Ohanenye

Thanks for a Wonderful Year!! You Are Simply the Best!

       

Parents and students,

Thank you for an incredibly fabulous year!  Your kindness and generosity warmed my heart throughout the year.  Your timely response to our economic trading activities, cultural celebrations, and daily needs of classroom supplies have been simply amazing.

Thank you for the opportunity to get to know and to teach your wonderful and talented children.  This year has been incredibly enriching for me.  Words are insufficient in expressing my boundless gratitude to you.  I will suffice it with a siimple "Thank you for your kind hearts!"

Please enjoy your summer!  Stay safe, students!  Read a lot of books and have a lot of fun!  Thanks for all the laughter and jokes.  You made this difficult job a whole lot easier.  Thanks so much!

Love,

Ms. Ohanenye

Tapp Middle School

  

  

End-of-Year Exam Postponed

Due to the effects of events in the school's (Tapp's) calendar, our end-of-year exam (E.Y.E.) has been moved toward the end of this week.

Sixth Grade: End of year exam begins on Wednesday and ends on Thursday, if necessary.

Seventh Grade: Due to the 7th grade award ceremony tomorrow, 1st period will not meet.  Therefore, the end-of-year exam will be administered on Thursday and ends on Friday, if necessary.  The same applies to 2nd period if the award ceremony runs into second period.

Study your E.Y.E. review chart and your warm up calendar.  Both of these resources contain all the questions on your final exam.

GOODLUCK!

Self-Imposed Homework: Cultural Celebration and Trading

First Period: Prepare for your trading tomorrow under the three major economic systems we have studied this year.  Browse through my blog entries for 5/5 and 5/11 for more detailed information on the requirements.  Also, consult your "Setting Up to Trade" handout.

Fifth Period: Follow the same instructions as 1st Period.  However, your activity is Cultural Celebration.

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
				MAY 1 (MAY DAY!)
MAY 4 *Obtain warm up calendar for May. (Hint: Final exam questions are on your warm up calendar!) * HW: Prepare for cultural celebration and trading *Self-evaluation of last trading session	Happy Cinco de Mayo! (MAY 5) Cultural Celebration (6th Period) Trading: 5th Period HW: 7th Grade: Page 728 of textbook, all   Hw: 6th Grade: Pages 226-229 of RSG due on Thursday	MAY 6 HW: CULTURAL CELEBRATION PRODUCT (6TH PERIOD)   7th Grade Hw: Pages 184 - 185 of RSG Workbook--Reading Study Guide   Hw: 6th Grade: Pages 226-229 of RSG due tomorrow	MAY 7 CULTURAL CELEBRATION PRODUCT DUE (6TH PERIOD)   7th Grade Hw: Pages 196 - 197 of RSG Workbook--Reading Study Guide   FREE-STYLE REVIEW FOR 6TH GRADE	MAY 8 End-of-unit test on Latin America (6th Grade)
MAY 11 Cultural Celebration 1st  Period) Trading: 2nd Period   NINE DAYS LEFT	MAY 12 End-of-unit test on South and East Asia (7th Grade) EIGHT DAYS LEFT	MAY 13 Cultural Celebration (5th Period) Trading: 1st Period   SEVEN DAYS LEFT	MAY 14 Trading: 6th Period   SIX DAYS LEFT	MAY 15 End-of-unit test on Australia (6th Grade) Cultural Celebration (2nd Period) FIVE DAYS LEFT
MAY 18 Last paycheck issued!   FOUR DAYS LEFT	MAY 19 FINAL EXAM FOR ALL ADVANCED CONTENT SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSES THREE DAYS LEFT	MAY 20                               MAY 21 CLASSROOM STORE OPEN FOR  FINAL REDEMPTION OF PAW                                    ONE DAY LEFT TRAX/PAYCHECK! TWO DAYS LEFT		MAY 22 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!! HAAS!! (Have an awesome summer!)

FYI: The final examination and all tests will count as real scores and will be factored into the 4th nine-week grading period report card.    
 

