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Week Seven: October 14, 2022

Welcome: 

It's that time of year again--the annual fundraiser & Make a Difference Day drives are in full swing so please be sure to help support our school and community if you are able with either of these two drives. It's also time for this year's Spirit Week since next week is Homecoming! To the left is a schedule of what each spirit day will entail. 

We were finally able to get back to a normal schedule of inspirational videos this week and I got to show another one of my favorites. This week's video is another TED Talk and it features Mark Bezos. While Mark may not be as rich and famous as his brother Jeff, he is certainly no less impressive! Mark talks about a valuable lesson he learned about helping others as a volunteer firefighter. I hope you watch and enjoy the video!


 

This Past Week: 

  • Monday: Monday was my last day out--as I was traveling home from Wisconsin the students were working on finishing their ✅ #028-Principles of the Constitution assignment from Friday and then beginning to dive into their #030-Three Branches Mastery Grid. 
  • Tuesday: Tuesday was all about making sure the students were understanding the work they did and the content we were discussing. We started class by doing a Google Form to let the students tell me where they were and how they were feeling about the assignments. They were then given time to complete the content videoes and notes in #030 today. 
  • Wednesday: The goal for today was for the students to complete #031-Mastery Check once they finished the videos. Once the students scored a 19/19 on the check they were able to move on to complete an assignment called #032-Historical iPhones. 
  • Thursday: The students started the day with a Quizlet Live--this was a fun way to get the working together to review some of the key content about the Three Branches that they will see again on the Civics Exam. Once 
  • Friday: The students in my periods 1, 4, and 5 classes started working on #033-The Powers of the 3 Branches today while the students in periods 2 and 8 started working on their Infographics about the Three branches of government. This is the culminating product for the Mastery Grid and will be graded. 

Next Week 

Social Studies (1, 4 & 5) 
Next week will see the students finishing up their Three Branches Mastery Grid and then moving on to discuss the Bill of Rights.  We'll discuss the work they did on #033 early in the week, plan out infographics and then have time to create their infographics for ✅ #034-Three Branches Infographic assignment early in the week. In addition to finishing up their Mastery Grid, we will continue to review for the Civics Exam that will be held on November 4. 

Honor's Social Studies (2 &8)
The students will start the week by finishing their ✅ #034-Three Branches Infographic on Monday before moving on to the final piece of the Mastery Grid called "A More Just Middle School." The rest of this week the students will be looking into how they would go about restructuring our middle school so that it would mirror the principles of our Constitution. The students will have the option to work alone or in groups and will be asked to present their plans at the end of the week. 


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