ELA - We went over last week's Literary assessment. I felt that students needed some clarification on theme, inferencing, and summarizing. Lastly, I let students rewrite their answer to the "what is the theme of The Giver so far..." question based on what we discussed. Lastly, I began with this term's grammar standards about subject and verb agreement.
Social Studies -- We kicked off this term's Unit of Inquiry, Where We Are in Place and Time by addressing the question, "what motivates people to move?" I put students into unequal groups based on size, personality, and resources and then after five minutes, I asked, "who would like to move?" Some students wanted to escape their group mates and others wanted the opportunity to use the resources one table had access to. Overall, it was an excellent introduction to the motivations behind migration.
Morning Group
The large group did their best... but it took them more than half of the allotted time for them to even get the first part of the task done.
Fewer Opinions + More Resources = Harmony & Success!
Afternoon Group
One group of students noticed that a smaller group had access to better materials...they were not pleased.
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