Welcome.  I am your middle school QUEST teacher.  Teaching has been my career for 28 years.  I have taught 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and remedial math at the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade levels.  Five years ago I added the gifted program to my list of teaching accomplishments.
I really enjoy teaching this class and hope that you will enjoy it as much
as I do.

Rules

1.  Complete all assignments on time.
2.  Keep behavior in check so as not to keep others from learning.
3.  Use respect at all times (yourself, your classmates, and property).

Consequences

1.  Warning
2.  Student will be sent back to the regular class and prepare a short
     writing about the importance of proper behavior in the QUEST class.
3.  Teacher/Parent/Student conference
4.  Office Visit

 

   5th Grade :  Students have finished New Atlantis.  They did
                         an awesome job on all projects.  We are going to
                         be doing some critical thinking skills, logic puzzles,
                         and some math for about a week.  Then we will
                         begin a new unit called Game Factory.
                          
                                         

   6th Grade :   Students are on to their next unit of study.  It is
                          called Mummy's Message.  They will move about
                          on a game board that looks like the inside of a
                          pyramid.  Students will complete 3 projects while
                          earning hieroglyphic cards.  The final step is to
                          use their hieroglyphic cards to translate a message
                          completely before the team they are competing
                          against translates the same message.  In the end,
                          students should know a lot about Ancient Egyptian
                          History.
                    
                            
                            

                           

    7th Grade:  Students have started a new unit called Warlords
                          of Japan.  We are going back in time to the mid
                          1500's to Feudal Japan and the age of the Samurai.
                          There are 6 clans each living in a different castle.
                          Through activities, each clan will earn the right to
                          move about the map and take over provinces and
                          other castles in order to win the title of Shogun.
                           
      

                          

                          

                       

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  5th:   1 Nonfiction
               1 Author Choice: Korman, Paulsen, Dahl, or Hahn
               1 Fiction Book Project             

      6th:   1 Nonfiction
               1 Author Choice:  Korman, Paulsen, Dahl, or Hahn
               1 Fiction Book Project

      7th:  1 Nonfiction
               1 Author Choice:  Korman, Paulsen, Dahl, or Hahn
               1 Fiction Book Project
          
                **AR Quarter 4 will end May 4th. Don't let
                    the time get away from you!!

               *Students should focus on requirements first.  Together
               we will choose a goal that best suits their needs for the
               remainder of the quarter.

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