Students have a list of key concepts in the form of questions from History text chapters 13 to 22. This will help them prepare for our assessment on Thursday. They have previously created a practice test on the same material. I hope to use the best parts from these for the actual test. We all agreed it was fun and challenging to make up a test for once.
We hope to finish our essays about the novel Edward Tulane. We continue our St. Pete Pier Design essay project. Students learned how to compose a questionnaire to collect data as part of their research.
Our winter holiday round robin backgammon tournament continues. We have mostly finished ten of the 19 rounds. The final games will be played during our holiday party on Friday. The party is from 10 to 11. The Lower Division Sing-A-Long is from 11 to 12.
We are working on a new project to collect as many examples of how playing backgammon helps people learn or practice math skills. There's even talk of publishing our findings as an E-Book.
It's been a busy and successful 2011 for us all here. Thanks for all your support and enthusiasm.
Photo shows students doing an activity in Guidance Class with Mrs. Lippincott.
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