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Archive for February, 2008

2/24/08

Posted in Uncategorized on February 24, 2008 by nchurvis

Monday-Continue Russian chapter

Create Russian Time Line

Sec. 3 The Russian Heartland

Tuesday-Think Link Probes

Discuss answers

Sec. 4 Siberia

Map work

Wednesday-Sec. 5 The Russian Far East

Graphic Organizer

Review Ch.17

Study for test

Thursday-Ch. 17 Test

Population Pyramid

Compare countries

Friday-Begin Ch. 17 Ukraine, Belarus, Caucasus

 

 

2/15/08

Posted in Uncategorized on February 15, 2008 by nchurvis

Monday, no school!!!! For students that is. Teachers will be attending meetings all day!

When you do come back-

Tuesday- Continue with the introduction of Russia. We will work on maps and take a short quiz on the video we watched last week. Hopefully the notes you took during the video will help you out. It is also Library day.

Wednesday- Sec. 1 Physical Geography of Russia

Thursday- Sec. 2 History and Culture- We will devise a time line to identify major events in Russian history

Friday- Sec. 3 The Russian Heartland

P.S. Congratulations to Team 7A Science Fair Winners. We are very proud of you and of all who participated in the Fair.

2/04/08

Posted in Uncategorized on February 4, 2008 by nchurvis

February is here!!!! The rest of the year is going to whip by. Before we know it, Spring will be upon us. Until then we have got to keep up the good work, no time to start slowing down. I know it is hard, especially with this warm weather we are having. Here is the line up for this week.

  • Monday- Ch. 15 Sec. 4 Scandinavia
  • Tuesday- Library-finish tourist pamphlet project
  • Wednesday- Group work- obtaining info on Eur. co and charting data and if there is time, review for Ch. 15 test
  • Thursday- Ch. 15 test and Think Link practice probes
  • Friday- Begin Ch. 16 Eastern Europe