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The study guide for the last test of the year is on Mrs. Barnes' blog. The students received this in class today but if they need another copy you will find it there. 

If your child has not returned textbooks, they are due no later than Monday.

All textbooks need to be turned in!  Thank you for checking on this with your students.

Our next Personal Finance Vocabulary quiz will be Friday, May 15, 2009.

Personal Finance Vocabulary Quiz 2

 

1. Short-term goals: goals you plan to achieve in fewer than two months

 

2. Medium-term goals: goals you plan to achieve in two months to three years

 

3. Long-term goals: goals you plan to achieve in more than three years

 

4. Scarcity: the economic problem that exists because of unlimited wants and limited resources

 

5. Saving: the act of putting something aside for later use

 

6. Investing: saving money in order to earn financial return

 

7. Interest rate risk:  the risk that interest rates will rise while you have your income locked into a lower interest rate investment

 

8. Inflation risk: the risk that the rate of inflation will exceed the interest rate you are earning on an investment

 

9. Risk of loss: the risk that the value of your investment will decrease

 

10. Inflation: a general rise in the price level           

 

I hope this will help with the studying.

 

The Personal Finance test will be Tuesday, May 18.  We will give the students a study guide on Friday.

 

This week we have discussed Why stay in school and Why save. We have also talked about short, medium, and long term goals.        

 

 

 

 

 

                                   

Text books are due now.  Please check and see if your child has turned in their text book.

The vocabular quiz  will be Wednesday, May 13,not Tuseday.  The words to know for the test are

1. Opportunity Cost- the next best alternative that is given up when a choice is made.

2. Incentive- a reason or reward that motivates people to behave in a perdictable way

3. Consequence- the result or effect of a person's behavior

4.Income- money earned during a specified period (e.g. $10 per hour or $50,000 per year)

5. Human Capital- knowledge, skills, and experiences that make a worker more productive

6. Wages- income earned from working

7. Trade  off- giving up a little of something in order to get a little more of something else

8. Credit- a way of borrowing money to buy something now and pay for it later

9. Investing - the use of income in a way that allows growth in the future.

10. Saving- tending to keep money; avoiding waste; economical

Australia Test Tuesday, May 5

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The students should have a study guide and answers to the study guide.  Just in case they have forgotten or lost the study guide here it is.  I'm not sure where the name came from??  It is the study guide.

Up coming test

We have finished the CRCT and are almost to the finish line for 6th grade!

We will be finishing up the Australia unit in the next week with a Map of Australia test on Thursday, April 30 and an Australia unit test on Tuesday, May 5.  We are reviewing the map each day in class and the students will receive a study guide for the unit test on Friday of this week.  There are handouts posted to Mrs. Barnes' blog to help prepare for the test.

Please make sure your student has pencils and paper as the year ends.  We are using these every day and they need to be prepared by having these items.   Thank you for checking on this.

CRCT is next week!  There are before school and after school study sessions so check the school blog for the topics of the day. 

Just a reminder that all completion work and correction work on the Liberator Choice Board Project is due this Friday, April 17. Handouts are in an earlier blog and also on Mrs. Barnes' and Mrs. Thornton's blogs.

We are studying Australia at this time. The articles we have been reading are posted on Mrs. Barnes' blog if you need to check your notes or complete them.

The Simpson Shuffle Run/Walk and Health Fair  will be held on Friday, March 27, 4:30-6:30 PM.  Registration forms for the run/walk can be found at the front office and on the Simpson web site www.cobbk12.org/~simpson.   Proceeds will support the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life which raises funds to fight cancer.  Please join us!  Together we can make a difference.

Study Guide - Latin American Governments

There will be 12 questions about Latin American governments on tomorrow's test. Please use the attached study guide and the chart you made in class to prepare. You may use your Fifteen Star Project and the notes from the study guide for the test. Download Study Guide-Latin Am Govt.

There will be 12 questions about Latin American governments on tomorrow's test. Please use the attached study guide and the chart you made in class to prepare. You may use your Fifteen Star Project and the notes from the study guide for the test. Download Study Guide-Latin Am Govt.

Latin American Governments

We will be comparing different types of government in Latin America in class tomorrow. We will make a chart like this one on notebook paper: Download Are all federal governments alike L.A. If you prefer, you may print this at home and bring it with you.

Watch this blog later for copies of handouts we used in class.

We will have a test on the Liberators of Latin America on Tuesday, March 10.

We will be comparing different types of government in Latin America in class tomorrow. We will make a chart like this one on notebook paper: Download Are all federal governments alike L.A. If you prefer, you may print this at home and bring it with you.

Watch this blog later for copies of handouts we used in class.

We will have a test on the Liberators of Latin America on Tuesday, March 10.

Mon. 3/2

Please bring in a box of tissues.  I am running out!!  Thank you.

Most of the students worked very hard in class today to complete the 15-star choice board. They may work on some of the items at home tonight.  I have listed below the items which will be the easiest to complete at home.  I will also allow them to work on the assignment tomorrow in class. Remember tomorrow is early release.

Create 5 vocabulary similes. Remember to be historically correct.(1star)

Complete "Regions of America" worksheet. (2 stars)

Create a timeline of independence in South America using pages 231-235 in text. (3 stars)

Create a one-pager of any section found in the reading of 231-235. Include a title, an illustration, two quotes (if you can), two statements and one question.(4stars)

15 Star Choice Board Information

Below you will find several handouts we are using in class. These may be printed from home if a personal copy is desired. We are very limited in resources at this time to make large quantities of copies.

Download 15 STAR CHOICEBOARD

Download Regions of the Americas

Download Bolivar

Download Hidalgo

Download L'Ouverture

Download Zapatistas

Most of the students worked very hard in class today to complete the 15-star choice board. They may work on some of the items at home tonight.  I have listed below the items which will be the easiest to complete at home.  I will also allow them to work on the assignment tomorrow in class. Remember tomorrow is early release.

Create 5 vocabulary similes. Remember to be historically correct.(1star)

Complete "Regions of America" worksheet. (2 stars)

Create a timeline of independence in South America using pages 231-235 in text. (3 stars)

Create a one-pager of any section found in the reading of 231-235. Include a title, an illustration, two quotes (if you can), two statements and one question.(4stars)

15 Star Choice Board Information

Below you will find several handouts we are using in class. These may be printed from home if a personal copy is desired. We are very limited in resources at this time to make large quantities of copies.

Download 15 STAR CHOICEBOARD

Download Regions of the Americas

Download Bolivar

Download Hidalgo

Download L'Ouverture

Download Zapatistas

Below you will find several handouts we are using in class. These may be printed from home if a personal copy is desired. We are very limited in resources at this time to make large quantities of copies.

Download 15 STAR CHOICEBOARD

Download Regions of the Americas

Download Bolivar

Download Hidalgo

Download L'Ouverture

Download Zapatistas