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April 12, 2005
Cube It - Segregation
Today we did an activity I wish I had seen before the Writing Test. It is a great little tactile piece which makes the kids focus in on different aspects of an issue – today it was segregation – and organize their ideas. They take their topic and – Describe It, Associate It, Compare It, Argue for or Against It, Analyze It, and Apply It. I realized they did not want to “think that hard” when they began asking a million questions. Miss Yelverton worked well with Ms. Cox’s homeroom since we switched up classes this morning. This kind of an experience is extremely important to a young person who is considering education as a career path.
We are participating in the “Coins for the Cure” fundraiser to fight Parkinson’s disease. This is one of the medical issues that affected Pope John Paul’s decline and also is negatively affecting the actor Michael J. Fox. If you would like to contribute, I have told the kids I would match what our homeroom brings in up to $50.00. We are a country of so much; we must remember to do our part for those less fortunate.
Tomorrow we have a Vocabulary Test on Unit 12. It will be an eInstruction test. Today as a quick review we did a little Vocabulary Baseball. I am so glad this idea was shared with me. The kids really seem to enjoy it!
Posted by hlperson at April 12, 2005 08:57 AM
Comments
The cube was very difficult, but I got it made just in time for us to play baseball vocabulary the day before the test.
Posted by: Patrick Langley at April 14, 2005 04:15 PM
I only missed one question on the test grrrrr almost a 100. But I'm still proud of my self!
Posted by: Jessica Price at April 14, 2005 07:45 PM
The cubes in the picture are so pretty. I think it really made a difference by doing those cubes. I understood segregation a lot better than I did before.
Posted by: Regan Hunter at April 16, 2005 12:20 PM
I just want to say I like the way you have a lesson and then you have a fun thing for us to do after it. That helps us learn.
Posted by: Brittany Hicks at April 18, 2005 12:56 PM
The segregation cube was fun but a little hard to fold and put it together! After we finished our cube, we played baseball vocabulary and I got to pitch a couple of times.
Posted by: AndreAnna Howard at April 20, 2005 06:35 PM
I just wanted to say that the lesson you taught us on segregation was really fun! Uou made it interesting!
I can't wait for the feild trip it's going to be really fun! Don't forget I'm your favorite student:) lol
Posted by: Skylar Crawford at April 21, 2005 08:42 AM
I just wanted to say that I have really liked the lesson we have been doing lately on segregation. It has really helped me to understand it better now!
Thanks for letting us go on the field trip to S.C, I think it's going to be really fun! Okay well I have to run we are about to do "DEAR" but I'll make another comment later.
Posted by: Jessica Cole at April 25, 2005 08:32 AM
It was really cool how our team made the most money but over all it went towards a really good cause!
Posted by: Brittney Barfield at May 2, 2005 06:33 PM
Thank you for teaching us about segregation because it teaches us things that we need to know about.
Posted by: Jeff Caramel at May 18, 2005 06:19 AM