We are well on our way to meeting out school-wide goals for the year. Our students have been taking the 2010 FCAT all week and are doing a phenomenal job! They are walking through the halls of excellence with bright smiles and a sense of fulfillment. We are proud of each and every one of them because we know that regardless of the end result, they have ALL done the very best that they can do.
As we transition from FCAT testing, to Spring Break, and on to the end of the 4th nine weeks please be mindful of the fact that the year is not over. We have several weeks of school left and students should continue to be on their very best behavior. Students should also continue to focus on academics, 4th nine weeks grades are just as important as 1st nine weeks grades.
All of our staff is here to assist you in any way that we can, however, we can't help you unless you inform us of a need.
Please keep in mind that preparation for the 2011 FCAT begins on March 18, 2010.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Monday, December 14, 2009
Concluding The First Semester.......
We have made it through the first semester of school and we are counting down to the 2010 FCAT. Students who scored a low level 3 and below have all been placed in reading classes. I am proud to announce that I now have a 1st period reading group and I am elated! I have the opportunity to work with 15 of the best 6th graders at Fort Braden and we are going to make significant gains on the 2010 FCAT.
Thus far we have studied the Inference Strategy. If you have observed your child working in a green folder, that would be their Inference folder. They should be reviewing passages with you daily from this folder. You are more than welcome to work ahead, and this is a method that your child can use to score extra credit points. What I really want is for each child to practice, practice, practice! The more you read, the more fluent you become increasing your level of comprehension making it impossible not to reach grade level proficiency.
We will be having our first mini assessment this week. This will be used as a progress monitoring tool so that we can chart your childs strengths and weaknesses in an effort to perfect them. We will contitnue to have mini assessment bi-weekly throughout the school year. Remember to ask your child how they've scored to increase their level of motivation and enthusiam about being successful in reading.
Next week we will be taking final exams. On Monday students will take three exams and on Tuesday they will take the remaining three. Please help your child prepare for these exams, one will be given in each class, no exceptions.
Have a joyous holiday season and we look forward to continuing to ostrive for excellence in the new year!
Thus far we have studied the Inference Strategy. If you have observed your child working in a green folder, that would be their Inference folder. They should be reviewing passages with you daily from this folder. You are more than welcome to work ahead, and this is a method that your child can use to score extra credit points. What I really want is for each child to practice, practice, practice! The more you read, the more fluent you become increasing your level of comprehension making it impossible not to reach grade level proficiency.
We will be having our first mini assessment this week. This will be used as a progress monitoring tool so that we can chart your childs strengths and weaknesses in an effort to perfect them. We will contitnue to have mini assessment bi-weekly throughout the school year. Remember to ask your child how they've scored to increase their level of motivation and enthusiam about being successful in reading.
Next week we will be taking final exams. On Monday students will take three exams and on Tuesday they will take the remaining three. Please help your child prepare for these exams, one will be given in each class, no exceptions.
Have a joyous holiday season and we look forward to continuing to ostrive for excellence in the new year!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Transition
By now I'm sure that you have heard that I am no longer teaching social studies here at Fort Braden. I will still be working with you all just in a different capacity. I love all of you guys and wish you nothing but the best! Today was the first day for Mr. Mason, he will be the new social studies teacher. Mr. Mason has worked at Lincoln High School and has a true passion for educating students. Please give him a warm welcome during his stay here at Fort Braden. Please keep in mind that although I will no longer be teaching I will always be available to assist you in any and every way possible during my stay here at Fort Braden and beyond! I look forward to seeing you around "The Fort".
**There will no longer be postings on this web-site, however, Mr. Mason may be creating his own classroom web page shortly.
**There will no longer be postings on this web-site, however, Mr. Mason may be creating his own classroom web page shortly.
Monday, October 19, 2009
9 Week Test
We made it through the entire 9 weeks, what an amazing journey! Our end of the 9 weeks test will be on Thursday, October 22, 2009. The study guide was made available on Monday, October 19, 2009 and it also listed below.
