Hello,
My school day was sandwiched between two meetings. I missed the morning meet and greet, as well as the morning work due to the first meeting. I was pleased to hear that the class got right down to business.
Our math class got into some bar modeling this morning. I'm hoping to provide enough of a base, so they can use it as a tool to help them during the fractions unit. We'll be solving all sorts of word problems as we get to know bar modeling. It should help many students find a jumping off point for solving word problems. That seems to be the biggest issue other than checking to make sure our answers make sense.
We wrote some nonsense poetry on Friday. First I read Jabberwocky to the class by Lewis Carroll. I think that they are really going to enjoy our poetry writing sessions. I come at it from a perspective of NO RULES! I think starting out with nonsense poetry is a great way to emphasize that. I gave them small booklets to write their favorites in. Hopefully they will each have a nice collection of various poems in a couple months.
Today I read some poems that use repetition to provide emphasis. After only two days of writing poetry with some direction, it is clear to me that we have a lot of natural poets. It makes sense. They are writing what they know and writing what they feel. Some write with great rhythm, some with a great sense of comedic timing. I'll give them mini-lessons and writing time every day for the next few weeks. Slowly we'll put together a poetry tool box that they can draw from when they want to write poetry.
Congratulations to all the participants in the HBS Variety Show. I think we were all impressed with the talent level of our school mates. It takes a lot of courage to get up in front of everyone and I was pleased with the number of participants.
Sickness is still going around. Please remind your child to wash their hands every time they eat.
Homework club is on for tomorrow night. Lego Club on Thursday.
Have a great night.
Mr. Shea
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