Ms. Posateri's Newsletter/Week Review: 7/27 - 7/31
Monday 7/27: Students were introduced to the general themes for this course. This year's content is American History and the course is titled, "Pursuing American Ideals." We had a classroom discussion on the following five statements: All Americans are Equal, Some Americans have more rights than others, Americans have all the freedoms they deserve, All Americans have the same opportunities to succeed in life, and Wealthy people have a more powerful voice in American Democracy. From those statements you can see the five ideals/values in American History we will be exploring: Equality, Rights, Freedoms, Opportunities, and Democracy. The students took notes in their 3-ring binder for this class. All notes must be logged in their table of contents and follow the structure that I set up with them today.
Tuesday 7/28: (only met with section 2, 3, 4 due to testing and assembly)- We discussed classroom expectations, grading, tardies, homework policy, etc. If you would like to review these in detail I will be posting them to the documents section of my website as well as in the FAQ section of my website. Please give me a couple days to get these postings up. I also handed out textbooks and gave notes on the Century Chart. There will be a quiz on the Century Chart and the homework is to get the textbook covered. See my calendar for details on these two assignments.
Wednesday 7/29: (only met with section 5 due to testing and early dismissal)
See description for Tuesday
Thursday7/30: (Only met with Section 6, 2, 3 due to testing)
Section 6 see description for Tuesday
Section 2 - 3 Began one of the first assignments titled, "Geography Challenge: How has Geography influenced the development of the United States?" This Geo Challenge will be explained and started in class. If students do not finish the lesson I will be assigning it as homework to be due on Tuesday. That will be determined by the end of the week so watch my class calendar.
Friday 7/31: (Only met with Section 4, 5, 6) See description for the Geography Challenge under the Thursday heading.
Summary of Important Reminders:
-Textbook needs to be covered by Tuesday September 4th
-Quiz on the Century Chart Thursday September 6th
-If the Geography Challenge is not finished in class on Thursday or Friday it will be homework due Tuesday.
If you have any questions you can email me.
Have a great Labor Day Weekend, Ms. Posateri