Thursday, December 2, 2010

Have you ever dined at the Seuss Diner? We've got efficient servers who can take your orders and mentally calculate your bills. G+H+S=Green eggs+Ham+Small Drink. This is our introduction to algebra and the kids were having so much, they forgot they were even doing math. I introduced this lesson with a song based on Green Eggs and Ham by an old band called Moxy Fruvous. I heard a lot of them humming it throughout the day.

In Literacy, we continued our look at a Picture Book called Riding the Tiger. We discussed the power struggle between the tiger and Danny. We also looked at the woodcut artwork and saw how the artist made the tiger grow through the book as he gained power over Danny. The kids added on to each other's thinking and we made some deep observations about how the tiger persuaded Danny to take a ride on him. It will be a good segue into our look at persuasive writing.

In my email I mentioned that we had some kids come in and talk to us about CISV. Here is a link to their website if you are interested.