Parent-Teacher Conferences

Parent-Teacher Conferences are this Thursday, feel free to email me at anna.mccoy@dvusd.org to schedule a 10 minute conference between 1:00 and 7:30, excluding the 5:00-6:00 dinner break.  Thanks!

4th Quarter, Week 1

Time is flying!  I cannot believe we are beginning the 4th quarter this week.  This is exciting and we need to remember to “Aim high, stay strong, and finish strong!” 🙂

Here is this week’s schedule:

Monday:

1. New Warm Ups
2. Review immigration unit

Tuesday:

1. Booker T. Washington Vs. W.E.B. Dubois debate

Wednesday:

1. Clicker Quiz

Thursday and Friday (1st, 2nd, 3rd hours on Thursday, 4th, 5th, and 6th hours, on Friday).

1. Video

3rd Quarter, Week 9

Monday:

1. review photo analysis homework
2. clicker quiz for 1st hour and 6th to finish
3. Pre-AP: Analyze the “New Colossus” Poem: What does it say about the Statue of Liberty?
4. 3rd, 4th, and 6th hours:  Start alphabet dictionaries

Tuesday:

1. Review Homework photo analysis
2. Map of growth of cities
3. Opinion Express: Timed Writing on immigration prompts

• Homework:  How do immigration issues 100 years ago compare and contrast to today’s immigration issues?

Wednesday:

1/2 Day

Thursday:

1. Notes
2. Pre-AP: Debate: Assimilation Vs. Diversity
3. Work on Alphabet Dictionaries

• Homework:  How well does the idea of the melting pot reflect US immigration around 1900?

Friday:

1. “VIP” on pages 616 and 617
2. Chinese Exclusion Act
3. Alphabet Dictionaries