Life on a Plantation

Today during social studies we finished talking about the freedom quilts and the quilt squares that slaves used to signal others the way to freedom. We even made a quilt square book that will help us remember and understand what each of the quilt squares mean.

Then, we spent time using our awesome Smartboard to learn about what life was really like for slaves living on a plantation in the south during slavery. This really helped students get a better understanding of what slavery was really like because we saw real pictures from during this time! You can watch the video together if you follow the following link: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/plantation.htm
Scholastic has a very informative and interactive way for students to understand the Underground Railroad and slave life.

Today we also spent more time preparing for the CRTs which are next week. The students are doing MUCH better at reading carefully and using the information from the text to answer the questions! I have faith that they are going to all do their best next week. We will be doing CRTs during the morning on Monday through Wednesday and possibly Thursday morning depending on how much the students have done. Again, students are not going to be able to get up out of their seats when they are testing so it is a good idea to send your student with a water bottle so they can drink water at their leisure. There will be plenty of breaks, so don't worry about students getting restless or not being able to go to the bathroom! We want everyone to be comfortable afterall! :)

Today there is a form coming home with your student for the seventh grade fund raiser. The seventh grade students are selling cookie dough, pasta sauce mix, cheesecakes, and biscuit mix. The order forms and money need to be brought back to me by Tuesday, March 2nd. All of the orders are preorders and there will not be any extra for sale after Tuesday. Please make sure you have those order forms turned in as soon as possible to support our seventh grade class and get some tasty treats as well! :)

Have a great evening and get plenty of rest! See you Thursday!