Carter Current Vol.6 Issue 12

Science
In Science I went and bought a couple of potted flowers so that the kids could use their bee wands to pollinate them. They still have yet to produce seeds, but in the meantime, we’ve learned a few lessons about what should happen and the processes that take place.

English
We continued with our Grammar Voyage and Caesar’s English this week, although we had to have the test today. Events of Friday only allowed us to do the Spelling Test.

Reading
In Reading we‘re taking a double route right now. We’re going to be reading a nonfiction book, Immigrant Kids, in class. It’s a good one, and it shows the kids another side of the immigration-heavy days of the early 20th century. Second of all, during the first part of this week, we’ll be doing another story out of the Junior Great Books, “Ghost Cat.” This is a very interesting story, and I look forward to hearing the feedback from the kids on it.

Math
We’re doing Geometry in Math right now. I’ve been really happy with how well the kids have taken to concepts like complementary angles, supplementary angles, transversals, and several other rules of Geometry.
On Friday, the kids took the make-up test if they chose to. This helped out their grades quite a bit in most cases.

Bits of Business
· I apologize for the information on the blog in last week’s newsletter. There should be no “www” in the website title. It’s http://mrcartersdojo.
blogspot.com . We’ve been a little bit remiss in keeping it updated, but hopefully we’ll be better in the future.
·If it seems like we didn’t get as much work finished this week, it‘s partially true. However, we did several things in the meantime that are worthwhile. First of all, the fourth and fifth graders both had Everybody Counts, where they learned about what it’s like to have a disability and try to get by. The fourth graders learned about physical disabilities, and the fifth graders were educated on learning disabilities. They found out that it’s not too easy to have either one. A huge thanks goes out to Paula Baugh, who coordinated our program this year, as well as all of the other moms who helped out with the program.
·Second of all, the fifth graders have been working hard on their musical, “It’s Saturday”. I’d have to say this is the furthest along I’ve ever seen one of the musicals at this point in the game. I’ve been pretty impressed with
seeing some of the kids get up their and sing and do their lines. We have a pretty talented class if I may say so.
·Lastly, the choir is in the midst of their travel season. On Friday, they went to Lakeview and Carmel Care Nursing Homes. They have more trips over the next couple of weeks.

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
--Albert Einstein