Monday, December 3rd

ELA - We read and discussed the Gathering Blue and I introduced their Term 3 Narrative Writing Assessment.  It is due on Wednesday, December 20th and they will have class time to research and write.  We also watched two BrainPOP videos on citing sources and plagiarism.  I informed students that as they progress to middle school, high school, and college they'll be expected to cite their sources and not plagiarize.  I also pointed out that because of the vast amount of internet sources it's become easier for people to plagiarize (regardless of whether it's purposeful or accidental).  Lastly, I told students that it's much easier for teachers to catch students plagiarizing for the same reason.  

Math - I divided students into groups according to how well they did on a quick 3-question formative assessment.  Students who needed extra instruction worked with me (about half of the class) and other students received a workbook assignment and they choose a few problems out of their workbook to model and write a word problem.

Social Studies - Students analyzed the iconic picture below and answered the following questions:

1.Describe the different types of migration occurring in this picture (opportunity, seasonal, forced, escape).

2.Describe WHO is migrating and where they are going.
3.Write your opinion about how these migrations impacted America then and how it shapes who we are now.
Lastly, we worked on our Native American (Trail of Tears) packet.