Midweek Update

Between now and the end of the term students will be working on their informational papers.  I went over the rubric and students began researching today.  We will focus on researching for the rest of the week.  

During social studies this week we are focusing on our lines of inquiry:  perspective, change, and causation.  Yesterday we read about the Emancipation Proclamation.  During the reading, students discussed and took notes about Lincoln's perspective when he wrote and issued the document. We then talked about what changed in the country as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Today we read a passage entitled, The Soldiers, and students identified the different perspectives of Civil War soldiers.  After that discussion, we took notes on how warfare changed as a result of the Civil War.  

Tomorrow we will read about President Lincoln's assassination and the perspectives of people as they transitioned to life after the Civil War.  We will use the text to add to notes we already have about the end of the war and we will use our discussion to transition to the next history standard that deals with Reconstruction.

Announcements

As a reminder, homework is due tomorrow and the Civil War assessment is on Friday.  Also, I will need parent volunteers next Friday (October 24th) to assist with paper reviews.  I'll need volunteers from 8:15am-9:00am during Ms. McFaddin's ELA time, and at 10:45am-11:30am I'll need volunteers for my homeroom's ELA time.  The reviews are expected to be quick - circle obvious spelling errors, point out incorrect facts, and ask questions about unorganized information (if any).  If I have 2-3 parents per session that would be excellent.  Please email me if you are interested.

Tuesday's indoor recess - after the jumping jacks, running-in-place, and jazz hands rotations, we played games.  Shout-out to the parents of my first 5th grade class who donated all of the games to my class!