Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Another video will be coming but it does take some time to download them and then make them into a short production.

A second, and final, subtraction quiz took place today.  Mrs. Machado marked them but I have to go through them before returning them to the students.

We began to talk today about the significance of March 21 being The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.  This event is based on a protest which took place in Sharpeville, South Africa, 52 years ago.  Here is a short clip we watched about it in class today:

To give that event some context I presented some of the issues behind the Apartheid system in South Africa and then had the students come up with some of the things they know about Racism.

 This discussion will continue tomorrow and I plan to share with them some clips from the Jane Elliot experiment, Blue Eyed, Brown Eyed.  Here is a preview:

We were off to Reading Buddies today.  It now takes place every 2 weeks until the school schedule switches after Easter. 

Over the course of March Break, the class received a nice letter from The Daily Bread Food Bank, thanking the class for the donations.  Here is the letter we received:

HOMEWORK:  Complete Reading Response on bullying for Thursday