Team Maximus worked together in teams to brainstorm class expectations! We then used those to create our 1 class rule! @LCS_BC @BIS_principal

It was a busy week for Team Maximus! Police memorial parade, test fest, and our end of the year country project to learn about trade and interdependence! @LCS_BC @MrsMartin_BIS @BIS_principal

Thanks @melaniezolnier for the Wordle on slides! My team is loving it!! @LCS_BC

This week, Team Maximus is working on creating artifacts to demonstrate their learning about Mesoamerica! @LCS_BC @BIS_principal @MrsMartin_BIS

Team Maximus and Team Ignite are kicking off our mystery unit! We will be focusing on claim and evidence writing involving real-life and fictional mysteries! @MrsMartin_BIS @BIS_principal @LCS_BC

This week Team Maximus had a mock trial and enjoyed the beautiful weather! @BIS_principal @LCS_BC @MrsMartin_BIS

Today we had extended silent reading and extended read aloud time! We continued The Deceivers by Margaret Peterson Haddix! @LCS_BC @BIS_principal @MrsMartin_BIS

Today students gave a peer feedback about their narrative writing. Next step is for them to use the feedback given to them to make their writing stronger! They did a great job! @BIS_principal @MrsMartin_BIS @LCS_BC

Today we started our first self-paced unit in LA! We are focused on theme and direct evidence! Pre-assessments determined where students started @LCS_BC @BIS_principal @MrsMartin_BIS

This week, Team Maximus is working on creating multiple tier timelines to show what was going on in Ancient Civilations and Europe during the 15th-17th centuries! @BIS_principal @MrsMartin_BIS @LCS_BC

These girls decided to put notes of kindness on everyone’s locker today! So proud of them! @BIS_principal @MrsMartin_BIS @LCS_BC

Using what I’ve learned from Empower for Social studies. Only requirement is that they need to explore an open ended question! Created a class list to help get started but they are not limited to that list @BIS_principal @MrsMartin_BIS @LCS_BC #exploreBIS

This year we are learning about gov’t & economics by playing a game! Ss created their own countries and have to obtain resources to build cities and feed their citizens. They are learning about trade, specialization and consequences of decisions! @BIS_principal @MrsMartin_BIS

Team Maximus is working hard on self-paced ELA work! The focus this week was on citing evidence! @MrsMartin_BIS @BIS_principal #exploreBIS

I was so excited to see a fellow Hogwarts student today! @LCS_BC @BIS_principal @MrsMartin_BIS #ExploreBIS

We love using our learning commons for book groups! Groups are discussing themes and finding evidence #ExploreBIS @BIS_principal @MrsMartin_BIS

Our first book group meeting was a success! Great conversations were had about about realistic fiction books! @BIS_principal @MrsMartin_BIS #ExploreBIS

Introduced the first self-paced unit of the year! @BIS_principal @MrsMartin_BIS #explorebis

Reading to her sister! It’s amazing to watch the relationship between siblings! #summerstories @LCS_BC

One of my favorite things about summer is researching new books to add to my library and/or offer for book groups! #summerstories @LCS_BC