Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Test Wednesday!!
We played jeopardy in class today to review for our test. Below are some of the jeopardy questions that students will see on their test tomorrow. In addition to this, students can study their Skills Agenda 4 and Skills Agenda 5, everything on Inventors and Immigrants.
Jeopardy Review: Also study everything listed on Skills Agenda 4 and the beginning of Skills Agenda 5
A Changing Culture:
100: Why were there more girls enrolled in school during this time period than boys?
200: What is a spectator sport?
300: What is a land-grant college? Page 598
400: What is realism? Page 600
500: What were Native Americans taught at Native American or Reservation school? Page 600 (English, how to dress like a white person, trained for jobs in industrial world)
Inventions:
100: Samuel Morse invented the ____________.
200: George Eastman invented the ____________.
300: John Thurman invented the ________________.
400: Who invented the transformer?
500: page 566, Companies at this time also had “inventions”, one of which was the _____________ that companies like Sears & Roebuck and Montgomery Ward used to promote their products.
Inventors:
100: Who invented the telephone?
200: Who invented the typewriter?
300: Who improved the telegraph system?
400: Who is the African American inventor who was an electrical mechanical engineer from Ohio who invented the electric incubator?
500: What was 1 of the processes that improved steel-making? (either Bessemer Process or open-hearth process)
Inventors & Inventions
100: What 2 things make Henry Ford famous?
200: Who was known as the Wizard of Menlo Park?
300: Who invented the shoe-making machine that performed tasks formerly done by hand?
400: Who was the scientist from the Tuskegee Institute who developed many products from peanuts?
500: Name 2 inventors and their inventions that helped improve the railroads.
Immigrants
100: Why were people leaving their homelands during this time?
200: Many people ___________, or left their homeland, because of economic troubles.
300: What were the names of the 2 places where immigrants were “checking in” to our country?
400: What does it mean to assimilate?
500: Who is the American poet who wrote what is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty?
Problems with Immigration
100: What was hard about the trip to America? (2 things)
200: What were tenements?
300: What were sweatshops?
400: What is “The Gilded Age”?
500: Page 584: What were 3 of the 4 things that immigrants had to do to “check in” to our country?
Jeopardy Review: Also study everything listed on Skills Agenda 4 and the beginning of Skills Agenda 5
A Changing Culture:
100: Why were there more girls enrolled in school during this time period than boys?
200: What is a spectator sport?
300: What is a land-grant college? Page 598
400: What is realism? Page 600
500: What were Native Americans taught at Native American or Reservation school? Page 600 (English, how to dress like a white person, trained for jobs in industrial world)
Inventions:
100: Samuel Morse invented the ____________.
200: George Eastman invented the ____________.
300: John Thurman invented the ________________.
400: Who invented the transformer?
500: page 566, Companies at this time also had “inventions”, one of which was the _____________ that companies like Sears & Roebuck and Montgomery Ward used to promote their products.
Inventors:
100: Who invented the telephone?
200: Who invented the typewriter?
300: Who improved the telegraph system?
400: Who is the African American inventor who was an electrical mechanical engineer from Ohio who invented the electric incubator?
500: What was 1 of the processes that improved steel-making? (either Bessemer Process or open-hearth process)
Inventors & Inventions
100: What 2 things make Henry Ford famous?
200: Who was known as the Wizard of Menlo Park?
300: Who invented the shoe-making machine that performed tasks formerly done by hand?
400: Who was the scientist from the Tuskegee Institute who developed many products from peanuts?
500: Name 2 inventors and their inventions that helped improve the railroads.
Immigrants
100: Why were people leaving their homelands during this time?
200: Many people ___________, or left their homeland, because of economic troubles.
300: What were the names of the 2 places where immigrants were “checking in” to our country?
400: What does it mean to assimilate?
500: Who is the American poet who wrote what is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty?
Problems with Immigration
100: What was hard about the trip to America? (2 things)
200: What were tenements?
300: What were sweatshops?
400: What is “The Gilded Age”?
500: Page 584: What were 3 of the 4 things that immigrants had to do to “check in” to our country?
Friday, October 10, 2008
End of the first 9 weeks!
