mrs. amanda pfeiffer room # b- 211 voicemail box # 6605 [email protected]
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Mrs. Amanda Pfeiffer Room # B- 211
Voicemail box # [email protected]
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.