Thinkport LogoMember Web Page Tool Thinkport HomeThinkport Help
  Welcome to the web site of Eloise Downer

  Pages
Bullet Welcome
Bullet Contact
Bullet Assignments
Bullet Announcements
Bullet Internet Links
Bullet Sixth Grade Social Studies Course Information
  Assignments

Fri        11/13

Thurs     11/12 

Wed       11/11  Fill in Pre-Write chart on the back of Democracy sheet we did in class today...6th pd has no HW tonight...we did not get to the chart .....

Tues        11/10  Quiz postponed until tomorrow

Mon          11/9  None...Mrs. Downer was absent

 

#######################################################################

Fri               11/6  No HW  (quiz next Tuesday)

Thurs           11/5  No Hw tonight

Wed           11/4  Hw tonight is to use the reading we highlighted in class today to fill in the Minoen Civilization Chart....(hint...much of the impt. info is highlighted)

Tuesday      11/3  Tomorrow in class students will turn in the Greek Adventure paper for a grade....tonight make sure it is the way you want it....

Monday      11/2      Complete Greek Adventure paper....Check over vocabulary words don in class today...you will need to know them

#######################################################################

Fri:         10/30  No HW

Thur      10/29  No HW   UNICEF is our  Service Learning Project....student willg et their boxes in SS class tomorrow and they are due back next week...asap...Thanks  .

Wed      10/28  No HW 

Tues       10/27  No HW

Mon.      10/26        Egypt Unit Test tomorrow....study guide given

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Fri         10/23  no HW...Have a great week-end...

Thur      10/22... Quiz today  Quiz tomorrow, Friday...  Today in class we finished making our mummies....they are lining the halls of the 6th grade wing... look for them when you come for your student conferences....they are fun....tomorrow the quiz will be short...but there will be a quiz...if you have been absent, read the papers picked up...no written HW tonight...

Wed      10/21...Quiz tomorrow.Change in Plan...Quiz Friday...

Tues      10/20 ...study your notes from class...compare the US  Government and the Egyptian Government

Monday  10/19...  no HW... studied the role of the Pharoah in ancient Egypt ...go over your paper that we highlighted.... 

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

Fri         no school today

Thurs.  10/15      None......btw,   no school tomorrow....see you Monday...

Wed.      10/14      none...however, if you need to finish the packet we have been working on in the computer lab, you can go to www.ancientegypt.co.uk and you will find the web site...enjoy....

Tues        10/13    none...we worked  in the computer lab today...

Mon.      10/12   Complet Kingdom Chart on the back of the timeline we worked on in class...us the 3 Kingdom's reading from class today...

#################################################################

Fri.  10.09        None....have a great week-end...

Thurs   10.08        Quiz tomorrow...covering Egypt's Geography, Gifts from the Nile and the Desert, Vocabulary, Daily Life/ Religion,... .

              Pds 1,3,5, also have a Pre-writing chart to fill out...

 I hope you received the Magothy Moment I sent earlier today...it highlighted other classes and their upcoming assessments...If students are interested  in Ancient Egypt you might explore the kid friendly web sites   http://www.kids.yahoo.com 

Wed  10.07        Complete the Georaphy packed...  6th pd only has one page t in the packe to complete...we will complete the rest today in class...

Tues         10.06   Wear Red tomorrow....we have a Navigator Team Meeting in Marlin Hall...No written HW...review the reading we did today....***know the reasons the Nile River and the desert were important to the ancient Egyptians....

Mon         10.05  Today we started our study of  Egypt.  Go HE for Pds 1, 3, 5, is to make a worksearch that a classmate will work on tomorrow....Pd. 6... no HW   you will do your wordsearch tomorrow...

 

**********************************************************

Fri             10.2      No HW...have a great week-end...

Thurs         10.1      Study from notes and study guide for test on Friday

Wed.         9.30      Work on Study guide for test

Tues           9.29.09  No HW    Test on Friday...Study Guide coming home on Wed...

Mon.          9.28.09    No School

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Fri.            9.25.09  None

Thurs.       9.24.09  None

Wed.        9.23.09  Complete Crossoword Puzzle 

Tues         9.22.09   None

Mon         9.21.09  None

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Fri         9.18.09  None

Thurs       9.17.09  Today is Constitution Day  :)     HW...Read  Handout called "Mesopotamian Achievements and Contributions"..front and back...
                         Fill out "Mesopotamian Inventions" chart telling how these inventions were used then, and how we use them now...

Wed.      9.16   I am sorry, I was not in school at the end of the day, so I forgot to put in the HW....Quiz tomorrow.....but it was on yesterday's entry... 

Tues       9.15  Read over the two  papers in your Notebok...the ones about Hunter gatherers to Farmers...(both sides) and the one from today about what makes a civilization...  Quiz on Thurs...

Mon.   9.14   No HW...I did send out a Magothy Moment today......several e-mail addresses bounced back to me ...I think some addresses think it is a spam e-mail....if you are not getting the Magothy Moment, you might have to give me a personal e-mail instead of a work e-mail...

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Fri.        9.11  No HW....have a terrific week-end...

Thurs.    9.10   No HW...Hoping to see many parents at "Back To School  Night" tonight at 7 pm.....parking is  sometimes a problem....you caqn park in the Severn River Lot....

Wed.     9.9  Quiz tomorrow..

Tues.     9.08   We worked on our final copy of the personal timeline in class.  Many students did not finish or did not have their primary or secondary source document.  The final copy and documentation (primary or secondary) are due at the start of class tomorrow.   

  • Students will have a quiz on Thursday      hemispheres     primary and secondary source documents        timelines         vocabulary learned last week (in binder)  

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Fri.        9.04      Today in class your student started planning a personal time line...we will do the final project in class on Tuesday, however each student will need to bring in a primary  or secondary source document to support their personal time line.  These items will be returned to them.  Your student might also need help remembering some of the dates of important events in their lives.  I returned their test and their map also...        

Thur       9.03     None

Wed.      9.02     None

Tues.      9.01.   Complete Map Project...  it is due upon entering class tomorrow.....staple the rubric to one of the top corners of the map...(no stapler at home...plese us mine when you get to class :) )and please put your name on the rubric....Our team color is read...tomorrow in advissory we will be having a team meeting....try to wear something read...(clothing only...no died hair or such...thanks...)

Mon.      8.31.09   Quiz tomorrow... 

                identify and locate

  • the 7 major continents
  • the 4 major oceans
  • the hemispheres
  • major lines of latitude and longitude

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Mon.         8.24.09   Learn to work your combination lock.  Please have parents read and fill out the forms you brought home with you today

Tues.         8.25.09  None

Wed.         8.26.09  None 

Thurs.        8.27.09  Pds 1-5  Complete Map Packet....the only page you do not work on is the last page...we will use this in class tomorrow...   Pd 6....complete pg 1 of map pkt  we will use the rest of the packet in class tomorrow ..... Everyone....  Quiz on map skills coming next week.....

Fri              8.28.09  None....however, you have your map assignment for munday and a planning sheet in your binder.....you really might want to think of the shape and name for the activity...you will plan and make the map in class on Monday ....also, please bring back ytour signed student code of conduct page...you must sign it and so must your parents...retuirn it to your first pd. teacher or your advisory teacher.....

Looking ahead....   quiz on Tuesday....Continents,  latitude, longitude,  

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Mon.       8.31.09   Quiz tomorrrow....Located and Identify the 7 continents, 4 major oceans. major lines of latitude/longitude, identify the 4 hemispheres....

 

      



Attachments:



People Icon  This site has been visited 7545 times.