April 1, 2011

Hello! Today is April Fool's Day. Mr. Lloyd told the students we would have to stay in school two hours longer today because we were short some hours. It was funny. I have to say that the voice threads turned out fairly well. Some of them were very impressive, considering it was the first time they had worked with that particular computer tool. You could tell who put in the effort and who didn't. It is just like any other project. We have now started a new project. The students drew the name of a famous scientist or inventor and will do a research project on that person. They can use a Power Point, their class wiki, or a voice thread to present their information. Every student was given a paper with all the requirements on it. I will have to put it on here on Monday. I don't have that paper on this computer, since I am home right now. The students can do some research at home, but I don't want them to do all of it there and then do nothing at school. Starting April 11 and going till April 25, I will be helping out the Math department and working on math to help prepare the students for the OAA. Ms. Bond will be doing Language Arts during this time period. I will pick up with my science after the testing is over on April 28. Well, I hope everyone has a great weekend. Keep your fingers crossed for good weather to come. I think we could all use some. Talk to you soon!