Mood Forecasts

In an attempt to merge Language and Fine Arts with Science, today in class we began a project where each student had to create a thoughtful and imaginative forecast for his/her mood this week.

Students had the opportunity to interpret what their mood might appear to be in the form of weather (i.e. sunny with a patch of clouds) over the next five days. I explained to the students that yesterday I was experiencing some "weather" of my own: hazy (I felt very out of sorts yesterday) with a hint of light hail (I was quite irritated by the end of the day).

For those who did not finish the project in class today, they will complete it at home this evening.

The past two days, I have given two "pop" quizzes (the one yesterday was simply a "quasi" pop quiz, as the students were told that they'd be having one) - one on a packet on ancient Rome, the other a spelling test on our first thirteen vocabulary words. These quizzes were not given for grades, but for the opportunity for each student to self-assess what he/she needs to be working on: whether they need to slow down while they read, take notes on the text, re-read their assignments, etc.

My hope is that the students in Room 503 will begin to take a more proactive and independent approach to how they study, how they learn and what areas they need to give more of their focus to.

Cheers,
Ms. Pitman