Holiday Helping
12/17/2017
We started out our week completing the toy drive for The Salvation Army. It was incredibly successful and we all really enjoyed collecting the gifts. Even after these pictures were taken, we collected more that afternoon and the next day and hopefully were able to help someone's Christmas. Once the toy drive was complete, we worked at the Neighborhood GIFT program that is collectively put together by the Alaska Food Bank and The Salvation Army. Our 6th, 7th, and 8th graders worked very hard that day. They helped with registration by collecting clipboards and handing out paperwork. They also worked as personal shoppers and carriers getting everyone through the lines and to their cars. As we were leaving, we got lots of compliments about how our kids were so happy to help and eagerly did anything that was needed. It was amazing to watch. We also got a lot of school work done this week. Groups from our class presented lessons to the 2nd grade class. Over three days, our students did lessons about earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain formation that they 2nd graders really loved. They were very engaging lessons that they learned from preparing and from helping each other.
This coming week, will finish Letters from Riftka and begin our immigration unit. We are really liking the book and the material has encouraged a lot of questions and discussions about immigration and WWII. Comments are closed.
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AuthorCharlotte Woodside recently moved to Alaska from Central Texas. This is her 8th year teaching middle school. Archives
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