Design 6

Week of April 22 - 26 Hello Panther families, Welcome back from Spring Break! It's hard to believe but there are only FIVE weeks remaining to the end of the school year. As we make our back to the classroom, students will begin by designing a 4 panel comic strip that highlights their Spring Break. Instructions are posted in the Google Classroom, please feel free to log into your child's classroom if you would like to see the detailed instructions.

Week of Mar 11 to Mar 15 Hello Panther families, We have started our new unit, College 101. Students will become a representative for a college of their choice. They will research that college and present the research to their classmates in an effort to have students choose to enroll in their represented college. Skills practiced throughout this unit will include: proper internet searches, brainstorming & ranking, note-taking, market research, establishig a target audience, persuasive writing & speaking, large & small group communication. Additionally, all make-up assignments for 3rd quarter will be DUE by 3PM on Monday, March 11. Students were informed of this date over a week ago. Students with missing assignments have been addressed individually and offered in class time and during lunch to finish and submit assignments.

Week of Feb 18 - Feb 22 Hello Panther families, This week, students will begin research of a historically significant African American. Last week, we introduced the unit by discussing the difference between famous and significant, and discussing the roles that African Americans have played in American history and society. Students chose a historcally significant African American from a variety of fields - names ranged from Harriet Tubman to Jesse Owens to Quincy Jones to Barak Obama. Students will research the significant contributions these leaders made and choose a presentation mode. Presentations may be a choice of one of the following: Tri-Fold Board, Song, Poem, or Autobiographical Narration.

Week of Jan 27 - Feb 1 Hello Panther families, We are now to the end of the City Planning Unit. This week students will submit their city slideshow and then begin preparing for the oral presentation portion of the project. Slideshows are DUE at the end of class on Monday, Jan 27. (Students have had 4 class days to complete the slides.) Later this week, students will then begin oral presentations. Students will take on the role of a travel agent with the goal of convincing audience members to visit their cities. Presentations will be 2-3 minutes in length.

Week of Jan 21 - 25 Hello Panther families, I hope you all had a wonderful 3 day weekend. On Friday, I challenged the students to reflect on the accomplishments of the man we celebrated with a day off, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. When students return, they will complete researching and note-taking of their selected city and move into creating the slide-show for their cities.

Week of Jan 14 - 18 Hello Panther families, We are entering our second week of the City Planning unit. We spent last week resetting classroom and school expectations, and beginning the research portion of the unit. This week students will choose a city to research and present using the unit plan/outline that will be posted in their individual Google classroom account.

Hello Panther families, Happy New Year! Welcome to the 2nd semester. As we make our way back to school this week, students will begin a new unit, City Planning. This week, students will focus on the research & note-taking portions of the unit.

Hello Panther families, As we enter our final two weeks of the school year, this week students should focus on completing and submitting any missing assignments or make-up assingments. MIssing & Make-up assignments are DUE Wed, May 15 by 3:30PM. These assignments include: -High School Road Map -Text Message Conversation -Spring Break Comic Strip -Top 4 Comic Strip -Autobiographical Narrative -Who Am I? Slideshow -Coat of Arms Students with missing assignments have been informed & reminded, and given class time last week. Assignments are also listed in students' google classroom account.

Week of Feb 25 - Mar 1 Hello Panther families, We are now towards the end of the our Black History Research Project. Students have chosen their historically significiant African American leader and done the necessary research to complete the project. Students are now working on creating their final research project and choosing the manner in which they present. Students will have the choice of creating a Tri-fold Board, a song, or a poem. Students may also choose to create a Google slideshow presentation or perform an Autobiographical Narration. Once projects are submitted, we will then move on to the oral presenation part of the project.

Hello Panther families, As we come to the close of the term, students will focus on late/missing assignments during class this week. By the end of the week, students should have completed: 1. Natural Disaster Slideshow 2. Disaster Survival Kit Poster 3. Personal Brand Poster 4. High Demand Device - Part 1 (Investigation) 5. High Demand Device - Part 2 Students who are missing assignments have been informed and instructed to submit assignments Wed, Dec 19 by 3PM.