Congratulations!

Exams are over - you made it through Quarter One!


For those of you who might like a head start, you can start reading/previewing what's coming up next week:
6th Grade - Chapter 4: Early Empires
7th Grade - Chapter 4: The Colonies Develop (we'll see which of your colonies survived the long winter!)
8th Grade - Chapter 18: Reconstruction (You may want to review Chapters 15-17, The Civil War)


Get some rest, and get ready for Quarter Two ... I'll see you on Monday, ready to go!


... in the meantime, it's a big game for my Spartans this weekend - GO MICHIGAN STATE!! :)

8SS Constitution Review Schedule

8th Graders, the Constitution Exam is on Thursday, October 7th - giving us just over a week to study! Here are some review times - you should attend at least one of them. You may attend as many as you wish.

Monday's review session is mandatory for anyone who does not already have a "B" average on tests so far this quarter (check the list by my classroom door)

- Thursday, Sep 30th: 7:20am - 7:45am (No pass needed, I'll leave a note in the cafeteria excusing you)

- Monday, October 4th: 3:45pm - 4:20pm. (I'll be here until 4:45pm if you'd like to stay longer)

- Thursday, Oct 7th: 7:20am - 7:45am (The morning of the exam)

PLEASE let me know if you have any questions. Remember, there will be a celebratory breakfast for anyone who scores at least an 88% on the exam!!! :)

Extra Credit

psssst! Looking for extra credit?

Scroll down a little bit to see the entry I posted on Sep 12th - that extra credit assignment is still open for all students, but must be completed by the end of this week - Friday, October 1st!

Let me know if you have any questions!

8SS Review!

8th Graders, we have our next Constitution Quiz tomorrow, Sep 15th. If you'd like to come upstairs and review with me in the morning, I'll be hosting a review session at 7:25am. Just go into the cafeteria and let the supervisors know you are an 8th grader going to my room, and you should be just fine!



This is a picture from an impromptu review session after school today ... the girls were reviewing the separation of powers amongst the three branches by using flashcards!

Extra Credit!

A quick, easy extra credit opportunity, for all of my students:

- Go to www.classzone.com
- Find your textbook
- Click on "Current Events"

Take the Weekly current events quiz.
Then email me your results! Include the topics of whichever questions you got right.
(Example: I got 3/5 correct. The ones that I got right were about the NFL, the oil spill, and hurricane season.)

That's it! Good luck :)
~ Ms. Michalak

Happy Friday! / 7SS ECO

Happy Labor Day weekend, everyone!

- Remember that we do not have school on Monday. I'll see you Tuesday morning bright and early, cheerful, with all of your homework completed :)

7th Graders, read below for an extra credit opportunity:
- Log into www.classzone.com
- Select your textbook, then use the pull down menu in the left corner to select Chapter 2
- Click "Animated Maps"
- Click on the 3rd one: "Chapter Two: North America"

There is a series of questions on 4 different slides. You should write down the answers to each of the questions. You may either email them to me (michalake@psmnow.com) or write them down on looseleaf and bring them in on Tuesday morning.

- Using the yellow arrow in the top right corner, go through each of the 4 slides
- Answer each of the questions (email or looseleaf). For slide #4, it tells you to move around to a corner of the room - don't do that! Just select one of the 4 options, and explain why you chose that one.

Email me if you have any questions!

Have a GREAT weekend everyone :)

Extra Credit - TONIGHT!

Good afternoon!

This evening, President Obama will be delivering a presidential address to the nation. From what I understand, the topic is to be about how the last of the combat troops have left Iraq and what that means for us as a country. You can find out more about this today here, at the White House official website.

If you would like to earn extra credit, here is what you need to do:

1. Watch the President's address
It will begin at 7pm Central Standard Time (here in Chicago).
It will be on all major news stations - ABC, NBC, etc. Channels 2, 4, 7 ...

On looseleaf paper:

2. Summarize what the president talked about in his speech. The summary should be at least 6 sentences.

3. Write down 3 observations / questions you have about the speech, the topic, or anything the president said.

... turn it in to me on Wednesday or Thursday!