Here are the plans for the week!
Monday – All right then, so on Monday we finalized our groups and topics for the Quarter 3 Project. I also made two homework assignments. The first was for the students to create a timeline. We talked about it in class on Monday, and they’ll get a rubric to take home. Lastly, the students will get the guided reading worksheet for chapter 8. Both of these assignment will be due on Thursday! I know that’s two assignments on the same day, but I put in extra classwork time in during the week so the students won’t get too swamped with homework.
Tuesday – On Tuesday we’ll check the Critical Facts Notebook, and we’ll take a quiz over the contents of the notebook. The students should have 69 facts written into their notebook so far. I’ll give the next batch of Critical Facts to the students at the end of the class, and if there is any time left the student can work on getting them into their notebooks.
Wednesday – There’s a lot of work today, so I decided to give the students Wednesday as a workday. They may work on their timeline, or the GR8, or their Q3 Project. However, that must complete both the GR8 and the timeline before working on their Q3 Project.
Thursday – The Guided Reading for Chapter 8, and the Student Timeline are both due at the beginning of class. We’ll use the Guided Reading to go over the main points of the chapter. The students will take notes. It will be awesome!
Friday – On Friday we’ll discuss the contents of Chapter 8 in full. There will be more notes. The kids just love taking notes. No, really. Sort of. Well, maybe not. But I’ll make sure the students know what I want from them on the test (which will be next Tuesday).
And that will wrap up our week! If you have any questions please drop me a line, as always, at [email protected]. Don’t just reply to this e-mail.
Robert Mathis