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November 14, 2005
Great American Smoke Out
The next couple of weeks will be crammed full and hectic. Holiday interruptions always cause a stir and we have so much to get through. We have an Early Dismissal Day this Wednesday (Nov 16) and next Tuesday (Nov 22), then a couple of days off for Thanksgiving (Nov 23-25). We are beginning a novel that I hope will assist the students in not only meeting their individual AR goals, but also teach a strong moral. On My Honor is an exceptional young adult novel by Marion Dane Bauer. I have used this set with my students for all of my ten years in teaching and have never had a dissatisfied group. I look forward to blogging about our conversations in class with your children.
The “Great American Smoke Out” is always the third Thursday in November. Many of the students discussed speaking with their parents about attempting the Smoke Out. I am always dismayed at the number of young people who try smoking even though they have been bombarded with anti-smoking messages and information. Take a minute and speak with them about their thoughts and ideas on smoking.
If you have not seen your child reading at home, you might want to ask why not. As part of our Language Arts grade they should be reading for at least 20 minutes every night. This will also assist them in meeting their AR Goal for this nine weeks, which is 25% of their nine weeks average. Between the Reading Log grades for the 20 minutes and the AR goal, this reading will drastically improve their average - not to mention their reading skills.
Posted by hlperson at November 14, 2005 09:35 AM
Comments
ewww Yuck thats nasty!!!!!
Posted by: Rachel B. at November 14, 2005 04:35 PM
That lung looks like it has mold all over it. I would hate for my lung to look like that.
Posted by: Kenneth S-K at November 15, 2005 04:52 PM
That is probably the foulest thing I have ever seen in my life... gross... I'll never smoke!
Posted by: Arielle at April 21, 2006 11:29 AM
This lung is pretty foul looking, to bad mine will look like that. I am trying to quit I have cut down from a pack a day to 5 or so smokes, so far so good :D
-Mitch
Posted by: Mitch at June 2, 2006 12:21 PM
I just quit and went looking for images to deter a relapse--JACKPOT!
Posted by: AMB at June 4, 2006 08:35 PM