Ms. Young\’s Social Studies

Dear parents:

We began TCAP testing today and I can not begin to tell you how many of are students are suffering from allergies or getting over colds!  My class alone in 2 hours went through half of a large box of tissue (my last box).  I’m sure the other homerooms are having the same problem.  If you can donate a box to your student’s homeroom this week it would help us out.

Thank you,

EMYoung

TN vocabulary review test 4 will be given tomorrow.  The following are the words and definitions.

TN Vocabulary 4

23.  conservation – to protect something in its natural state
24.  deforestation – a clearing of trees of water where fresh water mixes with salty sea water
26.  fjord – a narrow inlet of the sea set between high, rocky cliffs
27.  lagoon – a body of water connected to a larger body of water; sometimes enclosed by
a circular coral reef.
28.  renewable – something that can be replaced by natural processes
29.  global warming- an increase in average global temperatures caused by a rise in carbon
dioxide and other “greenhouse” gases trapped in the earth’s atmosphere
30.  nonrenewable- something that has a limited supply (gems, oil, natural gas, coal)
31.  thematic – refers to maps that have a particular theme (population, climate, resources)
32.  topography – physical map with detailed information about elevation
33.  phenomena- unusual events in nature such as tornados, earthquakes etc.

The students are still expected to read through their Folder of notes

Homework tonight: 2 work sheets.

Latitude and longitude with MapII  and  Time zones with a map.  Due Wednesday.

Students are to continue reading their TCAP folders once through every night.

EMYoung

Students should be bringing home their TCAP folders to read over once a night until they take the SS part of TCAP on Friday, April 17th.  It is just a quick refresher…please help them.

We we’ll take our 3rd review test over the TN vocabulary on Tuesday.. the 4th on Wed.  See sheet that was handed out earlier this year.  All the words this time refer to economics.

depression- an economic recession that last a long time and causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
economic system- a system that involves the production, distribution and consumption of goods & services between entities in a particular society.
growth rate- the increase in value of the goods and services produced by an economy
inflation- when people have more money than goods, and the price of goods goes up and the value of money goes down.
recession-an economy that slows down and has less trade and employment.
resource allocation-the distribution of resources- usually financial-among competing groups of people or programs
scarcity- an inadequate supply of something..not enough
supply & demand- an economic theory that describes how prices are determined through a balance between availability of products and demand for a product at various price points
trend-to have a general direction or tendency (ie  as in the stock market or fashion world)

Tomorrow the students will take a test over the last 8 TN vocabulary words.  We have begun reviewing for TCAP.  Each day they will be covering covered objectives and discussing or illustrating them in their SPI book.  They can show you the SPI’s in their SS book.  There will be homework on Thursday that will be due next week.  It is important that they complete it as it is material that could be covered on the test.

Ms. Young

Today was a great day in SS classes. Your students tested and challenged themselves over geography knowledge on line. I’m including two websites so they may continue or they can show you what they did.

I’m very proud of them!

www.ilike2learn.com

www.sheppardsoftware.com

Both sites are free!

EMYoung

Today we went to the computer lab and work on line at a site that was on TN geography.  The students drew maps and labeled rivers, cities and divisions.  I was very pleased to know that most remembered what they learned from the first part of the year and can draw from memory!  I’m so proud!

Tomorrow we will return to chapters 21 and 22.

Last week I gave 2 assignments.  Many students were involved in the program and were not in class.  Due to that fact, Chapters 21 and 22 assignments have been extended until tomorrow.

EMYoung

Several students have not completed their vocabulary foldable and need to turn it in to me.

Tonight’s homework–  STUDY for TN vocabulary test.  All students have been given a sheet with all words and definitions.  The new words are from 18-25…BUT a few that we have already studied will be included to keep them fresh in mind.

EMYoung