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• 6th Grade - Finish Charleston Tales writing by Monday

• 7th Grade - Board Game Project

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• Earth Science - p. 527, #1-2

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• 6th Grade - Write descriptions of 5 different types of people you may meet in Charleston

• 7th Grade - Come ready to work on Board Game Project

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Interesting Headline. Good for our state?

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• 7th Grade - Write Ideas for your board game.

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• Earth Science - Air Pressure Worksheets

• 5th Grade - Test Wednesday

• 6th Grade - "95 Thesis"

• 7th Grade - Write a paragraph comparing the games you played the past two classes.

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• Earth Science - p. 514, 2abc

8th Grade Computer: Economics

You have $10,000 to invest. Over the next few weeks you will track the price of the stock.

1) Decide on what type of company you might want to invest money in.

2) Research the performance of that stock using any of the following links.

Yahoo! Finance

msn Money

Bloomberg

3) When you have decided what stock to invest in, open the "Stock Market" Excel Template from the 8th Grade Folder on the server.

4) Complete the information in the chart.

5) Make sure you save your spreadsheet in the "Stock Market" Folder. It should be saved as your last name.

• 5th Grade - Test Next Wednesday

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• 5th Grade - Test Next Wednesday

• 6th Grade - Search and write a definition for "Humanism (in Renaissance Art)"

• 7th Grade - If you were assigned one, bring in your sample board game.

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• Earth Science - Test Tomorrow

As a social studies teacher, I am excited by this...

• 5th Grade - Test Wednesday 3/30 - Study guide issued today

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• 7th Grade - Great job on the test today!

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• Earth Science - Test Friday

• 5th Grade - Test Wednesday 3/30

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• Earth Science - Test Friday

My countdown tells me it is 9 days until Opening Day.

The Weather Channel tells me it will be perfect weather for a baseball game!

• 5th Grade - Test Wednesday 3/30

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• Earth Science - Test Friday

A Man Called X - Radio Links

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• 6th Grade - Ballad Due 3/21

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Interesting read on a gem in Washington, DC, from today's Post and Courier

8th Grade Computer: Web Search

Assignment: Use the internet to find as much information about each of the following topics:

1. Mars Bluff, SC, March 11, 1958
2. Savannah River Nuclear Bomb Plant - "Savannah River Site"
3. Ellenton, South Carolina

Cut and paste interesting links into a Word Document. Include (1) the title to the website, (2) a link to the actual, and (3) a short description of what information is on the website.

Student Art

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• 5th Grade - None

• 6th Grade - Ballad

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• 6th Grade - Ballad Research
  

• 7th Grade - Who was Cecil Rhodes?
  

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• Earth Science - How do the physical and chemical properties of water change with depth? (Use pages 452-453 in your book)

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• 6th Grade - Start research for ballad

• 7th Grade - Add the French and Spanish territories around 1900 to your map.

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• Earth Science - How do the physical and chemical properties of water change with depth? (Use pages 452-453 in your book)
  

British Empire Map

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• 7th Grade - Bring in a map of the British Empire at its height

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• 8th Grade - Cold War Project due AT THE END OF COMPUTER CLASS MONDAY

• Earth Science - Finish Classwork

27 days to Opening Day!

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• 7th Grade - "Young Turks"

• 8th Grade - Project Workday Tomorrow

• Earth Science - Quiz Tomorrow - Key Words Worksheet

Triumphant Paladins

That did not go as I had hoped.

Go Dawgs. Go Paladins.

My Alma Mater* vs. Mr. McKay's Alma Mater

Who shall win?

*I have credit hours from Furman too!

More than a bit of mutual respect here.

• 5th Grade - "New Deal"

• 6th Grade - No Homework

• 7th Grade - Research symbols of Russia or Japan around the time of the Russo-Japanese War

• 8th Grade - Test Tomorrow

• Earth Science - Quiz Friday

204 years ago, Congress outlawed the importation of slaves.

• 5th Grade - What was the "Dust Bowl"?

• 6th Grade - No Homework

• 7th Grade - Who won the Russo-Japanese War?

• 8th Grade - Test Thursday

• Earth Science - Quiz Friday

Interesting article on school reforms such as merit-based pay and charter schools.