Weekend Update

Students spent the remainder of this week working on their informational papers and finishing up the Great Depression lesson.  On Friday we watched another short video about Eleanor Roosevelt and students practiced summarizing evidence.  The summary had a set word limit, so students had to be selective about their word choice and write a summary that had only the most important information in it.  

About half of the students have turned in their informational papers and they're due on Monday.  I've already contacted a handful of parents because I discovered during my spot check that some students didn't follow the directions and/or attend to precision.  We complete daily grammar four days a week, so there shouldn't be any careless grammatical errors.  Additionally, I've provided guides for how they are to complete their MLA formatted bibliographies.  Lastly, I've provided notes, books, and electronic sources so they had multiple places to research.

All that being said, please have your child show you their paper in google docs so you can see their progress.  A handful of students chose to handwrite their rough drafts so theirs will be in the SS notebooks. They'll have time on Monday in class to submit it via Edmodo.