We had another great week, despite the early release & late start due to snow. Here's what we've been up to:
Social Studies
- Students ventured further in their teams (corps) on the Lewis & Clark simulation expedition
- Captains calculated mileage, determined latitude/longitude, assigned roles in their corps and assisted others
- Journal writers took notes on their corps ideas about the daily dilemma, researched what Lewis & Clark's actual decision was to that exact dilemma, and wrote a journal entry with all that information
- Interpreters researched a native American tribe, near their corps' location and wrote/illustrated a detailed post card to the president--Thomas Jefferson about this and other details
- Privates completed a variety of tasks including making beaded bracelets, rainmakers, researching Fort Mandan or Clatsop and creating drawings/models, plus much more
- Example Daily Dilemmas: should your corp trade weapons for 20 horses? After a boat tipped over on the river--should your corp try to salvage what they can? Should your corp agree to take along a man named Toussaint Charbonneau, and his pregnant wife? (ask your student what their corp decided to do about each of these dilemmas)
- Took unit 5 assessment, received graded assessment back. Thank you for your additional support at home in helping practice the types of problems that were problematic for your child.
- Started unit 6. Please see the Family Letter Here
- Just introduced the partial quotients division algorithm
- In honor of MLK Day we read a couple books relating to slavery the underground railroad: A Place Called Freedom and Aboard the Underground Railroad
- Read about/discussed the Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, and Civil Rights movement from our Washington Adventure Textbook
- Watched a Youtube video of the Martin Luther King I have a Dream Speech
- Practiced writing more essays and stretching a train of thought by using discussion prompts
- Thank you to Lynne Varner, Leigh Karvasek and Karla Olson for a great Art Docent Lesson last week (see below)
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| Picasso Art Docent Lesson. Students paint a self-portrait, emulating Picasso's rose and blue periods. More pictures here. |
