Expedition

Today we had a silent gallery walk. During this walk we looked at artifacts that are related to the new Expedition that we are starting this week. It was hard to walk around silently and not share our ideas yet. This practice (called Mystery Piece) increases the engagement and the "need to know" about our new Expedition. Then we talked more about any thoughts we had and I did share with them that our Expedition is called "We are Family" and that our first case study would be about our own families.  I am not sharing with them what our second case study will be about yet so please don't share if you already know. We have a Mystery Piece for that case study, too.

Important Dates
9/20 No School ~ Professional Development Day for Teachers
9/27 RAD - Renaissance Adventure Day
10/7-10/18 Fall Break
10/21 No School ~ Work Day for Teachers
11/11 No School ~ Professional Development Day for Teachers
11/18-11/22 Book Fair
11/27-11/29 No School ~ Thanksgiving Break
12/23 Winter Break Begins