WELCOME TO THE "NEW NORMAL"
THIS SCHOOL YEAR WE BEGIN OUR ADVENTURE INTO THE "NEW NORMAL" IN EDUCATION. I KNOW THAT OUR FACULTY AND STAFF ARE PREPARED TO BEGIN THIS ADVENTURE AND PLAN TO MAKE THIS YEAR EXCITING AND STIMULATING.
USING TECHNOLOGY IN A VARIETY OF NEW WAYS WILL BE A CHALLENGE, BUT EXCITING. WHETHER IN THE CLASSROOM OR AT HOME, I PROMISE LOADS OF LEARNING AND TONS OF THINKING.
WE WILL GO ON THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER AND FACE THE CHALLENGES AND OBSTACLES BY BRAINSTORMING AND FACING IT WITH A SENSE OF EXCITEMENT.
WELCOME TO MRS. LETIZIA'S CLASS
HOMEWORK, CLASSWORK, NOTES AND VIDEOS WILL BE UPLOADED TO "GOOGLE CLASSROOM"
Extra help sessions are scheduled before test as needed or upon request.
GRADING: TEST 50% PROJECTS 30% HOMEWORK/CLASSWORK 20%
6th grade:
1. Students make Chinese scrolls with popsicles sticks using Chinese writing,
2. Students re-enact Hammurabi's Court (ancient court of Mesopotmia)
3. Students work on an activity integrating the Indian caste system
7th grade:
1. Mock trial of Christopher Columbus
2. Write our own Declaration of Independence
3. Become a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and debate the topics in the Constitution.
8th grade:
1. Students work on an assembly line
2. Students experience a battle with trench warfare
3. Students present our inventions to Shark Tank judges
WHAT I EXPECT FROM YOU.....
PROCEDURES:
"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical."
Thomas Jefferson
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
¯ Marcel Proust
"WHAT LIES BEHIND US AND WHAT LIES BEFORE US ARE TINY MATTERS COMPARED TO WHAT LIES WITHIN US." RALPH WALDO EMERSON