C4K - September

C4K #1

Taite is a 12 year old student in Australia. She has just completed elementary school and is on her way to middle school. She has three siblings and a couple of pets. Her and a couple of friends are a part of an organization called the Children's Animal Protection Agency (Chapa). They work together to raise money for animal shelters and organizations that are in need of financial support. Taite's latest post wrapped up her semester in 6th grade. She posted a slideshow of pictures from her graduation and gave thanks to her teacher, Mr. Avery, for helping her start this blog. Towards the end of her post, Taite explains the middle school program. There are three different towns combined into one school district. The students are randomly group into teams that are labeled 7-1, 7-2, and 7-3. These teams will be together for the rest of the school year. She sounds very excited to start middle school! She did a very good job putting her blog together. I hope she continues to blog in the future.

Mr. Capps is a math teacher in Gulf Shores, Alabama. In his post called "Coin Combinations", his class learns about counting money. The students are asked to find the sum of groups of coins that are equivalent to one dollar. He didn't explain much about how to play the game, but in the picture it looks like the students are using a dry erase marker to color in pictures of coins on a laminated piece of paper. This game is an excellent way to teach children about money. It is a life-long skill that must be taught early.

Autumn is a 9th grade student in Canada. In her latest post she describes her first 4 weeks at her new school. She says that, unlike her old school, the halls are much more crowded and she gets pushed around a lot. Other than that, she says that she has really enjoyed her first 4 weeks. She goes on to describe her "Quality of Life". Since she has changed school, she says that her Quality of Life has increase. She has made new friends, higher grades, and seen new things. In my comment I told her about my freshman experience and how large my class was (1,000 freshman). I also reminded her that these are some of the best years of her life and to live it up to the fullest.