WOW!!! What a great trip! This morning our class toured 3 world-class museums and learned about 5 different ancient civilizations - without even leaving the school building!
For this blog reply, I would like for your group to share your thoughts, observations, or what you learned from the fabulous presentations.
To help you, here are the names of the different civilizations:
Ancient Greece
Ancient India
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Rome
Ancient China
Please check your spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation before you post your reply.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Rights and Responsibilities
As members of a community, we all have rights and responsibilities. It is important that all citizens work together to solve problems and contribute.
For this blog post, I would like you to create a list of the rights and responsibilities you have as a member of Mountain Park. Please read and follow the directions to receive full credit for your reply.
Your group needs to:
1. Use a planning page (graphic organizer) to create a list or rights and responsibilities (this is a brainstorm list, think of as many as you can).
2. After you have at least 10 rights and 10 responsibilities, work with your group to revise and edit your list.
3. Once you have your final list, type it in a word document. Be sure to group them by rights and responsibilities.
4. Check your spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and word choice (this is part of your total score).
5. Copy and paste your list into the blog.
6. Include the first name of each member of the group.
For this blog post, I would like you to create a list of the rights and responsibilities you have as a member of Mountain Park. Please read and follow the directions to receive full credit for your reply.
Your group needs to:
1. Use a planning page (graphic organizer) to create a list or rights and responsibilities (this is a brainstorm list, think of as many as you can).
2. After you have at least 10 rights and 10 responsibilities, work with your group to revise and edit your list.
3. Once you have your final list, type it in a word document. Be sure to group them by rights and responsibilities.
4. Check your spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and word choice (this is part of your total score).
5. Copy and paste your list into the blog.
6. Include the first name of each member of the group.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
What is a "good" citizen?
On the first day of school, we talked about what makes a good student and a good teacher.
For this blog post, I'd like you to expand your ideas to think about what makes a good citizen? Use Chapter 1 in your social studies book to help you think about how good citizens contribute to their communities.
In your reply, I would like you to answer the following questions?
For this blog post, I'd like you to expand your ideas to think about what makes a good citizen? Use Chapter 1 in your social studies book to help you think about how good citizens contribute to their communities.
In your reply, I would like you to answer the following questions?
- How does a good citizen contribute to or help their community?
- What traits do good citizens have in common?
- How can a community encourage more people to be good citizens?
Please include your initials or first name in your reply so you can earn credit. For full credit you must have:
- Complete sentences
- Correct punctuation
- Correct capitalization
- Correct subject-verb agreement
- Complete response
Your reply is due by this Friday, October 1, 2010.
Thank you
Communities
This week we will start talking about communities and the importance of being a good citizen.
For this post, I would like you to write about your community:
For this post, I would like you to write about your community:
- how does it look,
- what do people in your community do,
- how do they live,
- where do they work, and
- how do they travel
Please include your initials or first name in your post so you can earn credit for your reply. You reply will be scored for:
- Complete response
- Correct punctuation
- Correct capitalization
- Correct subject-verb agreement
- Complete sentences
Replies are due this Friday, October 1, 2010.
Thank you
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Welcome Mrs. Brock!
Next week you will meet our student teacher, Mrs. Brock. She is learning all about being a teacher and can't wait to meet you all. I've told her a little about you, but for this blog post, feel free to write to her (using the comments), and she'll read and respond.
Remember to include your first name so she'll know to whom she is writing.
Remember to include your first name so she'll know to whom she is writing.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Student Council Representatives
From Mrs. LaPietra and Student Council:
"It is time to elect student council members in your classrooms.
