The Source To Sea cleanup is happening at the Green River Swimming area on Saturday 9/24. I am looking for 8th grade students (and families) to volunteer and lend a hand cleaning up the bike path area. We will meet at the swimming area on Nash's Mill Road around 8:45. Trash bags and gloves will be provided for us. It will probably take a few hours to clean the length of the bike path, then we can refuel with an awesome free lunch generously provided by local restaurants!
Please join us - it is important to be good stewards of our environment!
Image: Connecticut River Watershed Council
When class begins students are presented with a "Do Now" question. This will either help us recap content from our previous lesson, or introduce a new topic. Every day students will write down the QUESTION and THEIR ANSWER. "IDK" is not an answer, and they must use FULL sentences.
Every day will end with students producing some type of “Output”. We will go through a variety of options to choose from, but eventually students can choose what type of output works best for them, for example: a detailed drawing, an analogy, a poem or a graphic organizer.
At the end of the week they will hand in their Do Now paper to be graded. It will typically include 3 Do Now questions, 3 Do Now answers and 2-3 Outputs.
When a student is absent, I will have any Do Now questions and Output ideas listed in the front of the room for them to refer to.
Image: The Science Penguin
I'm going keep a calendar linked to the website that will show assigned homework. If you click on the Calendar tab it should show up.
With our new block schedule I see classes every other day. I plan to mark the homework on the first day I assign it, and then have it display in the next day as well.
For example, I assigned homework Tuesday to periods 2 and 6 and on the calendar it covers 9/6 and 9/7.
Voy a mantener un calendario relacionado con la página web que mostrará las tareas asignadas . Si hace clic en la pestaña Calendar debe aparecer . Con nuestro nuevo horario de bloque veo clases cada dos días . Tengo la intención de marcar la tarea en el primer día le asigno , y luego hacer que mostrara en el día siguiente también. Por ejemplo , he asignado la tarea martes a los períodos 2 y 6 y en el calendario que cubre 9/6 y 9/7 .
