Hope you are doing well and enjoying the cooler weather!
Some amazing things are happening in Humanities the past two weeks. The team had their first Socratic Seminar in class today. The topic was: should more split classes by gender? We watched a few news clips of schools around the country that are doing this and read an article on the topic as well. It was surprising to see that there were students who supported same gender classes as long as they had opportunities throughout the day to be with the other gender. The Socratic Seminars gave all kids the chance to talk, even the quieter ones and helped students that talk more usually, talk less to give others a chance. Tomorrow's Socratic Seminar will be about a boy named Kevin who died from e coli and the question will be: Whose to blame for Kevin's death? Ask your child tonight, who he/she thinks is at fault and why?
We are continuing to work on grammar, capitalization, spelling, and vocabulary. Students were given 10 new vocabulary words to define yesterday. They had to write meaningful sentences and draw pictures that will help them remember each word. They will be quizzed on the weekly vocabulary every Friday. Ask your child about these words and encourage him/her to use these terms in their daily conversations.
Important Announcements:
This Thursday's field trip is to Sea World. The cost of the trip is $6.00 for both students, teachers, and chaperones. Anyone that has a Sea World pass can enter free. If you're interested in joining us, please let us know. We'll be leaving promptly at 9AM and pick up is at 1:30PM. Students will be eating lunch there, so please pack a lunch or students can buy lunch at Sea World. Parking is free!
SLCs - Student Led Conferences will be held next Tuesday - Thursday. Here is a link to sign up. https://docs.google.com/a/innovationsacademy.org/document/d/1HxKoq05xOs2QoibuP8dTDeVlW2g6I_9JmiLCoLhrAb4/edit
Minimum Days - Due to SLCs, next week students will be dismissed at 12:00 Tuesday - Friday.
DEAR - several students are coming in to class without a book to read. Students are welcome to pick a book from my class library, but there are several that aren't interested in those books. Please check with your child and make sure they have a book they are reading for class that they enjoy.
There will be no field trip next Thursday, October 25th, due to SLCs.
Feel free to email me if you have any questions at jennie@innovationsacademy.org
