tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55449947090481567302024-03-13T16:48:06.004-04:00Mr. H's Class BlogMr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.comBlogger222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-25052140615994750702013-06-05T09:39:00.001-04:002013-06-05T09:41:09.439-04:00Video Chatting with Miss Melanie in Zambia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This morning we had the amazing opportunity to video chat with our former CFI intern,employee, and friend - Miss Melanie. She is now living in Zambia. As part of her mission trip she is homeschooling three American children, learning a lot about life in Zambia, and looking for new opportunities to volunteer her time and abilities in her new community.<br />
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The kids gathered around a laptop in small groups and asked all sorts of questions. They found out a little about the language, money, clothes, homes, animals, and rituals of Zambians. Many of the kids thought video chatting was just about the most ordinary thing in the world. However, for me to be sitting here in our classroom casually chatting with Melanie all the way in Zambia using only two or three clicks of the mousepad was just crazy! This seems like something that could really be used a lot in the classroom - connecting with people around the country and the globe.<br />
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Be sure to ask your child about this cool experience tonight.<br />
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<br />Mr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-82778519224049817882013-06-03T14:47:00.002-04:002013-06-03T14:47:23.350-04:00THANKS SO, SO MUCH!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thank you all so much for the second picnic table. The kids have appreciated more space for eating lunch, reading, writing, and working on math outdoors. Here are a few pictures from lunch last week...</div>
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Mr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-57345454980699032472013-05-29T13:43:00.001-04:002013-05-29T13:45:13.064-04:00This Morning's Concer and News of Next Year's Loop<div>
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Thanks to everyone who was able to make it
in this morning for the concert. I asked the kids yesterday which
families were planning to come and based on that conversation I was
expecting two or three visitors at most. Wow, I think we wound up with
about fourteen or fifteen! The kids really did work very hard on their
songs and were excited to have such a big audience between our families
and the visiting classes from second and fifth grades.<br />
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No
matter how their interests change and develop over the coming years I
hope many of the kids keep writing songs - as well as lots of other
types of writing. This short unit was such a great opportunity to read
carefully for both meaning and structure, identify patterns across
multiple sources of information, and model our own work after that of
others we value. We'll record these songs tomorrow afternoon using the
equipment you all purchased for the classroom last year.<br />
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In
regards to next year's loop, thank you so much to everyone for filling
out those sheets concerning the possibility of a four-year loop
together. Knowing this was a real possibility allowed us the flexibility
to interview not only teachers with experience and comfort teaching 4th
and 5th grades but 2nd and 3rd as well. In the end, however, we found
an amazingly strong teacher with lots of experience teaching 4th grade.
Her name is Emily and she is actually a classmate of mine at USC whom I
first met at a professional conference in Orlando a few years ago. We
have since met many times to talk about education, reading methods, and
how to take up issues relating to social justice in the classroom. I'm
so happy for our school to have found someone who can seamlessly step in
and not only fill a vacant spot but even challenge us all to think
beyond ourselves.<br />
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Because nearly all her experience is with
older students Emily will be stepping into Mrs. Vice's spot and
inheriting Mr. Foote's students (as Mrs. Vice would have done). This
means your kids will be moving on to Ms. Mahowald as originally planned.
While I'm happy we found a great candidate with lots of experience I am
also saddened to know this means the next few days will truly be the
last with this group. Today we created lists of songs, books, and recess
games we want to share together over the coming days as a way of
reflecting on the great experiences we've had together. Not
surprisingly, they picked some really good ones.<br />
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I want to
make sure to thank each of you as well for all you've done over these
two years. I hate cliches (and, thus, avoid them like the plague) but I
truly do appreciate the trust you have afforded me in working alongside
your children each and every day. Even on our worst days (which really
aren't that often, I promise! ) I love each and every one of them with
all my heart. Ten years from now I hope that's what they remember most
about second and third grade. <br />
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In our two years we have learned a
whole lot together and even tackled a few issues that are not always
comfortable for everyone yet I've never received anything but support
and honest feedback from you all. As a result of the stories you've
offered about conversations at home, your child's feelings and
experiences, and your own hopes for what we might accomplish together
here at school, I have reflected on and reshaped a number of my own
ideals about classroom practice and procedures. There was a time when I
believed that at some point teachers come to have figured it all out.
