mrs. amanda pfeiffer room # b- 211 voicemail box # 6605 apfeiffer@rtmsd.org

Mrs. Amanda Pfeiffer Room # B- 211

Voicemail box # 6605apfeiffer@rtmsd.org

Your Children took part of the Citizenship test last week. Do you know all the answers?

Citizenship Test

How many Amendments are there to the Constitution? ____________

How many Supreme Court Justices are there? _____________

What branch of the United States Government makes the laws?______________

What are the first three words of the Constitution?_________________________

Who has the power to declare war?_______________________

How many Senators are there in Congress?______________

The Bill of Rights make up the first _________ Amendments to the Constitution

What year was the Constitution written? _________________

Name the three branches of government ________________________

Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?__________________

MY STORY/TEACHER INFO

West Chester University Bachelor of Science Degree Certification in Social Studies at the Secondary

level (grades 7-12) Master’s Degree Gratz College: M.A.ed.• Teaching Experience SLMS: Building substitute/long term eighth grade Sixth grade L.A. teacher, Duplin Co. NC Sixth, seventh and eighth grade teacher at SLMS 11 years

What Will My Child Learn This Year?

Seventh Grade United States History: 1787- c.

1900

 This year we will examine the following major topics:

American Geography

Constitutional Convention

The U.S. Constitution

Early Presidents

Western Expansion: Manifest Destiny

Civil War and Reconstruction

Industrialization

Immigration

MATERIALS NEEDED•Pencils and pens

•Section in binder for social studies only!

• Notebook/journal

•Text book: History Alive! Covered

•Assignment book

Study Skills and Preparation for Grade 8 and Beyond

Research skills and citations

Note taking: Graphic organizers, Cornell System

Study Skills for exams: note cards, study sites online

Examining primary source documents that helped shape our nation

Supporting Decisions and Problem solving

Extending the Curriculum:

Choice Menus and UPFRONT

Grading

Tests

Quizzes

Homework

Class preparation

Projects

Class work

TOTAL POINTS

*Check HAC *Review Teacher

websites for

*Use Planner homework and

Check off study tools

Finished

assignments

*Communication

*Stay After initiated by the

School for student

Missed lessons

and questions *Utilizing

school

resources

Thanks!

THANK YOU FOR

ALL YOUR SUPPORT

Core Extension Period

Core Extension Models

•6 day Core Extension Reading & Writing• Most of the student population

•OR…3 day Core Extension Reading & Writing and:

• AGP Challenge, or• Math Remediation, or • Resource

•OR…6 day Remedial Math/ResourceAssessments are used to determine which instruction best meets a student’s needs. Placements may be adjusted throughout theyear to respond to individual needs.

What is the goal of 1st Marking Period?

• Teach students how to interact with non-fiction text.

• What is important? What is the author trying to tell us?

• It is NOT necessarily about the CONTENT.

• It’s about interacting with non-fiction text and the author of the text.

• It’s about reading with specific purpose.