Thursday, January 31, 2008

Thursday & Friday


Howdy all. You have gotta love a smiling student with a decomposing banana! These things STINK! Everyone was sure that they were going to vomit. Thankfully the smell died down quickly. What a fun investigation!

We began our discussion of World War II today, particularly the events leading up to the US involvement in the Allied efforts and the rationale behind the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We started reading Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. It's a beautiful story, but very emotionally charged. I would like to show a documentary entitled "White Light, Black Rain" upon our completion of this reading. Even though the film is unrated, I will be sending home a consent form in next week's Green Folders that permit / deny your kids from viewing the film. I won't get into the particulars of the film here, but after watching it it provided me with a completely new perspective of the events surrounding this story.

I will be emailing drivers for Tuesday's field trip on Friday to confirm availability and timeframes.

Students are responsible for the following tonight:

-Reading Log (due next week)
-Math 13A
-Science Workbook pp 66 & 67
-Reading Practice book page 245
-Science vocabulary is due and will tested on tomorrow.

Respectfully, Mr. B

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