Week 7: February 19 - 22

Welcome to Week 7, another shortened week of school. This week, school begins on Tuesday.

TUESDAY:  Lots of activity took place today.
1. I collected last week's bell ringers assignment.
2. We used a socratic style discussion to go over the students' homework assignment, writing 13 vocabulary sentences.
3. We began our first day of "Vocabulary Exercises" which required the students to write down a combination of two words (one of which was a vocabulary word) and then write a complete sentences using both of those words in their sentence.  The words for today were as follows:

        a. metacognition + brain
        b. sound + teacher

4. Finally, I introduced the students to Mel Robbins' 5 Second Rule.  To elaborate on my explanation of this concept, I showed the students the following video:  The 5 Second Rule
After a discussion, the students wrote down the following information to help them explain this rule to their parent.

HOMEWORK:  Discuss the 5 Second Rule with at least one of your parents and then get your parent to (a) PRINT their name and then (b) PLACE THEIR SIGNATURE on the paper that you copied down from the whiteboard.

WEDNESDAY:  I began today by collecting last night's "5 Second Rule" homework assignment.
Then, we moved into deep breathing followed by the bell ringer.
Next, the students completed the following VOCABULARY EXERCISE based on yesterday's instructions:

       a. infer + radio
       b. insoluble + math

For the remainder of the class period, the students and I began delving into the contents of Lesson 8: Evaluating Facts.

HOMEWORK:  Finish reading Lesson 8 and create an outline of Lesson 8.

THURSDAY:  Today was another busy day.  After the bell ringer, I gave the students the following 2 sets of words for their daily VOCABULARY EXERCISE, and then gave them one minute within which to write a sentence for each set of words:

1. impediment + mouse
2. alleviate + brother

Next, the students worked in groups of 4 people to re-create the Lesson 8 outline.  Their work was due at the end of the class period.

FRIDAY:  To close out this week, we did some peer grading to help the students understand my expectations for their work.  First, I had the students grade another student's vocabulary exercises for this week, looking for missing items, misspellings, and grammatically incorrect sentence structure.  Next, each student graded another student's Lesson 8 outline.  Afterwards, I collected the Lesson 8 outlines and will review the student corrections and then input a final grade for this assignment for each student.  Other than reviewing the vocabulary words and class notes, no additional homework was assigned for this weekend (other than asking your parents if they are willing to donate any boxes of Kleenex to my classroom since I have run out).  

This week's BELL RINGERS:

TUESDAY: Correct the grammar.
1. this here dog brang a old shoe to my aunts door
2. that map however shows only pudding lane

WEDNESDAY: Correct the grammar.
1. by this evening i will have brung all of the cardboard ribbon and paint to your apartment
2. the pond in front of the allerton canning company has froze

THURSDAY: Correct the grammar.
1. them boys went to the record store to buy a copy of sound of drums a song they had heard on television
2. we can climb up to the Tower or we can hike to the lake

FRIDAY: Correct the grammar.
1. right your name at the top of the page he said and put your title on the first line
2. when is your club having its bake sale asked keiko