IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Dear Cherokee Families, Missouri Law requires all incoming 8th graders to have a Tdap vaccine unless they have received a Td booster within the last 2 years. For your convenience a FREE immunization clinic will be held at Cherokee on Friday, May 4. To participate in this free clinic you must bring in the letter you received earlier this week along with your immunization record and the signed consent form to our nurse by Thursday, May 3. If you have already received the Tdap or booster shot please make sure we have a copy of that record here at school. Students will NOT receive their 8th grade schedule until we have record of the Tdap or booster on file in our office. If you have any questions please call Nurse Van Someren at 523-7200. Thank you,

Week of April 23-27

Hope you enjoyed your LONG weekend! This week in Social Studies... Monday: Geo Wk 30, review scientists, Scientist Revolution Quiz Tuesday: Guided reading questions and discussion. Wednesday: Teacher directed ppt with graphic organizer “One Big Idea” for note-taking, writing a letter as if they are on Columbus’ ship. Thursday: Spanish Explorers notes and interactive review. Friday: Channel one, grade Daily Geo and current event presentations. Jeopardy game to review for test! TEST ON MONDAY! Have an amazing week!!

Week of April 16-19

This week in Social Studies:
MONDAY: Create posters based on the scientist and their invention of your choice.
TUESDAY: Partner presentations of posters.
WEDNESDAY: Begin our study of the explorers. Write a letter as if you were a worker on Columbus' ship. Use pages 518-519 in text as a resource.
THURSDAY: Explain exploration terms and names using pages 511-526.
FRIDAY: NO SCHOOL!

Enjoy your long weekend! Get some rest and relaxation.

Week of April 9-13

Hello! This week I, Mr. Tyson will be teaching the unit of Scientific Revolution. I moved into Mrs. Mooney's class about 4 weeks ago from Mrs. Merrigan's classroom. I will be in Mrs. Mooney's class for another 4 weeks before leaving and graduating! The week goes as follows.

Monday: Had a brief powerpoint overview of the Scientific Revolution, no homework.
Tuesday: Students' will be doing a guided reading assignment with their textbooks, any work not finished by the end of the period is homework.
Wednesday: We will being doing a reading strategy on Galileo and his life, students may have to do some reading at home.
Thursday: Finish up Galileo reading discussion and move onto scientist research, no homework.
Friday: We will be in the computer lab doing research on the Scientific Revolution scientist, students may have some research to do at home.

Have a great week, thank you!

Mr. Tyson

Week of April 2-6

Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a relaxing weekend. We are getting geared up for Map Testing which starts tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Make every effort to have your child in school. Encourage them to get plenty of rest and eat breakfast before they come. We will offer a light snack, but they need to bring their own drinks.

This week in Social Studies:
MONDAY: Computer Lab - research famous people of the Reformation and write descriptive paragraphs for each of the 6 people.
TUESDAY: Map testing in the morning. We will begin the movie "Luther" in class.
WEDNESDAY: Map testing in the morning. Complete the movie "Luther".
THURSDAY: OPEN BOOK test over the Renaissance and Reformation.
FRIDAY: Grade tests, check Daily Geo for the week, and current event presentations.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!