"This past week we made cake and pizza. It was delicious. Ruth came back from China and gave us candy. And, for math, we made a cake and pizza. It was good. We did other stuff like that thing where you have to find the circumference and diameter. We did these mango things. It was fun. Kyle drew a funny picture of a king."-Isaac
"This week I saw tunnels dug by Japanese soldiers in WWII. We had to put on big heavy coats because it was really cold underground. I saw a traditional Chinese home in Beijing and rode in a rickshaw. I saw Tienamin Square and flew a kite over it and got told by a Chinese woman that I was too big to buy her clothes. I saw the Great Wall and took the tobogan sleds down. And, I saw a pearl factory and went shopping at the Pearl Market, and there all the salespeople yell, "Hey lady! Hey lady!" I went to the forbidden city and then I got on a plane at 4 in the afternoon, Wed., and got off the plane at 3 in the afternoon, Wednesday. Think about that. I slept for 12 hours straight and then ate a whole box of Scooby Doo mac & cheese. The next day I rode my bike to Neighbors' House and shared Chinese candy with the kids. I learned nothing about math."-Ruth
Friday, July 20, 2007
Multiplication and Red Velvet Cake
What we remembered this week, and what we learned about math:
"I remembered all the food and how to do multiplication. I learned in math nothing really, but I was reminded about a lot of stuff like long division and multiplication."-Yacoob
"I learned about in the past week is math. Also we learned a bout how to make a cake with limited resources. And about a great person, Debbie Baumgartner. I learned math, the diameter, radius, fractions..."-Heather
"I remember that we did fun stuff like bake a cake on Wednesday. I learned that math can be fun sometimes when you want it to be."-Angelina
"All I remember this week is math and more math, but it was not so bad learning about it. What I learned in math was percent and proportion. It was fun because I never learned that before."-Mollie
"This past week was a lot of fun. We talked a ton about math and watched School House Rock videos. The "eights" was the worst of all. Isaac liked it probably because the girls complained when he picked it. This week I also learned that Isaac is hillarious to watch eat. When we made cakes on Wednesday, Jake got red cake mix all over the shoulder of Isaac's shirt, but then Isaac spilled butter and cake mix over the rest of it, so it really didn't matter. The boys' cake looked terrible, but it tasted pretty good. The girls' cake was beautiful and they were pretty proud of it. But, back to Isaac eating...I can't even describe it well enough to do it justice, but let's just say it is a mess...Cake on the shirt, on the floor, on the face, garlic sauce from the pizza on his pants...I think he could make a mess with just anout anything, but we all got a good laugh. Kyle and I thought there should be a reality TV show on Isaac because it would be hillarious and we would definitely watch. Oh yeah, the math was pretty good, too. Fractions, multiplication, and division were up this week. I learned the lattice method. I don't like it and will never use it. I'm too old school for this new fangled something."-Becky
"I recall Isaac's nice, clean, white shirt on Wednesday. I recall it didn't last long. We made red velvet cake to showcase our fraction skills. Isaac proceeded to spill 1/3 cup of butter down the front of that shirt. And, while pouring batter, Jacob preseed 1/2 of the beaters into Isaac's right shoulder. 3/4 of Isaac's shirt was covered in butter and deep red cake batter. On the way home, Isaac spilled 1/4 of his Rock Star energy drink on his pants. Isaac's mom was 5/5 mad when he got home. PS-The next day, 7/27, Isaac spilled garlic butter on the front of his shorts. Poor Isaac."-Kyle
"I remembered all the food and how to do multiplication. I learned in math nothing really, but I was reminded about a lot of stuff like long division and multiplication."-Yacoob
"I learned about in the past week is math. Also we learned a bout how to make a cake with limited resources. And about a great person, Debbie Baumgartner. I learned math, the diameter, radius, fractions..."-Heather
"I remember that we did fun stuff like bake a cake on Wednesday. I learned that math can be fun sometimes when you want it to be."-Angelina
"All I remember this week is math and more math, but it was not so bad learning about it. What I learned in math was percent and proportion. It was fun because I never learned that before."-Mollie
"This past week was a lot of fun. We talked a ton about math and watched School House Rock videos. The "eights" was the worst of all. Isaac liked it probably because the girls complained when he picked it. This week I also learned that Isaac is hillarious to watch eat. When we made cakes on Wednesday, Jake got red cake mix all over the shoulder of Isaac's shirt, but then Isaac spilled butter and cake mix over the rest of it, so it really didn't matter. The boys' cake looked terrible, but it tasted pretty good. The girls' cake was beautiful and they were pretty proud of it. But, back to Isaac eating...I can't even describe it well enough to do it justice, but let's just say it is a mess...Cake on the shirt, on the floor, on the face, garlic sauce from the pizza on his pants...I think he could make a mess with just anout anything, but we all got a good laugh. Kyle and I thought there should be a reality TV show on Isaac because it would be hillarious and we would definitely watch. Oh yeah, the math was pretty good, too. Fractions, multiplication, and division were up this week. I learned the lattice method. I don't like it and will never use it. I'm too old school for this new fangled something."-Becky
"I recall Isaac's nice, clean, white shirt on Wednesday. I recall it didn't last long. We made red velvet cake to showcase our fraction skills. Isaac proceeded to spill 1/3 cup of butter down the front of that shirt. And, while pouring batter, Jacob preseed 1/2 of the beaters into Isaac's right shoulder. 3/4 of Isaac's shirt was covered in butter and deep red cake batter. On the way home, Isaac spilled 1/4 of his Rock Star energy drink on his pants. Isaac's mom was 5/5 mad when he got home. PS-The next day, 7/27, Isaac spilled garlic butter on the front of his shorts. Poor Isaac."-Kyle
Friday, July 13, 2007
Not What I Thought...
