Monday, Sept 8, 2008 - Block 4A

Hannah Kern is academic tutor
Elyse Fleck is peer tutor.
I'm very pleased and lucky to have them.

New seating chart for today.
Collected Parent Notice form and Course Expectation Form.

Brainstorm - Why are listening skills important?

Handed out paper. Students folded it into thirds (hopefully widthwise), wrote name at top left, titled paper "Listening", labeled columns "Looks", "Sounds", "Feels"
Students worked by themselves in writing in columns what good listening looks like to outside observer, what good listening sounds like, and how it makes you feel when you are talking and someone is being a good listener.

Students followed class EBS, introduced themselves to partner, and said something nice.

Students then compared papers.

Went around room and filled in observations.

Put up overhead with listening slogans - students wrote slogans in their books.

Students did "What Do You Think?" exercise in pairs with partner.
Went over paper.
For homework, students are to quiz parents on these questions.

Demonstrated magnets - steel is attracted to both ends of the magnet.
Held magnet next to person and asked if person was attracted to magnet.
Demo with grapes, mostly water, are repelled by strong magnet.
People are mostly water, they could be repelled by very strong magnet - levitating frog.

Demonstrated penny in balloon. Show idea of inertia.
Demonstrated hex nut in balloon. Annoying. Shows ideas of frequency and pitch.

Allowed students to play with balloons until they popped.

Quiz next time on Course Expectation Sheet.