Take a Peek at Our Week!

I hope you were able to get outside and enjoy the warm weather on Thursday! We took a class walk during recess to get some fresh air and get rid of our extra energy. It was amazing! We are all looking forward to more outside time...hopefully it's coming soon!

In writing, we completed our second argument essays! Monday, we will peer edit and I will score the essays using our argument rubric. This feedback will help students focus on goals for improvement in order to help them prepare for our argument writing assessment which is coming up in a few weeks!

We continued our work analyzing multiple resources to help us make informed decisions on where we stood on various topics (homework, television, contact sports). In order to prepare for next week, students utilized "Sign Up Genius" in order to select a debatable topic they were interested in analyzing (professional athlete salaries, birthday presents, healthier lunches, and the pros/cons of boredom). Our reading groups will be "mixed up" according to the topics selected....it will be a nice change of pace to read and discuss with new friends!

In individuals & society, we finished our discussion on the constitution. We watched a short video and dug deeper by reading an article and completing a 3, 2, 1 activity. Students identified 3 things they learned from the article, 2 questions they still had, and identified 1 personal connection to the topic. We discussed the 3, 2, 1 activity at the end of class to close out the lesson. Next week, we will be analyzing and discussing the Preamble and Bill of Rights!

Have a wonderful weekend and Happy St. Patrick's Day!!