Thriller!

Hello,


We were treated to some amazing performances this afternoon as HBS students and faculty hit the stage for the dress rehearsal performance of tomorrow night's school talent show.  About a dozen staff members dressed as zombies closed the show with a fantastic dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller.  It was really well done.  They've worked on it after school for the last several weeks so it was nice to see their hard work pay off.  Bravo to them.


We had one representative from our class in the show.  Unfortunately we missed her performance.  They started the show a bit early and hadn't even announced for the fifth grade to go to the gym yet.  Coincidentally, she was the first to go and we could hear the applause for her group's performance as we entered the gymnasium.  I felt badly that we weren't there to support her, but she understood.  Hopefully some of the class will be able to make tomorrow night's show.  I plan on being there. 


Tonight's homework is to write about freedoms, fairness or equality.  We had a big discussion about rules that apply only to girls or boys, separate classes based on gender, and if fair and equal really mean the same thing.  I'm asking for an opinion piece.  They can write about any topic they want, as long as they can tie it to a general theme of what is fair, what should we have the freedom to do, or equality.  They got going on these assignments in class.


We are dividing fractions in math.  I can't give you many real world applications outside of wanting to make 1/4 of a recipe, but the kids understand why flipping the fraction and then multiplying works, so we should be able to go full speed ahead on this chapter.  Look for a quiz next week.


I finished my dog sitting episode yesterday.  It was so nice to sleep in my own bed last night.  My neck felt better almost as soon as it hit the pillow.  As a bonus, I wasn't as crabby today.  Or so I hope.


Thanks for reading.


Mr. Shea