If you look up the etymology for the word "Tuesday," you'll find that it means something like the Day of Mars. Mars was the god of war in Roman mythology. So in a way, it's like a day of war. I think a couple of my students took that too literally today.
We spent most of our time with the laptops today. First, the students did some ISTEP preparation stuff with Acuity. I threw in some Acuity assignments for each student based on what they missed on previous Acuity tests. The students went through a little mini-lesson, answered some guided questions, and then did some questions on their own.
After that, they were free to research. A lot of the students are finding the Holocaust to be an interesting and very sad topic. Some of the students are doing an excellent job; others need to get on the ball.
On Thursday, I'll collect everything they've done with the research so far, the analysis part of the research project--the source sheets, the note cards, etc. I'll give them grades on what they've done so far, and then right after spring break, we'll be able to put that information together (the synthesis part of the research project) and share with our peers.
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