Wow!!! How time flies when you are having fun! I cannot believe how this school year is flying by!!! We have been working on a couple of different things the past couple of weeks. We finished up the soil activity and got to use a new computer tool - the wiki! The kids liked it, but didn't like getting up in front of the class to talk. They would rather record their information and have me play it for the class. Speaking in front of a group of people is a skill that is hard to get comfortable with and some do better at it and will end up feeling more relaxed at it then others. Some are just born public speakers and that is okay. I just want the kids to have a little experience talking in front of a group. I tried to give them a few tricks of the trade to help them - like looking at the tops of peoples' heads or the tops of their ears, walk around the room, and the popular dramatic pause! This helps you to gather your thoughts and the audience to think about what you are saying. The kids laughed when I told them this.
We are working on atoms right now. They will be going through seven stations next week and then we will be ready for the test. This test will be different because it will be on the computer. I will have them create a glog poster with the required information on it. It is really cool and a creative way to assess what the kids know. Right now, I am planning on the test taking place on Thursday. This will give us time to get all the stations completed and review for the test. Well, have a great weekend. Christmas is almost here and we will get a nice break. Talk to you next week!!
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