31 jan 12

Today the students turned in their journal and trivia entries for the past 4 weeks. They are reminded that ever tardy deducts two points from their total score for that submission. They were also given back their graded tests for Chapter 1. The students who did not pass the test or received a 70% or lower will have the opportunity to re-take the test by the end of the week. No re-takes after Friday.They are reminded that the Health articles are due this Friday. We continued with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

30 Jan 12

Today the kids had a trivia question about Demi Moore. They also turned in their signed grade reports from home for credit. They also turned in their vocab if they were not in class on Friday to turn it in. They then had a test on Chapter 1 as mentioned earlier. The HEALTH ARTICLE IS DUE ON FRIDAY!!!!
Passes will be given out tomorrow and the Journal entries will be collected on TUESDAY.

27 Jan

Today we continued One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The kids were reminded to take notes for credit. They also turned in their vocabulary today as well. We had a JOURNAL ENTRY: THINK OF A TIME WHEN YOU JUDGED SOMEONE UNFAIRLY. BY THEIR APPEARANCE, BEHAVIOR OR GENERAL REACTION. HAVE YOU BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND HOW DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL. I read them the story from HMFC about Allen Iverson as a background for the journal entry. There is a TEST ON MONDAY...COVERING THE CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER REVIEW THAT HAS BEEN PASSED OUT TO YOU AND GRADED. STUDY IT!!!!! ALSO....grade reports went out today and are to be signed and returned for credit ASAP!

25 Jan 12

Today the kids had a journal entry that was about Aaron Ralston's story of having to saw off his arm as depicted in the movie 127 hours. The students were to respond to that story from HMFC. They were then allow to participate in SSR or work on some other work for the remainder of the class. Including working on their vocab that is due on FRIDAY!!!

24 Jan 12

Today the kids had a trivia question. We went over Chapter 1 notes for general health information. And the students are reminded that their vocab is due on Friday. If you happen to have missed today, please see me for a copy of the notes. Tonight is Senior Night for the Boy's Soccer Team and I am giving extra credit to those who come out to support the kids. You must find me and come up to me and shake my hand (and give a bump :) )in order for me to recognize that you were there. Let's go help make tonight special for these boys. They've worked really hard for Catalina, let's show them we appreciate their efforts!

23 Jan 12

Today the kids for the most part presented their health articles from Friday. They were assigned VOCAB: cognitive, affirmation, susceptible, implication, boundary, suppression, procrastinate, competence, conscience and compassion. The words are to be defined and used in health related sentences for full credit. They also had a journal entry as well What would you do with 14.6 million dollars. This was based on the story in HMFC about Latrell Sprewell and the gentleman that won over 14 million dollars in this weekends lottery.

19 Jan 12

Today the kids had both a journal entry and a trivia question to make up for the missed one since I was out yesterday. The journal entry asked:If you could choose the manner of your death, would you? What would it be? It's morbid I know, but it was the first one that I came to in picking them from my book.
The health article is due tomorrow, don't forget the articles must go along with the summaries for full credit.

SHOUT OUT TO IVAN A!!!!!! MUCHISIMAS GRACIAS!

17 Jan 12

Today the students had a Journal entry: How do you feel about celebrities and the law/legal system? This was after the reading of two stories from Hate Mail From Cheerleaders.
They then worked on the Chapter 1 Chapter review bookwork that is written on the board. They are assigned a health article today that will be due on Friday. Don't forget there are links here to the text book as well so that students may work on their text work at home.

13 Jan 12

Today the students turned in their Vocab. If they reached the 70% requirement, they were allowed to watch more of the movie the sub had shown them. If not, they had to complete reading Chapter 1 and begin the chapter review 3 1,5,7-14 RTF 5+8 and stp. They had a trivia question today. Grade reports were sent home today for signature and return on Tuesday.

12 jan 12

Today we went over the trivia from the day before, they also had a JOURNAL ENTRY:Why do or don't you attend social events at our school. That was after I read the story Worth the Wait from Hate Mail From Cheerleaders to them. Then we began reading Chapter 1 in the text. We got to Section three. We will finish tomorrow in class and VOCAB is DUE tomorrow! Make sure you have definitions and sentences!

11 jan 12

Today the kids had SSR for the day. I made sure to get the grades and all the housekeeping taken care of. They had a trivia but only some did it because of the sub. Will grade them tomorrow. Don't forget vocab due on Friday.

9 Jan 12

Today I collected the Health History worksheet, and syllabi from students if they still had not turned them in. I also collected Friday's homework, of the blog assignment today as well. I told the students that if they turned them in tomorrow they would lose some points but I would still accept their work. Grades were posted, and vocab was assigned. Vocab: Abstinence, Cumulative, Heredity, Influence, Longevity, Prevention, Reliable, Resistance, Transition, Transplant. Words are to be defined and used in health related sentences and are due on Friday.
Journal Entry: Read to the them story of the 15 y/o girl that was deported to Colombia and asked them to respond to it in their journals.

6 Jan 2012

Hey Kids! Thanks for stopping by. Your assignment is to write down on a piece of paper the following: Ms. Addison's Favorite Things
*Gold Medal Ribbon Ice Cream(My first job was at B&R)
*Gordon Ramsey(You should read his book, it's great)
*Traveling the world (Puerto Rico, Italy, England so far....Spain soon)
*Mexican Food (La Parilla Suiza is the bomb!)
*I love to read (Janet Evanovich)
*I'm the cheapest/most frugal person in the world (except for purses...I LOVE COACH!)
*I love to cook
*I joined the Air Force after high school
*I'm from Alexandria, VA
*I "love" working out...but "hate" running
*I can't touch my toes no matter how hard I try (short hamstring syndrome-I totally made that up!) :)
Just a little bit more about me. I hope to get to know all of you better as time goes by. I must say also that I am truly excited about this semester and I know that you all will impress me with your work ethic and outstanding behavior that you have shown thus far!