Week of Jan. 25th

So we are back ...from some hour and a half trips to Squaw this weekend...Wow
Anyway here is what we are planning for this week...

ELA:  Finish up day for "Pigs as Pets" is Monday- if your child does not finish at school, it is homework... Also Reading is Homework every night.  Students are entering their 2nd week of their new book club book, please ask them about it every week and make sure they are reading Mon-Thur
We will be starting our 2nd Argument Essay Topic on Tue: "Should Children Play Video Games?"

Soc. St: Finish up day for Historical Fiction Short Stories..."Day at the Ziggurat"
We will then finish up Mesopotamia by studying "Inventions" then do a Final Project...
Google Slide Show: Topic "Was Mesopotamia a Civilization?" Prove it using some of the 7 Features of Civilization...Research/Photos/Presentation

Thats all...Mr F

Week of Jan 19th

Short Week Everyone....and it ends with 2 Minimum Days (So be ready)

LA:  We are finishing up Crime Scenes with the focus being "Evidence"
         Argument Essay #1 Pigs as Pets: This is our main focus for the week with a due date on Friday
         *You can check your child's progress in Google Classroom starting Wed

Soc. St:  We are finishing up our Ziggurat Models. After that they will be writing a Historical Fiction Narrative with the Ziggurat being part of the focus for the story.  Check Google Classroom for this assignment as well...

Thanks

Mr F

Week of Jan 11th

Welcome back from a very crowded weekend here in Truckee.  Here is what we will be doing this week...

LA:  Book Club (Lit. Circle Program) Have your scholar finish the book by Thursday!
         Book Club #2 will meet for the last time on Friday Morning

Argument Writing:  Continue with our Socratic Seminar Activities
                                 Practice Citing Textual Evidence
                                 Practice (claim, evidence, warrant) using "Crime Scenes"
                                 Topic: Pigs as Pets (Discussion Time) using "Clock Appointments"
                                 Maybe begin writing Argument Essay #1


Social Studies:  Ziggurat Group Project
                          A. Finish the Model
                          B. Ziggurat Museum Walk with Speeches
                          C. Ziggurat 3D Project Write-up
                          D. Advanced Learner Project:  Chrome Book Challenge

I hope this is a helpful communication tool
THANKS,
Mr Franey

Week of Jan. 4th 2016

Happy New Year

First off, we will be doing an activity to rediscover our personal learning styles and use that to set some new educational goals for 2016!!!

Eng/LA:  Argument writing is the focus.  We will be reviewing "Thesis Statements" and continuing our research on our first topic: Pigs as Pets
Also we will be doing some "Crime Scene Investigations" as a fun way to learn Claim, Evidence, Warrant.

Social Studies:  We will be researching Architecture in Mesopotamia and doing a hands on Ziggurat Project - So please send old playing cards if you can...