oCT. 3-7
Monday-Thursday: students will be in the library working on brochures for a Louisiana Festival; library time will be used for research and creating a brochure

Friday: students will begin covering Chap. 3 on the economic and environmental resources of Louisiana by defining vocabulary terms for the chapter and beginning to answer study guide questions

*Thursday: 8th grade students will attend an assembly at WMHS from 8:30-11:00

Sept. 26-30
Monday: discuss Festivals of La.; finish study guide questions 18-24 and matching exercise

Tuesday: check/discuss study guide questions 18-24 and matching; answer Museums of LA handout

Wednesday: discuss Festival activity for next week and have students choose festival they will work on (this activity will be done in the library next week); handout on Ethnic Groups of LA, LA Proverbs, and the French Creole Culture of LA

Thursday: Explore Test; students will complete Museums of LA handout and discuss (time permitting) or watch a short video on LA festivals and cultures

Friday: check handouts from Wednesday; review Festival activity for library next week

Sept. 19-23
Monday: complete/check vocabulary terms for Louisiana's Culture study guide (Ch. 1); begin asnwering study guide questions 1-6

Tuesday: open notebook Daily SS quiz; discuss questions 1-6 on study guide and continue by answering questions 7-17; begin festival activity when completed with study guide questions

Wednesday: check/discuss questions 7-17; discuss festival activity; students should begin to decide which festival they would like to do a project on (this will be done week after next in the library)

Thursday: review vocabulary terms for test tomorrow; answer study quide questions 18-24 after completing discussion of festivals

Friday: turn in list of festival choices; vocabulary test; check/discuss study guide questions; activity worksheets on French Creole culture, Ethnic groups in Louisiana, museums of Louisiana

Sept. 12-16
Mon: review Louisiana geography for test Wednesday; go over Mississippi RIver worksheets; complete Louisiana Fact sheet for homework

Tues: go over fact sheet; worksheets on La. borders/highways, population trend, and French past; reveiw for test

Wed: Louisiana geography test; review border/highway map for test Friday; begin study guide on Louisiana's Culture: Families and Festivals

Thurs: review border/highway map; check vocabulary and continue study guide

Fri: border/highway map test; complete study guide

Sept. 5-9
Monday: no school - Labor Day holiday

Tuesday: Daily SS open-book quiz; review waterways hanout for test tomorrow; begin answering study guide questions for Louisiana geogrpahy

Wednesday: WAterways test; finish Louisiana geography study guide questions; begin hanout on The Mighty Mississippi and the Cities of the Mississippi Valley

Thursday: Progress Reports go home; begin to check/discuss Louisiana geography study guide and handouts from Wednesday

Friday: complete discussion of Mississippi river handouts; begin Louisiana Facts worksheet

Aug. 29-Sept. 2
Monday: review for Focus On Geography test; begin defining terms associated with Louisiana geography

Tuesday: test on Focus on Geography; finish defining terms from MOnday; label map of Louisiana waterways

Wednesday: geography game "Mission Impossible" using terms covered in geography study; complete map and go over vocabulary

Thursday: go over waterways map; discuss boundaries of the state, bayous, lakes, canals, and regions

Friday: Daily SS quiz; review discussion from Thursday; begin answering study guide questions 1-7

August 22-26
Students will be working on map skills and geography throughout the week. Tuesday, they will have a vocabulary test on terms associated with their study of geography. No homework is planned at this time, except to study for vocabulary test.

May 16-20 and 23-26
6th Grade
Mon: Daily Geography test; finish video quiz from Friday and check
Tue: continue Chap. 20 by answering study guide questions for Lesson 2 (homework if necessary)
Wed/Thur: check/correct/discuss Lesson 2 questions (Chapter 20 will serve as the final exam)
Fri: video covering Vietnam; Awards Day

Mon: Final exams for Math & Language Arts (Socail Studies reveiw)
Tue: Final exams for Social Studies, English, & Elective
Wed: Final exams for Science & P.E.
Thur: make up tests ONLY - students do not have to come if they have taken all their finals

*Students with an A average for the year in each class will be exempt from final exams (I will post this on Wed. 18 in class)

7th Grade
Mon: Daily Geography quiz; review for chapter test
Tue: Chapter 17 test
Wed-Fri: answer and discuss study guide for Chapter 18 (this will be the final exam)

Mon: final exams for Math & Language Arts (Social Studies review)
Tue: final exams for Social Studies, English, & Elective
Wed: final exams for Science & P.E.
Thur: make up exams ONLY (students do not have to come if they have completed all exams)

*Those students who are exempt from finals will be posted on Wed. May 18

May 9-13
6th Grade
Mon.: Chapter 19 test
Tues: begin Chapter 20 study guide; students will answer Lesson 1 questions (homework if necessary)
Wed & Thur: check/correct Lesson 1 and discuss
Fri: video quiz covering WW II; begin answering Lesson 2 of study guide


7th Grade
Mon: students meet with counselors for next years scheduling (these should be covered by parents BEFORE student returns these - this is very important since this will go towards determining your childs classes for next year); answer Lesson 3 of Chapter 17 study guide (for class assignment grade)
Tues: check/correct Lesson 3 and discuss the events covered in this lesson
Wed: Lesson 4 of study guide - answer questions in class (for class assignment grade)
Thur: check/correct Lesson 4 and discuss
Fri: complete Lesson 5 of study guide (for class assignment grade)

**Parents - please make sure that your child completes the scheduling form being sent home on Monday and that you have seen and signed these so that the guidance department can begin working on schedules for next year; these are due as soon as possible - this will help your child's chances of getting into the elective they want (although it does not guarantee that)

May 2-6
6th Grade
Mon./Tues.: students will be in the library and computer lab completing a comparison worksheet between prices during the Great Depression and 2005
Wed: continue discussion of Chap. 19; highlight and review chapter material for test on Monday (5-9)
Thur: students will meet with counselors to discuss next year's schedules; review test material and take video quiz on World War I (time permitting)
Fri: 6th grade field trip


7th Grade
Mon.: Chapter 16 test; complete map work from Friday
Tues: Daily Geograpy quiz; begin answering study guide questions for Chapter 17 Lesson 1; complete map if necessary
Wed: complete Lesson 1 and answer Lesson 2 questions
Thurs: begin discussion of Lessons 1 and 2 of Chapter 17
Fri: complete discussion of Lesson 2; watch short video of early Civil War battles