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The Year in Review Lesson 1

alicemercer — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:44:41 +0000

How has this year at school gone for you?

What goals did you have for this school year?
Did you meet your goal?
What helped you meet your goal? Or, what kept you from meeting your goal?

State Reports: Where will you go?

alicemercer — Mon, 31 May 2010 00:58:34 +0000

Think about the state you studied, then read about some of these states or Explore the States. What state would you like to visit, and what would you see there?

Photo credit: Marxchivist’s photostream on Flickr

State Reports Lesson 1

alicemercer — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:51:11 +0000

Here are the links for you to get started on state reports:

For Ms. Kruse’s class, please pick a state, and answer three fact-based questions. Those are questions like the following:

When was the state admitted to the union;
How many people live there now;
What are important industries, or businesses in the state;
What is the state flower, bird, motto, or some other state symbol;
Where is the state located;
What is its size.

Going West Lesson 1: Lewis and Clark

alicemercer — Mon, 10 May 2010 03:36:11 +0000

The Louisiana Purchase more than doubled the size of the United States, and continued the movement westward across the country by white European settlers. Today we’re going to learn more about the Corps of Discovery expedition:

First, go here:

Wanderlust: GOOD traces the most famous trips in history

Then do one of these two activities:

Image Credit: Map of Lewis and Clark’s Track, Across the Western Portion of North America, published 1814.jpg – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Blogging

alicemercer — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:13:50 +0000

First, read answers to our last lesson about cybersafety and cyberbullying, and send a reply to someone else’s comment. Please make sure you say WHY you are writing that.

“I liked you comment because…”
“I don’t agree because…”

Next, fill out this form with ideas about how we should do blogging in the future:

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Cybersafety and Cyberbullying

alicemercer — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:25:39 +0000

What have you learned this week about cyberbullying and cybersafety? Share three things your learned.

Testing Review Lesson 2b: Success!

alicemercer — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:19:27 +0000

Last time, many of you had a hard time with the word success. Today, we are going to explore what this word means. Here are some resources. Please go to all of them and read what they say and show about the word:

Based on your research, what did you learn about success? Describe a time you or someone else were successful.

Testing Review Lesson 2: What can help?

alicemercer — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:33:55 +0000

Please go to this link:

http://assignments.discoveryeducation.com/?cdPasscode=QD2BA-4AED

Testing Review Lesson 1: Your thoughts

alicemercer — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:50:09 +0000

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Blogging Challenge Week Five

alicemercer — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:16:27 +0000

This week, we will be changing it up (doing something different) and kicking it up a notch (doing something more difficult).

First, were going to do some work on language arts standards using some different sites. Please spend the time until the first timer bell goes off doing the following:

Then, spend some time on the blogs in our Blogroll at the right->
I’m not seeing enough posts. I’ve tried to narrow the list down to blogs where comments have shown up. The comments I’m seeing are polite, and generally good; I would like to see more writing though. Ask a question, share your experience. When you say what you like on their blog describe it in detail. Let’s see three sentences, and complex or compound ones please!