Last week, students finished their multimedia campaigns, critiqued their peers' multimedia campaigns, and then reflected on the process. Click here to see some of the amazing multimedia campaigns! From their research, students found that both AR Book Talks and the AR Quizzes have their pros and cons, but it does appear that students are missing the AR quizzes (they say that they are much easier and not as time-consuming as the AR book talks).
Students also started the District Writing Assessment to assess their writing abilities in the argumentative genre of writing. Since it is still early in the year, I am allowing students to use their ELA Reference Notebooks to practice the proper way to write an essay; however, they will not be able to get any other help. Based on their last argumentative essay where the average grade was a B, I am sure that they will do just fine! We will continue this assessment for part of this week and next Monday.
Non-Student Day
Tuesday (Block Schedule 135)
Big Hero 6: Mapping the Hero's Journey
Wednesday (Block Schedule 246)
Big Hero 6: Mapping the Hero's Journey
*Period 2 Goes to Soul Shoppe
Thursday
District Writing Assessment
*Chromebook needs to be brought to school and fully charged!
Friday
District Writing Assessment
*Chromebook needs to be brought to school and fully charged!
AR Log Check (Log/Signature)
*Students need to be reading an AR book that has a reading level of 3.5+ for 30 minutes 5 nights per week. Students need to earn 30 points at every checkpoint (10/16, 12/11, 03/19, and 05/28). Please see the Accelerated Reader Roadmap for more information.
