Did Your Kid Turn In Repaired Lab 8e?

Well, 3 p.m. came today and still a "bunch a" cherubs opted not to turn-in their fixed versions of Lab Notebook 8e. Rather than email me, and ask me, perhaps you should verify with your child whether or not he/she resubmitted a corrected version of that notebook. I will hand them back on Tuesday.

4-Sight Testing
Yesterday, I tested my homeroom in math. Today, I had Mrs. Pulizzi's kids. Both days were wonderful. The munchkins were serious about doing well on that test. Nice job, guys.

Miss Porter's Alzheimer's Awareness Walk
Yep, its tomorrow. She raised $150, today, with teacher purchasing dress-down day stickers and $3 purple wrist-bands. Funny, Miss Porter had to cut and staple her wrist-band because it was so large -- mine is digging into my wrist. Am I that big?

Have a great weekend, folks. I will not be monitoring my email until late Sunday. I need a break from this place.

It Only Took 15 Years, But. . .

Talk about seeing the floor, up close. I saw it when I fell over and hit it, face first. Why? Well, I have a group of girls in my social studies class working on a Supreme Court case. After jotting down notes, researching data, recording sources, and composing a graphic organizer, these girls were asked to write an introductory statement and conclusion.

Y'all gotta read this conclusion: "Separate, but equal, caused a lot of problems for mostly the African-Americans. But, when the Brown family took this case to court, three years later, and fought for the schools to be together and equal -- they found that the court favored Linda and people like her. That day, May 17, 1954, Linda Brown and everybody who thought the separate, but, equal, motto wasn't fair, won."

I feel like a frosted, eight-layer cereal square -- proud.

Have a great night, folks.

Read Naturally - Naturally

Hey, I differentiated my classes - again. I have two groups that started a Read Naturally lesson - Lab Notebook 11 - about a test flood of the Grand Canyon. Others are working on a stream bed simulation - Lab Notebook 10. By the way, kiddoes, use my website to find a copy of the stream on page 2 and 3. Others finished Lab 9 - weathering and erosion.

Collected Signed Progress Reports
Pretty good return. Most kids brought backed signed progress reports, today.

4-Sight Tests, tomorrow and Friday
Only during periods 1 and 2, both days. I will meet with sections 62 and 64, tomorrow, and sections 63 and 61 on Friday.

Have a good night, folks.

The Kid "Ain't" Going, Yet

My son is not leaving, yet, for basic training. It appears he was moved up on the list when another individual failed to respond to his call. As it turns out, that individual made it on time to report in at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. As a result, the boy is back on the list and is waiting to go. Anyone got a temporary job for a kid who worked as the computer tech at Circuit City? He's good - taught me a lot about 'puters. He has a car payment and insurance to pay. He signed-up for the Air Force on July 1 and quit his job to go into the military. He has been unemployed ever since. But, enough about me and mine.

Fixing Lab 8e
Munchkins saw the results of not reading and following directions and discussing plans with their groups before proceding. Those lab notebooks were, for the most part, a mess. Merry Christmas, Cherubs, you get to fix those nasty errors and improve your grade. Thank You, Mr. Zdun. Ahem, I did not quite hear you. Remember, I have to re-grade all those packets. THANK YOU, MR. ZDUN!!!!

Progress Reports Went Out Today, For Science
I handed out progress reports, today. For the most part, the grades are good -- however, I am sending out 14 progress reports to the homes of students that are failing or near failing. We have three more weeks to get "them thar" grades up-to-par.

Have a great night, folks.

Redo

I am handing out progress reports, tomorrow.

Tomorrow, the cherubs will redo Lab Notebook 8e. It will be due on Friday, October, 10, 2008. If it is not turned in, then, the original grade will stand. This is a self-explanatory lessons. Why the problems?

Have a great night, folks.