The Amazing Race Across the States

For the past few weeks our class has been road-tripping across the United States to learn more about our country's states, national parks, monuments, and other interesting sights. The students were broken up into 10 teams and had to make a route that traveled through 20 states, either traveling from San Diego, California to Bangor, Maine or Seattle, Washington to Miami, Florida.

Along their travels they made postcards, brochures, and souvenirs, they kept a journal of the things they saw along the way, they calculated their daily mileage and travel time, and encountered a daily "fate" which could either result in extra mileage or severe delays due to weather, car problems, or any number of incidents.

As a retrospective, the teams have been putting together a map of their route and highlighting their "Top 20 Sights". Take a look at the team maps by using the links below.

Team 1	Team 2	Team 3	Team 4	Team 5
Map	Map	Map	Map	Map

Team 6	Team 7	Team 8	Team 9	Team 10
Map	Map	Map	Map	Map

Team 1- Kina, Sarada, Nikita
Team 2- Shivani, Akanksha, Aashritha
Team 3- Anvita, Vaishali, Esha
Team 4- Noelle, Maille, Emily, Alicia
Team 5- Kendall, Simona, Victoria, Dalynn
Team 6- Connor, Sri, Xiuyuan
Team 7- Julian, Vedant, Meron
Team 8- Zachary, Dante, Div
Team 9- Cody, Joey, Sathya
Team 10- Adelric, Andrew, Matthew, Paolo

Upcoming: Amazing Race Essay & Speech

As we wind down our "Amazing Race" across the United States, the students have been preparing an informational essay & speech about a location they picked in class a few weeks ago.

The essay should focus on their location's historical importance, why people would travel to it, important facts, etc. It needs to be typed up and printed out to turn in.

The speech can be a retelling of their essay, though I recommend that it be under 2 minutes and memorized. Students may choose to change their speech slightly to make it more entertaining.

Both the essay and the speech are due on Monday, June 2nd. 

It is the last big assignment before report cards are completed for the final trimester.

Open House- May 21st

Just a reminder that this year's Open House & Art Show is on Wednesday, May 21st from 6:30-7:30pm. Stop by our room to see all the amazing things your students have done, and also swing by the Multi-Purpose Room for this year's Art Show.

Also, our classroom will feature QR Codes (Quick Read Codes) to help guide you to some of our digital projects. I recommend you download a free QR Code Scanner for your phone so you can see your student's hard work.

Hope to see you there!

DARE Culmination Tonight!

Just a reminder...

DARE Culmination is tonight at the Amador Theater. Officer Batoy has asked that students get to the theater around 6:15pm, as the program will begin right at 6:30pm.

Students should wear their DARE t-shirts that they received today and dark pants.

Hope to see you all there!

UPDATED: State Testing & Math Placement Dates

Here's the finalized schedule for the testing dates. Please mark your calendars. Students should be on time to school each day of testing:

Thurs, May 8- Math Placement Part A
Mon, May 12- SBAC (Smarter Balance)
Tues, May 13- SBAC (Smarter Balance)
Wed, May 14- SBAC (Smarter Balance)
Fri, May 16- SBAC (Smarter Balance)
Mon, May 19- CST Science
Tues, May 20- CST Science
Thurs, May 22- Math Placement Part B
Wed, May 28- Math Placement Part C