Now I realize that like parenting this is far from true because the
context keeps changing.<br />
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I'd love to invite the kids to
come play at some point during June (in batches). I've had some of them
over already (due to established friendships with my home kids) but
really want to make sure everyone who wants to has a chance to come hang
out with us for a day of games and swimming. I'll send something more
about this later on.<br />
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ChrisMr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-10703939896544741612013-05-24T11:42:00.003-04:002013-05-24T11:42:58.472-04:00Special Concert Next WednesdayOur class is hosting a special concert next Wednesday at 9:30 am. We will be sharing all we've learned about songs as well as performing a number of original pieces the kids have been writing individually as well as in small groups over the past couple of weeks. All parents who can make it are invited to join us. Also in attendance will be Ms. Mahowald's 5th grade class and Mr. O'Keefe's 2nd grade class.Mr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-76007470541478210872013-05-24T11:39:00.004-04:002013-05-24T11:39:57.779-04:00Weekend HomeworkPlease type out the lyrics for your original song and e-mail them to me this weekend. Remember to format it so that the line breaks help us (and you!) see where there are supposed to be pauses. Also separate each verse and chorus as you would a paragraph - with spaces between them. We read songs all the time in class so you should have a really good idea what it is supposed to look like.<br />
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During our concert next Wednesday we'll put your lyrics up on the Smart Board for everyone to see while you introduce your song (writing it, the structure, etc). Mr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-2883501154501376792013-05-23T10:45:00.002-04:002013-05-23T10:45:29.521-04:00Pictures from Our Garden Box Box Build on Wednesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-17741855625313858632013-05-21T11:32:00.004-04:002013-05-21T11:45:11.126-04:00The CurseHere's a video I told the kids I would post to the blog. As part of our songwriting unit we read these lyrics in search of the story being told. It is a good one! After discussing the story we enjoyed the video featuring puppetry. The video fills in parts that we had not imagined when reading (such as the woman lying in the mummy's case at the end). Our lingering questions: (1) Did the mummy pass the curse on to the woman?, and (2) Did he mean for her to die?. In terms of the song structure, we noticed this song was unique in that it has no chorus - just verses. <br />
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The Curse - Josh Ritter<br />
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He opens his eyes<br />
Falls in love at first sight<br />
With the girl in the
doorway<br />
What beautiful lines<br />
Heart full of life<br />
After thousands of
years<br />
What a face to wake up to<br />
He holds back a sigh<br />
As she touches
his arm<br />
She dusts off the bed<br />
Where til now he's been sleeping<br />
Under miles
of stone<br />
The dry fig of his heart<br />
Under scarab and bone<br />
Starts back to
its beating<br />
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She carries him home<br />
In a beautiful boat<br />
He watches the
sea from a porthole in stowage<br />
He can hear all she says<br />
As she sits by his
bed<br />
And one day his lips answered her<br />
In her own language<br />
The days
quickly pass<br />
He loves making her laugh<br />
The first time he moves it's her
hair that he touches<br />
She asks "Are you cursed?"<br />
He says "I think that I'm
cured."<br />
Then he talks of the Nile and the girls in Bullrushes<br />
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In
New York he is laid<br />
In a glass covered case<br />
He pretends he is
dead<br />
People crowd round to see him<br />
But at night she comes round<br />
And the
two wander down the halls of the tomb<br />
That she calls a museum<br />
But he stops
to rest<br />
Then less and less<br />
Then it's her that looks tired<br />
Staying up
asking questions<br />
He learns how to read<i><br /></i><br />
From the papers that she is writing about him<br />
Then he makes
corrections<br />
It's his face on her book<br />
More come to look<br />
Families from
Iowa<br />
Upper Westsiders<br />
Then one day it's too much<br />
He decides to get
up<br />
Then as chaos ensues he walks outside to find her<br />
She is using a
cane<br />
And her face looks too pale<br />
But she's happy to see him<br />
As they
walk he supports her<br />
She asks "Are you cursed?"<br />
But his answer is
obscured<br />
In a sandstorm of flashbulbs<br />
Rowdy reporters<br />
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Such
reanimation<br />
The two tour the nation<br />
He gets out of limos<br />
Meets other
women<br />
He speaks of her fondly<br />
Their nights in the museum<br />
She's just one
more rag now he's dragging behind him<br />
She stops going out<br />
She just lies
there in bed<br />
In hotels in whatever towns they are speaking<br />
Then her face
starts to set<br />
And her hands start to fold<br />
Then one day the dry fig of her
heart stops its beating<br />
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Long ago on the ship<br />
She asked why
pyramids<br />
He said "Think of them as an immense invitation."<br />
She asks "Are
you cursed?"<br />
He says "I think that I'm cured."<br />
Then he kissed her and
hoped<br />
That she'd forget that questionMr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-64358100011398184562013-05-15T10:27:00.001-04:002013-05-15T10:28:35.871-04:00The Long Walk Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As you know, yesterday our class watched the movie <i>The Long Walk Home.</i> It provided an emotional look at how hard times were back then and the strength and bravery required to fight against inequality and racism. There were plenty of ugly words and a few scenes where we worried for the safety of the characters. However, as the kids came back in today they were well prepared to take on a discussion about what this all meant to us and how it felt to watch. Below are a few examples of the kids' thoughts as well as some description of how we explored these thoughts. <br />
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"My mom and dad said it was okay to see the movie even though it had
bad words in it because I need to know what people said back then and
how things were."<br />