6th graders
1.What is Florida's nickname? The Sunshine State
2.Name something shown in the Great Seal of Florida. the sun, a steamboat
Sabal Palm tree, and a Native American Seminole woman scattering flowers.
3. What is the state tree? Sabal Palm
4. What is the State Animal? Florida Panther
5. What is the State Flower? Orange Blossom
6. What is the State Day? April 2
7.What do geographers look at when they study Florida? It's physical conditions.
8. When did Ancient Native Americans make their way to Florida? about
12,000 years ago.
9. When was Florida's first permanent settlement established? 1565
10. Florida is the 4th most populated state in the United States
11. What did the native Americans who came and lived in Florida develop?
agriculture, villages, trade, and political and religious systems.
12. When did Ponce de Leon arrive in Florida? 1513
13. What year was St Augustine founded? 1565
14.When did Florida become a state? 1845
15. When did African Americans lose their right to vote? 1877.
16. What is Florida's main source of revenue? tourism
17. What is the largest population group in the state? white
18. What did immigrants from different countries bring with them when they moved to Florida? traditions of belief, language, culture, art, music, etc.
19. What is the economic impact of cultural diversity? a wide range of goods and services may become available.
20. Give an example of how Florida worked to restore a damaged ecosystem. Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project, Kissimmee River restoration, restrictions on land development and water use, etc.
21. How has immigration affected Florida voters in elections for public office? Florida has begun to elect more minorities to office.
22. Tourism is the largest income producing industry in Florida.
23. Government, healthcare, and tourism are becoming an even more
important part of Florida's economy.
24.What is geography? Geography is the study of the earth in all its
variety.
25.What two characteristics of a place do geographers study? physical
and human characteristics
26. What are the main tools of geography? maps and globes
27. What are 3 uses of geography? to find a location, planning, making good decisions, and using resources wisely.
28. What bodies make up the solar system? the sun, the earth, 8 other planets, and thousands of smaller bodies including Earth's moon.
29. List two gases in the atmosphere. nitrogen and oxygen
30. What are the 3 layers of the earth? core, mantle, and crust.
31. What are two reasons people settle in a particular region? climate
and availability of resources.
32. What are ther four steps in the water cycle? evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.
33. What percentage of the world's water is fresh water? about 2
percent.
34. How do wind and water affect climate? wind and currents carry
the sun's warmth around the earth.
35. What kind of social groups do social scientists study? rich, poor,
middle class, age group, males amd females, ethnic and religious groups.
36. What are the different forms of government a society may have?
monarchy, dictatorship, and democracy.
6th graders
1.What is Florida's nickname? The Sunshine State
2.Name something shown in the Great Seal of Florida. the sun, a steamboat
Sabal Palm tree, and a Native American Seminole woman scattering flowers.
3. What is the state tree? Sabal Palm
4. What is the State Animal? Florida Panther
5. What is the State Flower? Orange Blossom
6. What is the State Day? April 2
7.What do geographers look at when they study Florida? It's physical conditions.
8. When did Ancient Native Americans make their way to Florida? about
12,000 years ago.
9. When was Florida's first permanent settlement established? 1565
10. Florida is the 4th most populated state in the United States
11. What did the native Americans who came and lived in Florida develop?
agriculture, villages, trade, and political and religious systems.
12. When did Ponce de Leon arrive in Florida? 1513
13. What year was St Augustine founded? 1565
14.When did Florida become a state? 1845
15. When did African Americans lose their right to vote? 1877.
16. What is Florida's main source of revenue? tourism
17. What is the largest population group in the state? white
18. What did immigrants from different countries bring with them when they moved to Florida? traditions of belief, language, culture, art, music, etc.
19. What is the economic impact of cultural diversity? a wide range of goods and services may become available.
20. Give an example of how Florida worked to restore a damaged ecosystem. Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project, Kissimmee River restoration, restrictions on land development and water use, etc.
21. How has immigration affected Florida voters in elections for public office? Florida has begun to elect more minorities to office.