Beautiful day today! 78-degrees and Sunny! Lots of basic math review and Starbursts today, too. Some students blogged on these two thoughts:
1.) "I thought Summer Refresher would be..."; and, 2.) "But, this is what Summer Refresher really was..."
"I thought is was going to be work, no fun, boring, silly in the first place not even worth going. It has been nothing like that. It is fun, not boring and not silly. I actually learned something, it is not bad. My favorite thing is four square because it is fun."-Mollie
"I though Neighbors' House would be fun and give me something to do. But when I got there it was terrible. Last summer was a lot better. My favorite thing was when I was in the hospital and missed one day. No I’m kidding. I like playing games and doing fun stuff."-Jake (Toots)
"I thought that Summer Refresher would be boring, but it is fun. My favorite thing that we did was four square."-Angelina
"I thought it will be fun, but now it is really fun!! It’s awesome here. My favorite thing is math."-Jacob
"I thought summer refresher would be a time of math review, practice in skills, some games, snacks and fun. Also, that it would be a time of getting to know some pretty cool kids a little better. What it’s really been is all the above. The math review of percent was great – it showed me how much I’ve forgotten over many years. Being able to calculate percent as well as estimate are great skills to have, especially if you shop ever! (and without technology in your pocket.)My favorite thing about SR is seeing the students interact with each other in a positive way, as well as respond to the teaching. My hope is that they will retain what they’ve learned here, and take it with them into the next school year.Blessings, y’all."-Lyndia
"Originally I thought Neighbors' House would be lots of homework type activities with lots of kids. In the whole four days I have been at Summer Refresher, I have found it to be much different, but in good ways. While there are lots of learning activities, the staff finds ways to make learning more enjoyable through fun games. Our group is smaller than I expected but everyone is a lot of fun to hang out with. Getting to know everyone and playing games are my favorite things about Summer Refresher. Overall, Summer Refresher has been a blast and I would recommend it anyone."-Becky
1.) "I thought Summer Refresher would be..."; and, 2.) "But, this is what Summer Refresher really was..."
"I thought is was going to be work, no fun, boring, silly in the first place not even worth going. It has been nothing like that. It is fun, not boring and not silly. I actually learned something, it is not bad. My favorite thing is four square because it is fun."-Mollie
"I though Neighbors' House would be fun and give me something to do. But when I got there it was terrible. Last summer was a lot better. My favorite thing was when I was in the hospital and missed one day. No I’m kidding. I like playing games and doing fun stuff."-Jake (Toots)
"I thought that Summer Refresher would be boring, but it is fun. My favorite thing that we did was four square."-Angelina
"I thought it will be fun, but now it is really fun!! It’s awesome here. My favorite thing is math."-Jacob
"I thought summer refresher would be a time of math review, practice in skills, some games, snacks and fun. Also, that it would be a time of getting to know some pretty cool kids a little better. What it’s really been is all the above. The math review of percent was great – it showed me how much I’ve forgotten over many years. Being able to calculate percent as well as estimate are great skills to have, especially if you shop ever! (and without technology in your pocket.)My favorite thing about SR is seeing the students interact with each other in a positive way, as well as respond to the teaching. My hope is that they will retain what they’ve learned here, and take it with them into the next school year.Blessings, y’all."-Lyndia
"Originally I thought Neighbors' House would be lots of homework type activities with lots of kids. In the whole four days I have been at Summer Refresher, I have found it to be much different, but in good ways. While there are lots of learning activities, the staff finds ways to make learning more enjoyable through fun games. Our group is smaller than I expected but everyone is a lot of fun to hang out with. Getting to know everyone and playing games are my favorite things about Summer Refresher. Overall, Summer Refresher has been a blast and I would recommend it anyone."-Becky
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