The Respiratory System

On This Day In History
1976: The theme tune to Welcome Back, Kotter is the number one song in America

Quote Of The Day
"Kotter, these kids couldn't pass a blood test without cheating."
(Mr. Michael Woodman, Welcome Back, Kotter )

Not our kids, and definitely not my class. They're terrific. We had two great double-session lessons today, special for Book Week. In the morning we read Beatrice's Goat by Page McBrier and then wrote and illustrated variations on Lao Tzu's proverb, "Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day, but teach a man to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime." In the afternoon we read Planting The Trees Of Kenya by Claire A. Nivola, and then we made small model trees to put on an outline map of Kenya. Great work was produced in both sessions so I am looking forward to displaying it outside of the classroom.

Talking of high-achievers, who could have failed to realise that one of the actors in Welcome Back, Kotter would soon go on to become a major star? By a strange coincidence, that actor seems to have a knack of appearing in films that have hugely successful soundtracks.

Vinny Struts His Stuff

Welcome Back (Shades of You've Got A Friend In Me, I think.)