WELCOME
8th grade is an important year as you wrap-up your middle school career and prepare for high school. This should be an exciting year. I have high expectations for all of you and I know that you are capable of meeting those expectations. I have been working hard on lesson plans that should allow for us to expand our thinking and engage in hands-on learning. |
"Think Like a Historian"The approach frames history as detective work, where you pose questions, analyze multiple sources, and synthesizing ideas and information.
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Academic DiscussionConstructing explicit language support for students to use academic language while presenting an idea, supporting an idea, building on an idea, posing questions of an idea, and challenging an idea
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Cornell NotesA note-taking system which organizes central ideas, summarizes central ideas, identifies key facts, allows students to interact with central and key ideas, and create a study guide.
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