Ms. Tuttle

Week 4 - Monday, August 31

LA - We began a daily journal writing and introduced the narrative writing assignment, which is due on Thursday

AC LA - We collected the dependent clause puzzle and gave credit for workbook page 162.  We also started jounalling and brainstorming for the "How I Paid it Forward" writing assignment.  There will be a quiz about last week's sentence structure lessons.

SS-We viewed a powerpoint presentation about Georgia's prehistoric Native Americans and filled out a graphic organizer.  Vocabulary was collected.

AC SS - Vocabulary was collected.  We previewed chapter 3 and started working in groups to create a Jeopardy game about Georgia's Native American people.  Students should complete guided reading 3.1 and begin Current Events #2, which is due on Friday.

AC SS - Prehistoric Cultures

Download this Jeopardy template and save it as the names of your group members in the "Tuttle 7th hr" folder on the student drive.
Download Jeopardy template

Online Social Studies Textbook

Link to the online textbook.

Email Ms. Tuttle if you can't remember the password or need help navigating the site.

kimberly.tuttle@cobbk12.org

LA - Narrative Structure

Take careful, handwritten notes on the PowerPoint below. 
Download Elements ppt (cinderella)

Week 3, August 24-28

To view Ms. Tuttle's weekly assignment schedule, click the link below.
Download Week 3

Transportation

Transportation throughout history
Transportation maps

Writing activity sites
Hartsfield-Jackson Airtport
National Highway System
Georgia Ports Authority
Georgia Freight Rail Transportation 

Problems and Solutions

Air and Rail Issues

Urban Transportation Issues

Highways and Road Issues

Port of Savannah - Shipping

Week 2, August 17-21

Language Arts

• Grammar workshop
  • LA - Independent and dependent clauses
  • AC LA - Simple, compound, and complex sentences
• Vocabulary
• Reading Raymond's Run
• Media Center orientation
• Million word challenge and vocabulary quiz

Georgia Studies

• Review time lining (1st hour only)
• Mapping Georgia's physiographic features
• AC - Current events #1 is due on Friday

Welcome Back to School! Week 1

I hope all of you have had a great summer break and are rested and ready for 8th grade!  We are going to have a great year.  I enjoyed meeting those of you who came to Meet and Greet and I'm looking forward to meeting everyone else.  We have alot to learn so please come to school Monday ready to work.

Tenative Agenda for Week 1

Language Arts and AC LA

• Syllabus and class procedures/expectations
• Summer Reading Projects are due Monday 8/17

• Shining Moment

• Vocabulary

• Benchmark 1 Pretest

• Million Word Challenge

Georgia Studies and AC SS

• Syllabus and class procedures/expectations

• ABCs of Georgia

• Textbooks

• Unit 1 Pretest

• Textbook Orientation and Timelining (6th hour only)

• Begin Mapping Project (7th hour only)

• Personalized Plates Activity