Hope you're staying warm --- I know kids here at LMS have needed plenty of reminders that weather in the teens is dangerous not just uncomfortable.  Please encourage your student to stash a hat and some gloves in the backpack in the event we needed to go outside for an unplanned drill.


In class this week:


While most classes had time in class - not all students completed Chapter 2 section 1 Civics - the reading checks and the key terms (p30) are due tomorrow - Thursday 11/13.


Chapter 2 section 2 will likely be completed in class.


Continue to encourage work on their 2nd quarter choice book.

Once upon a Tuesday dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, many a quaint and curious assignments for my class......


:) Clearly you can see that we have had a heavy dose of Edgar Allen Poe in class this past week.  It's a lot of fun to introduce such a dark author during the week of Halloween!


This week - we wrapped up Poe with an assignment involving notes from the www.poemuseum.org website and a word cloud in the shape of a Raven.


Today we continued with our study of religious tolerance as a corner stone of American democracy with a look at the Salem Witch Trials.


Additionally, in honor of Voting Day - we looked at the legacy of Susan B. Anthony and read a short story on her life.


Your student should bring home a Civics book today --- these books are to stay at home until the end of the year.


Students need to complete Chapter 1 section 2 reading checks and the 2 questions on religious tolerance by the first 20 minutes of class tomorrow. 


Chapter 2 section 1 and possibly section 2 reading checks  will be due on Friday.