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I hope you all have a very safe and ful”filling” Thanksgiving Holiday. Before I get involved in the planning of the turkey dinner, I am going to post next weeks agenda.

Ch.9 Central America and the Caribbean Islands

Sec.1 Physical geography

• Vocabulary pg.178-define

• Read pgs. 178-181

• Map assignment

Sec. 2 History of Central. Amer.

• Vocabulary pg.182-define

• Read pgs. 182-186

• Time line of area

Sec. 3 History of the Caribbean

• Vocabulary pg. 187-define

• Read pgs.187-191

• Review for test-pg. 192 Voc. (1-15) Main Idea (1-5)

STUDY FOR CH.9 TEST

CHAPTER 9 TEST—Friday

Begin Ch. 10 Caribbean South America

• Sec. 1 Physical geography

Today we finished Chapter 8 Mexico with a test. From what I have seen so far, the majority have done rather well. Since next week is only a two day week, we will not begin a new chapter. Instead, we will do some reviewing, some ThinkLink practice quizzes, and maybe some map drawing.

Today after the test we played a version of Jepardy. The categories were Cities and States, Famous Men and Women, Government, History, Landmarks, North, South, East, or West, Presidents of the U.S., State Capitals, U.S. Geography, and World Geography. The teams were very competitive. They asked me if we could play again next week, and I said the typical “Mom” words, “Maybe”. They don’t realize that they are actually learning. So I might add that to next week’s agenda.

Until then, have a great weekend. Be well.

PS Thanks for the great lunch given by the PTSA and for the extra 30 minutes to eat, for Teacher Appreciation Week.

Don’t forget to bring in your state reports on Tuesday.  I am really looking forward to seeing what you have done.  Some students turned theirs in early, and they looked fantastic.

This week we are going to study Mexico.  Mexico is included in the unit which studies Central America and South America.  It is a long unit with a lot of information to cover.  So get ready to study our neighbors south of the border!!!!  See you on Tuesday.

We finished Chapter 6 today. Say goodbye to the US and hello to Canada. I plan on us taking about a week to accomplish Chapter 7. Many students have already been bringing in items from Canada to share with the class. If anyone out there has something interesting to share, send it on! Please refer to the agenda to see how we are going to pace ourselves this week.
Don’t forget that on Sunday we turn our clocks back one hour. We get an extra hour of sleep.

PS Don’t forget to start working on your state report.  Also, Tuesday is the day of the states quiz and the provinces quiz.