Friday, April 29, 2011

FAMILY GAME NIGHT - THANK YOU

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THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Family Game night was a lot of fun and I enjoyed spending extra time with many families.  But I need to give a special THANK YOU to the following students who stayed after school, learned the math games, made signs, and taught the games to others:
Shanna Lawrence
Nadia Bailey
Khalif Hampton
Lance Johnson
Katilynn Palmer
Hailey Edgar
Joshua Stephens
Faith Harper


EXHIBITION REMINDER

MILESTONE #3
Due Thursday, May 12th 

In order to pass Milestone 3, your child will need THREE different types of visual aids to capture and retain the attention of their audience.  Please refer to the Do Something packet that you received at your child's learning team meeting for examples of completed power points.  

1.    Pictures and/or Video:
a.    Everyone must include pictures or videos as evidence of them “doing something”
b.    If students volunteered at a location, it is expected that they have pictures for every visit. They were supposed to visit the location at least 2 different times

2.    Flyers/Posters/or Pamphlets:
a.    Any flyers, posters, and/or pamphlets that were created to advertise their event or effort

3.   Power Point or Glogster:
a.    This should be used to help organize and present all of the information from Milestone 2 (vocabulary, statistics, history, interview questions/answers etc…) and their RELFECTION in an interesting manner

Monday, April 25, 2011

FAMILY GAME NIGHT!

REMINDER:  FAMILY GAME NIGHT IS THIS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27TH FROM 5:00-6:30.


Come learn fun math games you can play with your family to help improve students' math skills while having fun at the same time. Mr. Curran will be hosting an Internet safety workshop at 5:00 in his room. Math games start at 5:30. There will be a giveaway of numerous math games and flashcards at 6:30. You must be present to win. Snacks and drinks will be provided. We hope to see you all there.

NOTE FOR MILESTONE #2 - DUE THURSDAY, APRIL 28TH

Students are expected to have:


1.  Notes in an outline with facts about the problem they want to fix for their Do Something Project


2.  Interview questions and answers from the interviewee (minimum of 10 questions - YES/NO questions are not allowed.


3.  Completed words and stats sheet (5 words form their resources and definitions and at least 3 statistics about the problem.


All sheets of the project can be found at http://www.scribd.com/doc/50823607/Do-Something-Project-Updated-Version-2011