Posted by MrLynch | Posted in Weekly Newsletter | Posted on April 6, 2013
Next week is fake April vacation, with the first three days of the week off. I’m beginning to really dislike snow. I sent an e-mail out last week asking how many students would be out of school on Thursday, April 18 or Friday, April 19. So far, it looks like about half the class will be absent on the Thursday and about eight students will be absent on Friday.
Students were introduced to the American Revolution Famous Person Speeches about a month ago and the speeches are this week. Parents are invited to come listen to their child’s speech. More specific information on a time window for each speech was e-mailed out last week.
American Revolution Famous People Speech 2012-2013 (Speech Assignments)
American Revolution Speech Writing Tips
On Monday morning the 5-1 Team (four classes, including your child’s) will be introduced to the Big 6 Project. This team based project will take the next six weeks and conclude on May 20. During our Spring Open House on May 21 you will be able to visit the classroom and see the final results from the entire class. I would have preferred to introduce this after the speeches, but with all the snow days and the extended CMT schedule it just didn’t work out in order to give them plenty of time. Basically, this is a Controversial Issue Research Project. We will be spending a lot of time on this in school, teaching explicit research skills, and working on a physical and technology based component. Here is the Big 6 Project 2013 that students will receive on Monday.
Upcoming Events
American Revolution Famous Person Speeches – April 11-12
April “Vacation” – April 15-17
Spring Open House – May 21
