What a busy day to end our Homecoming Week! Everyone at Jacobson braved the cold and the wind to participate in the Iowa Healthiest State Walk. Ms. Halfpop and I both planned football themed activities for the afternoon, and we ended the day with the parade. We collected lots and lots of candy which we will be using throughout the fall for rewards and incentives!
In the coming week, my math students will be introduced to a new tool--double tape diagrams--which will be useful in solving the real life problems our math series presents to us. They will be given a problem solving assignment on Monday which will be due Friday.
I would like to encourage all of you to attend our Jacobson Math Night on Thursday at 6:30. The meeting will be held at the HS Auditorium. You have probably heard a lot about the Core Curriculum. Information will be presented on what the Core Curriculum really is and how the math series that is being used at Jacobson is helping prepare your child for this rapidly changing world. We look forward to having a good crowd attend.
Our focus in science will be genetics this week. Lots of good discussion will take place in class, and I am hoping that it will carry over to discussions you have at home. The sixth graders will be working on a project called Genetics with a Smile which illustrates how traits are passed on from parent to child and how no one person is exactly like another, even a sibling.
Wishing all of you a restful weekend!
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