Hello,
We had some more time management issues today, but I'm hopeful we can get this test taking thing down before we are through with them. We will finish the week with two math NECAPs tomorrow and a writing one on Friday. The second writing portion will get done on Monday morning.
We spent the last part of the day learning about how a water strider really eats and discussing the strength of evidence. If a person claims to know something because "Mr. Shea told me," or "I saw a picture of it," how strong is that for evidence? We rated several different claims of evidence this afternoon. "I saw it on the periodic table," rated highly. "I saw the birth certificate," also was considered strong evidence. "I had it for homework" and "My dad told me" rated the lowest. (Sorry dads.) (Not my ratings - they came from a random sampling of the class.)
We will continue looking into this as we come better scientific thinkers. This will help our writing as well. Understanding strong evidence will allow us to do a better job supporting our topic sentences.
Movie Club meets tomorrow until 5:00. We will watch our first movie next week. We made a list of some of the classics that we'll be watching. I'm thinking the Wizard of Oz will be our first, but I'll let you know beforehand in case anyone has any objections. I will not show any PG-13s, but we all know that even the PGs can have some lewd stuff.
Another reminder: Early 1:00 release on Friday.
Thanks for reading,
Mr. Shea
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