My students will be doing their first research report of the year over the next several weeks. The topic will be a national park. I sent home a complete list of parks and guidelines for the report today. We will be taking notes, outlining, and writing the rough draft of the report in class. The final draft will be assigned as homework. I will provide books, encyclopedias, and internet sources, but any other information they can bring from home would be great.
Most kids have already chosen a park, but I told them they could do some further searching and let me know by this Friday.  The National Park Service is a good internet source to check out some of the parks before your child makes a final decision.  The due date for this report is Wednesday, 12/18.

Homework

Read:  30 min.
Math:  pg. 115 (all) and 116 (choose 3)
The Sign of the Beaver vocabulary test: Fri.
*Show your parents the National Parks Report guidelines and choose a park by Friday.  Be sure to bring your report folder back to class tomorrow!