Thanks for visiting! I'm trying the use of a blog as a tool to reach both parents and students. I hope this site becomes a valuable resource for you. Over time, I hope to add links to websites that we use in class as well as sites that I just find helpful. Eventually, you will find them over to the right.
Thursday and Friday were parent-teacher conferences. I enjoyed meeting many parents and hope to see some of you here online. I plan to arrange my updates by class hour, so ask your child when he/she has me in class if don't already know.
1st/2nd hours (8th grade computers)
This week we finished up reviewing the letter keys. On Monday, we will start typing memos and students will receive a keyboard worksheet. We will have a quiz on Wednesday over the keyboard.
5th/7th hours (Business concepts)
We are currently in a chapter about careers. Last week, students took an interest survey to help them look at potential careers. We also visited www.careerbuilder.com to look at various help wanted ads. Students have picked out two careers of interest and researched them. This coming week, we will fill out practice applications and discuss interviewing. Students will be receiving study guides sometime this week with a tentative due date of Friday, October 2. A test over careers is tentatively scheduled for October 6.
6th hour (Business law)
Last week, students made PowerPoints about Internet law and looked at their first Supreme Court case brief. This week, we will discuss both federal and state court systems. A test over the chapter is planned for sometime the week of October 6.
9th hour (Software applications)
Last week, we started MLA reports. Students are not required to write the report, but type a given report properly formatted using headers, footnotes, work cited page, etc. Most students find it very helpful later in their English classes. No test this coming up week and probably not the next either. I'll keep you posted.
That's it for my first classroom blog post. Please e-mail me for specific questions about your student's progress or for clarification on anything. Thanks!
