Let's Start Here...

Thanksgiving has passed, and we spent time reflecting on things we were thankful for in our class. Among a million other things, I am thankful for the endless possibilities technology offers. During the second quarter I hope each student will begin their own blog or at least have their own page on a class blog. For now, we will continue with the blog that my students in the past years have worked on and go from there.

Where in the World is Mrs. W's class?

It is safe to say that we have fallen off our BLOG map for a bit, but we are back! Our goal is to post much more frequently for the remainder of the year.

This Friday is Grandparent's Day at our school. What an amazing group of people grandparents are...our own living legacies!

What is something you have learned or hope to learn from your grandparents?

Material World

In class we will take time to look into the book Material World. We talked a little bit about the book today. 16 photographers traveled to 30 nations around the globe and took picture of the families outside their homes, surrounded by ALL of its possessions.

Tonight, look around your bedroom and picture in your mind what your portrait would like if one of the photographers visited you. Explain the mental picture in your head and then explain how you feel about it and what your thoughts are about the possessions that were in your bedroom. What if the photographer took a picture of all the possessions in your entire home? Do you think that you could give up some of the possessions? Do you need all of these possessions?

What is poverty?

The official definition of poverty is:

–noun

1.

the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor; indigence.

2.

deficiency of necessary or desirable ingredients, qualities, etc.: poverty of the soil.


What is your definition? Is it similar to this? What "part" of poverty seems like the most difficult to you (ex: not knowing when you will have your next meal, not having a home, not having enough clothes to keep you warm)?

Name at least one thing you can do right now to be more appreciative of what you have?

20/20 Challenge

Take another look at the poster for the NAIS 20/20 Challenge. What do you think the picture represents? Do you think our class can make a difference? Why or why not?

20/20 Poster

**Don't forget to include your first name in your post.:)