Thursday, October 23rd

Students completed a sharecropping simulation today and discussed the sharecropping poverty cycle. We had an interesting conversation about the differences between the sharecropping system and slavery.  Then students read a passage from, Into the Land of Freedom, a book that details the lives of African Americans during Reconstruction.  They used this information, and their experiences during the simulation, to create a thought map about the experiences of sharecroppers.

Then students worked on their informational papers and we a few more pages in Gathering Blue.

Tomorrow is the day that parent volunteers are coming in to help with paper reviews.  Some students have rough drafts ready; however, some students are still in the research phase.  So tomorrow will be a check in day for all students to share their progress with me, Ms. Ehmer, or a parent volunteer.