Friday, 4/19/13

ACE Work Today?

Math I:   No

Math II: No
Academic Calendar 
Science

Body Systems Quiz 3 on Wednesday, April 24th

Writing 

Song Analysis Final Copy due Wednesday, April 24th

Math I

Pearson Due, Friday April 26th

Math II

Pearson Due, Friday April 26th

The 162/Hayes Calendar

4/29/13 Student Council Meeting – 8:00 am – Room 184
4/30/13 OAA Testing – 6th Grade Reading
5/1/13 OAA Testing – 6th Grade Math

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Champions.....

Pink Team:  Sam, Nate McD, Nathan Cr. Courtney, Sophia

Pearson....

Resiliency...........

Week after week, Mrs. Miller and I  give out the resiliency question on Monday and then go over the answer in class on Friday.  As a whole, I would say that participation and effort is rather inconsistent, and seems to be proportionate with the difficulty of the problem.
  
Well, this week's problem was a tough one. In fact, only one student (Aaron) and one teacher (Mrs. Miller) were able to solve it. I even got the question wrong.

I made a half-hearted attempt at solving it during lunch.  I tried one way, it didn't work, so I gave up.In the back of my mind I knew Mrs. Miller would have the answer and save the day. As shameful and ironic as it is to say-- I wasn't being resilient. Still for me to miss the answer, I knew it was a tough question with a lot of leg work.

So, I wasn't really expecting but maybe a handful of students to have really given it a go.

As Mrs. Miller showed them how to get the correct answer I circulated to see how students did. I was  absolutely thrilled by what I saw.  I saw consensus effort on a resiliency question, and it was an excellent effort at that.  The students threw themselves into the problem with nothing to gain but personal satisfaction, as there is no grade for it.


Great job, kids. Now, if you could just give me some pointers about being resilient...

Examples of student's hard work at trying to solve it.

Here is my feeble and WRONG attempt at the Resiliency..

Here is Aaron's correct answer...

Egg Drop Pictures...

Thanks again, Mrs. Schall for helping out!!

The egg drop pictures are below.

Wait a minute that is Brooklyn at dance!!  Yesterday, the girls just got their costumes for their recital and were thrilled.  Okay...now to the Egg Drop pictures.

Wait a minute!!  That's a picture of a bass I caught last night.  My friends and I have a Thursday night fishing club. It's not a very big bass, but its the first of the year, so i'll take it!!


Now...on to your pictures....

Friday Geocache Challenge...

Find the area using your Google Maps skills.  Then grab an adult and go find it.

There is a 'Choose Your Own Team' card for the first to find.