rough week

Today was rough, we had a student that started a fight with another student, and I was forced to take the student down. This is always hard, and after talking with the cops and going over the play by play with the video feed, I was able to return to my class and finish out my day. I really feel bad, but he was fighting a girl and we are trained in how to prevent such events from further escalating. I guess that is what you get when you work at an alternative school. Luckily for myself and the students involved, no one was injured. Unfortunately both students were expelled.

My thoughts on the week.

Since it is now February, we are doing a lesson on Martin Luther King Jr. in honor of black history month. This is a fascinating lesson that I believe the kids in my classes really enjoy! We start off by watching a video I found from the History channel about Martin Luther King Jr. and end with a group project. I find that it is fascinating for the kids to come up with facts that they can't read in their history text books. For this unit, all text books are to remain closed, and the students have to find information from other sources ie. the internet, journals, news paper archives, videos, and library books. The students learn a lot more about the subjects that they are researching this way, and not just reading out of the text!

my presentation

http://prezi.com/t_ljoqythoaj/

rubric

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=1859676&

track

http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrack.do?number=401396

E-Sheet

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AblI1e3Na7kRZGdrazhwdnZfNGNicXczY2dm&hl=en

Hot list

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AblI1e3Na7kRZGdrazhwdnZfMWhzNzJyeGdq&hl=en

http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=144069

Scavenger Hunt- Ancient Cultures South American Civilizations

Here is the URL for my google site : http://www.google.com/profiles/matttigani#about

poster worksheet

http://poster.4teachers.org/view/poster.php?poster_id=364486
This poster project is to help find information for the research and presentation my students will be giving in class.