Monday, December 2nd

ELA - We reread the last chapter of The Giver and discussed whether Jonas and Gabe lived or died based on evidence from the text.  Since Lois Lowry did not explicitly state what happened to the two characters, we had a lively debate about what we think actually happened.  Students also received their vocabulary words for the week.  They must complete their sentences and pictures for homework and the assessment is on Friday.  The words are also on the quizlet site; click on the link to the right to find the notecards.

Social Studies - We read the textbook entry about the Battle of Little Bighorn and the Wounded Knee Massacre and identified the main events leading up to and surrounding these two parts of American history.  Then students read two additional articles and constructed an emotional timeline that compared/contrasted the viewpoints of the U.S. government and the Sioux Indians.

 To practice the emotional timeline we analyzed some Civil War Events

We will have MAP testing at 12:25pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week.