Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - WOULD YOU RATHER: Have a nice teacher, but is bad at teaching or a mean teacher that is great at teaching?  Why?

2.  CCGI: How Do I Learn?

1. Click This link.  Sign in with same login as your Chromebook login information. Hover your cursor over "Career" and click on "Learning Styles Inventory" - complete the inventory
2. When you finish the inventory, answer the three questions in the document on Classroom
3. Go to "My Plan" and then "My Journal."  In the Academic Journal section, find prompt 3 and answer it.  Write at least a paragraph.

Have a great day!

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - Are you prepared for today's test?  Why or why not?

2.  Chapter 5: Imperial China Test

3.  When you finish, complete the Korea & Japan Quizlet

• DUE: FEBRUARY 5TH!!!
• DO: Flashcard, Learn, Write, Test - 85% or higher (If not , redo)
• Spell is Extra Credit!

Have a great weekend!

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - WOULD YOU RATHER: Have a nice teacher, but is bad at teaching or a mean teacher that is great at teaching?  Why?

2.  CCGI: How Do I Learn?

1. Hover your cursor over "Career" and click on "Learning Styles Inventory" - complete the inventory
2. When you finish the inventory, answer the three questions in the document on Classroom
3. Go to "My Plan" and then "My Journal."  In the Academic Journal section, find prompt 3 and answer it.  Write at least a paragraph.

Have a great day!

Today's Agenda

1. OFFICE HOURS - 8:06 - 9:30 AM

• Come in if you need help on something or want to ask questions about the test/retakes

2. DO THE YEARBOOK SURVEY

• It's being graded as participation
• Yearbook surveys > Ross Bears Google Classroom > Classwork > Yearbook! > 8th grade fun facts
• Here's the ROSS BEARS Code if you aren't in it:
• ca46xhv

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - Why did Chinese officials oppose voyages such as Zheng He's?

2.  Review The Ming Dynasty

3.  Study for Friday's test

• Towards the end of the period, we will play Kahoot!

Have a great day!

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - Are you prepared for today's test?  Why or why not?

2.  Constitution Test

• You have all period to complete the test.  
• If you do not finish by the end of the period, I will grade what you have and that will be your test score
• Please refrain from cheating.  I will be on the iBoss app and anyone caught cheating will receive a ZERO and a phone call home.
• If you were absent, you must take the test during my office hours.  You will need to email me to set up an appointment

3.  When you finish, complete the Washington & Jefferson Era Quizlet

• DUE: FEBRUARY 1ST!!!
• DO: Flashcard, Learn, Write, Test - 85% or higher (If not , redo)
• Spell is Extra Credit!

Have a great day!

Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - Are you prepared for today's test?  Why or why not?

2.  Constitution Test

• You have all period to complete the test.  
• If you do not finish by the end of the period, I will grade what you have and that will be your test score
• Please refrain from cheating.  I will be on the iBoss app and anyone caught cheating will receive a ZERO and a phone call home.
• If you were absent, you must take the test during my office hours.  You will need to email me to set up an appointment

3.  When you finish, complete the Washington & Jefferson Era Quizlet

• DUE: FEBRUARY 1ST!!!
• DO: Flashcard, Learn, Write, Test - 85% or higher (If not , redo)
• Spell is Extra Credit!

Have a great day!

    China Test - 1/29/2021  Study!!!!

Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - Were the Mongols good or bad for China?  Why?

2. Watch these videos for CJSF

• Click Me (CJSF Videos)
  

3.  Chapter 5, Lesson 4 - Ming Dynasty

• Create a Storyboard
• Directions on Classroom
• Put in EFFORT and CREATIVITY!
• Due: Tuesday, January 29th.

Have a great day!

     **Constitution Test will be on January 25/26.  Start studying!!

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - The principle where state and national government share power is called: 

• a) federalism   
• b) democracy  
• c) oligarchy 
• d) checks and balances

2.  Bill of Rights

• Take notes - document in Classroom
• Scenario Activity
• Get in breakout rooms
• Read each scenario and determine which amendment applies to that scenario.

Have a great day!

    **Constitution Test will be on January 25/26.  Start studying!!

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - The principle where state and national government share power is called: 

• a) federalism   
• b) democracy  
• c) oligarchy 
• d) checks and balances

2.  Bill of Rights

• Take notes - document in Classroom
• Scenario Activity
• Get in breakout rooms
• Read each scenario and determine which amendment applies to that scenario.

Have a great day!

•  From 10-11:30 I will be holding office hours!
  
