Tuesday, October 18, 2011

October 18 - 20

Wednesday is Jersey Day

I am away at a conference for the remainder of the week.  The homework will not be updated for these days so please check your child's agenda if you are looking for daily assignments.

Social Studies 7

We are stepping away from the inquiry project in order to build some background knowledge on three Aboriginal groups: Mi'kmaq, Anishinabe, and Haudenosaunee.  Students will be reading three different articles and completing an organizational form in order to compare how each group used the land, technology,  made decisions and the roles of men and women in the decision making process.  This will give more of a foundation for when we return to their inquiries.

Social Studies 8

Students used critical thinking and historical thinking skills to analyze a painting from the medieval period.  The looked at details to help them identify bias, purpose,  and continuity and change to help them make inferences about the era.

Health 8

Students began identifying which resources they are going to use in their inquiry.  They are to consider which resources they may use, scan through them to see if the resources will work to answer their question, and then identify which resources they will be using for certain.

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