Thursday, September 29th

The eighth grade leaders lead their first class meeting this morning. With such strong 8th grade leaders, this is sure to be a great year.

Today students looked closely at a world map of the major tectonic plates and some of the great earthquakes and volcanoes, locating the three different types of plate boundaries and more. We also began a creation myth project. The students each chose a different creation story from some part of the world to read closely and learn. Each student will complete a project designed to share their myth with the rest of the class. These are due on Thursday, October 13th.

We also visited the SES library and students had the opportunity to check out a book. This followed a conversation about how to know if a book is at your reading level (the five finger rule) and that it is important to read books at your level, or just slightly above, to increase your reading skills. Just like with any skill we want to develop, practice is the key. Next Thursday, students are expected to have a silent reading book in class that is at their reading level.

Due Friday 9/30:
- first draft of the scar story