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Ms. McCann – 5^th Grade Homeroom

5^th & 6^th Grade Social Studies

2007-08 School Year

5^th Grade Social Studies

Textbook: Our Nation- Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

Welcome to the Third Floor! We are very excited to welcome you to 5^th Grade! I am very excited about working with your 5^th grader in Social Studies. I have many wonderful and exhilarating projects planned to bring life to American History! We will start with The First Americans-Early Cultures, Native Americans, The Age of Exploration, The 13 English Colonies, and The American Revolution & The Civil War. Our books are brand new this year!

Materials needed for class:

v Hard cover text book

v Spiral notebook

v Pens (prefer erasable)

v Index cards (to write his/her definitions on them)

Student assessment:

v Homework assignments

v Projects (both “in class” and “at home” assignments)

v Class participation

v Quizzes

v Tests

Communication:

v Voice mail will be checked daily

v Homework will be posted on the St. Tars website

v I am posting my grades online using mygradebook.com (please be patient because this takes time to set up! If you or your child notice a problem with the grade posted just let me know and I will look into it.)

Please feel free to contact me whenever a problem should arise or just to catch-up. I am so excited and happy to be working with all of you!

Sincerely,

Miss McCann

6^th Grade Social Studies

Textbook: World History -Journey Across Time– Glencoe

I would like to welcome everyone back to a fun and wonderful year! I am so excited about working with your 6^th grader this year in Social Studies. I have many wonderful and exhilarating projects planned to bring life to our study of World History. We will start our journey by learning about the Early Civilizations. We will then move on to the Ancient World, New Empires & New Faiths. Time permitting; I would also like to touch on the Industrial Revolution, World War I and World War II.

Our books are online. If you would like to check this feature out please go to www.jat.glencoe.com when you get to the site you will be asked to select your book (please choose the purple book). Our book is the 2006 edition. It will then ask for a User Name & Password. The User Name is JAT2006. The Password is Uv8NBZA2. You must type in the exact letters using capital or lower case letters or it will not allow you in. The site also offers study guides and practice quizzes. Take advantage of the site if you can! The book is pretty heavy so it might help!