Hi everyone! I can't believe the end of the first nine weeks is almost here. All students will be required to take the Social Studies 9 week test. I think this is a good practice for them to prepare for high school and college. It requires them to retain and recall information from the entire 9 weeks. There will be 100 questions on the test. General classes will have all multiple choice questions. My AP class will have a varied format. Most students complain about taking the test, but the usually end up doing better on it than any other test for the grading period because they actually study!! What an idea, huh?? Anyway, I am going to post the study guide here for everyone to see. All students who have been keeping up with their journal properly should be able to answer the study guide using only their journals. But I am sure some students will need their books as well. I encourage all students to study at least 20 minutes each day over the long weekend. GOOD LUCK!
9 Weeks Test Study Guide
Mrs. Freeman, Team #2
Social Studies
**Study all notes, vocabulary, questions, homework, handouts, etc.
Mapping Skills Unit
• Be able to label all U.S. states
• Be able to label all 7 continents
• Be able to label the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean
• Be familiar with directions, N, S, E, W
• Vocabulary:
o May key
o Scale bar
o Compass rose
o Physical map
o Political map
o Equator
o Prime meridian
o Longitude
o Latitude
• Lines of _____________________________ run East to West, but they measure ______________________ and _______________ of the ______________________________.
• Lines of __________________________ run North to South, but they measure ______________________ and __________________________ of the ________________ ____________________.
• When writing longitude and latitude, __________________ always comes first.
Transportation Unit
• Why were people out west prior to the Transcontinental railroad being built?
• What pulled the first trains?
• Why did miners really need a railroad?
• Where did most of the land the government granted to RR companies come from?
• What did some cities do to encourage the RR to come to their town?
• What happened at Promontory Point, UT?
• What were the two companies that were commissioned to build the RR?
• Who drove in the Golden Spike?
• How do time zones and RR’s relate to each other?
• What industries were boosted by the development of the RR?
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• How did the RR boost the cattle industry?
• Where did longhorns come from?
• What did ranchers wear?
• What were some hazards of being a rancher?
• How does your life differ from that of a child who grew up in a Plains’ farming family?
• When and where was Henry Ford born?
• When was the 1st Model T introduced? How much did it cost?
• Where was/is Ford Motor Company headquartered?
• What companies emerged as competition for Henry Ford?
• What strategy did Henry Ford come up with that changed factories all over the world?
• How does an assembly line work?
• What were the first paved city streets paved with?
• How is asphalt better than any of the materials listed in the question above?
• When was the Brooklyn bridge completed?
• Where is Kitty Hawk?
• Why did the Wright brothers choose Kitty Hawk for their first flight?
• When did the first flight take place?
• Where were the Wright brothers actually from?
• When were planes first used as weapons? How were they made into weapons?
• What other industries were boosted by the automobile industry?
• How did the automobile change life for Americans?
• What were some of the nicknames given to the U.S. satellite Sputnik?
• Why did suburban families depend on cars?
• How did the helicopter change war during Vietnam?
• Vocabulary
• Transcontinental
• Subsidies
• Promontory Point, UT
• Longhorns
• Open range
• Brand
• Vaquero
• Red Baron
• Eddie Rickenbacker
• Henry Ford
• Detroit, MI
• Model T
• Model A
• Defaulted
• “Black Thursday”
• Sputnik
• Vanguard
• NASA
• Federal Highway Act
Westward Expansion Mini-Unit
• Vocabulary
o Pikes Peak
o Lode
o Ore
o Comstock Lode
o Boomtowns
o Vigilantes
o Ghost towns
o Boomers
o Sooners
o “boom”
o “bust”
o Nomadic
o Buffalo Bill
o Reservations
• What parts of the buffalo did the Native Americans use?
• Who was killing the buffalo during this time? Why?
• What was life like in a boomtown?
• What were women in the boomtowns doing?
• What is one good thing that came from a “bust”?
• What did the sooners do to the boomers that wasn’t very nice?
• What was the Homestead Act?
• What was the last territory opened up to homesteaders?
YOUR TEST IS WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15TH!!
YOU NEED TO STUDYEVERYTHING YOU CAN TO PREPARE FOR YOU RTEST!! THERE WILL BE 100 QUESTIONS AND IT IS WORTH 20% OF YOUR GRADE!!! STUDY! STUDY!
9 Weeks Test Study Guide
Mrs. Freeman, Team #2
Social Studies
**Study all notes, vocabulary, questions, homework, handouts, etc.
Mapping Skills Unit
• Be able to label all U.S. states
• Be able to label all 7 continents
• Be able to label the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean
• Be familiar with directions, N, S, E, W
• Vocabulary:
o May key
o Scale bar
o Compass rose
o Physical map
o Political map
o Equator
o Prime meridian
o Longitude
o Latitude
• Lines of _____________________________ run East to West, but they measure ______________________ and _______________ of the ______________________________.
