About me...

Well we're one week in and I have about 70% of my kids names memorized. Since I'm working on learning about your kids, I thought you might like to know a little about me. I grew up on a dairy farm north of Melrose and graduated in 1995 from Melrose High School. I then attended St. Ben's and received my bachelors in elementary education with an emphasis in social studies. I was hired to teach 3rd grade in 1999, the next two years were spent in 5th and 6th grade. The following year I was asked to teach 7th grade social and I have been here ever since! I love teaching in the middle school, the kids are crazy, loud, fun and excited to be here. There is never a dull moment with 7th graders. I received my masters degree in education in 2005 from Southwest Minnesota State University. My husband Ben and I live on a dairy farm (the same on I grew up on) and have three kids. Sam is in second grade, Grace is in kindergarden and Max is 17 months old. I think this is going to be a great year!

Welcome Back!

Whew! We successfully made it through the first day of school. Hopefully your kids are as tired as I am and go to bed early tonight. (At least that's my plan!) Today I gave each of the students a class syllabus. Please take some time to review this with your child, there is a sheet for you to sign and return by Friday. Please feel free to contact me anytime if you have questions, comments or concerns.

It's baaaack...

Well the countdown to school has begun! As much as I hate to see summer go, I am also excited to meet a new group of students and try some new things in my classroom. See you soon!

Second Semester

Welcome to second semester!  We started the semester with an easy assignment.  I am asking you to review the syllabus with your child, sign it, and have them return it to school.  There is really only one change from last semester.  At the end of each unit any missing assignments will go to a zero.  

We are wrapping up our economics unit this week by talking about different types of economies (command, market and traditional) and supply and demand.  There is a quiz on Thursday, the students were given a study guide on Monday. 

Next week we will start our White House unit, which has always been one of the kids favorites!  More on that to come...  

Welcome!

I started this blog as a way for parents and students to stay up to date on what's happening in seventh grade social studies.  I can't promise daily updates, but I can promise that I will try to post when I get the chance.  My hope is to post assignments, classroom activities and other "what's happening" information.  Please remember this is entirely a work in progress.