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Academic Lit
In Mrs. Mahan’s class, we just took a quiz on
Inferring and Annotation. The kids did really well! J We are starting up a unit on Point of View and
Author’s Purpose in non-fiction next. We’ll look at author’s opinion and how to
identify what the author is trying to communicate in various texts.
Image from:
http://drowninginpaperclips.blogspot.com/2012/09/authors-purpose-with-freebie.html
Health
In health class we have been working to
improve our body image. Students have
studied what body image is, how the media effects our body image, steroid use
and eating disorders.
Social Studies
Mr. Conrad’s Social Studies
classes are learning the importance of accepting others’ differences. We have examined culture and stereotypes and
the negative consequences associated with prejudging people. Lessons were associated with the Civil Rights
Movement, the Holocaust, and basic everyday culture here in the U.S. We culminated the unit with a classroom
discrimination activity that made the students aware of accepting others. Have a great Thanksgiving holiday!!!
Science
On Monday the students had to
turn in their atoms, and elements projects.
One of the projects had students make puppets that then talked about the
parts of the atom. While others projects
had the children create children’s books, or songs. The students also continued learning about
the Periodic Table while listening to a song about it
Math
Students are wrapping up the
Chapter 3 on Rational Numbers (also know as, the dreaded math “F” word,
fractions). We kicked the chapter off
with a song.
(http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?v=m94WTZP14SA&sns=em)
And finished the chapter by adding, subtracting multiplying and dividing
fractions. Our next chapter is on
solving equations. Which, for many
students, is a nice relaxing chapter after the demands of chapter 3!
English
Mrs.
McGurk's students have been typing the final drafts of their five-paragraph informative
essays on the Google Chromebooks. They
are currently peer editing using a checklist and the highlighting and comment
features on the Chromebooks.
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