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<i>Discussion: Yeah those words were harsh and very inappropriate. But to leave them out would change the story and the characters. Sometimes we have to see and hear things we don't permit in our own lives to help us understand others.</i> <br />
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"It was different seeing the movie
then just reading about it in a history book because when you read it in
books you don't see what it was like."<br />
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<i>Discussion: Mrs. Thompson (Sissy Spacek) changed as the movie went on. She learned to see outside of her own world. Her husband changed as well but he became worse. There were a number of White people who fought on the side of equality. Unfortunately, in the South there were a whole lot more who fought against it.</i> <br />
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"The husband had a lot of power over Mrs. Thompson."<br />
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"Why would the teenage girl ride the bus again? It was dangerous. Her brother had to come rescue her but couldn't fight the boys back because back then Black people couldn't stand up for themselves or fight back against White people. They would go to jail or worse."<br />
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<i>Discussion: The laws may have been the same for everyone in regards to violence but how it was enforced was not equal at all. Black people were at the mercy of White people. </i><br />
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"Mrs. Thompson was a hero because she was able to change from her original ideas about Black people and because she stood up to help give rides to African Americans even though it was dangerous to do so."<br />
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<i>Discussion: The story of African Americans standing up for their rights becomes a movie where a White woman is the hero for changing. It's wonderful that she changed but why does this need to be focus of the movie? Why not focus on the struggles and accomplishments of the Black community who were risking so much for a better life for their children? The movie ends with Mrs. Thompson (Sissy Spacek) joining a line of African Americans to sing in protest rather than ending with the defeat of the bus boycott. This tells us what the real story is in this movie. </i> <br />
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"Odessa was a hero because she didn't ride the bus."<br />
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<i>Discussion: Yes, she was a hero for risking her job and the welfare of her family. Yet, this was barely explored in the movie. She was a main character but really served to help tell the story of Mrs. Thompson's change to being a better person. Why not have movies that are about the Black experience? Do we have those now?</i> <br />
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<br />Mr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-71197871416626133082013-05-13T11:25:00.000-04:002013-05-13T14:40:16.899-04:00Homework: May 13 - 20, 20131. Read each night for at least twenty minutes. If you did not complete your <i>Charlotte's Web</i> reading earlier during silent reading time you can finish this up at home. Otherwise, read from your personal reading book.<br />
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2. On Monday you'll bring home the rough draft you finished just before PASS testing. This is the piece where you are working to describe setting, use dialogue, and include all punctuation (including quotation marks). Edit and revise with an adult at home and bring them back on Wednesday, 5/15. You'll take your draft home again on Thursday and publish them either on the computer or by hand. These published drafts are due back on Tuesday, May 21st.<br />
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3. To help fuel our study of songwriting in writer's workshop you need to supply the class with a favorite song of yours as well as a copy of the lyrics. You can send the song to me via a Youtube link or bring a CD in. I'd prefer Youtube but CDs are fine if that's easiest for you. You also need to search for the lyrics online, cut-and-paste them into a Word document, format it to fit the page nicely, and then send this to me electronically. If you cannot send it electronically then print it out and bring a hard copy. We can use the document camera to put it up on the board for everyone to see. When you present your song to the class be ready to tell us about all the things you notice about the song - particularly things that will give us ideas for how we might write, format, or sing our own songs. Here's the example I provided in class...<br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><b>TUESDAY - </b>Ashley, Ryan, Maisy, Jalen</span></div>
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Mr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-63904602758959717892013-05-10T10:11:00.000-04:002013-05-10T10:11:20.872-04:00Newsletter (or sorts): May 10, 2013Due to PASS testing there is not much of interest to share from our week. The kids spent Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings testing and the afternoons reviewing for the next day's test. Certainly not a typical week. The kids did a great job with all this and are happy to be finished. Next week we'll move back to our normal routines. Here's what the rest of the year has in store...<br />
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<b>Reading</b> - Novel study of Charlotte's Web; Final book clubs<br />
<b>Writing</b> - Study of songwriting (I hope to have everyone create a song to record on the class CD)<br />
<b>Math</b> - The kids are going to suggest topics they are interested in knowing more about (and some review)<br />
<b>Social Studies</b> - Civil Rights Movement and its impact on life today for people of color<br />
<b>Science</b> - various demonstrations, observing and inferencing, and perhaps a final opportunity to develop and conduct an experiment.<br />
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Also, in a few weeks a group of high schoolers are coming from Westwood HS to help us build garden boxes for the playground. This is the first stage of our plans for the CFI Nature Garden. We;ll be measuring, sanding, drilling, and much more. We'll leave the cutting to the high school kids, though. I don't have the exact date just yet but I'll let you know when I find out. If anyone would like to come help us with this project we'd love to have you. Just bring along an electric drill/screwdriver if you have one!<br />
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Thanks,<br />
