Sunday, September 8, 2013

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 9 - 13

 Student on Monday will finish the Nacerima activity. We will then be looking at a map and seeing what students know and remember about Geography.

Tuesday will find us brainstorming things we know about the Middle Ages. We will then take a few notes on the Middle Ages. The theme will be a 1000 years of little change and two main factors: the manor and religion.
Notes will be found here.

Wednesday is Red White and Blue Day because it is September 11th. We will also be conducting a item drive for soldiers abroad. Please give. It will last for the next 3 days!

Some items needed:

  • Game Books: (Crossword Puzzles / Word Search Books / Math Puzzle books / MAD LIBS / Logic Problems / Sudoku)
  • Yo-Yo's, Dominoes, Poker Chips & Mats, Dice
  • Board games (UNO, Othello, Checkers - travel size is great, too!)
  • magazines

    • Lip Balm / Chap Stick / Carmex / Blistex
    • Body Wash, Liquid Soap, Facial Cleanser
    • Hair Gel (for female troops to pull hair back)
    • Combs / Brushes / Bobby Pins (in original packaging, please)
    • Deodorant (travel size)
    • Shaving Cream in Tubes / Shaving Soap (No CANS of Shaving Cream!)
    • Hand & Body Lotion / Moisturizer (travel size)
    • Sunblock, SPF 45, Zinc, Vitamin E, Aloe Vera Gel
    • Bug Spray / DEET / Skin-So-Soft
    • Mouthwash (travel size)
    • Breath Mints / Breath Strips
    • Lozenges / Cough Drops
    • Loufa Sponges / Buff Puffs
    • Nail files / Emery Boards / Nail Clippers
    • Feminine Hygiene Products
    • Moleskin & Shoe Insole Cushions (gel kind is best)
    • Eye Drops (i.e. Visine)
    • Nasal Spray
    We will be getting a homework packet that will be collected in a week. It is a double homework grade. We will be finishing the notes and looking at the manor and the  3 field system. The manor is one of the two most important factors of the Middle Ages.
    CP1 homework packet

    This will hopefully get you in the mood for the Middle Ages


    Thursday will find us looking at castles and castle life. The castle reinforced manor life. We start designing our own castle.
    Friday will find us collecting the Scrapbooks which is a quiz grade. We will finish looking at castles.
     Life in the Middle Ages could be tough, but so were its sports.