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
				MAY 1 (MAY DAY!)
MAY 4 *Obtain warm up calendar for May. (Hint: Final exam questions are on your warm up calendar!) * HW: Prepare for cultural celebration and trading *Self-evaluation of last trading session	Happy Cinco de Mayo! (MAY 5) Cultural Celebration (6th Period) Trading: 5th Period HW: 7th Grade: Page 728 of textbook, all   Hw: 6th Grade: Pages 226-229 of RSG due on Thursday	MAY 6 HW: CULTURAL CELEBRATION PRODUCT (6TH PERIOD)   7th Grade Hw: Pages 184 - 185 of RSG Workbook--Reading Study Guide   Hw: 6th Grade: Pages 226-229 of RSG due tomorrow	MAY 7 CULTURAL CELEBRATION PRODUCT DUE (6TH PERIOD)   7th Grade Hw: Pages 196 - 197 of RSG Workbook--Reading Study Guide   FREE-STYLE REVIEW FOR 6TH GRADE	MAY 8 End-of-unit test on Latin America (6th Grade)
MAY 11 Cultural Celebration 1st  Period) Trading: 2nd Period   NINE DAYS LEFT	MAY 12 End-of-unit test on South and East Asia (7th Grade) EIGHT DAYS LEFT	MAY 13 Cultural Celebration (5th Period) Trading: 1st Period   SEVEN DAYS LEFT	MAY 14 Trading: 6th Period   SIX DAYS LEFT	MAY 15 End-of-unit test on Australia (6th Grade) Cultural Celebration (2nd Period) FIVE DAYS LEFT
MAY 18 Last paycheck issued!   FOUR DAYS LEFT	MAY 19 FINAL EXAM FOR ALL ADVANCED CONTENT SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSES THREE DAYS LEFT	MAY 20                               MAY 21 CLASSROOM STORE OPEN FOR  FINAL REDEMPTION OF PAW                                    ONE DAY LEFT TRAX/PAYCHECK! TWO DAYS LEFT		MAY 22 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!! HAAS!! (Have an awesome summer!)

FYI: The final examination and all tests will count as real scores and will be factored into the 4th nine-week grading period report card.    
 

End-of-Unit Test on South and East Asia (7th Grade); Hw for Both Grades

Tonight: Seventh Grade: Hw: Pages 224 - 225, all; "Thinking Critically" is extra credit.

Sixth Grade: Pages 232 - 233; "Thinking Critically" is extra credit.

Tomorrow: Seventh Grade: Tonight's homework is a partial review for tomorrow's test.  Combined with last week's homework assignments on South and East Asia, you should be prepared for the end-of-unit test.

HW for 7th Grade: Cultural Celebration or Economic System Trading

All seventh grade students in advanced content social studies have the following assignments depending on their class period (if they have not finished the assignment in the last two weeks).  All assignments are due on Monday (5/11/09).

First Period: Prepare for the cultural celebration for the country you pre-selected by engaging in the following:

1. Turn in your elaborate product: Powerpoint product (on flash or sent to me through e-mail before 9 P.M. on Sunday),  posterboard, brochure, or any other elaborate method used to answer each of the questions on your "Cultural Celebration" rubric.  (You have had two weeks to work on this.)

2.  Bring in a sample of the type of food eaten in your country, enough for the people in your class period.

3. Share some words from your country's main language as we mingle and converse in celebration of world cultures.

Second Period: Bring in the correct  number and type of items to trade under each of the three economic systems we have studied this year: Traditional, command, and market.  You will be graded on your ability to apply the concepts you have learned this year.  Go through the instruction sheet titled "Setting Up to Trade" that was given to you over two weeks ago.  We have discussed all aspects of the activity, and you have had ample time to ask questions and to work on it. 

Also, bring in (mint) only ten percent of your country's per capita income divided by 12 months.  The teacher provided you with this amount earlier in the week.  If you need more information, please visit the CIA website.

See the calendar under yesterday's blog entry for the due dates of all other assignments including your South and East Asia end-of-unit test on 5/12/09.

Have a wonderful weekend, and be nicer to your mothers!

