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  • Hi everyone! Welcome back from break! I hope you had a great week! You will need a charged iPad tomorrow! Make sure you have it ready. I'm looking forward to seeing you all in the morning! Mr Dorsey
    Jan. 1, 2024, 8:40 p.m.
  • HW 1. Delete slide 7 (thought provoking question) from your slide deck. 2. SCREEN RECORD you telling the story of your empire for slides 1-6. 3. Create a VIDEO of you answering the thought provoking question. 4. If you don't have iMovie on your iPad, upload it from Self Service
    Dec. 8, 2023, 12:27 p.m.
  • You NEED to have your ss notebook with you when you enter the classroom next week. Keep it in your binder! No trips to your locker.
    Dec. 1, 2023, 2:14 p.m.
  • Make sure you are gathering items for Barter Day. You will show the items to your families on Tuesday night, then bring them in on Wednesday.
    Nov. 6, 2023, 5:30 p.m.
  • Hi, an assignment was posted this morning (Paleolithic Ice Age Reading and Q's). This was a mistake and does NOT need to be completed.
    Oct. 25, 2023, 4:10 p.m.
  • There is a reading called Active Reading in Google classroom. It says it is due Monday, but this will be done IN CLASS. It is NOT homework over the weekend.
    Sept. 29, 2023, 10:50 a.m.
  • I sent an email to you today. Please share it with the folks who love you tonight.
    May 30, 2023, 11:52 a.m.
  • Make sure your brochure is finished when you come to class tomorrow. You will not have class time to work on it.
    May 11, 2023, 2:44 p.m.
  • Remember to have a conversation with your family about your plan for the presentation and your visual. They may need time to get materials together.
    March 12, 2023, 9:57 a.m.
  • If you didn't bring your shoes in today, you must have them tomorrow!
    Oct. 17, 2022, 2:41 p.m.
  • Make sure you bring in a second pair of shoes in a plastic bag tomorrow. Think dry thoughts for the week!
    Oct. 16, 2022, 10:38 a.m.
  • Red shirts tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing all of your artifacts for All About Me Day!
    Sept. 29, 2022, 2:25 p.m.
  • All work assigned for the week needs to be complete and submitted by Saturday night. This week, the Golden Age Brochure was due. You need to hand in your paper copy by Thursday. A photo of your notes should be attached to the assignment and submitted in classroom.
    April 12, 2022, 12:55 p.m.
  • All make up work for this week is due Saturday night. This week we turned in the Group Work Assessment, the Athenian Democracy reading, and the Sparta v Athens reading and questions. If you didn't finish the work from Friday's class, that is due on Monday.
    April 1, 2022, 11:30 a.m.
  • Many of you are missing work. I will accept Greek Geography Predictions, Theseus Themes and Lessons, and Iliad Think Sheet and Questions up until Sunday night. I will not give credit after that.
    March 24, 2022, 8:02 p.m.
  • While I have loved having the room decorated with all of your posters and visuals, it's time to clean up. Please take your visuals and posters home by Monday afternoon. Thank you, they look great!
    March 17, 2022, 10:43 a.m.
  • If you would like to get the "current events discussion" assignment off your to do list, feel free to turn it in. It isn't a graded assignment.
    March 10, 2022, 11:10 a.m.
  • At this point, you should have all turned in your blue books. If you did not present in front of the class, you should also have placed a link to your digital presentation on the links page, found in google classroom.
    March 8, 2022, 7:12 a.m.
  • Midterm is Friday. If you have any missing work, you need to have it submitted by Wednesday. Submit it and email me the name of any assignment you have changed. The Otzi work grades and comments will be handed back when we start our next research project.
    Jan. 16, 2022, 8:41 p.m.
  • Remember, social studies classes should go right to the library tomorrow and Friday. Don't go to 307. If you're in my cluster time or IR, you should go there too.
    Jan. 5, 2022, 1:45 p.m.
  • Remember, social studies classes should go right to the library tomorrow and Friday. Don't go to 307. If you're in my cluster time or IR, you should go there too.
    Jan. 5, 2022, 1:45 p.m.
  • Make sure you have Noodletools uploaded from self service for class on Thursday. You need to do this at home.
    Dec. 4, 2019, 2 p.m.
  • Cluster 5 has collected $30 so far for the Pine Street Inn. We have 2 days left to collect as much as we can for those in need. There are over 90 of us in the cluster. If we each donate just a little bit, we could help a lot of people!
    May 22, 2019, 1:23 p.m.
  • Wear your purple Cluster 5 shirts Friday!
    Dec. 13, 2018, 7:29 a.m.
  • Tell the adults who love you to look for an email from Ms Downey with important information about our field trip to the MFA. Permission slips and payment are due Friday and can both be completed online.
    April 9, 2018, 3:42 p.m.