not have a printed copy of the notes, they will write the notes in class (note - students with write and trade accommodations for notes will receive their copy as usual)