Text: Lone Star: The Story of Texas – If lost or damaged ...



Students and Parents,

Welcome to Macario Garcia Middle School. My goal for this year is for every student to be successful in Texas History; I am working for 100 percent success. I have listed the various classroom expectations and procedures necessary to help us reach this goal. I can be contacted at (281) 634-3224, or by EMAIL kelly.fay@fortbend.k12.tx.us

Text: Lone Star: The Story of Texas – If lost or damaged the cost for the textbook is $60.00.

Other Resources: We will utilize a variety of primary and secondary source materials including-novels, biographies, autobiographies, speeches, letters, songs, journals, maps, graphs and artwork.

Topics: The topics covered in this course will be based on Fort Bend I.S.D.’s curriculum framework, TAKS objectives and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) guidelines

Class Requirements: Each student will be responsible for keeping his/her assignments in the Garcia school planner. Homework will be posted daily on the board, and the students will be required to copy the assignments in their planner. All TEST REVEIWS MUST BE COMPLETED THE DAY AFTER IT IS HANDED OUT. IF NOT COMPLETE THE STUDENTS WILL LOSE POINTS TOWARD THEIR TEST.

Interactive Student Notebook: Each student will be required to keep an Interactive Student Notebook (ISN). This is a student workbook and can be taken home at anytime, and always available for parents to view. The students will complete daily warm-ups and activities, journal writings, self-expressions, and class notes in the ISN. A major grade will be taken on specific activities contained in the ISN each nine-week reporting period. There will be an assigned page for students to record their grade in to see how and where they are at.

Supplies:

1 ½” 3 Ring Notebook with clear plastic cover on front

1 Box of Tissue (bring to school)

Grades: The nine weeks average will be determined from the following types of grades.

DAILY GRADES – 50%OF THE NINE WEEKS AVERAGE,

Study Questions, Worksheets, Class Participation, Class Activities, and Daily reading Quizzes

MAJOR GRADES – 50%OF THE NINE WEEKS AVERAGE

Projects, Tests, Interactive Student Notebook

TOPICS COVERED

1st Nine Weeks

Geography, Native Texan Cultures, European Exploration, Spanish Rule, Colonization

2nd Nine weeks

Colonization, Texas Revolution, Semester Exam

3rd Nine weeks

Republic of Texas, Statehood and Immigration, Civil War and Reconstruction, Government and Citizenship

4th Nine weeks

Closing the Frontier, The New Economics, The 20th Century, Semester Exams

School WEB page

My WEB page will be updated daily and will have information that will be helpful both to the parents and student. I will post homework on the WEB page and information that will be informative for the class

Daily Agenda

Class will begin when the tardy bell rings. When the tardy bell rings, students will complete the warm-up. All papers in this class are organized in a composition notebook. The first four pages in the ISN are the Table of Contents. Students are expected to update the Table of Contents, number the papers, and keep the papers in numerical order in the notebook. The Table of Contents is posted daily on the front board. The daily agenda varies from day to day but may include teacher-directed instruction, independent work, cooperative work, video watching, etc.

Makeup Work

When students are absent from class for any reason, the student is responsible for making up any work missed. It is the student’s responsibility to check the ISN Table of Contents and determine what work was missed.

Late Work

I follow the schools late work policy and I will assign Zero’s Aren’t Permitted (ZAP) for students who have not turned in work.

Tutorials

Students will receive a tutorial pass the first week of school for all core classes. They need to staple it into their planner. This pass will be good for the entire year. If they do not have a tutorial pass they will need to have a pass written by you.

PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN THE SIGNATURE PAGE AFTER READING AND UNDERSTANDING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 7TH GRADE HISTORY. KEEP THE SYLLABUS TO REFER TO WHEN NEEDED.

Student Name:____________________________________________

Parent Name__________________________Parent Signature__________________________

EMAIL:____________________________________________

CONTACT NUMBERS WORK_____________________ HOME:__________________________

CELL______________________________ OTHER______________________________

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