For our Current Events project, we've started by studying Syria, as you probably know. We've created a blog to share some of our learning.
Please check out some of the amazing stuff students are learning. Many of them just posted vodcasts and podcasts that they've made.
Click HERE to go the the Current Events blog.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Coming home today...
Today was a milestone check in day. We expanded the milestone because of the Gateway Exhibition to include FIVE things.
Coming home today is a note that shows what your child had done today. Please sign it and return it tomorrow. Thanks.
Coming home today is a note that shows what your child had done today. Please sign it and return it tomorrow. Thanks.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Detroit Institute of Arts FREE in March
You know I love the DIA, right? Well, this month is "DIA Fan Appreciation Month." The DIA is giving free admission all month to people who "Like" them on facebook.
Go to this page: http://www.facebook.com/DetroitInstituteofArts to "like" them. And enjoy a free trip or two this month. Maybe I'll see you there!
Go to this page: http://www.facebook.com/DetroitInstituteofArts to "like" them. And enjoy a free trip or two this month. Maybe I'll see you there!
Monday, March 12, 2012
Milestone 2 is coming soon: March 22!
Milestone 2 is due March 22! Because we have the Gateway Exhibitions this time, the requirements will be more!
On the 22nd, students must have:
*All 10 "10 Places" paragraphs written on the forms I have provided.
*A list of resources for their Interest Project
*College letters written and mailed
*2 different types of poems written and typed: their odes and their "If I was in charge of the world" poem
*2 weeks of stock market project worksheets complete
These things are basically the homework for the next week and a half. Some students are done with their college letters, but there are a few who are not. Most of them can be accessed and printed from Google Docs, but I need to see them before they are sealed and mailed.
The poems are being written in class. If they run out of time, they may have to type them at hom.
The stock market work WILL get done in class. The only way they might not get done would be if a student wasn't using time wisely.
If you have questions, of course, shoot me an email.
On the 22nd, students must have:
*All 10 "10 Places" paragraphs written on the forms I have provided.
*A list of resources for their Interest Project
*College letters written and mailed
*2 different types of poems written and typed: their odes and their "If I was in charge of the world" poem
*2 weeks of stock market project worksheets complete
These things are basically the homework for the next week and a half. Some students are done with their college letters, but there are a few who are not. Most of them can be accessed and printed from Google Docs, but I need to see them before they are sealed and mailed.
The poems are being written in class. If they run out of time, they may have to type them at hom.
The stock market work WILL get done in class. The only way they might not get done would be if a student wasn't using time wisely.
If you have questions, of course, shoot me an email.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
10 Places Project
Please make sure all 10 Places materials (notes, drafts, etc.) come to school every day from now on. We'll be writing paragraphs every day in our writing workshop and all 10 paragraphs MUST be done by March 22.
Furthermore, all paragraphs must be written out as rough drafts on the forms that I have provided the students with. These forms will help them write quality paragraphs.
So, please continue working on writing these at home using the forms that the kids have. And please send them to school every day. Thanks!
Furthermore, all paragraphs must be written out as rough drafts on the forms that I have provided the students with. These forms will help them write quality paragraphs.
So, please continue working on writing these at home using the forms that the kids have. And please send them to school every day. Thanks!
Stock Market Project Launches Today
Yet another Gateway Exhibition project started today, The Stock Market Project!
Students learned the basics about the stock market today. For the next few weeks we'll be using stocks as a way of teaching percents, decimals, fractions, money story problems, and more. Kids will be paired and each pair will receive 10,000 "dollars" to invest. We'll track the stocks over time to see who makes the most money!
It should be fun and quite educational.
Students learned the basics about the stock market today. For the next few weeks we'll be using stocks as a way of teaching percents, decimals, fractions, money story problems, and more. Kids will be paired and each pair will receive 10,000 "dollars" to invest. We'll track the stocks over time to see who makes the most money!
It should be fun and quite educational.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Skype Session #2
We're going Skype crazy this week! Today we Skyped with Steve Goldberg again to discuss Syria. There've been more developments and we had another great discussion.
We are starting a blog to share our writing about this topic. This will be part of the CURRENT EVENTS project for our Gateway Exhibition. Everything we do on this topic will be, in fact.
Also, my reading students will by Skyping with students in Salem, Massachusetts to discuss A Wrinkle in Time, which we just finished reading!
Good fun all around. I'll be sharing the results of both things soon!
We are starting a blog to share our writing about this topic. This will be part of the CURRENT EVENTS project for our Gateway Exhibition. Everything we do on this topic will be, in fact.
Also, my reading students will by Skyping with students in Salem, Massachusetts to discuss A Wrinkle in Time, which we just finished reading!
Good fun all around. I'll be sharing the results of both things soon!
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