22. Tourism is the largest income producing industry in Florida.
23. Government, healthcare, and tourism are becoming an even more
important part of Florida's economy.
24.What is geography? Geography is the study of the earth in all its
variety.
25.What two characteristics of a place do geographers study? physical
and human characteristics
26. What are the main tools of geography? maps and globes
27. What are 3 uses of geography? to find a location, planning, making good decisions, and using resources wisely.
28. What bodies make up the solar system? the sun, the earth, 8 other planets, and thousands of smaller bodies including Earth's moon.
29. List two gases in the atmosphere. nitrogen and oxygen
30. What are the 3 layers of the earth? core, mantle, and crust.
31. What are two reasons people settle in a particular region? climate
and availability of resources.
32. What are ther four steps in the water cycle? evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.
33. What percentage of the world's water is fresh water? about 2
percent.
34. How do wind and water affect climate? wind and currents carry
the sun's warmth around the earth.
35. What kind of social groups do social scientists study? rich, poor,
middle class, age group, males amd females, ethnic and religious groups.
36. What are the different forms of government a society may have?
monarchy, dictatorship, and democracy.
7th graders
1.What is Florida's nickname? The Sunshine State
2.Name something shown in the Great Seal of Florida. the sun, a steamboat
Sabal Palm tree, and a Native American Seminole woman scattering flowers.
3. What is the state tree? Sabal Palm
4. What is the State Animal? Florida Panther
5. What is the State Flower? Orange Blossom
6. What is the State Day? April 2
7.What do geographers look at when they study Florida? It's physical conditions.
8. When did Ancient Native Americans make their way to Florida? about
12,000 years ago.
9. When was Florida's first permanent settlement established? 1565
10. Florida is the 4th most populated state in the United States
11. What did the native Americans who came and lived in Florida develop?
agriculture, villages, trade, and political and religious systems.
12. When did Ponce de Leon arrive in Florida? 1513
13. What year was St Augustine founded? 1565
14.When did Florida become a state? 1845
15. When did African Americans lose their right to vote? 1877.
16. What is Florida's main source of revenue? tourism
17. What is the largest population group in the state? white
18. What did immigrants from different countries bring with them
when they moved to Florida? traditions of belief, language, culture,
art, music, etc.
19. What is the economic impact of cultural diversity? a wide range of goods and services may become available.
20. Give an example of how Florida worked to restore a damaged
ecosystem. Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project, Kissimmee River restoration, restrictions on land development and water use, etc.
21. How has immigration affected Florida voters in elections for public office? Florida has begun to elect more minorities to office.
22. Tourism is the largest income producing industry in Florida.
23. Government, healthcare, and tourism are becoming an even more
important part of Florida's economy.
24. What type of economic system has Russia adopted? free market
economy.
25. What are Russia's most productive farmlands? the Volva and Urals
26. What river carries almost half of Russia's river traffic? the Volva
27. Where did most Egyptians live? near the Nile River and the delta
28. What mathematical contributions did Egyptians make to
civilization? a number system based on 10, fractions, whole numbers,
and geometry.
29. What was a ziggurat? a large, steplike Sumerian tower with a temple on the top.
30. What concept did we borrow from the Babylonians? the 60 minute hour, the 60 second minute, and the 360 degree circle.
31. Why did the Egyptian embalm their dead? to perserve their body for
the afterlife.
32. Why is the Nile River important to Egypt? It supplies 85% of
Egypts water.
33. What are the major language and religion of Egypt? Arabic and Islam.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
This week 6th graders will begin Chapter 2, Water, Climate, and Vegetation. We did not take notes this week, instead we read collectively as a class and answered the following questions:
6th Grade Assignment
We will be reading Chapter 2, Section 1 together. While we are
reading answer the following questions:
1. Streams and rivers carry water back to the ocean during_______.
2. Water goes from the oceans to the air to the ground and back
to the oceans in a process called_______.
3. When the sun's heat turns liquid water into water vapors,
we call it______.
