IMPORTANT Notices for 2nd, 3rd, 4th ! Please see BEFORE Feb. 6th

Dear Parents,
         There will be an ELA quiz on Wed. next week for all classes.

FOURTH
In order for students to have a better understanding of the play Divided Loyalties  which we are studying in class, I am asking that each students watch the following videos at home and come in ready to explain and discuss what they learned. This is also a type of research which is an important part of their work.  Be sure to watch the videos I've selected, which are
Boston Massacre  and   practice of tar and feathering.  Students should also review definitions in the notebook as well as  Loyalist, Patriot, rebel, pledge loyalty(or take loyalty oath), support a cause, independence (liberty), staunch, produce (goods), unruly.

THIRD
In order for students to have a better understanding of wolves to write both an informational essay and a narrative essay, students should study all the facts about wolves on the two sheets stapled in their notebooks.

SECOND
In order for students to have a better understanding of early Asian civilization, every student has been assigned a different topic for their project.  The name of  every student and their project is listed below.  The project will consist of five parts that must be completed within the next two  weeks.  This weekend students may begin to look up information on their topic.  Students should google "children's information on _____" and go to reliable sources or get a book in the children' s library.
Please have students bring in some print outs of information they found on Monday because the writing must be done in class.  Please see list below:
Alex- Steps for Making Silk                                  Keanny-  Invention of Writing
Victoria-  The Magic Paint Brush (folktale)   Mathias-  Early Native American Civilization
Aiden - Chinese Writing                                        Xavier - Hinduism
Bryan - The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal ( folktale)
Dashley- Diwali                                                      Katie- The Great Wall of China
Eurydice- "The Blind Men and the Elephant" (poem)
Ariel - Buddhism                                                     Avery- Chinese New Year
Cesar- Confucius                                                      Ian - Islam Religion
Sophia-  Egyptian Culture                                        Matthew-  Calligraphy
Tom - Judaism                                                          Ava-  Reincarnation
Ambar-  Hindu gods/goddesses                               Jayden-Yangtzee River
Camila - Himalayan Mountains                               Aaliyah- Indus and Ganges Rivers
Julie- Trickster Tales (see videos: lesson on trickster tales  and  more on trickster tales  )