Science and History

I'm so excited that we are starting a new unit in SOCIAL STUDIES--we are studying Michigan history!  Students are getting the chance to explore a topic of interest as it relates to the history of our state.  Only a few students have had to change their topic due to its applicability, and even then it was more like a shift in focus versus a complete topic change.

Students will be asked to reply to this blog posting and share their new research topic!  That will give us a bird's eye view of everyone's work, enjoy!

This week in class we've been discussed how to find information that is valid and research-based, as well as learning the different between primary sources and secondary sources.  We've also been learning how to keep track of our sources, we practiced with a CIA-for-kids web site.

Next week we will be digging into our research and planning our projects.  Finally, we'll be sharing our finished projects at Dads and Doughnuts on December 9.  I'm already looking forward to our presentations!

In SCIENCE, students brought home their Energy Transfer tests for a parent signature.  They are a little messy on the front, sorry!  After looking over all the tests I decided to do an item analysis and I discovered two questions that were missed by almost everyone.  I decided to eliminate these from the test and needed to adjust scores as a result.  We reviewed the test, item by item, and discussed the types of test questions and how this test can teach us to be better test takers in the future.

Remember...moms and Muffins is Friday morning!