I inundated the kids today with ideas for the research project. Some of them had some great ideas of their own. I always love the "info-dump" that is this brainstorming session. The kids get excited to research some of these things, and I particularly enjoy getting to see the lights come on in their eyes when they get a one-sentence blurb about (for instance) the Red Scare or the samurai or Rosie the Riveter. By Friday, they're supposed to have ten ideas written down! Then the selection process will take place...*********
We studied up also on negative exponents today. The consen
sus was that they don't make sense, but at least they're easy to understand!We also had the honor today of looking at a slide show guided by our own C.J. Patterson. The pictures were from Norfolk, where he went to see his big brother come home from serving overseas in the U.S. Navy. We would all like to thank C.J.'s brother for his service to our country. We know C.J. has been waiting for him to come home for a long time, and now we're excited too. C.J. answered a lot of questions, and could have gone on much longer, but Math class called!
Thanks for sharing this with us, C.J! Hope it's okay that I posted these pictures here...I didn't exactly ask permission. Let me know if you want them taken down.
2 comments:
Thank you Mr. Carter for allowing CJ to share his brother's homecoming with the class. It meant a lot to him.
It was an honor. It meant a lot to us too.
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