Hello,
Anyone in homework club, got a conference sign up sheet. I forgot to give them out at the end of the day. AAUUUGH. My fault. Sorry.
If you are reading this and want to sign up before you get the sheet tomorrow, you can email me a possible time. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will have two morning times available each day, 7:30 and 8:00. Each of those days will also have after school times from 5:00 to 7:00. Friday is a no school day, dedicated solely to conferences and I'll be available from 7:30 to 4:30.
Today we discussed the importance of asking questions when reading. Curiosity is such an important factor in predicting future school success. Curious kids learn more than uncurious kids. Personally, I don't think it is even close. I think it is the biggest factor behind the gains that so many kids in the class are seeing. For a few students, it is their biggest obstacle. If you only do school work to make your teacher or parents happy, you are missing out on learning. I still see some kids whose greatest passion is to NOT think. It makes me sad.
We will delving into the causes of the American Revolution in these next few days. I think I may need to recruit some loyalists to even out some of our debates. I look forward to getting to teach the history of our nation's beginnings for the first time.
We jumped back into decimals in math. We will spend a few days on them before I send home decimal homework. In the meantime, we'll have fraction review homework.
Thanks for reading.
Mr. Shea
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