Last week was a shorter one with the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday on Monday. Tutoring Tuesday opened the week with students finishing their projects on miscommunication and also continuing to catch up on classes they may be behind in.
On Wednesday and Thursday we talked about belief systems and how so many factors go into what you think or believe about someone or something. Student's learned that their families have a huge impact on how they see the world. Ranging from how you believe kids should be raised to how you should behave and interact with people in pubic and social settings. Groups were assigned an article about how beliefs are formed, how they can be changed, or even how they can be managed. It was then their job to create a poster to teach the class about their specific article.
On No Fun Friday we played a game that had students in groups of four and each student had a couple cards in front of them that would say, the best... or the highest...or the fastest...or the longest...etc. I would call out that beginning word, they would stand, and then I would give the challenge. For example, I could say, "the quickest" and the person from each team with that card would stand up and I could then say, "to recite the ABC's". I would time them and the fastest person would get a point for their team. This would keep going with all those different opening prompts.
The kids loved it and it was another great week here at Ranum!
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Nice job, Joe. You always make things fun and interesting for your students - love it!
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