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I have been trying so hard to get to school on time lately. Mrs. H, the school counselor, has talked to be a lot about all the tardies I have. I can't believe I started crying in her office this morning. She opened her computer and looked at all the tardies I have. She told me I have 22 tardies to science which is first hour every day. I know Mrs. H has called my mom and dad a few times to try to talk to them about this. They don't really seem to care. I told Mrs. H, "My dad's truck won't start and I have to wake him up myself or I don't get here on time." She seems like she understands and told me I wouldn't be punished because of adult decisions. I just don't get what else I can do. I have been telling my parents every morning that I can't be late anymore or I'll miss out on the ice cream sundae party we are having at the end of the quarter. Every day I'm on time, I earn a punch on my punch card with Mrs. H and after I get 5 punches, we'll have Subway lunch together. I just hope that it happens soon.
After talking to Mrs. H, I went to science with Mr. K. He had a Prezi open on the projector showing on the whiteboard. I didn't know what he was talking about at first because I was 20 minutes late, again. People just kind of looked up at me when I came in but no one said anything. I think people are so used to me being late. Oh I see now! We're talking about the Earth's crust and what the core is inside the Earth at the very center. Wait, did he just say we have a project? And I get to teach to the students? That's new. We've never done that before.
Okay. It sounds like we have 3 weeks to do this project. Mr. K isn't really telling us what to do. Don't we get a list of instructions? Am I supposed to use my Chromebook for this? I don't get it. There are no rules? Well, how am I supposed to stay busy for three whole weeks if I don't know what I'm doing? Now he is saying he is our coach for this project. What the heck does that mean?
Two other kids came up to me and asked if I wanted to work with them. Sure, I guess. They asked what I thought I knew about the Earth already and what I still wanted to learn. Tommy said he feels like he knows a lot about rocks and stuff so he wants to try to find a way to construct a model of the earth so we can see the inside. I really like math so I bet I could help him make everything the right size. We have been learning about radius and diameter in math. I wonder if I could use that to help him out. Samantha said we should try to write a letter to someone who is a science researcher. She said she has a lot of questions and maybe we could all write one paragraph on the letter? I really want to look up some scientists in the area and see who I can find to write to. It sounds like this project could be kind of fun. The only thing we have to start working on today is outlining a plan for our project and what our goals are. Hmm. Okay. I think we have a few ideas to start with!
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