ChrisMr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-87781073039407119952013-05-03T11:40:00.002-04:002013-05-03T11:40:43.415-04:00PASS Testing Next Tuesday, Wednesday, and ThursdayAs mentioned last night, PASS testing is next week. We will be taking the reading test on Tuesday morning, the math test on Wednesday morning, and science/social studies on Thursday morning. The kids are randomly assigned either the science or the social studies test. I never know who will get what until the tests are distributed to me that very morning.<br />
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Testing generally takes a couple of hours. We'll begin by 8:45 each morning and most will be finished by 10:30. When the kids finish the test they will sit and wait for their classmates. It is okay for them to put their heads down and rest but they cannot read, write, or draw during this time. As unfair as that feels at times it is just too hard on those still working to see their classmates turning in tests and enjoying a book or drawing a picture. I want to encourage everyone to take their time, grant themselves small breaks from time to time, and do their very best.<br />
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We'll have snacks and juice each day in the form of:<br />
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Tuesday...Pancakes with strawberries/whipped cream (no syrup) and juice<br />
Wednesday...Muffins with juice<br />
Thursday...Banana Bread and Chex Mix with juice<br />
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We'll also have mints during the test.<br />
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This really is no-stress. As a class we'll frame PASS testing as a way to show off all we know the very best we can. We don't harp much on it at all. It is what it is (and exactly <i>what it is</i> is a blog post I am NOT making here). The kids will do well and we'll go about our regular routines as soon as it is over.<br />
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Please make sure to have your child here at school by 8:00 each day. This will help things to run much, much more smoothly.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
ChrisMr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-40463871768236813042013-05-02T11:44:00.000-04:002013-05-02T11:44:35.209-04:00Newsletter: May 2, 2013Dear Families,<br />
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Thanks so much for your help with Mr. Chris' sendoff last week. He misted up as each of the kids took turns offering him a bit of advice about working with children, handed him their homemade letters and cards, and presented him with a $140 gift certificate for the bookstore. By the end of the day about 2/3 of our class was crying (hysterically in some cases). As I walked them through the Gathering Room I commented to the school nurse "I think I might need a mother to come help me with this. I tried telling them all to 'buck up' but that didn't really help too much!"<br />
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This week we have been working on the writing drafts we began last week. These are free choice pieces where the kids are trying to be deliberate about how and where they introduce and describe the setting. We've studied a number of published authors (such as E.B. White and Cynthia Rylant) to see how they go about establishing the setting. The kids' pieces need to be a minimum of three pages long (not counting big spaces or illustrations) and are due tomorrow. I've told them that if they need extra time they may bring these home over the weekend and complete for Monday. About half the class has already completed their stories. We'll work after the PASS test next week to begin revising and editing.<br />
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In math we've spent the past couple of weeks exploring pi, learning the parts of a circle, measuring the circumference of trees outside and using a formula to calculate the diameter, learning to do long division, and reviewing for the PASS test. We'll spend the last month of the school year exploring all the areas of math people have been dying to know more about - square roots, exponents, pre-algebra - while also revisiting some of the trickier material from this year.<br />
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In social studies we finished up a quick look at the post-Civil War Reconstruction. Our conversations seemed to revolve around the idea that while laws may work to create change (say, ending slavery or voting rights for African Americans) people still work to develop new ways to keep things the same (say, sharecropping or unjust voting requirements targeting Blacks). We also noticed there are a lot of streets, cities, and counties in South Carolina named after people who are responsible for some pretty ugly acts and ways of thinking. We wondered how these sorts of places come to be named. We'll finish the year with an extended study of Jim Crow laws, the civil rights movement, and what role these play on life today. Someone hinted that they didn't think there was racism or unfair laws or practices anymore because we had solved all these problems. That'll be a great question/topic to explore. Perhaps there are parents or other family members who could contribute to this discussion?!<br />
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I look forward to seeing everyone who can make it out for our potluck/Curriculum Night this evening. The kids are very excited to have fun together as well as share with you a little piece of what they've been doing over the past few days and weeks. We'll begin with dinner at 6:00 and finish up in the classroom no later than 7:30.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
ChrisMr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-34907340752240945962013-04-30T10:59:00.000-04:002013-04-30T10:59:07.436-04:00YouTube in the ClassroomYes, we use YouTube in the classroom. Sometimes we reflect on what we've seen - critiquing it for content and meaning. Just last week we watched an old Nike commercial from the 80's during Morning Meeting. The message was powerful...<br />
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Other times we use it for a laugh. One day last week we had a couple of minutes before heading off to special areas so I shared a fun video where Jimmy Fallon impersonates Neil Young while singing the popular Willow Smith song "Whip My Hair." If you're a Neil Young fan you'll really like this one. Bruce Springstein makes an appearance at the end...<br />
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More and more I'm finding YouTube can be a source of videos demonstrating something we're learning in class. There's a lot out there. Since most of it is not all that helpful (or appropriate) great care has to be taken. If you ever come across something you think will spark a good discussion, inspire someone, or help us to learn about something new please pass it along.<br />
