Wednesday, April 27, 2011

~Creative Geography~

Geographical term of the day: Peninsula

My kids typically do not have trouble with the concept of a peninsula. Since we do live in Michigan, they've heard the terms 'Upper Peninsula' and 'Lower Peninsula' most of their lives.

So when, in Social Studies, I ask them to find an example of a peninsula, there isn't usually a problem. Usually.

But there's always one. Or sometimes two. This year it was two. One who informed me that Oakland is a peninsula, another who told me Nevada is a peninsula.

Sigh.

Monday, April 25, 2011

~ I'm Getting There ~

It's project time in Social Studies. We're learning about historical figures who influenced the American Revolution. They have to have a picture of their person on their project. C told me, about 3 minutes after he started, that he was done. When I asked him to show me what "done" meant, he hung his head and said,

"I didn't know what to draw, so I drew an alien. And a toilet."

I'm not counting the days till the end of the year yet, but I'm definitely getting there.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

~Really? Is it 1836?? ~

We've been analyzing characters from fiction in Reading class for the last couple of weeks. This morning I'm grading character outlines that the kids had to complete on one of the characters in their novel.

To answer the question "What personality flaws might prevent the character from reaching their goal?" D answered:

"She's a girl"

Picked my jaw up off the floor and wondered when, exactly, being a girl became a personality flaw.