Unemployment in America dropped to 8% in November. This was the lowest number in 3 years. However while more jobs being created was one factor, also more people choosing not to look is another factor.
Primary season for the Republicans starts up in Jan. 12 with the Iowa Caucuses. We compared the primaries to the “playoffs” and a chance to play in the Superbowl (the Presidential Election). We discussed why the Democrats are not having as many debates and the primaries are not as important since President Obama will earn their nomination.
CNN talked about the two super large bombs from WWII that were discovered in Germany left untouched and still very much dangerous.
Today we began working on our first open ended project of the school year. Students will have eight one-hour sessions to think up, plan out, create, and practice presenting their final project. Students “may” work on this project at home however most the work should occur during their eight one-hour sessions.
First step is to complete a project proposal and get it approved by myself. Click here for the proposal --- due on Wednesday.
Click here for a list of project ideas.
Project must cover a topic related to American/North America history that occurs between 1650-1800.
Math:
We all took notes and continued learning about fractions. We did more practice with adding and subtracting fractions with mixed numbers. Some students did some work with dividing fractions today.
All of our notes can be found here.
P.E. time -- it was sunny and the day was brisk.
End of the Day -- during lunch time I was called home since Devin became ill while at preschool today and he needed to be brought home. He will be fine. He has just acquired the flu-bug the 4 year olds are sharing at preschool.
Therefore Mrs. Greenhouse assisted the students with writing in the homework for the week. Students were then given 30 minutes to write or type out their compare/contrast essays about the Original Thanksgiving (aka O.T.) versus their family’s modern Thanksgiving.
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Here is the homework for the week:
Math:
258-259 1-29 odds *must show Venn diagrams due Tuesday
260 1-22 all *must show Venn diagrams due Wednesday
262-263 1-14 all due Thursday
264-265 1-14 all due Friday
Free-Write:
Write from the perspective of a reindeer that just helped Santa deliver toys to every boy and girl on planet earth (estimated 1.4 billion children on planet earth with is about 270 kids per second)
Theme 3 test will be on Thursday
Students should “study” for this test by reviewing the concepts and in some cases committing to memory the ideas being assessed.
Click here for the study guide
Today we began working on our first open ended project of the school year. Students will have eight one-hour sessions to think up, plan out, create, and practice presenting their final project. Students “may” work on this project at home however most the work should occur during their eight one-hour sessions.
First step is to complete a project proposal and get it approved by myself. Click here for the proposal --- due on Wednesday.
Click here for a list of project ideas.
Project must cover a topic related to American/North America history that occurs between 1650-1800.
Compare and Contrast Essay on First Thanksgiving versus their own Thanksgiving is due Thursday. Four paragraphs is a minimum expectation.
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