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May 19, 2006
This test has been moved to Tues. 5/23. We will practicing our map skills in class on Mon. on the promethean board interactive map. Continue to study the map at home. Hold on to your packets covering ancient Africa as there will be a culminating activity Mon-Wed. All lockers will be cleaned out on Wed.5/24. Thurs.students will only need to bring to school their DEAR book, pen, and pencil. Friday we will have shortened classes, yearbook signing and a movie. Parties, pizza, refreshments, etc. are optional for each homeroom teacher. We are on the final count down and it is extremely important that students understand that behavior will continue to be respectful and on task.
Posted by Baylor at 05:55 PM
May 08, 2006
GEOGRAPHY GAMES
Quiz Tuesday 5/9 remember spelling counts and there is no word bank.
These are the countries you should know:
GAMBIA SENEGAL MAURITANIA MALI NIGER SIERRA LEONE CAPE VERDE
NIGERIA SAO TOME GHANA GUINEA BURKINA FASO TOGO BENIN COTE d'IVOIRE
LIBERIA GUINEA BISSAU PRINCIPE CHAD CAMEROON EQUATORIAL GUINEA GABON
THERE ARE 23 COUNTRIES IN ALL
Posted by Baylor at 02:48 PM | Comments (0)
May 04, 2006
An OBA
Students took their map test on Southern Africa. We concluded Ch.21 Western Africa an took the Chapter test on Thurs. and have a coloring activity to complete by Mon.(reprints of original African Art)We labeled their map of West Africa and the quiz on these countries will be this Tues. 5/9.
Important Dates:
1 West Africa Map Quiz 5/9 (no word bank, spelling counts)
2 Chapter 22 Test 5/15 (tentative date)
3 East and Equatorial Africa Map Quiz 5/16(no word bank,spelling counts)
4 Social Studies Final 5/19
5 Collect Books and assess any damage 5/19
6 African Continent Map Test 5/22 (word bank provided)
7 5/22 mini unit study on ancient Africa
School is not out yet and as you can see studying for Tests and Quizzes is still very important.
Posted by Baylor at 12:45 PM
May 01, 2006
Here are a few new online interactive map sites that could help you study:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/africaarchive/map.html
http://www.schoolnet.na/games/map/africa.html
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/africa_map.htm
http://www.maps4.com/samples/africa_map.html
Posted by Baylor at 05:09 PM | Comments (0)
