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What is a dynamite 5th grade lesson idea for this week since they finished the book a week before Christmas? Quick. I need 3 Hollywood quality stunts lasting 40 minutes each that make no use of electronic media nor special equipment such as cars and robot suits.

While this isn't my first time teaching in public elementary school, it's the first time seeing classes scheduled after Lunar new year, but before the new school year that begins in 4 weeks from today. Since they finished the books and already took exams in December, I'm not sure what the point or goal of classes now is nor could get any logical answer so my understanding is too vague to know what would work, flop, or disappoint my aloof co-teacher who scorns me during any class, but uses the silent distancing other personality outside of class making it impossible to be on the same sheet of music. As I found before, every attempt was met with resistance from co-teacher even though I have a couple years experience and many great ideas that's worked well at other schools in the past and would certainly work here if I were the only boss in the classroom or amiable co-teacher. Surely something I haven't thought or taught of can work without me being stopped to be made out a fool in front of cynical pessimistic 5th graders asking, "Why?!"

My idea is a DIY lesson on key questions, "How was your Winter break? What did you do? etc."

[Jodami]

Yes. Try this..................................

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2dZJYmtYs8Y/TtNwUnacS_I/AAAAAAAAAGg/zw62RUsc6rc/s1600/clown-3055.jpg

Works a treat.

[Hokie21]

Winter Olympics start next week....you could talk about Kim Yuna's dad and his poop dream etc...

According to an article in Star News (in Korean), Mr. Kim was quoted to say, “When Yuna left for Vancouver, that night I had a ‘poop’ dream. The poop was overflowing in my room, so much that I could not keep pace with cleaning it up.” While that may sound really disgusting (and probably more like a nightmare than a dream), apparently, poop dreams are considered very auspicious in Korean culture. Mr. Kim was later quoted to say, “During this time I couldn’t tell anyone about it, but it turned out to be a good omen after all.”

The article continues to explain that in Korean culture, poop dreams symbolize “good business, wealth, money, good luck, and presents… Windfall profits, profitable contracts, successful bids, and other such achievements often occur” after one has had a poop dreams

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