Happiest of Mondays to you all --- this a short week for the students - they earned it after working so hard on their writing last Thursday and Friday --- most students used both periods on prewriting, drafting, and final drafts --- many took at least 15 - 30 minutes more! I hope we get good feedback from the state so I can share the details with the students but I don't know the timeline for that return at this point.
Block 1 - this week we are working on test taking strategies for map tests - watching a video on mud slides in the Pacific NW -- finishing up a short novel in class and starting on a new unit in the Reader's Journey
Blocks 2 and 3 - we will review for tommorow's map test by going outside and locating map items on an oversized chalk outline of the region. tommorow is the test (54 points!) --- we will also be watching a video, finishing the scoring of their group maps, and working on the first unit in the new literature book -- other than preparing for tomorrow's test, not a lot of homework this week :) Oh, we will also do a group sharing of their book projects that were turned in last week.