Good day!  In class today, we completed a little dialogue Warm-Up, then moved into small groups for some collaboration about our Article of the Week.  This was essential in re-evaluating our initial opinions regarding whether or not Jordan Brown should be tried as an adult for the crimes with which he has been charged.  From there, you worked toward completing a personal reflection of that topic. Well done!  No homework for the long weekend...just get fat on turkey and enjoy yourselves.

Hi, guys!  Sorry I missed you today.  I'm sure my supply teacher will have wonderful things to say about you...or else.  For tomorrow, please complete your analysis and notation of the Article of the Week.  Your focus will be to distinguish the FACTS from the OPINIONS in the article, so try to determine the best way to do that before, during, and after you read.  Also, you must complete your Math textbook activity regarding text features (but you had plenty of class time today to get it done).  See you tomorrow!

Hi there!  Today, we completed a Warm-Up, then switched our The China Doll questions with a classmate.  After that, we came up with a class master list of terrific questions for this short story, divided into the six levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.  Great work!  No homework for tomorrow.

Vote for _____________!  Good work today with our education forum!   You represented your candiadtes well...although some were better represented than others, eh?  Ms. MacDonald and I will post the pictures ASAP.  No homework for tomorrow, but be ready to revisit Bloom's Taxonomy for Thinking with our China Doll activity.

Happy Friday!  Today, we began our in-class election project, using Bloom's Taxonomy for Thinking to help us through.  We'll continue that activity on Monday, have our party leaders address the issues in education that we feel are essential, then we'll vote!

Hey, folks!  What a day!  You handed in what you ASSURED me were a huge stack of "A" performances in your friendly letters.  I can't wait to read 'em!  After that, we began breaking down the idea of "metacognition", or "thinking about thinking".  To do this, we're going to tackle Bloom's Taxonomy for Thinking, which will help us move away from the lower two levels (Understanding and Comprehension) and into the upper levels of Application, Analysis, Evaluating, and Synthesis.  Remember the example of creating a bird house in wood shop class if you need a little help.  Great work today, and no homework for tomorrow...unless you didn't hand in your letter packet today.  Oh, don't forget to wear your green and gold!