Miss Kirby Tells All About Class

I hope you all enjoyed the time away from school (now back to the grind)! Here we are back from Thanksgiving break & things are going to start moving really fast! U.S. History= We are moving on to the next chapter! Expect to be done with Chapter 6 by next week though because that is when your Chapter 5 & 6 Study Guide is due (Tues. 12/6 for odd periods & Wed, 12/7 for even periods). You know what that means...we have a test that same day. Please use your Study Guide & get it done (and turned in) before the test. A lot of you didn't do so hot without a Study Guide for that Quest before the break (scores will be posted on School Loop later this week).

U.S. History= Chapter 4 & 5 Quest (longer than a quiz, but shorter than a test) in class on Monday, 11/21 & Tuesday, 11/22...and no homework over the break! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope that as we have the time off from school you take a little time to count all your blessings (big & small...and not just the fact that you don't have school)!

U.S. History= You will get an extra credit opportunity this week! Remember that there will be a Chapter 4 & 5 Quest (longer than a quiz, but shorter than a test) on Monday, 11/21 (for odd periods) & Tuesday, 11/22 (for even periods). If you will not be in class that day please make arrangements to take the Quest before you leave. There is no homework this time around so make sure you are on top of cover the material in the textbook in addition to what we are doing in class!

There will be a CHAPTER 4 VOCABULARY QUIZ on Tuesday, 11/8 (for periods 1, 3, & 5) and Wednesday, 11/9 (for periods 2, 4, & 6). The chapter 4 Vocabulary terms are the bold terms in your reading through out Chapter 4. The intro page of each section in chapter 4 (there are 5 sections in this chapter) has a list of "terms & people"....the people will NOT be included on the vocabulary quiz, it will only be the terms (for example: "Social Gospel Movement", "settlement houses", etc.). There is no homework for you to do for this besides to study & prepare for a matching vocabulary quiz. Don't forget to make sure your clocks "fall" back this weekend!

Well folks....the end of the first quarter is here & I am still dreadfully behind with updating your grades. I'll have to put an end to that immediately (or at least by next Wednesday when grades are due). U.S. History= You've got a handful of things happening this week. Study Guides & Tribal Fliers due (Wednesday, 11/2 for the odd periods & Thursday, 11/3 for the even periods) and you will be taking the District's First Quarter Exam (yes, it counts for a real grade) on the same day your work is due.

U.S. History= Next week is the end of the first quarter & that means you have work due. Be sure to check your School Loop email to see the template option I sent for you to consider using for your Native American Tribal Flier (1st project of the year due 11/2 for odd periods & 11/3 for even periods). Don't put this project off...it's worth 10 % of your grade for the semester. Remember that your 1st Quarter Study Guide is due the same day. I realize it seems like a lot, but the first half of the study guide is a review & is designed to help you do well on the 1st Quarter District Exam. I am working on getting grades updated in the books & on-line...I realize that you are all anxious to see some new scores posted! “October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills once more in sight, and the enduring constellations above them once again.” -Hal Borland

Extra Credit due on Thursday, 10/20...see the post below for more details! U.S. History= We are starting Chapter 3 this week. Be expecting an email from me in a day or two with a couple of template options for you to consider using for your Native American Tribal Flier (1st project of the year due 11/2 for odd periods & 11/3 for even periods). Don't put this project off...it's worth 10 % of your grade for the semester. Be expecting a new Study Guide this week also.