Snow day?

Hello,

I'm getting out of here before the snow hits too hard.  Sorry to cancel homework club, but when they cancel ALL afterschool activities, I follow suit.  I figure that we have a 50% chance of a snow day tomorrow.  They usually have a quick trigger on the first one. 

It was an interesting day.  In trying to convince people to vote for their animals in our WWF elections, some students have made some exaggerated claims.  It led us down the path of "How do we know what to believe when we read or hear things?"  Well, you know me... I was off and running.  We talked about both sides of the Global Warming issue.  I showed them the following website:
http://dhmo.org/facts.html.  I had most of the class believing that we should ban dihydrogen monoxide.  After we noodled through that dihydrogen monoxide is a fancy way of saying H20, or water, the kids saw how easy it was for me to convince them of something totally bogus.  The lesson: be wary.  Question.  Make your own decisions.  Don't let people talk you into something.  Think for yourself.

In WWF wrestling, the Saola took down the Blue Finned Tuna and the Black Jaguar beat the Arctic Hare.  We are down to our Final Eight.  If we have a snow day, all four matches will be decided on Thursday. 

We started fractions in math.  Lots of hands on stuff.  We had a great day.

Thanks for reading.

Mr. Shea