2015-2016 school year: day 20 recap

     Here's a brief glimpse of what happened in Room 307 today.
     In reading class, we reviewed last week's vocabulary quiz in anticipation of tomorrow's quiz, focusing on how to use context clues within the text to help students identify the correct word. We then transitioned into an independent reading comprehension check of the first four chapters of Seedfolks, which we formatively assessed by having kids using their whiteboards to review the questions.
     In social studies, we watched CNN Student News, learning about the effect of Hurricane Joaquin on South Carolina, a bombing in Kunduz by the Taliban, and the use of MDR (mine-detecting rats) to find and deactivate landmines in Mozambique. We then finished up Chapter 1, Lesson 2, on the artifacts of Skara Brae.
    

       In writing class, my homeroom completed two D.O.L.s, and for the first time this year, got a 100% on our edits, leading to a class prize that relates to this picture. We then reviewed last Friday's D.O.L. quiz before having students self-assess and peer-assess their final 9/11 reflection, which I am beginning to read tonight.
       All in all, it was a good day, with my homeroom waking up from their morning drowsiness to have a strong, engaged afternoon in both writing and art. Keep up the good work guys and girls.