Next week in ELA, we will be continuing with the small group learning for Unit 3. We will be reading a memoir “From an American Childhood” and practicing vocabulary, and answering comprehension questions. We will also be analyzing the photo gallery on Urban Farming and students will be creating their own multimedia presentations to share with their group.
This week, we began our unit on the Great Depression. We read some interesting first-person perspective articles on living during the Great Depression. The students engaged in some very purposeful conversations. Next week, we will continue with the Great Depression and study the dust bowl. The skill we will focus on will be using context clues to help us understand the meaning of unfamiliar words. Students will do this through a carousel activity and by creating some of their own “nonsense word” activities.
This week, we finished Unit 3 by writing an essay about important freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights. Keep an eye out for your student’s grade on Skyward, this is the first CSA of the quarter! We also learned about Martin Luther King, Jr. this week and the important role he played in the Civil Rights Movement in preparation for Monday’s holiday. Next week, we will begin Chapter 11, Political Developments in the Early Republic. This chapter focuses on the nation’s major political parties under the first five presidents.
