Four-Day School Week-Is It In Our Furutre?

Four-Day School Weeks: For Real Now

About a month ago, I wrote that a handful of school districts—due to rising fuel costs—said they could save thousands of dollars in school bus fuel by switching to four-day school weeks. Apparently things have really ramped up since then.

A recent survey says that 1 in 7 school boards nationwide are considering whether to drop a day off the normal five-day school week. About half surveyed said they were planning to cut out field trips, and more than 30% said they were consolidating or eliminating bus routes.

We've been down this road before. During the oil crisis of the 1970s about 100 districts implemented a four-day week also. One small study in Florida in 1973 found that half the students preferred it (Heck yeah: three-day weekends!).

But gas prices aren't the only issue: a shaky economy and some state budge woes led some districts to switch to a four-day week as many as four years ago.

Journal Topic 8/25

What is a preamble and where would you find one?

The 5 W's-Some Tips On Writing Your Current Events

Over the past couple days I have been hearing the same question from a lot of you, "how do I do my current event?" So I figure most of you are still a little unsure if you are doing the right thing. My suggestion is to read over what you have written and see if it answers the 5 W's.

What are the 5 W's? They are Who, What, Where, When and Why is it Important. If what you have written answers those questions you are good to go! If not you probably should go back and answer the ones you have missed.

To make it easy on your self you can write the 5 W's on your paper before you begin writing, sort of like this.....

Who:

What:

Where:

When:

Why Important:

This will help you structure your thoughts as you begin to write, and help you make sure you are getting the important details.

If any of you have found something that helps you compose your current events respond to this post and share it with your classmates!

Cheers and Happy Writing : )

Ms Abela

Hello Guys and Glas!

Here we are in 8th grade and at the beginning of a new school year! What an exciting and fun time! I am not going to be in most of your classes this year, but I am still going to be around to help out. I am going to use this blog as a way of hoking you up with fun and useful resources on the web, and little reminders as to when things are due. I will try to up date the page few days, so keep checking in for new stuff!

Right now the agenda for the rest of the week includes...

Mrs. Hadinger's safety quiz on Friday-remember you have to get 100% or you will have to take it again : (

and

Mrs. Fairbanks Social Studies map quiz-also on Friday. You will need to get at least an 80% so study hard! Remember http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/unitedstates.html
the online US map quiz is a great resource to help you study!

Ms Abela