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Week Six: Friday, October 7, 2022

 Welcome: 

Six weeks down already, it's absolutely insane how quickly this first quarter is going! This week marked the beginning of the Make A Difference Day collection & the annual magazine drive for our students. Please think about supporting the North Coventry Food Pantry by donating goods for the collection and our school by purchasing goods from the fundraiser if you can. 

Last Week: 

This past week was all about the documents that helped shape our nation and the ideas behind them as we dove into the Declaration of Independence & the Constitution. Here's a quick rundown of the assignments the students completed in class: 
  • ✅ #024-Friday, September 30, 2022: The students were given some time in class on Monday to finish up the assignment they worked on last week. The students were asked to turn excerpts of the preamble to the Declaration of Independence into either  "text messages" or "Instagram posts" 
  • #025-Group Interest Form: This form was part of a video that the students watched from our Guidance department. 
  • #026-Constitutional Convention Thick Slide: The students were asked to complete a "Thick Slide" assignment to help gain a better understanding of the Constitutional Convention and the goals of the meeting. We'll create these types of slides often throughout the year as they are a great way for students to organize their thoughts and demonstrate what they learn through quick research. 
  • ✅ #027-Principles of the Constitution Thick Slide: We began our investigation of the ideas and guiding beliefs of our nation's founders with this Thick Slide assginment. The students were asked to choose one of the four principles of our Constitution and explain the meaning of it in their own words and add images to the slide to help their classmates understand the meaning. 
  • ✅ #028-The Principles of the Constitution: The students started this assignment on Friday, October 7, and will most likely finish it up in class on Monday. Each student was given the choice to complete a Thin Slide or a Sketch & Tell for each of the four principles by using the work their classmates compiled yesterday.  I talked to the students about this last week and want to be sure you hear it from me--I am NOT expecting the students to finish up this assignment over the weekend unless they REALLY want to. I want the students to enjoy their weekends and time away from school--we can finish it this upcoming week. 
*As a reminder, any assignment marked with a ✅ are graded assginments. 

Next Week: 

This week we'll dive even further into Constittuion when the students investigate the three branches of government. The students will be doing another mastery grid where they will work at their own pace this week. Throughout the weeks to come they will be asked to do the following: 
  • Watch video lectures about each branch of government and take notes. 
  • Complete a Google Form "quiz" that doesn't count as a grade, however, the students will need to score a 100% on the quiz to move forward. This ensures that they have all of the information and knowledge they need to be successful with the other assignments. 
  • An assignment called "iPhones from the Past" to ensure the students understand the thoughts and ideas behind the Separation of Powers. 
  • A sorting assginment meant to ensure the students know the powers and responsibitlities of each branch of goverment. 
  • An infographic assignment in which the students are asked to create a visual aide to help their viewers better-understand the powers and requirements of each branch of government. 

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