Well, I have never seen so many kids who WANT to do worksheets and read out of the book. I usually try my best to get my students to think for themselves and work outside the worksheet/text realm in order to stay current and keep things exciting and challenging, but apparently that isn’t very popular. At least it wasn’t with the questions I assigned yesterday. They were asked to explain at what point do the top 8 elements in nature come together and exhibit signs of what we would call “life” and they thought that question was too hard. Well, I hate to say it but I’m going to keep challenging my kids. There is so much more to life than reading a text and questions on a worksheet. I’m going to keep pushing my students to think hard and write well. Their success is dependent upon more than rote memorization. Tomorrow, it gets harder.
About Mr. Benson's Science Classroom
Welcome to my classoom blog! I’m an energetic new science teacher at Mickle Middle School. I love science and helping kids learn about the world they live in! This weblog is devoted to assignments and my daily ramblings about what goes on in my room. I hope you enjoy my class as much as I enjoy having you here. Feel free to drop me a line any time if you have questions.
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