What we are up to in class:
Week 1 (9/6 - 9/8): Class Room Scavenger Hunt - Learning about our classmates and finding things that
we might have in common. **Three Day Week
Week 2 (9/11 - 9/15): Creating and Presenting Personal Cubes - Identifying strengths, struggles, goals,
family, self description. Practicing listening to others, asking questions, and presenting.
Week 3 (9/18 - 9/20): Introduction to hobbies/interests - Identifying likes and dislikes. Explaining why we like
or do not like an activity. Finding you else in the class enjoys or dislikes the same activities.
**Three Day Week
Week 4 (9/25 - 9/29): Hobby Research Project (Research Stage) - Students have each chosen an activity that
are interested in. They are researching their chosen interest in preparation for
presenting and sharing that interest with the class.
Week 5 (10/2 - 10/6): Hobby Research Project (Creating Stage) - Students have each chosen how they will
present their hobby/interest. Students are using GoogleDocs/GoogleSlides to prepare
their presentations. Students are adding to their presentations each day and receiving
verbal feedback as well as teacher feedback through Google.
Week 6 (10/9 - 10/13): Students are completing their hobby/interest presentations and preparing to present.
Introduction to Current Events: Students have begun exploring Newsela.com and we have begun
discussing the importance of keeping up with current events. Students started reading and
discussing the article Monkeys on island near Puerto Rico struggle to survive after hurricane.
Week 7 (10/16 - 10/20): Students will begin Presenting Research Projects - Students will present/demonstrate/ and
engage the class in their activity. Students will begin Current Events Assignment.
Week 8 (10/23 - 10/27): **Three day week for this class (block schedule for conferences)
Week 9 (10/30 - 11/3):
Week 10 (11/6 - 11/10): **No School
Week 11 (11/13 - 11/17):
Week 12 (11/20 - 11/22): **Three day week for Thanksgiving
Week 13 (11/27 - 12/1):
Week 14 (12/4 - 12/8):
Week 15 (12/11 - 12/15):