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2019-2020 Advisory: Oct. 15

Electives Fair Prep and Presentation!

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Today's agenda

Objectives: 

  1. Themed reading time for ALL students with the goal of building literacy skills

Today's agenda:

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  • As an advisory, watch the video in the center square for an introduction to October's reading theme 
  • Goal by the end of advisory on Thursday:
    • Everyone will have read and made tic-tac-toe 
      • Individually or as an advisory
  • Goal by the end of 1st quarter
    • Every student & advisor will have spent 2 hours READING in advisory
  • Optional extension: 
    • Spend a little time on Thursday discussing what you read about 

Best bets for books

October Reading Choice Board

October Reading Choice Board: Hispanic Heritage Month

Directions: Click the picture (or link where there is not a picture) to read/watch/listen to information about the origins of Hispanic Heritage Month. 

 

Each advisory should watch the video in the center square together.Then, decide whether each student will complete tic-tac-toe individually or the advisory will work to complete three in a row together.

Everyone has 2 advisories to work toward the goal of learning about and celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and completing tic-tac-toe

 

Newsela article about Latino historic landmarks in the United States

** log into Newsela using your FCPS google account

Famous Hispanic Americans

 

 

***AVAILABLE in TRANSLATION

 

All Things Considered: Hispanic or Latino?

 

Hispanic or Latino?

Transcipt

 

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Hispanic Heritage Month

 

Top 8 reasons why and how we celebrate

Hispanic Heritage Month

article with linked choice board

Hispanic Heritage Month

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Author Elizabeth Acevedo speaks about her new book The Poet X

 

 

Poetry by Hispanic poet

Juan Felipe Herrera

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles Times article and video about Mexican American Artist Pedro Linares