Hello Parents,
Sorry for the delay.........I am finally getting around to sending an update on what we are doing in Humanities - Social Studies. We began the year with a short unit on Geography skills. These skills will be useful through the year when we are looking at different parts of the world. We are now in our unit Immigration (From Many, One). We began with a historical look at immigration focusing the "first immigrants" (Native Americans), early Native American encounters with Europeans, and then living in a multicultural community (contributions of immigrant groups). Next, we are moving into a look at more modern immigration. We will be working closely with the information presented in Mr. Badeau's class, especially when we get to a culminating project.
All grades in my class have now been posted in PowerSchool. There will be a few more miscellaneous assignments that will be added soon.
Homework this week is finishing their "Portfolio Reflections". These will be used in the upcoming student led conferences. The final drafts are due on Friday.
Lastly, I invite all of you to join our classroom "Edmodo" group. All students have an account through www.edmodo.com. On the student page, on the left hand side of the screen there is a parent code. You can use this when prompted when signing in as a "parent" on the log in page. We use Edmodo to communicate with one another, post assignments, and for students to electronically store material. I send general parent group messages at times with updates.
Please contact me anytime you have any questions or concerns (tburton@mtsd-vt.org).
Mr. Burton
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