"Wrapping" Up Our Semester - No Pun Intended!

This morning, the students practiced reading their winter poem.  We discussed what factors impact the quality of an oral presentation- good content, speaking clearly and slowly, appropriate volume, pause between phrasing and using inflection in our voice to convey enthusiasm.  We used Cinch.fm to create mico-podcasts of their poem that you will find in the previous post.  They did a great job on their poems and their first audio presentation!  They are also bringing home their copy of the poem.  I hope you enjoy them!

Photgraphy by Frankie (Well done Frankie!)

During our computer lab, the students worked in Microsoft Excel to create a bar graph of some of the data they recorded from our Snowman card exchange.  Some students chose to graph the average temperature on December 15th, some did the number of students in the classes and still others graphed the grade levels from which we received our cards.  I was hoping they would have them finished to print out and bring home, but alas, their typing skills are not as fast as I pictured in my head when I planned the activity.  :-)

After Spanish, the students worked on their math problem solving skills in the TOPS Math program at the end of the day.

Our next SAGE day will be on Wednesday, January 4th.  I hope your family has a wonderful holiday season and I will look forward to seeing the kids in January!