Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Tuesday, February 22nd

Tomorrow --- the students’ day end at 1:50.
I’m not allowed to make small talk and I need to be ready to roll by 1:55, so if you need to see me, please email, call or come back at 2:55.  Thank you for your understanding.

Today:
We followed up on our Friday talk about heritage, traditions, customs and other family/community related issues.    
This was tied into the story about Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirer.  
We then read as a class the much discussed and controversial, “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior.
CLICK HERE FOR THE ARTICLE

it was an interesting discussion about cultural expectations, cultural norms, compare/contrasting and we tied it back into the Yang the 2nd....
If you haven’t had a chance to read the article, try to make some time and then discuss it with your son/daughter.  There was definitely a ton of energy in the room as we discussed these different style of parenting techniques.  

Technology Tuesday:
We did 20 minutes of typing, we did a follow up exercise on the Tiger Mom and Yang the 2nd, shared out about our short story and we practiced for our chapter 7 math test.
CLICK HERE for the links for today's computer lab work

Math:
Getting ready for this “quick” and “short” chapter test.  
Students put in 30+ minutes in the computer lab.
We then discussed the chapter 7 version A test.
I encouraged them to watch lessons on www.pearsonsuccessnet.com or CLICK HERE FOR the Khan Academy Videos on dividing decimals (3 in total)
Here are where all the chapter 7 A answer guide is and the open ended test are:
CLICK HERE for all my math handouts for the year

Get ready for the week.

P.E.

Kind regards,
Mr. Hubbard

Math:
Version A of Chapter 7  due Wednesday
Chapter 7 test is on Wednesday
Page 386-387 all due on Thursday
Page 388-389 all due on Friday

Grammar:
Getting ready for the Theme 4 test next Wednesday
Packet to be given out on 2/23 and due on 3/1

Theme 4 Study Guide:
Will be given out on 2/23 and the test will be on 3/2

Free-Write due Friday:
Complete your short story (near 1,000 words)

Famous American -- rough draft due on March 18th.
I strongly recommend that students put forward about 15 to 20 minutes every Monday-Thursday evening so this will not become a huge nightmare circa March 16h.  (15 evenings x 20 minutes = 300 minutes).  

Science --- study guide and test is tomorrow


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