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ChrisMr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-73578889659634992472013-04-30T07:59:00.001-04:002013-04-30T07:59:16.547-04:00Homework: April 29 - May 6, 20131. Read each night for at least 20 minutes.<br />
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2. Complete the math journal pages we began together in class on Monday and Tuesday. This is just a piece of the review we are doing in preparation for next week's PASS test. You should complete at least half of this work in the classroom Monday and Tuesday. Of course, you are always welcome to do it during Exploration time each morning if need be. The pages you need to complete are:<br />
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157....158...160...163...164...165...168...169...170...172...174...178...179 </div>
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3. Complete the rough draft of your story. It needs to be at least three solid pages long. If you are someone who likes to leave a lot of white space on the page with extra spacing and illustrations then you might want to make sure you have extra pages (six or seven?). Remember the focus of these pieces is setting, punctuation (quotation marks, commas, periods), and formatting (writing red line to red line and using paragraphs). </div>
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This is all due on Monday. Have a great week!</div>
Mr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-20176190961254630222013-04-21T09:57:00.001-04:002013-04-21T09:57:46.868-04:00Newsletter April 19, 2013
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Dear Families,<o:p></o:p></div>
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We have had a very busy week. MAP testing this week made our schedule a
little more hectic, but I’m sure all the kids are glad to have it behind
them. The weather was beautiful so we
ate lunch outside several days this week.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Math – We turned our attention to circumference and
diameter. Mr. Hass challenged the class
to find the circumference and diameter of cylinders. As the class calculated the diameter and
circumference it was revealed that the circumference is about 3 times the
diameter. This led us to a conversation
of the mathematical number of Pi. The
class was really amazed that Pi goes on forever without repeating. For now we have decided to figure Pi as about
3 so we can calculate circumferences and diameters.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Once we felt confident we could find the diameter if we knew
the circumference, we headed outside to practice on some trees. There were trees of all sizes so those
students who were a little less confident could practice on smaller trees and those
who wanted a greater challenge could investigate the bigger trees. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Science – The kids continued to investigate the various
landforms at the beginning of the week.
On Thursday each group was able to present to the class what they had
learned about their landform. They all
did a really nice job sharing their information with their classmates. We have posted their landform posters above
the whiteboards, so please check them out when you visit the classroom.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In reading and writing we I continued working on synonyms
and antonyms. We also learned about a
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On a different note this is my last week with the
class. I wanted to thank you all for
being so welcoming and helpful throughout the semester. The kids have been great (although
challenging sometimes) to work with. I
feel truly blessed to have had the opportunity to work and learn with Mr. Hass
and his class. I know that my experiences
at CFI will serve me well as I move on to my own classroom.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maisy found Trae's coat on the playground. She was being silly and decided to try it on. Little did she know I would post this picture to the blog to live on forever :).</td></tr>
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2. Three worksheets on synonyms and antonyms.<br />
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The log and worksheets are due next Monday. However, make sure to have your reading log with you each and every day in the classroom.<br />
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<br />Mr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-52941270537139177632013-04-11T16:15:00.001-04:002013-04-11T16:17:59.448-04:00Newsletter: April 11, 2013Dear Families,<br />
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It's great to be back. My spring break included a two-day backpacking trip through the snowy Smoky Mountains that resulted in one child, Ty, spraining his ankle, and the other, Muluken, getting sick and feeling as though he was going to pass out. These are not conditions you hope to encounter when in the middle of a snow storm miles and miles from civilization. We obviously survived so all was good. We learned the importance of remaining calm when encountered with adversity. Oh, we also learned that if people listened to Dad more often they wouldn't get hurt and sick. I can only assume that's a lesson that will have to be experienced many more times before it truly sinks in.<br />
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I had an opportunity to coach in Ms. Breland's class for a few minutes on Monday. It was silent reading time and her kids were so incredibly invested in their books. Later in the day when we pulled out our own books for silent reading time I noticed our group was equally invested. As much fun as it is to have a week or a summer away from the responsibilities of school I know most of the kids greatly appreciate the opportunity to come back and fall into their comfortable routines - particularly reading and writing workshop.<br />
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Speaking of reading and writing, Mr. Chris has spent this past week working with the kids on their magazines as well as guiding a small inquiry into synonyms and antonyms. We'll continue this work next week while also exploring homonyms and contractions.<br />
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Here's a sampling of the other things we've been studying...<br />
