Ms.

Melinda Nordahl
INTRO
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I am a new teacher here at South Jordan Middle School. I was born in Chicago
and raised here in Utah. I graduated from Murray High School and then I attended
BYU for my undergraduate studies which included a double major. The first major
in Piano Performance and Pedagogy and the second was International Law and
Diplomacy with a German area studies minor. I had the opportunity to live in
Europe and study German in Vienna, Austria as well as in Germany (mainly
Hamburg, Germany). I recently went back to school and attended WGU for a
masters degree in teaching Secondary Social Studies. I have worked in Jordan
school district for several years in many jobs such as: a hall monitor, test proctor,
detention monitor, teachers assistant, assistant registrar, substitute teacher, student
teacher and now as a full-time teacher. I have 3 children and I believe a good
education is the best gift parents can give to their children.

You can reach me by email

at:
Melinda.nordahl@jordandistri
ct.org
My website is:
msnordahl.weebly.com
School phone is:
801-412-2900
School website is:
sojomiddle.org

German 2
We will learn vocabulary and sentence patterns for the following subjects this year:

Review German 1- asking for and giving information about yourself and others,
likes and dislikes, compliments, making plans, ordering food and how it tastes
Gifts invitations, offering help, telling where you were and what you bought, gift
ideas
Vacations past events, how you liked something, disappointment or enthusiasm,
giving directions
Healthy living health tips, approval and disapproval, asking for information,
what you are allowed to do
Food favorite foods, preferences, snacks, prices, possessive pronouns
Illness asking about someones health, body parts, pain, asking for and giving
advice
City or Country giving a reason for preference, your dream house,
transportation
Fashion what you like to wear, new clothing words, more color words, catalogs
Interests TV shows, headphones, cars and drivers licenses, future tense
Restaurants suggestions, foreign foods, reading a menu, expressing good
wishes, cultural events

SUPPLIES NEEDED
3 RING BINDER WITH 6 DIVIDERS
COLORED PENCILS
PEN OR PENCIL (S)
PAPER

GEOGRAPHY
This course is required for graduation and is one semester.
We will cover 6 core objectives of Geographic knowledge for todays world:
1) Understanding the world in Spatial terms:
Map types, projections, longitudes, latitudes, weather, absolute,
relative, GIS/GPS, nations/states/territory

2) Students will understand human and physical characteristics of places and

regions:
Government, regionalism, religion, culture
3) How physical processes shape the earths surface:
Land forms, eco systems, vocabulary

4) Human activities:
Distribution/population, migration, economic
interdependence/regions, governance
5) Human-Environment interaction:
Environment, natural resources renewable/non-renewable, human
resources
6) Current events and their significance
SUPPLIES NEEDED
FOLDER OR BINDER
PEN OR PENCIL
PAPER
COLORED PENCILS (OPT)
ACCESS TO NEWS (INTERNET, TV OR NEWSPAPER)
I will provide most of what the students need during class, the best thing that parents can
do to help students in this class is to have discussions about what they are learning in
class and their understanding of current events