• Lines of __________________________ run North to South, but they measure ______________________ and __________________________ of the ________________ ____________________.
• When writing longitude and latitude, __________________ always comes first.
Transportation Unit
• Why were people out west prior to the Transcontinental railroad being built?
• What pulled the first trains?
• Why did miners really need a railroad?
• Where did most of the land the government granted to RR companies come from?
• What did some cities do to encourage the RR to come to their town?
• What happened at Promontory Point, UT?
• What were the two companies that were commissioned to build the RR?
• Who drove in the Golden Spike?
• How do time zones and RR’s relate to each other?
• What industries were boosted by the development of the RR?
•
• How did the RR boost the cattle industry?
• Where did longhorns come from?
• What did ranchers wear?
• What were some hazards of being a rancher?
• How does your life differ from that of a child who grew up in a Plains’ farming family?
• When and where was Henry Ford born?
• When was the 1st Model T introduced? How much did it cost?
• Where was/is Ford Motor Company headquartered?
• What companies emerged as competition for Henry Ford?
• What strategy did Henry Ford come up with that changed factories all over the world?
• How does an assembly line work?
• What were the first paved city streets paved with?
• How is asphalt better than any of the materials listed in the question above?
• When was the Brooklyn bridge completed?
• Where is Kitty Hawk?
• Why did the Wright brothers choose Kitty Hawk for their first flight?
• When did the first flight take place?
• Where were the Wright brothers actually from?
• When were planes first used as weapons? How were they made into weapons?
• What other industries were boosted by the automobile industry?
• How did the automobile change life for Americans?
• What were some of the nicknames given to the U.S. satellite Sputnik?
• Why did suburban families depend on cars?
• How did the helicopter change war during Vietnam?
• Vocabulary
• Transcontinental
• Subsidies
• Promontory Point, UT
• Longhorns
• Open range
• Brand
• Vaquero
• Red Baron
• Eddie Rickenbacker
• Henry Ford
• Detroit, MI
• Model T
• Model A
• Defaulted
• “Black Thursday”
• Sputnik
• Vanguard
• NASA
• Federal Highway Act
Westward Expansion Mini-Unit
• Vocabulary
o Pikes Peak
o Lode
o Ore
o Comstock Lode
o Boomtowns
o Vigilantes
o Ghost towns
o Boomers
o Sooners
o “boom”
o “bust”
o Nomadic
o Buffalo Bill
o Reservations
• What parts of the buffalo did the Native Americans use?
• Who was killing the buffalo during this time? Why?
• What was life like in a boomtown?
• What were women in the boomtowns doing?
• What is one good thing that came from a “bust”?
• What did the sooners do to the boomers that wasn’t very nice?
• What was the Homestead Act?
• What was the last territory opened up to homesteaders?
YOUR TEST IS WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15TH!!
YOU NEED TO STUDYEVERYTHING YOU CAN TO PREPARE FOR YOU RTEST!! THERE WILL BE 100 QUESTIONS AND IT IS WORTH 20% OF YOUR GRADE!!! STUDY! STUDY!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
TEST TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!
The Transportation Test is tomorrow!! All students should be studying their notes, in-class handouts/activities, homework, etc.
Also, below is a list of things to study from that material...
What to study for my Transportation Test tomorrow!
All notes, all homework, all handouts…everything in my Social Studies notebook/journal.
• Why were people out west before trains?
• Why did miners need better/more transportation?
• Subsidies:
• How did some cities get RR’s to come to them?
• Promontory Point, UT; Leland Stanford
• What industries were boosted by RR’s?
• After miners who came west?
• Describe a Ranchers life, how was it hard?
• Open range; vaquero; longhorns
• What did ranchers wear?
• What was hard about being a plains farmer?
• 1st TCRR: when completed?
• 1st Model T: when, who, where, how much $?
• First streets?
• How did bridges change lives?
• First flight: when, where, who?
• Why was Kitty Hawk chosen for the first flight?
• When were planes first used in combat?
• Red Baron; Eddie Rickenbacker
• Street cars; trolley cars; subways: when & where
• What industries were boosted by the automobile industries?
