Weekly update 3/28/14

We've had a great week this week!  I wanted to focus on a mini-unit we've been doing instead of each subject this week.  Enjoy!

This week we've been working on biographies and looking at different times in history.  I've been taking a history of gender course and I had to create a few lessons for it.  I decided to use the lessons in our class.  We have spent time this week viewing pictures of people in different jobs, for example men as nurses, women as coal miners, women astronauts, etc.  This is why we asked you what your jobs are.  The list we created was great!  They loved looking at the different jobs and noticing what most meant do and what most women do.  We also talked about jobs that surprised us in each category.  They've chosen biographies to read and have been listing important information and qualities of their person.  We will continue looking at biographies next week as well.  We've ended this mini unit focusing on student's thinking about what they want to be when they grow up.  I loved their choices!

I want to be an artist because I draw a lot and practice. - Graham
I want to be a policeman because I can help someone when they fall down. - Ryan
I want to be an artist because some of the paintings colors are bright. - Hayne
I want to be a game creator because I day dream. - Lucas
I want to be a seamstress because I like to sew. - Lisa
I want to be a hockey player because I like to play hockey. - Keith
I want to be a soldier because I get to save the world. - Allen
I want to be a scientist because I am smart, for example, when I thought for myself. - Eliza
I want to be a soccer player because I practice a lot and I'm good at kicking the ball. - June
I want to be a soccer player because I am good at it. - Corey
I want to be a soccer player because I practice almost 2 times a day and score lots of goals. - Henry
I want to be an inventor because I'm smart. - Gabriel
I want to be an architect because I'm very good at drawing. - Naomi
I want to be a doggy daycare person because I like playing with dogs and writing reports about dogs. - Yalli.
I want to be an author because I like to write books. - Hazel
I want to be writer because my mom wrote a book. - Rachel
I want to be a veterinarian because I like to take care of animals. - Jazmin