Last week was an incredibly full week--just beside myself busy. You all know how that feels!
And to add to the mayhem, I was away at the North Carolina Educational Technology Conference in Greensboro on Wednesday and Thursday. I cannot express to you what an amazing conference this is... you'll have to check out their website and read some of the session descriptions. This trimester I am actually considered as part of the "admin" staff in the middle school--and my focus is technology. I am blessed with the gift of time in the afternoons to learn about and offer workshops for other middle school staff members on technology. This conference was a way for me to keep my thumb on the pulse of what's happening. The newest buzz in the educational technology world? GoogleDocs. :) You should check it out if you've got some time.
Anyways, last week your children worked in Chapter 8 on Lessons 1 & 2. The latter they actually worked on with Lisa Ray, parent of a CFS students, while I was at the conference.
Today we moved solidly into Lesson 3, Probabilities of Successive Events. There might just be some form of quiz/test coming next week before break... but we'll have to wait and see.
You may have noticed that Chapter 8 seems to be taking awhile... and that's normal! This chapter on probabilities always brings up great things to discuss... and ideas for projects. As a heads up -- we're planning on scheduling some sort of game/casino night in mid-January so that your children can show off their knowledge of probability and games of chance! Whoohoo!! (Thanks, Camille!!!!)
And, can't forget, they have homework tonight: finish Lesson 3, Set I. ;)
Whew! Enjoy and have a lovely evening!
