Week 11 at Scott Carpenter

This week was a bit chaotic due to some health issues and Parent-Teacher Conferences. We had a very productive week at the start of the week trying to get all our missing assignments on Empower turned in. The students had to write down all their missing assignments and get a sheet signed after they talked to their teachers to get the work turned in.

Then On Wednesday we talked about Stereotypes and did a great activity where the kids had to make assumptions of four people and guess what type of car they drove, what house they lived in, what type of food was their favorite, and their favorite type of music. They were incredibly suprised to see the answers, especially when Sopia, an 75 year-old grandma, traveled around on a BMX bike. On Friday we had a blast playing games!

Week 10 at Scott Carpenter

This past week at Scott Carpenter was quite busy. We continued our conversations about Race and worked on some projects to pull everything together. Tutoring Tuesday was very busy this week because of the upcoming Parent-Teacher conferences so students worked very hard to figure out their missing work and try to catch up on everything.

On Wednesday and Thursday the Mentors and Mentees worked hard on their research and found their own way through the 25-mini films about Race on the NY-Times website and a couple other resources. This research really gave all the students an insight into different perspectives in the United States and I was incredibly proud of the focus, teamwork and seriousness the students exhibited during this activity.






We also started a really fun activity this week where one student sits in front of the board and the rest of the class writes positive messages about them on the board and after everyone is done the student gets to turn around and see all the messages. We will be doing one of these a day until the entire class has gone.

Looking forward to finishing up our talks on Race this week and moving forward with Healthy Relationships! And of course, looking forward to meeting all the wonderful parents this week!

Week 9 @ Scott Carpenter

We have had an amazing week here at Scott Carpenter. On Monday we did our usual Mentoring Monday and the Mentors and I got to problem solve and talk about things that went well in the classroom. On Tuesday the Mentors helped the Mentees identify an area they need to work on and come up with a game plan on how to improve.

Then on Wednesday and Thursday we continued our lessons on Race which went better then I could ever have imagined. Our students here at Scott Carpenter have the most a lot to say and have really great insight to add to a variety of topics. This week we learned a bit about the Holocaust and read an excerpt from AAPA Statement on Bioligical Aspects of Race. 

We talked about many different reasons why the Holocaust happened and what aspects of society allowed indifference to be so prevalent in Germany and the rest of the world. We even had a conversation on the use of propaganda and tried to identify what propaganda would like in today's world. Then as a closing to the week the Mentor/Mentee pairs made some of their own posters to combat things we learned about this week


 

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Week 8 at Scott Carpenter

What an incredible week at Scott Carpenter! Monday was our first week of Mentor/Mentee Monday where I met with the Mentors and our wonderful Community Reach Counselor, Ms. Katrina, met with the Mentees. This gave me a chance to go over expectations with the Mentors and talk about what was going well with their Mentees and what the Mentors were struggling with. After school on Monday we had our first social at Scott Carpenter and I got to paint faces for the kids!

 On Wednesday we started our talks on Race and while each class was incredibly different and worked at incredibly different speeds, the introduction went well. We also worked on our Black Panther Presentation.

On Thursday after we had finished our lesson on Race we started the t-shirt design contest and we are so excited to vote on them tomorrow!

Week 7 at Scott Carpenter Middle School

What a week here at Scott Carpenter! We started the week talking about Culture. The students talked about what is Culture? What are examples of Cultural groups and why is Culture important. Then the students all drew pictures of what they think their culture is.

On Tuesday we had our first successful Tutoring Tuesday! The Mentors and Mentees worked hard to catch up on work, work on new projects and help each other on IXL.

The 6th graders went on Outdoor Ed this week, which is a three day overnight trip to the mountains, so I only had Mentors this week. We are starting a project to dissect Black Panther and why it is important in American Culture to pave the way for our lessons on Race this week.


The kids will be reading a Times Article about the movie and will be creating a presentation about what they learn in the article.




Then on Friday the beloved game of GAGA Ball came back to the classroom because there is a Haunted House in our normal game space. Then we all broke into groups to play card games after everyone was exhausted from GAGA Ball.

This coming week is going to be an amazing beginning to my favorite month of the year and cannot wait to discuss Race with my students.