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9/5/11

( plans subject to change due to student progress)

9/5/11 – Monday – Labor Day – No school.

09/6/11 – Tuesday

* Quick Write

Junior Scholastics Living with 9/11  September 5, 2011

* Many students asked their parents about 9/11.  We shared and listened.

*  Discussed the four planes and where they landed.

HW – The students will bring this publication home to read and discuss with parents

9/7/11 Wednesday

Lesson for the week: History of the Twin Towers and 9/11

Lesson:  Read aloud The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein

Discuss and share.  Get to know the buildings.  Is this story true?  Could it possibly happen?

9/8/11 and 9/9/11 Thursday and Friday

Lesson:  Watch on Safari Montage: New York: A Documentary Film: The Center of the World.

 9/12/11 Monday

Parent panel.  We invite parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles into the classroom to discuss the events of 9/11.  Where were you that day?  What were you doing?  How did the events change your life?  I have social studies classes from 9:00-9:50, 9:55-10:45, 12:20-1:10 and 1:15 – 2:05.  Please email or call me if you can participate in the parent panel.  My phone number is 288-7242 and my email is ecdalton@selma.k12.in.us.  We need you to help enrich our education with your experiences from 9/11.

9/13/11 Tuesday

Lesson:  Read aloud September 12^th We Knew Everything Would Be All Right.  This book was written and illustrated by first-grade students of H. Byron Masterson Elementary in Kennett, Missouri.

Activity:  Discussion – How has this lesson changed your understanding of 9/11.  Tell me about your week.

9/14/11 Wednesday

Research for our writing project.  The students have been given many different articles on 9/11 and with this information they are going to use it to write a story.

9/15 -16/11 Thursday and Friday.

I am interested to see how much the students learn during this lesson.  They are going to write a creative writing piece using the trait “Ideas” from  The 6+ 1 Traits of Writing.  Attached is a rubric that I will be using for the grade.  They will have time in class to work on this writing.

Due on Monday.