Recognizing intricacies

ATTENTION ALL 8TH GRADERS: YOUR EDMODO POSTS NEED TO BE UP AND READY FOR CLASS BY MONDAY. YOU WILL BE ASSESSED ON YOUR TWO EDMODO POSTS ON MONDAY. PLEASE BE PREPARED BY WORKING ON YOUR TWO EDMODO POSTS ON SUNDAY, IF THEY ARE NOT DONE ALREADY!
ATTENTION ALL 7TH GRADERS: IF YOU ARE WORKING ON YOUR FLASH CARDS AND WANT TO CHECK OUT AN ONLINE SITE THAT MAKES THEM FOR YOU AND HELPS YOU REVIEW, CLICK ON THE LINK ON THE LEFT SIDE, UNDER THE EDMODO LINK. IT'S A GREAT SITE AND HAS A MOBILE APP SO THAT YOU CAN REVIEW EVERYWHERE. I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN CLASS THIS WEEK, BUT YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT NOW!
For both groups of scholars, February brings with it greater study of challenging concepts. Greater commitment will be required. This might involve having to sacrifice for academic achievement and ensuring that a plan to succeed in Social Studies is concurrent with planning in other realms, as well.
7th Grade
This week will bring with it the memorization of the Amendments, as well as explanation and detail regarding different elements of the Constitution such as principles, the Articles, as well as ensuring that nightly study of these concepts is present. A three to four question quiz will open class each day. Students will not be graded on these assessments, but rather they will be used for Progress Monitoring where students are and how interventions can be designed to ensure that there is a maximization of effort to ensure that students are successful.

8th Grade
We begin our study of Primary Source material this week in World War I. Starting out with Keller's "Strike Against War," students will have to read Primary Source material from the time period and complete an enrichment sheet on their reading. At the same time, students will have to make consistent and steady contributions to edmodo, our online learning environment about the material. 8th Grade students must also ensure that they are making progress on their work in other classes. Failure to plan is a plan to fail and in order to see our current 8th graders successful at the next level, it will be incumbent that they learn the gift and strategy of long term planning. With a Review of Literature for Science/ LA projects due on the 11th, this is an excellent opportunity to display prowess in this domain.

My hope is to see as many of you as possible for conferences next week. Please continue to encourage your students to continue striving for scholarship.
All best.
Mr. Kannan