Sunday, May 2, 2010

Week of 3 May 2010

We will be wrapping up the Civics portion of the curriculum this week and moving on to the Economics portion of our program.

A few things to keep in mind for this week:
1) Interim Reports will be distributed on Monday! They must be signed and returned.
2) Landmark Supreme Court Cases Quiz on Wednesday at the beginning of the period. I know I have said it a dozen times, but I am saying it again, you will get to use ALL three of your Supreme Court Cases charts IF and ONLY IF they are ALL cut and pasted when you get to class that day. If even one of them is not completed, then you will not get to use any. NOTE: You may only use your own, not someone's from another period!
3) We will begin reviewing this week by taking part in the Blue Diamond assessments. We will be conducting these for about 15 minutes everyday from now until the end of the semester. Make sure to have a pencil!
4) Fire drill Thursday during 4th period.
5) Unit 6 - State and Local Government test will be Tuesday for 2nd and 4th period. 1st period will still have to be determined.

I would also like to apologize for the length of time it is taking me to grade the projects. There are two waiting to be evaluated by me. The grading is taking a lot longer than I anticipated, particularly for the Roles of the President Current Events assignment. I assure you, I am working on them but they are more time consuming than I anticipated.

We are in the home stretch! Do not let the fine weather interfere with your efforts and become a distraction. You will be able to enjoy it more knowing you have done everything you could to succeed in school. Also, dress appropriately - the weather outside will be warm (OK, hot at times) and the A/C blows directly down on top of you in the trailer so carry a light jacket or something. Also, refer back to your student handbook and reacquaint yourselves with the dress code. No need for detention or hassles in school because your clothes are not up to the county's requirements.