Wednesday and Thursday were work days for the Decades Project. We spent the whole class time in the library with the kids working on their informational paragraphs. They all wrote and looked up pictures for
their projects. Suprisingly most of them got the paragraph format but were unsure as to how to use their notecards to make those paragraphs. I had a lot of one on one time with a number of students getting them to look at their cards and put them into categories so they could write about a certain aspect of the decade. Yesterday all the kids worked and it went well- today the last class decided
to mess around alot so we told them that they obviously didn't need the extra time on Monday and Tuesday so they would spend their time in an ISS like environment doing silent work. The thing is that the kids that aren't working there is no recourse, they don't care what you do becuase their parents don't care what they do. You can't make them show up for detentions or do any work because they just do not care and that makes it hard. Siskow says that with only three weeks of school left to go there are going to be casualties but they will just spend their time in ISS if they can't get it together. For the Warm Up I had them get into groups of four and talk about their reading and questions and then as a group decide on three important facts about the 1930s and write it on the board-
this was done rather quickly and without a lot of fuss- makes me think that they might actually start to tolerate me. ECore yesterday was taken up by the kids trying their best to get out of the room and me playing goalie and telling them to go back. We are going to have our own science fair since the one that the school organized was a mess, they wanted to pull kids
during core time and that just doesn't work for us. Tomorrow we are showing a video that I am bringing in to the kids. They need a down day so I am bringing in the "How Its Made" series on Food and Health- usually very interesting. I will also be pulling kids with Igo
that want to practice what to say for their Science Fair presentation on Monday and Tuesday- we are going to do a gallery walk with half and half. Siskow won't be here tomorrow so I will be running the show. The sub's name is Ms. Good and the last time she was here with Lindquist the kids hated her and took her stuff and basically tortured her. Siskow made it very clear that I was in charge on the sub plans and I think that it will work out okay. I am going to plan Monday and Tuesdays lesson plans this weekend. We are going to give them work time but also explain bibliographies. We are also going to cover the 1940s and 50s next week.
their projects. Suprisingly most of them got the paragraph format but were unsure as to how to use their notecards to make those paragraphs. I had a lot of one on one time with a number of students getting them to look at their cards and put them into categories so they could write about a certain aspect of the decade. Yesterday all the kids worked and it went well- today the last class decided 
to mess around alot so we told them that they obviously didn't need the extra time on Monday and Tuesday so they would spend their time in an ISS like environment doing silent work. The thing is that the kids that aren't working there is no recourse, they don't care what you do becuase their parents don't care what they do. You can't make them show up for detentions or do any work because they just do not care and that makes it hard. Siskow says that with only three weeks of school left to go there are going to be casualties but they will just spend their time in ISS if they can't get it together. For the Warm Up I had them get into groups of four and talk about their reading and questions and then as a group decide on three important facts about the 1930s and write it on the board- 
this was done rather quickly and without a lot of fuss- makes me think that they might actually start to tolerate me. ECore yesterday was taken up by the kids trying their best to get out of the room and me playing goalie and telling them to go back. We are going to have our own science fair since the one that the school organized was a mess, they wanted to pull kids
that want to practice what to say for their Science Fair presentation on Monday and Tuesday- we are going to do a gallery walk with half and half. Siskow won't be here tomorrow so I will be running the show. The sub's name is Ms. Good and the last time she was here with Lindquist the kids hated her and took her stuff and basically tortured her. Siskow made it very clear that I was in charge on the sub plans and I think that it will work out okay. I am going to plan Monday and Tuesdays lesson plans this weekend. We are going to give them work time but also explain bibliographies. We are also going to cover the 1940s and 50s next week.
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