• Black Thursday
• Who attacked Pearl Harbor? When?
• U-boats: who used them first? During what war?
• Tanks: who used them first? During what war?
• How did planes change from WWI to WWII?
• When and where was the first atomic bomb dropped? What was the name of the plan that dropped the atomic bomb?
• What was the Federal Highway act? Who was the President that enacted this?
• How did factories change their production during WWII?
• NASA; Sputnik; Vanguard
• Why did suburban families need cars?
• What was “Flopnik”?
• How did the helicopter help the war in Vietnam?
Also, below is a list of things to study from that material...
What to study for my Transportation Test tomorrow!
All notes, all homework, all handouts…everything in my Social Studies notebook/journal.
• Why were people out west before trains?
• Why did miners need better/more transportation?
• Subsidies:
• How did some cities get RR’s to come to them?
• Promontory Point, UT; Leland Stanford
• What industries were boosted by RR’s?
• After miners who came west?
• Describe a Ranchers life, how was it hard?
• Open range; vaquero; longhorns
• What did ranchers wear?
• What was hard about being a plains farmer?
• 1st TCRR: when completed?
• 1st Model T: when, who, where, how much $?
• First streets?
• How did bridges change lives?
• First flight: when, where, who?
• Why was Kitty Hawk chosen for the first flight?
• When were planes first used in combat?
• Red Baron; Eddie Rickenbacker
• Street cars; trolley cars; subways: when & where
• What industries were boosted by the automobile industries?
• Black Thursday
• Who attacked Pearl Harbor? When?
• U-boats: who used them first? During what war?
• Tanks: who used them first? During what war?
• How did planes change from WWI to WWII?
• When and where was the first atomic bomb dropped? What was the name of the plan that dropped the atomic bomb?
• What was the Federal Highway act? Who was the President that enacted this?
• How did factories change their production during WWII?
• NASA; Sputnik; Vanguard
• Why did suburban families need cars?
• What was “Flopnik”?
• How did the helicopter help the war in Vietnam?
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Weekly Update...
Hello everyone! Just wanted to list a few reminders and updates...we are starting our unit on TRANSPORTATION. We will be studying how transportation has changed and shaped our country from 1877 until now.
Things to keep in mind...
*A new skills agenda was given out yesterday, so check that for all assignments.
*There is homework this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
*All tests should be graded and handed out by Thursday (hopefully)
School Announcements:
*Miss CCMS Pageant is coming up...any interested girls need to have a parent attend a MANDATORY parent meeting next Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 6:30pm in the lunchroom
*School pictures are Monday, Sept. 8...these will be in the yearbook!
*PROGRESS REPORTS GO HOME FRIDAY! They need to be signed and returned!
And before I go...I have to say HEY TO MY COUSIN LOGAN! She reads my blog and I thought I would tell her hello and I hope she had a GREAT day at school!
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me: stacyfreeman@jefcoed.com;
I hope you all have a great end of the week!
-Mrs. Freeman
Things to keep in mind...
*A new skills agenda was given out yesterday, so check that for all assignments.
*There is homework this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
*All tests should be graded and handed out by Thursday (hopefully)
School Announcements:
*Miss CCMS Pageant is coming up...any interested girls need to have a parent attend a MANDATORY parent meeting next Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 6:30pm in the lunchroom
*School pictures are Monday, Sept. 8...these will be in the yearbook!
*PROGRESS REPORTS GO HOME FRIDAY! They need to be signed and returned!
And before I go...I have to say HEY TO MY COUSIN LOGAN! She reads my blog and I thought I would tell her hello and I hope she had a GREAT day at school!
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me: stacyfreeman@jefcoed.com;
I hope you all have a great end of the week!
-Mrs. Freeman
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
TEST FRIDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DON'T FORGET THE BIG TEST FRIDAY! I am sure that you have all been studying. I am going to list, once more, things that you need to know...STUDY! STUDY! STUDY!
General Classes:
**Label all 50 states (no word bank)
**Define: longitude, latitude, map key, scale bar, political map, physical map, compass rose, equator, Prime Meridian (this was homework last week and we have been talking about these in class)
**Label the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf Of Mexico, Equator, Prime Meridian, Pacific Ocean, 7 Continents (and spell correctly)
**Know the difference between a political map and a physical map
**Be able to answer questions like: What ocean borders the United States on the east coast?
**Be able to fill in the blanks to the following: Lines of ____________ run east to west, but measure north and south of the ______________.
