AHW Wednesday

Today, i got my late Christmas gift from my Grandma & Grandpa. They gave me yarn. Multi colored yarn and a bin for it. I also got some clothes and a sewing kit. I decided to try to make a hat.

Year Round School

Year-round school improves students' academic achievement. 

I might have forgotten something during the summer because I usually don't study during the summer vacation.

Because students get breaks throughout the school year, they have opportunities to restart their learning.

The most popular form of year-round education is the 45-15 plan, where students attend school for 45 days and then get three weeks (15 days) off. The usual holiday breaks are still built into this calendar. 

The percentage  increase in year-round school implementations from 1987 – 2003 is 544 % 

Support for Year-Round Schools is 49.7 %

According to the National Association for Year-Round Education, more than 2.3 million U.S. public school students attended year-round schools in the school year. The number has steadily grown since the 1986-87 school year, when only about 360,000 students were enrolled in year-round schools. NAYRE also reports that 3,181 public schools now function year round, compared with 408 schools in 1986-87. This concludes that year round schools are better than traditional schools.

Ice skating?

Today during lunch recess, I ice skated. Well not really. We, Sarah, Vivian, Amelia and I were sliding on ice! The bad thing is that Amelia got hurt. Not injured, hurt. She had to sit out for a while because of that. We still had fun though. 

AHW Monday

Today I made a pillow. It has a stocking on it and is purple. I made it in my choice hour. It is called Learn To Sew. Here's a pic:

Task for today 1.13.14 pt. 1

Credible Source #1:

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Info Found

•  As the school day is extended, some programs are eliminated as schedules are juggled.

• However, the extended school day impacts parents and children's work, transportation, and schedules in a negative way. 

•  Communication between the schools and parents break down so parents don't know their child's schedule or when he or she will be picked up by the school bus.

Author/Editor: Philissa Cramer

Article Name:Extended-Time School Programs Pose Problems for Parents and Students

Title of Website:opposing viewpoints in context

Organization: comprised of parents, child advocates, teachers, journalists and others who work to improve public education in New York City.

Date Created: 2008 

Date Accessed: 2008

THIS IS PT. 1

AHW-Tuesday

Today is the day we came back from break. We had an extra 3 days off because they were snow days. Everyone was very exited and were greedy for more snow days!

What we did

Today We worked on our writers notebooks and I finished about half of it.