Monday February 7, 2011

Good Afternoon!! Today we went to see the documentary, Home, about our planet Earth. The images were amazing and beautiful. The content was extremely informative. We started a list of facts we learned from the documentary, such as 80% of the world's natural resources are used by just 20% of the population! Or did you know that there are over 1500 different types of fish and 400 types of coral in the Great Barrier? We also watched the formation of Earth as volcanoes and later water sculpted the surface.
For more information on the movie, check out:http://www.homethemovie.org/


Tonight's HOMEWORK (2.7.11) is...

- create a list of questions you now have after watching HOME (and add onto the list of facts if you have more!)

- brainstorm how today's movie and information on our natural resources connects to your own society that you are making (what are the natural resources in your society? how do they work? how do you take care of them? what happens if they get wasted?)

- add on to your list of academic and social needs/responsibilities that we started in class: you should have at least 10 things for academic and 10 for social. Think about consequences that make sense if the needs are broken or the responsibilities do not get done. (For example, if I don't do my reading log, what is a fair consequence?)

- look over your fraction math handout and double check your work! Use the strategies you worked on in your "strategy book". Draw pictures to prove which fractions are larger and which ones are smaller.

- read for at least 40 minutes and fill out your reading log NEATLY and COMPLETELY.

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SNEAK PREVIEW: *Be ready to talk about your own kente design tomorrow!