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October 29, 2006

This week we fly across the Sea of Japan to mainland Asia. We will start our study of east Asia :
China, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Nepal and Bhutan .
We will review our map of the countries, capitals, major rivers and geographic feature of the region.
We will have a quick quiz over the map on Wednesday Nov. 8 and a Test over Chapter 26 information on Friday Nov. 10 .

Reminders : Be careful on Tuesday night - don't let the spooks get you or automobiles !
Don't bring your candy to school, Mr. Howard has been know to collect it and dispose of
it in an interesting way.
Next Tuesday - Nov. 7 is Election Day - no School - teacher workday.
Extra credit if you can go and vote with your parents - ( bring in a I Voted sticker)

If you have not visited the website Dr. Tyson set up for his trip to Japan you should visit it. It contain a world ( or atleast a country's) worth of information. Visit it at -
http://mabryonline.org/mglc/japan/index.html

Posted by Howard at 08:49 PM

October 16, 2006

This week is Conference Week / Early Dismissal at 2:15 for students.
We are looking forward to seeing the parents at conferences.

Ths week we will need to work hard in class to research the information for our presentation on Japan.
This will culminate with a Power Point or Keynote presentation .

Posted by Howard at 09:42 AM

October 09, 2006

Reminder - Friday is teacher workday / student holiday .
Next week is Conference Week with early release at 2:15 .

Most of the student did well on the Chapter 27 Test . As usual , if you did not make an 80% or better please have it signed and returned .

We have“ visited“with Dr. Tyson in Japan. =
We have visited his website – please enjoy his trip and pictures at
http://mabryonline.org/mglc/japan/index.html or you can go to the Mabry page
http://mabryonline.org and select the button that looks like the flag of Japan.

This week we will be working on some of the history of Japan .

Click to see the general area were our traveler is at :
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Posted by Howard at 08:07 PM