History
In history students will be working on notetaking skills and study strategies. They took the Quiz for Chapter 1 on Monday. All students will be permitted to retake their quiz on their own time. All retakes must be completed before they take the Chapter 2 quiz though which will either be next Thursday or Monday. The only homework may be Vocabulary if we fall behind in class. Students are studying the beginning of the US as a nation.
Government
Students can retake their Lesson 1 quiz on their own time. They have until the next quiz which will be this Thursday. Students are studying the philosophy of our government and what we learned from the governments around us at the time of the writing of the Constitution. They have vocabulary homework tonight and Wednesday night.
Monday, August 22, 2016
Monday, August 15, 2016
First Week of School stuff!!
I'm so excited to have everyone back! I'm going to work extremely hard to update my blog every Monday.
General information
All students have a binder, a blue form and a green form that need to be signed. Please bring all of those forms as well as all forms in the binder to back to school night on Thursday night.
All students for my class are receiving a student teacher contract that outlines their and my responsibilities in my class. This isn't due until Monday of next week.
History
Students this week will be learning about the precolonial and colonial history of the US and what lead to the conflicts that lead to the Revolution. The only homework they may have is studying for their first quiz on Thursday.
Government
Students will be studying the original concepts of Government. They will have vocab homework at least Monday night, possible Monday and Wednesday. They will also have a Quiz, quizzes are Thursday every week.
General information
All students have a binder, a blue form and a green form that need to be signed. Please bring all of those forms as well as all forms in the binder to back to school night on Thursday night.
All students for my class are receiving a student teacher contract that outlines their and my responsibilities in my class. This isn't due until Monday of next week.
History
Students this week will be learning about the precolonial and colonial history of the US and what lead to the conflicts that lead to the Revolution. The only homework they may have is studying for their first quiz on Thursday.
Government
Students will be studying the original concepts of Government. They will have vocab homework at least Monday night, possible Monday and Wednesday. They will also have a Quiz, quizzes are Thursday every week.
Monday, August 1, 2016
Back to School
I am extremely excited to get back to school this year. Thank you again for allowing me to teach your students.
For those that don't know me I will be doing my entire class on Google Classroom. Because of this sometimes I forget to update my blog because everything from Questions of the day to the tests and assignments are on the google classroom. I will update my blog much much more often this year.
as always I am easy to contact. Any questions or concern please email me at wmartin@oasisacademyfallon.us.
Summer reading was and is still completely voluntary and was for a quarter 1 extra credit assignment.
If your student is We The People tell them to email me and I will send them the Google Classroom sign up. The groups have been made and they currently have been assigned their units for the competition.
I have a question for parents. What concepts and ideas do you want to make sure your students learn in Social Studies this year? What ideas should we focus on the most? I will do everything in my power to make sure students learn all of the standards this year just like last year. Thank you so much for a great year last year and for a better year to come.
For those that don't know me I will be doing my entire class on Google Classroom. Because of this sometimes I forget to update my blog because everything from Questions of the day to the tests and assignments are on the google classroom. I will update my blog much much more often this year.
as always I am easy to contact. Any questions or concern please email me at wmartin@oasisacademyfallon.us.
Summer reading was and is still completely voluntary and was for a quarter 1 extra credit assignment.
If your student is We The People tell them to email me and I will send them the Google Classroom sign up. The groups have been made and they currently have been assigned their units for the competition.
I have a question for parents. What concepts and ideas do you want to make sure your students learn in Social Studies this year? What ideas should we focus on the most? I will do everything in my power to make sure students learn all of the standards this year just like last year. Thank you so much for a great year last year and for a better year to come.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
World War 2 Children's Books
The Freshman class are preparing children's books for the 4th and 5th graders for their project on World War 2. With World War 2 veterans leaving us everyday I thought it would be an important message to pass on to the younger generation. The students watched Oral history interviews with veterans to research the war, then did outside research and are now preparing children's books. They will make a rough draft and then a final draft and read them as part of their grade. Each student will receive and individual project grade based on the rubric. If you have any questions please let me know.
Criminal Justice Research Paper
The students in Government will be writing a 10 pg research paper. We will be breaking it up into steps. Right now the students are on the first step. Research. Starting today they will begin the next step, organizing and presenting their findings. Here is the assignment for that:
1. Students will choose the 3 topics they were most interested in researching.
2. Students will create an outline for their speech with this structure:
a. Hook or Quote
b. Thesis
c. Road map or over view
d. Explanation of research on 1st topic and findings
e. Explanation of research on 2nd topic and findings
f. Explanation of research on 3rd topic and findings
g. Summation of all research and any connective thread and ideas.
3. Take the information from the Outline and create a presentation.
4. Give a presentation to the class adhering to the rubric.
After this step the students will collect more scholarly research on their topic and critique eachothers research so every students has 7 great sources.
The next step will be outlining, then 1st draft, then 2nd draft. All will be peer reviewed and edited before they will turn in a final draft to me. I believe this process will help the students to understand the writing process and prepare them for college next year. If you have any questions or comments please let me know.
1. Students will choose the 3 topics they were most interested in researching.
2. Students will create an outline for their speech with this structure:
a. Hook or Quote
b. Thesis
c. Road map or over view
d. Explanation of research on 1st topic and findings
e. Explanation of research on 2nd topic and findings
f. Explanation of research on 3rd topic and findings
g. Summation of all research and any connective thread and ideas.
3. Take the information from the Outline and create a presentation.
4. Give a presentation to the class adhering to the rubric.
After this step the students will collect more scholarly research on their topic and critique eachothers research so every students has 7 great sources.
The next step will be outlining, then 1st draft, then 2nd draft. All will be peer reviewed and edited before they will turn in a final draft to me. I believe this process will help the students to understand the writing process and prepare them for college next year. If you have any questions or comments please let me know.
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Here are the polls the students in the 10th grade have created as a project. Please answer as honestly as possible whenever you have the time. These polls could probably also be completed by the 7th and 8th graders if you believe they are mature enough to understand and take it seriously. Thank you so much
Water Rights
School Preference (parents and adults)
Teen Pregnancy
Marijuana
Leukemia
No Cut sports policy
Quality of teachers
Quality of Education
What do people know about Oasis?
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Revolutionary War Project!
Today is the Premier of the full news coverage assignment for the Revolutionary War. All members of the Oasis Academy community are encouraged and welcome to attend. I am hoping this will bring out the best in our students if they know the work they are doing is appreciated by everyone around them. Thank you all so much for your support.
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