Social studies students are in the midst of their unit on “Reconstruction”. We answer the questions: “How did Freedpeople work to secure freedom?”, “Where African-Americans really free after the Civil War” and “How was violence used to overthrow reconstruction?” The terms the kids will learn and are not limited to are Reconstruction Amendments, Lincoln, Radical Republicans, Freedmen’s Bureau, Segregation, Black Codes, Jim Crow Laws, Sharecropper, KKK, Plessy v Ferguson and Civil Rights.  The unit culminates in our final DCA of the year analyzing two differing justice opinions on the Plessy case and how it relates to the Reconstruction amendments. 

Course 3 Math: Davenport & Loshbaugh

April 30: Chapter 10 Test (summative)

May 1: Chapter 9 Retention Test (summative)

May 9: CYU #21 Due (formative)

May 18: Chapter 7 & 10 Retention Test (summative)

May 19: Finish test (if needed) & chromebook collection

May 1: CYU #17 Due (formative)

May 6: Chapter 9 Test (summative)

May 7: Chapter 8 Retention Test (summative)

May 15: Semester 2 Retention Test (student choice on which chapter, summative)

May 18: Semester 2 Final Exam (summative)

April 29: Mid-Chapter 11 Quiz (formative)

May 1: CYU #15 Due (formative)

May 7-8: Chapter 11 & 10 Retention Tests (summative)

May 18: Semester 2 Final Exam (summative)

We are learning all about clothing and revisiting seasons and weather as we discuss what we wear during those seasons.  Our final assessments will be May 13, 14, and 15.  Students will demonstrate their skills in speaking, listening and reading. Please reach out to either of us if you have any questions. Thank you!

Students are reading: Neue Konversation, neue Komplikationen. We’re working on describing characters and summarizing what we’ve read in German. Then we will prepare for finals- which will span several days. Reading will be May 15th, Speaking and Listening are May 18 and 19. The Writing test will be May 20th.

Students just finished the novel study, Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz and will now be moving on to a final project to wrap up our unit. Our quarter unit focuses on the essential question: What responsibility does the individual have to society? There is no DCA essay this quarter. We will begin working on our final summative assignment, a Social Responsibility project, Monday, May 4th. Students will create an infographic to demonstrate how we can be socially responsible about current issues in our own lives.

Students are working to read Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani. Our quarter unit focuses on the essential question: What responsibility does the individual have to society? There is no DCA essay this quarter. We will begin working on our final summative assignment, a Social Responsibility project, Monday, May 4th. Students will create an infographic to demonstrate how we can be socially responsible about current issues in our own lives.

Rewards Plus: We just finished testing over Unit 12- Earthquakes.  Please talk with your student and check Synergy to see how they are performing on the assessments.  We started a new unit yesterday where we will be reviewing the many writing and reading strategies and skills we have been practicing throughout the year using a story about “Weather”. 

Rewards Secondary: We just finished a unit where we used scientific claims to review all the reading and writing skills we have been practicing.  Today we continued with our unit on two refugees, Aluel and Gabriel.  We will be using the skills and strategies we have been learning throughout the year as we learn more about their journey.

****Please encourage your child to read at home, practice fluency and practice spelling words.