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| Students write about their "family role" after collaborating |
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| Sample sheet (notice the math on the upper right corner of the first picture calculating age based on birthdate) |
Happy Valentine's Day! The day ended with a low key Valentine's celebration--each student voiced an appreciation and some handed out candy and cards. Students broke into their "families" to begin their Westward Movement simulation; these families will also be their new reading groups. Students really got into it and created captivating roles for themselves. Lots of groups kept with a creative spin: one family travels with a widowed husband, grandmother, one cousin and son; another family from Virginia travels with a Maine lobsterman; the hunter-husband met the lobsterman in a Virginia port. Tomorrow "families" decide what to bring before they set out on the trail.
Homework for tonight is to:
1. Read for 30 minutes
2. Fourth math
3. Spelling