HOMEWORK FOR 7TH GRADE; FREE-STYLE REVIEW FOR 6TH

HOMEWORK FOR 7TH GRADE: Pages 196 - 197 of the Reading Study Guide workbook

FREE-STYLE REVIEW FOR 6TH GRADE: There is no structured homework review for 6th grade since we did the formal review in class today.  However, study and review as you see fit if today's review was not enough for you.              

Homework for Both Grade Levels: 6th and 7th; See Calendar Above.

SEVENTH GRADE: PAGES 184 - 185 OF THE RSG WORKBOOK

SIXTH GRADE: PAGES 226 - 229 OF THE RSG WORKBOOK

EVENTS FOR MOST ACTIVITIES: END-OF-YEAR EXAM AND OTHERS!

See calendar (above).

                                                             

For research on cultural attributes: fashion, food, people/ethnic groups, language, tradition, and music, these websites are helpful as well as the links on the blog entry of last Thursday (4/30/09).  However, you can use other appropriate sites.

http://cvl.cobbk12.org/ (This is the Cobb County Virtual Library).

User name: Cobbms; password: flower

This is time-sensitive information and may have expired.

www.cia.gov (Select worldbook and choose the country you picked on.)

Food ideas: 1.  The Cobb International Farmer's Market on Spring Road in Smyrna is better stocked with international goods.

2.  Harry's Farmer's Market by the Big Chicken carries international food items.

3.  The World Market in Smyrna in the TJ Maxx & More Shopping Center carries a wide variety of international food items as well.

4.  There are international stores hidden here and there in Marietta, Smyrna, Powder Springs, Mableton, and Austell.

5.  For those who want to make a field trip out of the Cultural Celebration, Buford Highway Flea Market is (really no longer a flea market) stocked with international foods, more of an international market. 

6.  Also, the Little Five Points in downtown Atlanta has some international shops.  I can not vouch for the accuracy of this second-hand information as I have not been there recently.  However, I have been to the Municipal Market downtown several times.  They carry a variety of food items.

I look forward to seeing the students dressed up (optional) and speaking the languages (counting one to ten and using salutation words) of the countries they chose!

                                                

 

Homework: Trading and Cultural Celebration (6th Grade)

ACTIVITY FOR TONIGHT: USE THE SAME COUNTRY FOR TRADING AND CULTURAL CELEBRATION WHEN IT IS YOUR CLASS PERIOD'S TURN TO DO EITHER.

TRADING--Gather the natural items you would like to exchange during our traditional trading period from your "backyard garden" or from "the farm behind your house."  Remember to bring the following:

1.  The equivalent of one month's income as determined by your country's per capital income.  Remember the computation: Determine your country's per capital income, find 10% or that amount, and divide it by 12 (months) to find out how much you can bring to the traditional trading period.  Do not bring more than the required amount.  Otherwise, the International Monetary Fund and/or the World Bank will seize the money.

2.  All those who earned money during the military regime, you can bring the money you earned when you were in power.  However, you must declare how much you earned during your military regime.  Otherwise, the International Monetary Fund and/or the World Bank will seize the money and leave you with only your country's per capital income (see #1 above).

3.  Other goods and services to exchange during the command and market economic systems.  Follow the instructions on the attached handout.  Download SETTING UP TO TRADE 042909

CULTURAL CELEBRATION:

Bring a sample of a dish famous in your chosen country as we celebrate the cultures of the countries we have been studying since this semester.  If you need anything refrigerated, please bring it to my room.  I hope you did the research to gather information on your country to use during the cultural discussions as we share other cultural attributes.  Your cultural celebration project is due on Thursday--giving you enough time to assemble the aspects of the culture into a technology product (Powerpoint, Photostory, etc.) or posterboard or brochure as specified on your rubric.

AUSTRALIA'S ABORIGINAL CULTURES  Download ZAPATA AND AUSTRALIA--CULTURE 

Researching Information for Cultural Celebration and Trading

Download Websites for all regions of the world 090908

Use the information from the links here to conduct your research on the country you chose on Monday for your cultural celebration and trading.