Mr. G's 8th Grade Social Studies

23 TCAP review 50 (1)

Welcome! I am Blake Grosch. I have a wonderful wife and 3 children. I am excited and nervous as I embark on my 5th year at WBMS. This is my 8th year teaching and I have lived in this area most of my life. I have several beagles, 2 poodles, 3 horses and enjoy the outdoors as often as possible. I also coach baseball here at WBMS. Let us all work together to have a great school year.

-Please check your grades regularly through Skyward using your assigned username and password. If you need assistance with your login information, visit or call our attendance office.

Please check Skyward to ensure your student is passing. They have worked on our TCAP review for 5 weeks (We started in class on 4/1). This started as 117 questions or roughly 8 questions per day. Many students completed this and received a 100. However, this is now 1 week late, and several students have still not started working. For those students to receive a 70 they need to complete the 33 bold questions by only putting the page number the answer is located on from our textbook.

If your student has not completed this, they will have a silent lunch until it is completed. If they choose to skip silent lunch it will be a write up going forward.

Mapping review

https://www.geoguessr.com/vgp/3003

Mapping 2

https://www.geoguessr.com/vgp/3063

The true size of Mapping

https://www.thetruesize.com/#

Future Plans - PowerPoint Slides

3 Jobs

No skill needed (military)

Trade School (military)

College

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3 Place to live (1 can be outside of the US)

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Why live there

Free things to do near

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The average monthly living expenses for a single person in the USA are $3,189, which is $38,266 per year. The average cost for a family of four is $7,095 per month, which is $85,139 per year.

CItizenship Test

https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship-resource-center/naturalization-test-and-study-resources/study-for-the-test/2008-civics-practice-test