Parents-
I’m staying positive today! We’re wrapping up a busy week. The kids have been good today. I’ve also kept them very busy.
· Science unit ended today. New one starts after Thanksgiving break.
· Social Studies unit ends next week.
· Check out grades, especially for missing work. Need it turned in.
· Malia made it in our Weekly Reader.
· Reading The Giver
· Good Luck to the Hawks (High School, 7th grade, and 5th grade football teams)
· Roll Tide!
We completed our Science unit today. Our next unit is “Electricity and Magnetism.” We’ll start it after next week. We’re in need of a few D batteries for the unit. If you’re able to donate a couple, that would be great. Officially, we’re a little ahead of the county pacing guide, but it will pay off to have covered all of the material before the CRCT.
We’ll finish our Social Studies unit (“The Changing Nation”) next week. The kids have been working hard on this and they covered quite a bit. The holiday forced us to push hard so the break didn’t it up too much.
Please have the kids check out their grades online. With the heavy use of technology, some assignments may not have made it to me and there is a zero for a grade. I’ve asked them about the missing work, but if there’s a zero, there’s a problem. I need them to re-submit it if it’s digital or turn it in if it’s hard copy. Just today, I had 3 students claim work turned in without a name.
On another note, I want to brag on a student. Check out page 7 of the Scholastic Weekly Reader (http://sni.scholastic.com/SN5/11_18_13_SN5). Our very own, Malia, wrote an opinion piece and was selected. I’m very proud of her effort and initiative.
In Reading, we’re reading The Giver by Lois Lowry. Great book with so many opportunities for inferencing and critical thinking. I only ask the kids not to read ahead as I have assignments based on that day’s passage. The story changes very quickly, so if they read ahead, it clouds the inferencing activity. If they want another Lois Lowry book to read, try Gossamer or Silent Boy.
New Math skills will be updated once the skills tests today are graded.
I introduced the kids to the Power Pose. It comes from a TED talk I watched about body language and confidence. Basically, it says you can “fake it until you become it” concerning confidence. We strike these Power Poses for a couple minutes and their research says it increases chemical rates associated with power and confidence while lowering levels of chemicals associated with stress. Eventually, we hope they’re confident without the poses. Even if it doesn’t work, it lightens their mood for a little while and it makes me chuckle.
Good luck to our Hillgrove Hawks, both high school, 7th grade (my son), and 5th grade teams (a few of our classmates) in their respective playoffs this weekend!
Have a great weekend! Roll Tide!
Shane Brazile
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