Join other Cal Young eighth grade students this May 18-19 as we travel to Ashland, Oregon, for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
This year’s line-up of performances includes…
Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility
William Shakespeare’s Henry V
Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma
Read all about the trip details here.
The pick for the first week of 2018:
All American Boys, Jason Reynold & Brendan Kiely
UPDATE: Week #3 #bookaweek winner is Craig (per. 3)!
This week’s picks, including an extra title thanks to Julie Klarr’s generosity…
Edwidge Danticat’s Untwine
Sharon M. Draper’s Copper Sun
UPDATE: Week 2 Winners are Anna and Reid (per. 4)!
Every week for the rest of the school year, we will be giving away a #bookaweek! Enter by putting your CY bucks in the #bookaweek bucket on top of the filing cabinet in my classroom.
Week 1 #bookaweek Picks
Nicola Yoon’s Everything, Everything
Gary Schmidt’s Orbiting Jupiter
UPDATE: Week 1 Winners are Maxwell (per. 3) and Isaac (per. 6)! Congratulations!
Today, we’re wrapping up our “Reading Like a Historian” unit by designing cover pages in History NB’s to illustrate what has been learned and by finishing up final background notes that will prepare us for the year of studying early American history.
A few important notes:
Have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you for an awesome start to the school year! I’m really looking forward to re-discovering early American History with you this year while we focus in on the reading, writing, media literacy, and thinking skills that will prepare you for high school and beyond.
For the first 2-3 weeks of Social Literacy, we will create a foundation for the learning we will do this year by considering what it means to read like a historian and the value of exploring multiple perspectives when we investigate a moment in history.
A few important reminders for this first few weeks of class: