Post date: Jul 10, 2013 10:41:15 PM
Mornings (8:30-12:00)
Monday 7/15
Board: whats one thing you always wanted to know donna asked (7 errors)
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Group: Excuses Begone by Dr. Wayne Dyer. Read and discuss chapter 1 – pages 9-12. Results: Read pages 9-10. Had good discussion about "do we attract who we are or what we want?"
Individual: See notebooks.
Tuesday 7/16
Board: i have always wanted to know more about how we think what about you said sam (8 errors)
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Group: Story problems -- Use our conversion rules (change from fraction to decimal to percentage) to do story problems 14-16. Results: We finished them! We start story problems with negative and positive numbers next Tuesday.
Individual: See notebooks.
Wednesday 7/17
Board: i am always impressed by words that can have different meanings for different people said john (6 errors)
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Group: Media – We will compare the structure of Salt Lake Tribune to Deseret News. How do they compare to Josh's research on his hometown paper. Results: Could only buy SL Tribune. Compared SL Tribune to Josh's research. After defining anything outside of SL County as "not local," about 30% of stories were not local. Talked about if good or bad that all the stories came from different places.
Individual: See notebooks.
Thursday 7/18
Board: give me an example (2 errors)
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Group: Solar system – Take vocabulary test: solar system, planet, dwarf planet, moon, asteroid, meteoroid, meteor, & meteorite. Find 3 NEW facts about the sun and stars. Results: Did vocabulary matching test. Homework: Read about the sun at the National Geographic science web site. Take notes.
Individual: See notebooks.
Friday 7/19
Group: Interviewing - Continue our discussion about ways to answer tough interview questions.
Individual: See notebooks.
Board Answers:
7/15 -- "What's one thing you always wanted to know?" Donna asked. (7 errors)
7/16 -- "I have always wanted to know more about how we think. What about you?" said Sam. (8 errors)
7/17 -- "I am always impressed by words that can have different meanings for different people," said John. (6 errors)
7/18 -- Give me an example. (2 errors)
Afternoons (12:30-4:00)
Monday 7/15
Individual: See notebooks.
Tuesday 7/16
Board: whats your favorite sport cory (5 errors)
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Group: Supreme Court Landmark Case #3 -- Gibson v. Ogden (1824) about interstate commerce.
Review Gibson v. Ogden (1824),
US v. EC Knight Company (1895) & Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918). Finish reading about labor unions.
Then, read about National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp (1937) and the court's decision. Results: Still have 2 more paragraphs of "The Struggles of Labor" to read and discuss before reading the National Labor Relations Board case.
Individual: See notebooks.
Wednesday 7/17
Book Group
1) Calculate achievements. Set new goals for next Wednesday. (Reach 80%? If yes, set up root beer float party for next Wednesday.)
2) Read and discuss Getting Unstuck by Dr. Sidney Simon, pages 33-35. Results: Did the Wellness inventory on pages 32-34. Found out some things about ourselves.
Individual: See notebooks.
Thursday 7/18
Board: i have 3 favorite sports tennis ping pong and darts (6 errors)
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Group: Guest teacher Julie will lead us in comprehension and phonics lessons.
Individual: See notebooks.
Friday 7/19
Group: Food Science: Salt -- "Salt uses in the Kitchen." Do salt experiment -- boil fresh eggs and not-as-fresh eggs in salt water and not salty water. Which eggs peel easier? Results: See attached Review of Eggs Experiment.pdf below.
Individual: See notebooks.
CWC Writing Group: 3-5:30 PM (Co-sponsored by SLCC Community Writing Center) Bring your writing. Cancelled
Board Answers:
7/16 -- What's your favorite sport, Cory? (5 errors)
7/18 --I have three favorite sports: tennis, ping pong, and darts. (6 errors)
Evenings (4:00-7:30 PM)
Tuesday 7/16
Individual: See notebooks.
Thursday 7/18
Individual: See notebooks.
CWC Writing Group: 5-7:30 PM (Co-sponsored by SLCC Community Writing Center) Bring your writing. Results: Shared and talked about 3 people's letters.