Progress Reports and IAR 7th grade scores were sent home on Friday.
Important Upcoming Dates:
3/12/22 - Chicago History Day @ Chicago History Museum In-Person for advancing projects
3/17/22-3/25/22 - Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) for ELA and Math
3/18-25/22 - Chicago History Day Virtual Fair for advancing project
3/23/22 - Graduation Picture Day
3/28/22 - Chicago History Day Virtual Celebration
Academics
Advisory/SEL - We will continue our Rainbow Revolutionaries reading/research this month as well as 2nd Step lessons topic is Recognizing and Understanding Bullying.
ELA - We will finish reading our memoir - Night by Elie Wiesel. Students are completing discussion questions as we read as well as exploring a variety of texts and media related to the history of the Holocaust and Elie Wiesel. The Final Exam will be Friday, March 11, 2022.
Writing - We are well into our poetry unit and have been enjoying sharing poems in our weekly Poetry Cafe (odes, ekphrasis, non-sense poetry, sonnets, sestinas, and free choice). We began sonnets (English and Italian) and are working on those through Wednesday. We will look at Sestina at the end of the week.
Civics - We have finished Unit 2 in Civics and begin Unit 3 which looks at the common good and unintended consequences.
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me at [email protected].