Quad D Week 5

Week 5 assignment
For week five I am to talk about the level of rigor and relevance of the learning in my classroom over the last week. While there are days that are more teacher centered than others, most weeks we get into Quad-D at several times during the week. Today, for example, I presented the students with a handout listing the advantages and disadvantages for the North and the South before the Civil War. We discussed how each of the ten items on the list were important for the North, but some had greater importance or significance than others. Therefore, the students ordered them from 1-10 in order they believed they should be placed. They then justified their reason for ordering each choice why they did. At other times the students completed a diary entry detailing life in Western Virginia and discussing changes to the Virginia Constitution during the 1830 constitutional convention.
I am continuously looking for ways to get my students into Quad-D.
Have a great week!