In Language Arts and Social Studies students
completed and pitched their ideas for a class constitution. Students
worked in groups on designing a constitution from the ground up, based
on our U.S. Constitution, but one that would apply
to our two classes, the Avocados and the Sloths. Students pitched their
ideas to both classes, and then used a ranked choice voting system to
adopt a constitution. We are now in the process of improving the chosen
constitution before implementing it after
mid-winter break.
To not break up the constitution project, I pushed Black Lives Matter back to this week. We started on Tuesday and completed a KWL (What do you know; what do you want to learn) regarding Black Lives Matter. In this unit, we will learn about the who/what/where/when of the Black Lives Matter movement, cross-cultural communication, the Birmingham Campaign against segregation in 1963, and finish with a lesson focused on Black Women and their achievements. We will finish the unit right after break.
In math we are finishing up a unit on expressions. Learning how to simplify and expand expressions using the Properties of Operations. Those include the Associative, Commutative and Distributive Properties. We also learned to add, subtract and factor expressions. When we get back we will do some review then take an assessment. Students can stay active during the break by spending time on Math IXL, focusing on expressions.
For science this week, we talked in FLASH about self-esteem, stereo-types and friendship. Students got to share stories about their first day at Cascadia and how making new friends can be hard.
To not break up the constitution project, I pushed Black Lives Matter back to this week. We started on Tuesday and completed a KWL (What do you know; what do you want to learn) regarding Black Lives Matter. In this unit, we will learn about the who/what/where/when of the Black Lives Matter movement, cross-cultural communication, the Birmingham Campaign against segregation in 1963, and finish with a lesson focused on Black Women and their achievements. We will finish the unit right after break.
In math we are finishing up a unit on expressions. Learning how to simplify and expand expressions using the Properties of Operations. Those include the Associative, Commutative and Distributive Properties. We also learned to add, subtract and factor expressions. When we get back we will do some review then take an assessment. Students can stay active during the break by spending time on Math IXL, focusing on expressions.
For science this week, we talked in FLASH about self-esteem, stereo-types and friendship. Students got to share stories about their first day at Cascadia and how making new friends can be hard.
From the Library
Join
us for Cascadia's first parent/child book club. The theme for the first
book will be racial equity. You can either read the adult
book and participate in an adult-only discussion OR read the middle
grade novel with your child and participate in the parent/child book
discussion. The kid book selected is recommended for ages 8 and up, but
you know your kids best! You can also read both
books and float between discussion groups. We will discuss issues of
racial bias, injustice and how we can dismantle systems of racism.
Who: You and your Cascadia student (probably for grades 3 and up)
What: Read Blended by Sharon Draper
or How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X Kendi
Where: Cascadia Library 6:00-7:30 pm
When: Thursday, March 5th
Why: Because these conversations are essential in recognizing and dismantling racism.
Have a wonderful mid-winter break.
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