First of all I would like to welcome my new 3rd period students to my class.  I know it can be tough to move to a new class 4 weeks into the school year.  Please let me know if I can do anything to ease the transition.
To the parents of my 7th period classes... I am very sorry to be losing your kids!  I have really enjoyed working with them so far this year.  Fortunately they will be well taken care of by Mrs. Selander.  Mrs. Selander was my mentor during my student teaching at SHS.  She has taught the Honors classes at SHS for a number of years.  She currently serves as the Freshman Academy Coordinator, in addition to teaching Global Studies on Team 5.  You can link to her website under the Team 5 Teacher Links tab above.  We will be working together to make sure the transition goes smoothly for your child.

As for my Global 1 classes...
While I have not finished grading the tests from last week, I do see that students are still struggling with labeling map locations.  In order to make sure that every child is successful in learning important geographic and political locations, we will redo the America's map on Thursday of this week.  My goal is to have every one of the students scoring high on map tests. 

The good news is that the preliminary results for the short answer portion of the tests are good.  Students are starting to analyze  countries using geography.  A good way for you to help your child study is to ask him or her about the countries we have discussed.  Talk about each countries trade and political partners, where are the countries located, and what kind of resources do they have.  To thoroughly answer a short answer question, students must be able to discuss each country from multiple perspectives. 

Of course, I am available for tutoring on Tuesdays from 3-4, or by appointment.

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