Time is flying I think.
Hard to believe we'll be celebrating Thanksgiving in a week!
We are finishing up our Weather unit with a quiz next week. After break we'll dive into how human activity impacts global temperatures. I feel that this is a very important topic to learn about and will have students work on a research project. The deadly fires in California are only emphasizing the importance for me. It also makes me pause and list the people and things I'm thankful for in my life right now.
Spirit week has started too. Today was Sports day and tomorrow we have Flannel Friday.
Next week is Dress Down (expect seniors who dress up), Twin/Dynamic Duo Day, then Class Color Day. Students should have their purple shirts ready to go!!
Wednesday will be a fun day with a Turkey Trot 2-mile walk/run, Thanksgiving BINGO, and a pep rally.
GHS had a school-wide day of community service on Friday, 10/26. Eighth grade teachers were inspired by The Great Kindness Challenge and the Kindness Rising Campaign and decided to focus our day on this theme.
Students rotated through classrooms every 20 minutes and worked on a variety of tasks related to kindness in our class, our school, and our community.
*Watching the TED talk on Kindness by Orly Wahba and discussing
*Writing letters of appreciation to someone important
* Creating and decorating Kindness Jars for teachers
*Coloring in a large mural we hope to assemble and install in the building
*Using spray dye to make class color t-shirts
*Making posters and coloring sheets from The Compliment Project to hang in the building
*Playing the Google game Interland about digital safety and citizenship
We ended with a reflections and will be reinforcing this important theme of kindness with students throughout year.
I know many students have had the opportunity to work on robotics with Ms. Cummings at GMS/MSA. I'm lucky enough to have some kits here and have been wanting to start a club at GHS to continue her momentum. Well, it's starting! As part of the Green Room I'll be offering a Robotics Club on Monday from 2-5. Students can get snacks and work on homework until 3, then they'll come to my room and the computer lab across the hall and we'll work on building and programming from 3-5. The Green Room sessions run for 8-weeks.
My hope is that eventually we can form our own First Lego League (FLL) team and register for competitions! I'm also trying to make plans to go and cheer on Ms. Cummings and her team during a December competition in Agawam.
