Sunday, August 30, 2009

A New Year, A New Start



Monday August 24, 2009

The profesor from Anderson University, Ray Kimbrell, came and introduced himself. Also, he gave us our assignments and also, the money was taken up for the college course.



Tuesday August 25, 2009

Our class filled out the applications for the college course and Cerra was explained. Mrs. Turner divided our classes into groups by numbering off. In our groups, we illistrated pictures to demostrate what Cerra means. Mrs. Turner presented each group poster to the class.Then, she read The Crayon Box that talked.Our homework assignment was to write in our journals.



Wednesday August 26, 2009

Mrs. Turner asked us to share our journals with others. The other students could comment on our journal entries as well we could also, share with the class if we wanted to. Also, we did an activity with a partner. To see how many things, we could change and what the person noticed that was different about us. Mrs. Turner read The Wings of Change to our class as well.



Thursday August 27, 2009

We had an arts and crafts day in Mrs. Turner's class. We made butterflies based on the book Wings of Change. The butterflies symbolized our values and beliefs.



Friday August 28, 2009

Our class went into the hallway,to share our butterflies that were on display. We all learned new things about one another that is important to us but also, we all have our similarities. We also, learned were and how to do the blogs.

Inspirational Quote
"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself has altered."
~Nelson Mandela~

This quote went along with our week because it was all about change in the world but starting with ourselves. I believe the quote is true because when you do change and then go back to old ways, its not the same. Therefore, once you change than other things around you will to.

Met Life Ambassadors in Education

We were awarded a $5000 grant from the Metlife Foundation for our efforts to promote connections with the community. We plan to use this money for an Upstate Teacher Cadet Conference in October. We also plan even more in-school and community service projects. Have fun 2009-2010 cadets!