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Math - The kids took a short geometry assessment earlier in the week before turning their attention to a study of slides, flips, and turns. This is one of those math standards I truly do not understand (in terms of why it's important to know) but we made good use of our time. I challenged the kids to find all the ways they could to arrange four crayons given the following rules: (1) they must be placed end-to-end; (2) they must be arranged at straight angles or 90 degree angles; and (3) you cannot have any duplicates, even if they are flipped or turned from the original. This provided a nice spatial challenge. In the end we found there were sixteen different possibilities. Each of the kids used these sixteen solutions to create a small deck of cards we then used to play a game. We will teach this game to you during Curriculum Night (which, I believe, is next week).<br />
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Science - We are learning about landforms. The kids are working in pairs to study and teach about mountains, glaciers, islands, valleys, caverns, plateaus, plains, oceans, rivers, lakes, and so on. Next week we'll turn our attention to catastrophic events such as earthquakes.<br />
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A few final notes...<br />
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1. Sparkleberry Fair is April 27th. Our class will be singing from 10:55-11:15. I hope you can make it out. <br />
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2. A book order form is coming home on Friday. If you are interested, you can order books online. I sent out the information about this via e-mail on Thursday afternoon. In case you missed it here it is again:<br />
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<b>Scholastic Book Clubs Ordering Information<br /><a href="http://www.scholastic.com/bookclubs" target="_blank">www.scholastic.com/bookclubs</a><br />Class Activation Code: <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">GY8VG</span></b><br />
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<b>Ordering online is fast and easy:</b><br />
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<li> <b>REGISTER at <a href="http://www.scholastic.com/bookclubs" target="_blank">www.scholastic.com/bookclubs</a></b></li>
<li> <b>ENTER</b> the Class Activation Code at the top of this letter</li>
<li> <b>CHOOSE</b> from thousands of print titles, value packs, and Storia eBooks</li>
<li> <b>SUBMIT</b> the order to your child's teacher</li>
<li> <b>EARN</b> FREE Books for you and the classroom too!</li>
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Have a great weekend,<br />
Chris Mr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-87486228640726507402013-04-10T15:00:00.001-04:002013-04-10T15:04:03.553-04:00Transitioning into 4th Grade"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself." - John Dewey<br />
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If you are unfamiliar with John Dewey he was a very influential philosopher, psychologist, social critic, educational reformer, political activist, and much more. Born in 1859, his ideas are still regularly discussed in universities across the nation and world. Above is one of my favorite quotes of his. It strikes out against the notion that what we do in the classroom is to prepare for some future life rather than to prepare for the ways in which we live right now. I also believe it speaks against the notion that we should be doing things in third grade for the sole purpose of getting ready for fourth grade. Did you ever have a teacher say: "You guys better get this down because when you get to --th grade those teachers are going to expect you to be able to do it." Or..."Next year you're going to be in middle school/high school so you better get used to this now or else you'll ((fail, get beat up, get into trouble, etc))."<br />
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I truly believe each and every thing we do in the classroom should be about growing as a learner, friend, and citizen of the world. Not that we don't spend time talking about the upcoming PASS test from time to time or think ahead to what 4th/5th grade will be like, but on the whole we are concerned with much more meaningful work and curiosities.<br />
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That said, we did begin a discussion today about what the kids' roles as students in the 4/5 loop should be and the sorts of behaviors and responsibilities they should posses to be best prepared for this status as the older kids in the school. This will be a conversation we will build on over the coming weeks as we really focus on becoming increasingly responsible and mature. While we joked a bit about how cool it would be if driving ourselves to school could be one of these responsibilities we realized we were bound by both the law and common sense. Here are the first few items we discussed today that will begin a list that will grow throughout the remainder of the year. Many, if not all, are probably things your child is already doing. If not, think about ways you can scaffold him or her into taking on these responsibilities for themselves. If you see something we have missed pass it along with your child to share at morning meeting.<br />
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<b>"During our final nine weeks together in third grade we will...</b><br />
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1. ...take responsibility for our own homework. This means getting it home, completing it, and getting it back in on time. If we need help we will ask but should not assume this is the responsibility of our parents. We know best what our needs are and should seek out help (and expect it) when need be. Our parents might ask us if we have each assignment packed up and ready to turn in but they should not pack our folders or our bags for us. We can take care of this on our own.<br />
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2. ...solve our own problems. If something is bothering us we will talk to the other people involved or find an adult at school to help us with this issue. If we forget an assignment we will let Mr. Hass know ourselves. If we have a tough schedule on a given night that will make it difficult to complete our work we will talk with Mr. Hass about it ahead of time, not the next day. Planning our time wisely is an important skill for now and forever. Should something come up suddenly or a paper get lost we will let Mr. Hass know and present a solution for the problem. There's no need for mom or dad to do this for us. We can take care of it on our own.<br />
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3. ...walk into the classroom, unpack our things, and begin our day all by ourselves. Of course, our parents are always welcome to duck in from time to time to check in on things or say hello. <br />
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4. ...set a good example for the rest of the school with our behavior in public spaces - no matter what we see others doing.<br />