4. The atmosphere holds water in the form of a gas called_____
5. Tiny droplets of water come together to form clouds during____
6. Rain, snow,sleet, and hail are all forms of________.
Define the following: water cycle, water vapor, evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection, glacier, groundwater, and
aquifer.
Please study these questions in preparation for your quiz on Thursday!!!
This week 7th graders are studying Birthplace of Civilization (Chapter 16). We have covered both sections 1 and 2. The students responded to questions from the book and they are to study these questions for their upcoming quiz on Thursday. Here are the questions that they need to study for their quiz on Thursday, if they are unsure of an answer please refer to the assigned books for guidance.
7th graders
We will be reading Chapter 16, Section 2 as a class. While we are
reading answer the following questions.
1. The Muslim holy book is the___________
2. Which city is a holy site to Jews, Christians, and Muslims?
3. Muslims celebrate the holiday of ____________
4. The scattering of Jews outside of the Holy Land was called the____
5. Most Christians celebrate the day Jesus died on the cross as______
Define the following:
6. monotheism
7. prophet
8. messiah
9. disciple
10. hajj
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
6th Grade-FORCES SHAPING THE EARTH (Chapter 1, Section 3)
The earth has three layers. They are the core, mantle, and crust.
The earth's core is its center. It is made of hot iron mixed with other metals and rock. The core has two parts. The very center is solid. The outer layer is hot liquid metal. Around the core is the mantle. This is a layer of rock. It is 1,800 miles thick.
The mantle has two parts. The inside part is solid rock. The outside part.sometimes melts. This melted rock is called magma.When a volcano explodes, magma flows to the earth's surface. The top layer of the earth is the crust. It is thinner than the outer layers. It is about 31 to 62 miles deep. The ocean floors are part of the crust. The crust is thinner there. The crust also includes the continents. These are seven huge land areas. The crust is thicker below these land areas.
Plate tectonics is a theory about the earth. It states that the crust is not a solid shell. Instead, it is made up of plates. These plates float on the mantle's liquid rock. They often move in different directions. Oceans and continents sit on these giant plates. Millions of years ago the continents use to fit together but they moved apart. The plates are still moving, they move a few inches a year. Sometimes plates pull apart. Sometimes they push together. Two continental plates smashing together makes mountains.
A continental plate is thicker than an ocean plate. When these two kinds of plates hit, the continental plate will slide over the ocean plate. The edge of the lower plate melts. The liquid rock may erupt in a volcano. The two sliding plates may also cause the earth's crust to move suddenly. This is an earthquake. Earthquakes can destroy buildings. Earthquakes under the ocean can cause huge waves called tsuamis. These waves can flood towns next to the ocean.
Water and frost cause this to happen. Water drips into cracks in rocks and freezes. Ice gets bigger as it freezes. As the ice gets bigger in the crack, it splits the rock. `Chemicals and plants also cause weathering. Chemicals in dirty air mix with rain. The rain falls to the earth. The chemicals eat away the rocks. Plant seeds fall into the cracks. The plants spread their roots. In time, the roots cause huge rocks to break apart.
Erosion is the process of wearing away or moving weathered material. Water, wind, and ice cause erosion. They carry away rocks and soil. Rain picks up sand and dirt as it runs downhill. Rivers pick up sand and soil along their banks. Wind also blows soil and sand to there places. Sand in the wind works like sandpaper. It hits rocks and rubs them smooth. Ice is the third cause of erosion. Glaciers are giant sheets of ice. They form high in mountains. As they move, the change the land. They carry rocks down the mountains. The rocks are like sandpaper, too. They grind everything below them as they move. In time, the weight of the ice cuts valleys at the mountains' base.
Questions
1. How many layers does the earth have? Name them.
2. What is Plate tectonics?
3. What do oceans and continents sit on?
4. What happened to the continents over the years?
5. What causes an earthquake?
6. What tsunamis?What happens when these occur?
7. What causes faults?
8. What changes the earth's landforms?
9. What is weathering?
10. Describe one thing that occurs in the weathering process?
10. What is erosion?
11. What are glaciers made up of?
12. What do they(glaciers) form?
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