Just a heads up:
MONDAY (MARCH 3) AND TUESDAY (MARCH 4) STUDENTS WILL PUT TOGETHER THEIR EXPLORERS NOTEBOOKS. We'll use both Language Arts and Social Studies times on these days, which should give them enough time to [creatively] arrange their individual assignments onto construction paper. Finished books will be due on Friday, March 7.
A finished product like the “Explorers Notebook” shows the students’ ability to showcase their knowledge both critically and creatively. Just as students learn the importance of completing their work, they need also to develop interesting ways to express their ideas with effort and originality.. Simply said, a completed product clearly illustrates the quality of student thinking.
ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF
FEBRUARY 24--28
READING
Be reading! Book projects due on Friday, February 28th!
SPELLING
Monday: Pages 93-94
Tuesday: Pages 95-96
Wednesday: Guidance
Thursday: Pages 97-98
Friday: Edit Persuasion piece
SOCIAL STUDIES (Fifth Grade/Sixth Grade)
Monday/Tuesday: Postcards from Balboa and Magellan
Wednesday/Thursday: Search for the Northwest Passage
LANGUAGE ARTS
Monday:
Reason 2 with details (Fifth Grade)
Reason 2 with evidence (Sixth Grade)
Tuesday:
Reason 3 with details (Fifth Grade)
Reason 3 with evidence (Sixth Grade)
Wednesday: "Polish" this much of your paper
Thursday: Create a "clincher" -- be sure it includes the "So what?"
Friday: Edit for GUM and type final draft.
