Not so successful at this every day thing...1/31/14

Jan. 31-
   A great day teaching. Both girls back to school but WOW! So many students missing. Teachers missing off and on all week. This flu has definitely been wiping us out. Despite all that, our students are cranking it out!
6th Grade- We have begun poetry unit, although a bit less ceremoniously than I had hoped. It has lagged with my illness and others. We are also learning about Central America and Caribbean. Not required according to MA but very good ground to cover for the students.

7th Grade- My three seventh graders are focused on creating a Lord of the Flies Minecraft play. They just can't get enough. (If you are from the 80s you will thank me when you can't get that song out of your head. :D) Also, we have learned about the firebrand Thomas Jefferson... the wheels of history move on...

8th Grade- We are finishing our discussion about Nazi Concentration Camps and the Germans- We read a combined read of The Book Thief and Night. Intense. Some great discussion and now the students have proposed some great ideas for culminating project. Can't wait to see what they come up with! We have discussed Immigration and the Industrial Revolution in US for US History. Time is marching a bit faster as we near our study of the events leading up to WWI.

This is a summary of my day- so not my usual witty banter. Still, really REALLY proud of all of my students. :D