January 30

Hi everyone,

It's been a while since I posted, as the students have been doing most of the posting, so I thought I would update you all on what we have been doing. 

In Reading, the students have been working diligently to finish up writing and producing Public Service Announcements about bullying.  Each group of students selected a specific type of bullying, wrote a script, storyboarded the PSAs, and are getting ready to film them. This week, we will also be learning about simple, compound, and complex sentences and clauses. Additionally, they are actively reading their biographies for the Wax Museum project.

In Social Studies,  the students are finishing the research phase of their 13 Colonies Jigsaw Project.  They are working in groups to research and develop teaching tools to help the rest of the class learn about their specific area.

In Writing, the students are either finishing their Personal Essay (opinion piece) or if they are already done, they are working on their creative fiction pieces based on "Pictures of Harris Burdick."

In Science, the students are learning about animal adaptations with Mrs. Johnson.

Math varies by teacher.

Last week, the students used the Engineering Design Process to plan, design, test, and improve sails for sailboats.  It was very frustrating for some stduents, but everyuone learned a lot!

Thanks for reading!

Mr. Weinstein

January 13, 2012

   In Room 32 this week we have been learning about the parts of the cigarette in Health. Did you know that cigarettes have rat poison and acid in them? They have 4,000 different ingredients! Never smoke a cigarette because it  can cause cancer! Plus you will spend lots of money on them.Stay safe!
   In preparation for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we learned about civil rightsRosa Parks started the Montgomery boycott in 1955. E.D. Nixon helped her case from getting arrested to becoming famous. She got scared one day before she got arrested because she found out that the man she was working for was in the Ku Klux Klan. That's why she got scared.The Ku Klux Klan is a group of white people who kill black people because they think they are better than colored people. They lynch them, burn them and sometimes bomb their houses. Lynch means to hang a person by a tree or something. It was a horrible time.