Regents Date, Time, & Instructions

Your Regents Exam is on 

Monday, June 3rd

at 8 am

(NOT 9:15 as the state has posted on it's schedule.)  

Take your regular bus to shool at the regular time.

Remember,, if you are late, you do not get that time back - you lose that time on the Exam.

You MUST have:
- This year's school ID
- At least 2 identical standard blue or black pens (no gel pens or erasable ink!)
- Your seating assignment

You CANNOT have:
- Electronics of ANY kind, including wireless earbuds
- Backpacks or large pocketbooks (you will be required to check them with Security at the Front Lobby & pick them up later)
- Review books, notes, flashcards, etc. in the gym (toss them on your way out if you brought them to study with before your exam)

Be sure to follow the school dress code but dress for the weather.  The gym gets very stuffy & hot, but all school dress codes apply.  Don't get sent out of a Regents Exam for inappropriate clothing!  

Regents Review Plan, read to the very end for supply list

I have spent the weekend thinking & brainstorming about how to best use our time to tackle Regents Review this year, since we know so little about the exam.  I think I have a plan that will use our last weeks together most effectively.  It incorporates content, which I refuse to abandon, as well as the skills you're been practicing all year, which are required to come close to passing this exam.  

PROS:
- Maximize our time for the greatest benefits
- Content review necessary for all parts of the exam
- Practice with the new style of multiple choice questions
- Practice with CRQs
- Proactive writing your thesis statement for your EI
- You still get flash cards to take home & study
- The harder you worked this year, the easier review is going to be for you

CONS:
- Review is NOT "reteach" or "relearn," it is "remember."
- If you didn't do your work &/or learn any topic when we did it, you;re n you're own. (To be fair, this is not new because of this exam, this is ALWAYS the way review has been handled.  Start watching YouTube videos if this is you!)
- If you aren't in class, you miss any skills we practice
- There is no going back, there is no make-up work, there are no notes or flash cards posted online
- If you aren't in class, you miss any flash cards we make.  Nothing is posted online.
- The less you worked this year, the harder review is going to be for you

So...here is the plan:
- Flash cards for content in class (see required supplies for class below.)
- Different review cards (my personal content flash cards) will be used only in Friday reviews. 
- Practice exams until we run out of time

We start the day after we finish the curriculum (or when I decide we need to start, which ever comes first.)

REQUIRED SUPPLIES (let's say as of April 25th):
300 lined 3x5 index cards (the less you know the more you'll need)
Dividers or Tabs for your index cards
3x5 index card box (fits 300 or more cards)
Standard Blue or black pens - NO GEL PENS WILL BE ALLOWED IN CLASS AS OF 4/29.

Any questions?  See or email me before Break.

Absent When Review Books Were Distributed?

Review books were handed out at the start of class Friday.  If you were absent or late to class, you will need to come to 1823 before 7:15 before Friday of this week to sign for your book.  Time was already taken out of class Friday, no further time will be spent distributing review books during class.

Starting Friday I will be swapping extra books with other teachers, so be sure you follow these instructions.  

As stated Friday, do not lose our book as no extras will be given out.  Keep them home until I tell you to start bringing them to class, and do NOT do the assignments in the book, also as discussed.

QUIZ 4/18: Ch 33 Vocab

Vocabulary Quiz on these on Thursday, 4/18.  

Your words will be due at that time.  

You may write them out as a list on paper 

OR 

you may write each on a flash card 

(use a flashcard for the required homework heading.)   

Required homework heading must be used.  

Use your knowledge, notes, online textbook, handouts, or the Internet to find the definitions.

Homework Heading (required on all work submitted):

Your Name                                                   US History

Class Period                                                Assignment

(in this case, your assignment is Ch 33 Vocab)

If you are making flashcards they MUST be rubber-banded together BEFORE submitting AND BEFORE the bell rings (there are rubber bands behind my desk - ask me!), and you top card must be a heading card (see above.)  You will get extra credit for making flash cards.

Link to Vocab list: 

Copy & paste the link below for the Vocab List (the vocab is after the questions):

http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2014/03/global-ii-chapter-33-questions-vocab.html

Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Tuesday, 4/30.  

Remember: The quiz is timed, it is not the full period, and any time you miss due to lateness 
cannot be made up.p

REMEMBER: ALL PRIOR VOCAB WORDS ARE FAIR GAME FOR THE QUIZ AS WELL!!!.

Clarification for 3rd & 4th MP

1.  All Vocab Quizzes & Vocab HW will count for the 4th MP.
2.  All Participation grades through 4/12 will count for the 3rd MP.
3.  All HWQs through 4/12 will count for the 3rd MP, UNLESS we don;t finish a section on 4/12 & it carries over to 4/15.  If that happens, that section will count for the 4th MP.
4.  All Castle Learning Online Exams due up to & including 4/12 will count for the 3rd MP.  Any due 4/15 or later will count for the 4th MP.  The same goes for the video packets that go with those chapters, due n exam days.

CL Update

FYI, the Castle Learning issue was resolved before the end of 4th period today.

As suggested by your classmates if your MMDD of birthday doesn't work and you have a single-digit birthday try it with MMD.

For example, if your birthday is April 3rd...
(your regular username)0403
OR
(your regular user name)043

Chapter 32 Online Exam

Your Chapter 32 Exam will open Thursday, 4/4 at 5 pm.  It will close on Tuesday, 4/9, at 4 pm.  It is posted in Castle Learning.

Your Chapter 32 video packet(s) is due at the start of class on Tuesday, 4/9.  It will not be accepted late.

A few reminders about your online exams:
1.  There is no make up exam.  You do it online by the time is closes or you miss the exam & will receive a grade of 0.
2.  You can do the exam at school on your free period OR after school when the library is open.  If you need a pass, please bring your agenda book.
3.  "First try only" counts, no partial credit for 2nd choices...because the Regents has & will never work that way.
4.  Any unfinished portion of the exam once it is locked will be like not finishing am exam in class - anything left unanswered will be marked wrong.
5.  Chronic & habitual cutters will receive no credit for online exams.  You must be in class regularly to receive credit.  You will NOT be allowed to earn grades while cutting, since any exam given in class you'd also likely cut (based o your current behavior.)