Waldman's Class Post (9/8-11, 2009):
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Co-op:
• Co—op days:
- Monday – read aloud --Three Cups of Tea (Young Readers’ Edition) by Greg Mortenson
- Tuesday – Portfolio work day
- Wednesday – CHOICE Weekly news and events; catch-up time
- Thursday – ‘Council’ in certain weeks
- Friday – fun day – free, or organized
• The ‘Goals Setting Process’ began on Tuesday - students are in the process of designing 3 goals - 2 academic and 1 personal; each student is working in a team to provide positive support, feedback and analysis; the goals should be ‘student designed’ but family discussions are highly encouraged.
- Important dates:
9/17 – ADI #1 (sci/soc. Sci. classes – see your child’s teacher’s post for more info)
9/24-25 – Student-lead Goal-setting conferences / Fall Trip Forms DUE
9/30-10/2 – Fall Trip
LA (Blk. 1/2):
• 9/8 – Book Review guidelines (see link)
• 9/9 – Intro paragraph due Thurs.
• 9/10 – Concluding paragraph due Fri.
~ ALL CHOICE Students are required to meet or exceed the CHOICE Reading Requirement - :30/day@5 days/wk. – students should read books at their ability level or challenge themselves and must read in multiple genres.
Underdog! (Blk. 3):
[social science – U.S. history & society]
• 9/8 – Begin Colonial Newspaper project (see link) – Informal HW – background research on various topics for both interest and determining if material exists for specific topics
• 9/9 – Informal HW – students will want to do a bit of work on their Colonial Newspaper projects
• 9/10 – Begin ‘U.S. Mapfolio’ – Map #1 – “Clash of Cultures”
- initial topics/projects sign-ups DUE Fri.; HW:
Important Dates:
• 9/16 Begin Unit Thesis
• 9/17 ADI #1
• 9/23 Unit Thesis note-card √ #1
• 10/5 Unit Thesis note-card √ #2
• 10/13 Formal Outline DUE
• 10/14 ADI #2
• 10/22 Unit Thesis Rough draft DUE
• 11/5 Unit Thesis Final draft DUE
• 11/6 ADI #3
• 11/19-20 POLs
ColonialNewspaperGuidelines.doc