Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Week 3 in the 4th Six Weeks


6th
Student are finishing up the unit on Culture in Europe and a collaborative unit project is due Friday, February 8th. Students will be creating a European Scrapbook and will be in teams of 3. The scrapbook requires 3 cultures to represented in their project. Students have had their groups since last week and have had seminar/study skills time to work on the group projects. They will have time this week to complete the project as well. Please see the Rubrics attached here. https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Ocr3T2TGMmNh1ezATBZHovxTtUOJY3sSeKjP1wkOpw/edit?usp=sharing

Assignments due this week
  • IXL I.4: Athens vs. Sparta Part 2 due 02/04
  • IXL I.5: Alexander the Great due 02/06
  • Scrapbook of Europe Project due 02/08


7th
Students are finishing up the unit on The Texas Revolution and a collaborative unit project is due Friday, February 8th. The requirements for the project are attached. Each group has 3 to four members and students will be graded on their portion. Students will have seminar/study skills time to work collaboratively throughout the week. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bcO8hvxn70dqCciaqGBk0C0UgJklBHwyK_s8usByf48/edit?usp=sharing

Assignments due this week
  • Famous Figures of the Texas Revolution activate due 02/06 (see TEAMS for details)
  • Unit Project due 02/08


8th
Students are finishing up the unit on The Constitution and a collaborative unit project is due Friday, February 8th. Students are working in teams of two to create a brochure that outlines the rights granted to citizens in the Constitution. Details can be found in the rubric attached. Students will have some seminar time as well as time during study skills to work collaboratively. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iqcB2aI8odThcPAiAKdXKj0FvEDB-bn5OD3RatkdZMk/edit?usp=sharing

Assignments due this week
  • Study Island: Rights and Responsibilities 02/04
  • Unit Project due 02/08

Monday, December 10, 2018

What are students working on?


3rd Six Weeks: Week 3

6th Grade World Cultures: Students are in Unit 3 learning about the governments of Canada and the United States. Students have a study island assignment titled Limited and Unlimited Governments due Friday. Questions students should be able to answer by the end of the week:
  • Why is government limited in this region?
  • What historical influences played a role in the creation of limited governments in this region?
  • What is similar and different about governmental systems in the United States and Canada?
  • What ideas about government were brought to this region by colonists?
7th Grade Texas History: Students are in Unit 3 learning about Texas settlement during the early 1800s. Students have an assignment posted on TEAMS. They are to sketch an office of an Empresario and write a one page summary of why the office contains items that an Empresario would likely have. Questions students should be able to answer:
  • Why did the Mexican government pass colonization laws for Texas?
  • What responsibilities did empresarios and immigrants have?

8th Grade US History: Students are in Unit 3 learning about the Road to Revolution. Students will analyze the Declaration of Independence and the compare the British and Colonial armies. Assignments due by Friday are: In-class participation Analyzing the D.O.I and a homework assignment VOKI that compares the British and Colonial armies. Questions students should be able to answer by the end of the week:
  • What was significant about the colonists issuing a document declaring independence?
  • What grievances did the colonists include in the Declaration of Independence?
  • How do the British and Colonial armies compare?

Thursday, November 29, 2018

8th Grade Advisory to Write Holiday Cards

Hello Parents:

The 8B advisory class will be writing and hand-making holiday cards next week. We are participating in a card exchange with 25 schools from around the world. Our cards will be going to: Italy, Slovenia Poland, Spain, Russia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Greece, and many more.  Students will have the opportunity to share their holiday customs with others and also have the chance to be creative in their card design. Students will be writing their holiday letters Friday, November 30th. Cards will be created Friday, December 7th. We should be receiving cards from participating schools as well.


Please see the information below:

Task: From November 21, 2018 to December 24, 2018 students will make Christmas cards (DIY). Every school will send one card to one school. If teachers want to make more cards,they have to send them in one letter. Children should write wishes in English and short information about Christmas in their countries.
Don't forget to write Merry Christmas in your native languages, If you don't celebrate Christmas you can present winter symbols and write  a short note about another holiday.
We will be posting pictures of the cards that we receive on this Blog. If you have any questions, or would like to donate materials for the card making, please feel free to contact me at creyes@braination.net

Thanks!

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Assignment Logs for 6-8 Social Studies

Do you want to know what assignments the students at AFIA are working on ? Do you want to know when assignments are due? Please check out the updated Assignment Logs that are attached below. They links will take you to a google document that outlines when assignments are given and when they are due.  Students have the assignment log in their binder and grades are usually updated there on a weekly basis. 




Week 3 in the 4th Six Weeks

6 th Student are finishing up the unit on Culture in Europe and a collaborative unit project is due Friday, February 8 th . Students wil...