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5. ...help out the kids in K, 1, and 2 when we see they need help. We will also offer hellos and hugs to remind them how welcomed and loved they are in the building.<br />
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As I mentioned above, we are very successful with many of these items already. Someone asked today, "Mr. Hass, when we get older does something change to make us act differently?" This question was prompted by earlier discussions throughout the year about how the "older" kids sometimes act as though they are more important or immune to the rules the rest of us are expected to follow. That was a bit tough to answer. I think I finally said something along the lines of: "Well, nothing has to change. You'll still be the same person but maybe some people will begin to get the idea that being older means acting differently. Maybe our job could be to help them reconsider this." This was certainly not the best answer but so much of parenting and teaching is like that...if only we had more time to craft a careful response that might be more meaningful. Ah well, there's always tomorrow.<br />
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<br />Mr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-58148638411122693382013-04-10T11:45:00.002-04:002013-04-10T11:45:21.128-04:00Spring Weather is Here!We've been enjoying the nice weather as much as possible. We love eating outside in our garden and even getting out there to do some work. Today I started a rotation that should allow each of the kids a couple of opportunities each week to work at our new picnic table or on the bench next to the pond. Here's hoping we stay out of the 90s for as long as possible!<br />
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We enjoyed a visit from many of our grandparents just before break. During their classroom visit we shared our learning around rocks and minerals, sang a few songs, and even recorded a song with the grandparents to include on our class CD this year. Here are some photos from our time together. I did take a photo of each family but it seems some may have been accidentally removed from my camera.<br />
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<br />Mr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-5541179582172372632013-04-08T13:48:00.001-04:002013-04-08T13:48:23.738-04:00Homework: April 8 - 15th, 20131. Read each night and record this on your log. Logs need to come back to school each morning as we will be recording on them at school as well. These will be turned in next Monday.<br />
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2. On Monday night you should review the material in the rock and mineral book you created with Mr. Chris. We will have a test on Tuesday. On Wednesday your graded test will come back home where you will need to correct any miscues and write a bit about how you figured out the correct answer. These are due back on Monday as well.<br />
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3. There is a math packet coming home this week. We will begin doing more of these sorts of sheets for homework in preparation for the work we'll be asked to do on the PASS test next month. These sheets are due back in next Monday but should not be put off until the last minute. Some will take considerably longer to complete than others. I would recommend doing one sheet each night.<br />
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4. Bring in an empty can, bottle, or jar by next Monday. It needs to be perfectly round. We'll use these for our explorations into radius, diameter, and circumference next week.Mr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-60296022890426857762013-03-22T15:45:00.002-04:002013-03-22T15:45:47.983-04:00How to Access Google DriveWe've been working hard on putting together our magazine articles. Many of the kids have been using their chrome books to access information and type their article. I have asked them to have a completed rough draft of at least 5 paragraphs by Tuesday. They asked if I could post the information to access their google drive from home so they could work on it. So, here goes (Thanks to David for explaining how to do this):<br />
1. Go to google.com<br />
2. In the upper right hand corner you will see a button to sign-in - click this button and sign-in<br />
3. Once you've signed in their will be a bar across the top of your page that says "search, images, maps..."<br />
4. The drive tab is almost all the way over to the right of the bar.<br />
5. Click on "drive"<br />
6. This should allow them to access anything they have saved on their chrome books<br />
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I hope everyone has a great and restful weekend. I look forward to seeing everyone on Monday.<br />
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Mr. Chris<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fun picture of the class as they got ready to leave Friday afternoon.</td></tr>
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<br />Mr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-70196626249723572412013-03-18T18:23:00.000-04:002013-03-18T18:38:33.434-04:00Homework: March 18 - 22, 2013<br />
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<!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ve asked the students to bring
in 2 samples of dirt from around the house for our science investigation on
Tuesday March 19th. The samples should
be in a clear Ziploc bag or Tupperware container so we can investigate the
differences between types of soil. Some
of the students are worried they may only find one type of soil around the
house which is fine. I’m hoping to get a
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Dear Families,</div>
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Last week seemed to be the week of the flu, as we were
missing at least 2 students every day. I
had my own battle with the flu early in the week, but managed to recover in
time to begin my 2 weeks of full time teaching on Wednesday. The kids and I had a lot of fun as we
continued our study into magazines, and began learning about geometry, rocks
and Non-Fiction books.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This week we will have the PASS writing test on Tuesday and
Wednesday morning. Mr. Hass and I are
confident all the students will do very well as they are all fantastic
writers. We worked on prompt writing for
about a week to help prepare the class for the type of writing expected on the
PASS test. All the students did very
well and if they take their time and do their best they will all be successful.<o:p></o:p></div>
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While I was out sick at the beginning of the week Mr. Hass
worked with the class to explore magazines.