Lines of _____________ run north and south, but measure east and west of the __________ ______________
AP Classes:
**Be able to do all of the above as well as the following:
**Label US State capitals (spell correctly)
**Label Poland, Germany, France and Italy on a map of Europe
**Label New York City, Washington, D.C., Paris France and Tokyo, Japan on a world map
BONUS FOR ALL CLASSES:
**Be able to locate cities and countries using various Longitude and Latitude coordinates
**Know what numbered interstates run in what direction
Parents...ALL tests will come home as soon as they are graded and students can get 2 additional bonus points for having you sign their test!
Additional School Announcements:
CCMS vs. HTMS Shirts are on sale: Order forms are available in Mrs. S. Smith's room. Shirts are $12. Orders are due next week, on Sept. 3. The game is the following week!
School website: Check for updated announcements and information:
www.ccmscougars.org
School pictures are Monday, Sept. 8th! Don't forget...these are the pics for the yearbook!!
WE ARE OUT OF SCHOOL ON MONDAY FOR LABOR DAY!! YEAH!! ENJOY THE LONG WEEKEND!!
General Classes:
**Label all 50 states (no word bank)
**Define: longitude, latitude, map key, scale bar, political map, physical map, compass rose, equator, Prime Meridian (this was homework last week and we have been talking about these in class)
**Label the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf Of Mexico, Equator, Prime Meridian, Pacific Ocean, 7 Continents (and spell correctly)
**Know the difference between a political map and a physical map
**Be able to answer questions like: What ocean borders the United States on the east coast?
**Be able to fill in the blanks to the following: Lines of ____________ run east to west, but measure north and south of the ______________.
Lines of _____________ run north and south, but measure east and west of the __________ ______________
AP Classes:
**Be able to do all of the above as well as the following:
**Label US State capitals (spell correctly)
**Label Poland, Germany, France and Italy on a map of Europe
**Label New York City, Washington, D.C., Paris France and Tokyo, Japan on a world map
BONUS FOR ALL CLASSES:
**Be able to locate cities and countries using various Longitude and Latitude coordinates
**Know what numbered interstates run in what direction
Parents...ALL tests will come home as soon as they are graded and students can get 2 additional bonus points for having you sign their test!
Additional School Announcements:
CCMS vs. HTMS Shirts are on sale: Order forms are available in Mrs. S. Smith's room. Shirts are $12. Orders are due next week, on Sept. 3. The game is the following week!
School website: Check for updated announcements and information:
www.ccmscougars.org
School pictures are Monday, Sept. 8th! Don't forget...these are the pics for the yearbook!!
WE ARE OUT OF SCHOOL ON MONDAY FOR LABOR DAY!! YEAH!! ENJOY THE LONG WEEKEND!!
Monday, August 25, 2008
TEST FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just wanted to remind everyone that there is a mapping skills test on Friday! Some of the things that students can go ahead and study are:
1. All 50 States! Students need to be able to spell and label all 50 states!
2. Know the difference between longitude and latitude. Be able to complete the following statements: Lines of ___________ RUN east and west, but they measure north and south of the _______________. Lines of ______________ RUN north and south, but they measure east and west of the __________ _______________.
3. Be able to define map key/map legend, compass rose, map scale/scale bar, longitude, latitude, political map, physical map.
4. Know all 7 continents, how to spell them and where they are.
1. All 50 States! Students need to be able to spell and label all 50 states!
2. Know the difference between longitude and latitude. Be able to complete the following statements: Lines of ___________ RUN east and west, but they measure north and south of the _______________. Lines of ______________ RUN north and south, but they measure east and west of the __________ _______________.
3. Be able to define map key/map legend, compass rose, map scale/scale bar, longitude, latitude, political map, physical map.
4. Know all 7 continents, how to spell them and where they are.
Friday, August 22, 2008
What we're doing...
Good afternoon everyone! I hope that you are having a blessed day! I just wanted to remind students and update parents about a few assignments. Apparently STI Home's homework section is experiencing a few problems, so if you can't see that section...it isn't just you! The tech department at Jefcoed is working to remedy the problem, so hopefully that will be up and running in a few days. However, the grades section is working properly. Here are a few things that students should have completed or brought home:
1. The Team Two Times: Team 2 newsletter; we are going to print this at least once per 9 weeks
2. Students should be studying their 50 states for our mapping skills test on Aug. 29th. Students will have to label all 50 states. AP students will have to label states and capitals.
