October+24,+2011

Finish your blog (which can be hand written if you are having technical difficulties) about the chapter "Forever Yours" "We tend to say, Oh well, kids will be kids'. It's almost like we assume that cruelty and violence are a part of growing up. I wonder why we assume that?"
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Today in Class:

In Math we reveiwed the terms: mean, median, and mode. We used our names to collect data and decide on the average number of letters in peoples names. [|Video Introduction to Mean, Median, and Mode]

Language Arts: Today we read the chapter "Forever Yours" and we began to discuss the quote (page 108): "We tend to say, Oh well, kids will be kids'. It's almost like we assume that cruelty and violence are a part of growing up. I wonder why we assume that?"

Social Studies: Students began presenting their land and water projects today.

Science: We will begin the study of the nervous system soon. We will be gaining new vocabulary as well as knowledge of how our brains work.