Bud, Not Buddy

This week the students will begin reading Bud, Not Buddy, dig deeper into the their main idea skills, and begin a new research project. A brief description of the book is below. Click on The Great Depression tab above, and click the link on that page to view the research project assignment. Hard copies and character assignments will be given Tuesday (Monday is a CLUE day, so I will not see all of the children that day). The students NEW vocabulary words are located under the LA Vocabulary tab and also have a Quizlet link attached for extra practice at home.

It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him:1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own important, secret things.2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself.3. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers of Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression!!!!!!Bud's got an idea that those flyers will lead him to his father. Once he decides to hit the road and find this mystery man, nothing can stop him--not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself.Bud, Not Buddy is full of laugh-out-loud humor and wonderful characters, hitting the high notes of jazz and sounding the deeper tones of the Great Depression. Once again Christopher Paul Curtis, author of the award-winning novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963, takes readers on a heartwarming and unforgettable journey.





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Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1/18/16

Law and Order

Last week, the students discovered that our country has not always had the structured government that it does now. They learned that our country's first plan of government was called The Articles of Confederation, and they also began to identify several weaknesses with this plan. We will move from The Articles of Confederation into drafting the U.S. Constitution this week. Some key topics the students will talk about include: The New Jersey Plan, The Virginia Plan, The Great Compromise, The Three-Fifths Compromise, and leaders such as George Washington and James Madison. This discussion will be followed by the three branches of government.
Go to the Practice Skills page to visit some kid-friendly websites with more information on this topic.

Happy New Year!

Welcome back! I am SO SO glad that I am back at Campus School! I am looking forward to a great remainder of the year with you and your families. This week we will begin our unit over Law and Order. This will include analyzing the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and the creation of the Constitution. We will be using the book, Shh! We're Writing the Constitution, our social studies textbook, and other forms of media as we discuss this content. All vocabulary words are located under the Social Studies Vocabulary tab along with a Quizlet link for at home practice. I hope you are as excited about 2016 as I am! :)