3. Students have had 5 assignments for SS so far (all CW and HW): coloring states map, textbook scavenger hunt, labeling states map, labeling continents map and mapping skills vocabulary (9 words). Each of these assignments is worth 25 points.
School Wide Announcements:
Monday, Sept. 8th is School Picture Day!!!! These are the pictures that will be in the yearbook...and it's a Monday!! So remember!!!!
Don't forget Labor Day is Monday Sept. 1st and we are OUT OF SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. The Team Two Times: Team 2 newsletter; we are going to print this at least once per 9 weeks
2. Students should be studying their 50 states for our mapping skills test on Aug. 29th. Students will have to label all 50 states. AP students will have to label states and capitals.
3. Students have had 5 assignments for SS so far (all CW and HW): coloring states map, textbook scavenger hunt, labeling states map, labeling continents map and mapping skills vocabulary (9 words). Each of these assignments is worth 25 points.
School Wide Announcements:
Monday, Sept. 8th is School Picture Day!!!! These are the pictures that will be in the yearbook...and it's a Monday!! So remember!!!!
Don't forget Labor Day is Monday Sept. 1st and we are OUT OF SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, August 18, 2008
Reminders...
Hi everyone! I wanted to give everyone a few reminders...
1. Make sure you bring back your signed Jefcoed Code of Conduct
2. If necessary, make sure to return the lunch form that was enclosed with the Code of Conduct.
3. Make sure you are studying your map of the U.S. (you will have to label all of the states for a test...see your skills agenda).
4. Make sure you have shown me your Textbook Scavenger Hunt!
5. If your parents have not paid for STI Home, try to remind them to do that soon so that you can see all of your grades and homework each day!
I hope you enjoy the slideshow of pictures I posted today. I hope that by the time you read this I have all of the pictures from the day posted. If not, keep checking and maybe you will see yourself soon!!!!!!!
Have a great week,
Mrs. Freeman
1. Make sure you bring back your signed Jefcoed Code of Conduct
2. If necessary, make sure to return the lunch form that was enclosed with the Code of Conduct.
3. Make sure you are studying your map of the U.S. (you will have to label all of the states for a test...see your skills agenda).
4. Make sure you have shown me your Textbook Scavenger Hunt!
5. If your parents have not paid for STI Home, try to remind them to do that soon so that you can see all of your grades and homework each day!
I hope you enjoy the slideshow of pictures I posted today. I hope that by the time you read this I have all of the pictures from the day posted. If not, keep checking and maybe you will see yourself soon!!!!!!!
Have a great week,
Mrs. Freeman
Friday, August 15, 2008
We survived the first three days...
Well, as far as I know, we all survived the first three days! I am so exhausted right now, I am not sure what I will feel like next Friday!!! I am SO excited about this year! I have some GREAT students, and I am looking forward to a great year! I think that we are going to get to do lots of fun things, or at least I hope so. I have had several students post comments to my blog...and I LOVE IT! I think that I am going to try to take everyone's picture next week, and download them onto my blog. Well, I hope you all have a great weekend...I am going to try to take a NAP!
Friday, August 8, 2008
Meeting my students...
Well, yesterday was COUGAR CAMP! I will admit, although summer has flown by, there is a certain excitement filling the air at CCMS! All of the teachers are getting excited about the upcoming year. I met several of my students, and I think I have some good ones!!! For any of my students reading this...you better live up to my expectations! Wednesday is the day...see you then!!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Summer is ending...
Well, July has come and is almost gone. There are moments where I can't wait for the excitement and anticipation that accompanies a new year, with new students and fresh beginnnings...then there are times I could just cry because I will not be able to spend as much time with my growing girls. Mary Cates will be two this weekend, and time flies so fast!! She is such a joy and she is learning something new every day! Kinleigh is finally starting to grow some...she has gained 1lb. and 9 oz. this past month, so she weighs 14 lbs. and 9 oz.! She is back on the growth chart! YEAH! Aaahhh...the ups and downs of being a working mother...
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Welcome!
Hi everyone, including friends, family and students! I have decided to start a blog to let everyone know what is going on all the time! So, friends and family, remember that my students are using this also! Students, remember I can print whatever you post!! Regardless of who you are or what you r reason is for checking out my blog, I hope you enjoy!!
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