  
• Come by if you have questions about any work.  I will also be going over the test (8th grade).  
  
  
• You can also stop by and say hi!!!

Have a great day!!!

   **There will be a test on the Constitution next week!  Start studying!!!  I will be holding a study period for my office hours from 10:00-11:30 on Wednesday!! Be there if you have questions or want to get more familiar with the test!! 

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - Give me the highlight of your weekend!

2.  Read Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech

• Complete the writing responses on Classroom
• View MLK's speech!
  
• Due @ end of the period.

Have a great day!

  **Your Chapter 5 test is tentatively scheduled for Friday, January 29th! Start studying!!

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - Give me the highlight of your weekend!

2.  Complete Chapter 5, Lesson 3 activity.

• Due: 11:59 pm tonight!!

Have a great day!

   **There will be a test on Chapter 5: Imperial China in a few weeks.  Start studying!!!

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - Review:  In a complete sentence, give me one fact about the invention/achievement you taught your classmates from the last lesson.

2.  Watch Flipgrid videos and take notes

3.  Writing Response (Google Classroom)

• Directions on the document

Have an amazing weekend!

   **There will be a test on Chapter 5 and the Constitution in a few weeks.  Start studying!!!

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - Review:  What do you think is the most important basic principle of the Constitution and why?

2.  Finish Constitution Notes

3.  U.S. Constitution Writing Response

• Instructions in the document on Classroom!

Have an amazing weekend!

  **There will be a test on Chapter 5 and the Constitution in a few weeks.  Start studying!!!

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - Review:  What do you think is the most important basic principle of the Constitution and why?

2.  Finish Constitution Notes

3.  U.S. Constitution Writing Response

• Instructions in the document on Classroom!

Have an amazing weekend!

 **There will be a test on Chapter 5 and the Constitution in a few weeks.  Start studying!!!

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - Review:  Why were the Articles of Confederation weak?

2.  Get your notebooks out - We will be taking notes today on the United States Constitution

Have a great day!!

 **There will be a test in 2 weeks on China.  Start studying!

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - Review:  The Sui Dynasty made attempts to improve their empire.  Give me one example.

2.  Chapter 5, Lesson 2: Chinese Achievements

• You will be given an achievement to research
• Create a slide and teach the class about your topic
• Take notes on other topics as you view your Classmates Flipgrids

Have a great day!!

**There will be a test on Chapter 5 and the Constitution in a few weeks.  Start studying!!!

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - Review:  Why were the Articles of Confederation weak?

2.  Get your notebooks out - We will be taking notes today on the United States Constitution

Have a great day!!

   WELCOME BACK!!!!!

**For those that had trouble on Tuesday - I created a new Zoom link.  It is in Classroom.  You must login with Google to get into the Zoom session.

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - What do you know about the Constitution of the United States?

• Go to the Ross Bears Classroom > Classwork > Yearbook 
• Fill out the survey!  You will lose participation points if you do not do this.

2.  Let's talk about yesterday...

Have a great weekend!!!

  WELCOME BACK!!!!!

I have missed you all and am glad to be back in the classroom! Today signals a fresh start academically and personally for all of you!  There is no better time than now to reflect on what did/didn't work last semester and what you can change to improve!

**I created a new Zoom link.  It is in Classroom.  You must login with Google to get into the Zoom session.

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up 

• Go to the Ross Bears Classroom > Classwork > Yearbook 
• Fill out the survey!  You will lose participation points if you do not do this.

2.  Let's talk about what happened yesterday...

Have an excellent week!!!

 WELCOME BACK!!!!!

I have missed you all and am glad to be back in the classroom! Today signals a fresh start academically and personally for all of you!  There is no better time than now to reflect on what did/didn't work last semester and what you can change to improve!

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - Tell me about your winter vacation in at least 3 sentences.

2.  Find Someone Who... Activity

• You must be in class today to be able to do this activity
• If you have an excused absence today, you will not lose points for not completing the activity

Have an excellent week!!!

 WELCOME BACK!!!!!

I have missed you all and am glad to be back in the classroom! Today signals a fresh start academically and personally for all of you!  There is no better time than now to reflect on what did/didn't work last semester and what you can change to improve!

 Today's Agenda:

1.  Warm Up - Tell me about your winter vacation in at least 3 sentences.

2.  Chapter 5, Lesson 1: China Reunites

• You will be working with 2 people today, start thinking about who those 2 people might be!
• Complete the activity, follow all directions!
• DUE TONIGHT by 11:59 PM!

Have an excellent week!!!