We noticed lots of great things about magazines including: table of
contents, facts, graphs, comics, advertisements, and lots of articles. We have decided to take our interest in
magazines and create our own. The class
had a chance to divide up based on their interests and begin thinking about
what types of articles their magazine would include. This week we will have the chrome books in
the room in the morning so we can research our articles and begin composing
them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The class and I began our investigation into rocks on Thursday
of last week. Their enthusiasm is
infectious. To help get our
investigation off on the right foot we had Ed Emmer come and speak to us on
Friday. He is Richland Two’s science
coordinator and a geologist by trade. He
brought in lots of rock samples for the kids to investigate and answered all of
their many questions. We had a lot of
fun learning how different rocks are formed and want to give a sincere thank
you to Mr. Emmer for coming in and spending the afternoon with us.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwuFWXFdDZJUaseeXExckcmAUw33y7BXlADualLHnJRUwopCCbc046zSZb0wjU4Zm3ijEdHIxL55-dnYFu2JcmmefWwmYXYf93yofnrMcC1GJUo7iv5nKMK8QVqKgoZv6i9KZO-XQbEo/s1600/E+Emmer+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwuFWXFdDZJUaseeXExckcmAUw33y7BXlADualLHnJRUwopCCbc046zSZb0wjU4Zm3ijEdHIxL55-dnYFu2JcmmefWwmYXYf93yofnrMcC1GJUo7iv5nKMK8QVqKgoZv6i9KZO-XQbEo/s320/E+Emmer+2.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Emmer answering our questions about rocks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNQ_YP_-KJonW_15PgAiYJr_6bWTA9Xacb3LzaxrlkKz6TrOAychtl9vmJy_efhcnSSxCUcu-CXjT2HuCbADXvalFzwvr2ArSD2ov3ifdUqVJpFHw9bK_s-dxqeuJ8XrthDOZ1x9XP14/s1600/E+Emmer+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNQ_YP_-KJonW_15PgAiYJr_6bWTA9Xacb3LzaxrlkKz6TrOAychtl9vmJy_efhcnSSxCUcu-CXjT2HuCbADXvalFzwvr2ArSD2ov3ifdUqVJpFHw9bK_s-dxqeuJ8XrthDOZ1x9XP14/s320/E+Emmer+3.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sample metamorphic rock Mr. Emmer brought in for us to investigate.</td></tr>
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To help with our investigation into rocks and minerals I am
going to ask each student to bring in 2 samples of dirt from around the
house. This could be potting soil from
plants, sand from the driveway, or just regular old dirt that is around your
house. This will help us to identify the
many different soils around us in South Carolina.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am really excited to continue my full time teaching this
week with the class. If you have any
questions or there is anything I can help you with please feel free to email me
at <a href="mailto:cqtiscornia@gmail.com">cqtiscornia@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Mr. H's Class Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03306112029274587011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544994709048156730.post-699008596441040932013-03-11T11:24:00.000-04:002013-03-11T11:28:07.084-04:00Newseltter: March 11, 2013Dear Families,<br />
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I hope you had a chance to attend our final Gathering last Friday. The kids did a phenomenal job. Never before have they been so relaxed and confident in front of their peers. If you weren't able to make it in be sure to ask your child about their part.<br />
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We have six students and one MAT out today due to illness. We scrubbed down the entire classroom this morning and are working to keep our things out of our mouths. Hopefully this passes soon!<br />
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Thank you everyone for helping your children last week with the construction of their "insulators." We had great fun on Monday seeing which designs and materials worked best. After seeing what worked for others I've provided a new challenge for today: <i>Can you keep the ice from melting over night? </i>This will be a good opportunity to make some modifications if things didn't work out last week.<br />
<br />
Thank you also for the thoughtful written conversations you had with your kids this week about the song "Flowers are Red." This song, while an oldie of sorts, was very new to me. I loved the message about the potential dangers of teaching (and parenting for that matter). Our class discussion centered on the fact one of the teachers worked to squash creativity and free thought while the other welcomed it. Here is a sampling from your conversations at home...<br />
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<i>I would have him meet the second teacher first. He would feel free to draw colorful flowers and other things he saw...Why do you think the teacher always disagreed with the child? Maybe because that's how it always has been at that school and maybe it's a rule...There are two adults that are left out in this song which are the little boy's parents. If his parents were in there how would it be different? If it were me I'd support the boy's creative side at home - even if he wasn't allowed to express it at school...The boy was so excited to draw with all the colors. By the end of the song he didn't seem to like to draw any more. Did it make you as sad as it made me?...I think the song is about how you should be able to believe whatever you want to believe...Teachers leave a great impression on children. The boy went to another school, had a nice teacher, but he still remembered what his old teacher said about how a flower's colors are supposed to be...I think it is trying to teach you to think what you want to...I feel sad she is trying to convince him that flowers are only green and red and feels because she is the teacher he should agree with her...If everyone was the same it would be a boring world because no one did anything unique...Closed minded means that someone is not open to new thoughts or ideas. The second teacher was very receptive (open to ideas) to children being creative. What if all teachers were like teacher #1? -- I would want to be home schooled!...I am glad you see the rainbow of possibilities. I want you to keep the child wonderment you can create. You can explore. Your mind can soar...I notice the teacher changed the little boy's mind in a bad way...I read somewhere that 98% of all children are born with a genius IQ but that their IQs actually lessen once a child starts school and levels off in your grade (3rd). The reasoning for this is because schools tell you what to think instead of letting kids have the freedom to express themselves...I think that this song is about how we sometimes conform to what we've heard or have been taught...It is an old recording but the message is timeless.</i><br />
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Finally, Mr. Chris will be taking over the teaching duties later this week. This will include two weeks of planning, teaching, newsletters, and so on. If you need anything from him please send a note in with your child. I will also ask him to send out his e-mail address to you some time soon. I will be available as well.<br />
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Have a great week!<br />
Chris<br />
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