Wednesday, April 22nd

Testing is going well.  Today students took the writing portion and I was pleased to see that students used the writing process to produce their essays.  Tomorrow students will take math, and on Friday they will take the science portion of the test.  On Monday, they will finish with social studies.

Our testing time is 10:00am-12:30pm and our lunch is at 1:00pm  Please feel free to send in a snack for your child since we are eating lunch later than usual.

We are continuing our study of the Cold War.  Yesterday we read about Joseph McCarthy and the causes and effects of his witch hunts.  Today we discussed the causes of the Vietnam War.

Source:  "Tail Gunner Joe"  History of US:  All The People since 1945

Source:  "French Indochina"  History of US:  All The People since 1945

We are continuing our work with Exhibition.  The groups are creating their research questions and organizing them into categories based on the concept lenses.  Ms. McFaddin and I are teaching mini-lessons to review proper research techniques, and next week they will begin researching and working with their mentors.  

If you are available to be a mentor, please let Ms. McFaddin or me know.  We still need one more person!