Dear
Parents,
I hope
you had a restful break. Mrs. Wilson has assigned historical figures to all 6th
graders this week and the project was explained in detail during class
technology time this week as well. I wanted to send this to you as a way to
communicate some important information and helpful resources as we get things
moving along.
Mrs.
Wilson will be grading the majority of work for this project, but I will be
assigning weekly participation grades on a scale of 10 points to document how
students are utilizing class time over the next few weeks. Scores of 8/10 or
lower will receive a comment in my RenWeb gradebook as an explanation.
There
is information about the project in my RenWeb pages (lesson plans, homework),
and in full on Mrs. Wilson's Moodle page.
The
project has three phases in its timeline:
1. Personal
Research done and uploaded by 5/7 to the individual forum in Moodle. Students
will use the Word document Research Checklist they were shown in class, found on
Mrs. Wilson's Moodle page.
2.
Personal Fakebook pages will be opened on 5/7 (or when research has been
submitted) and students will have until 5/16 to update them.
3.
5/16-5/30 students may comment on other Fakebook pages
Project
done by 5/30
Helpful
resources, also all found on Moodle.
At
the beginning of the school year, students were asked to bring in library card
information. This will allow them to access databases for Wake County. All
students have been shown how to do this. The link to the databases (they should
use the Teen database list) is here:
And
a video tutorial we watched in class together is here:
Students
are not required to use databases, but they are strongly encouraged as good
sources of reputable information.
Also,
the link to the file for project directions and help is here:
Students
are encouraged to look through all available resources and ask questions via an
individual forum in Moodle if they need help, rather than wait until their next
technology class. They will not be able to get all project work done just in
technology and should plan to work at home as often as needed, as this is a
social studies project.
Thank
you again for your support - we are very excited about this project!
Mrs.
Cadran and Mrs. Wilson