Please have a class election and select two students who will be your class representatives for student council. Remind them that this is an afterschool responsibility. We meet one day a month after school until 3:30 and host several activities after school and even on weekends. It is ok if they miss one or two events but if they think they will miss a lot of the events or are too busy, they should let someone else who can be there, be the rep. Also, the class representatives will be responsible for reporting back to their homerooms the details from our meetings. We do a lot of civic minded activities like Reverse Trick or Treating in a local nursing home, a Thanksgiving food drive, raise money for Cystic Fibrosis with Jar Wars, School Spirit days, School Cleanups, Relay For Life for cancer research, and The Angel tree for the elderly, plus much more."
For this blog post, please type a few sentences telling us why you would make a good student council representative. Please include your first name in your reply.
Voting will open Monday morning.
"It is time to elect student council members in your classrooms.
Please have a class election and select two students who will be your class representatives for student council. Remind them that this is an afterschool responsibility. We meet one day a month after school until 3:30 and host several activities after school and even on weekends. It is ok if they miss one or two events but if they think they will miss a lot of the events or are too busy, they should let someone else who can be there, be the rep. Also, the class representatives will be responsible for reporting back to their homerooms the details from our meetings. We do a lot of civic minded activities like Reverse Trick or Treating in a local nursing home, a Thanksgiving food drive, raise money for Cystic Fibrosis with Jar Wars, School Spirit days, School Cleanups, Relay For Life for cancer research, and The Angel tree for the elderly, plus much more."
For this blog post, please type a few sentences telling us why you would make a good student council representative. Please include your first name in your reply.
Voting will open Monday morning.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Habitats
You've started learning about habitats this week in your science class. Please share some things you've already learned about different habitats.
Please include your first name so I'll know who to come to if I want to learn more about habitats!
Replies may be posted through Friday, Sept. 17
Please include your first name so I'll know who to come to if I want to learn more about habitats!
Replies may be posted through Friday, Sept. 17
Monday, August 30, 2010
Maps
We've been learning about maps. We've talked about the parts of a map (legend, scale, lines of latitude and longitude). For this blog post, I'd like you to tell us how people use different kinds of maps.
Use your Junior geographer book to find 3 different kinds of maps. In your reply, tell us the name of the kind of map and how people use it (what does the map show).
Don't forget to include your first name (this is an independent post) - no teams.
Please complete your post by Friday, September 3. I'll be checking for correct information and correct spelling (of words you should know), capitalization, punctuation, and complete sentences.
This blog post is worth 10 points.
Use your Junior geographer book to find 3 different kinds of maps. In your reply, tell us the name of the kind of map and how people use it (what does the map show).
Don't forget to include your first name (this is an independent post) - no teams.
Please complete your post by Friday, September 3. I'll be checking for correct information and correct spelling (of words you should know), capitalization, punctuation, and complete sentences.
This blog post is worth 10 points.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Types of Sentences Stories
For this blog post, I would like you to work in groups to create narratives that include examples of each type of sentence.
To help you, please use these guidelines when you plan and write.
To help you, please use these guidelines when you plan and write.
- Use a story map to organize your ideas (think about character, plot, setting)
- Write your draft on paper or on a word document
- Use colored fonts to identify the different types of senteces in your word document
- Revise and edit your story
- Copy and paste your story in the comment box for this blog post.
Don't forget to include the names of the people in your group.
Monday, August 23, 2010
First Day of 3rd Grade
Hopefully you are extremely excited about your first day of 3rd grade. We have a lot to learn this year, and so many cool tools to help us practice our skills.
For your first blog post, you are going to work together in groups to write a response to this blog post. Make sure you read the entire post before you start writing.
For your first blog post, we would like you to write a response to these questions:
1. What makes a good student?
2. What makes a good teacher?
3. What is "quality work"?
4. What are your goals for the school year?
5. Share a memorable moment from school (an activity, lesson, or project that was special or important to you).
A couple of tips to help you get started:
1. If you need to write it on paper first, please do. Some people need to "see" their ideas so writing your ideas on paper might help you think about what you want to say.
2. You might want to type your group's response in a Word document before you paste it into the blog. This way you can check all of your spelling, capitalization, and punctuation and make any corrections easily.
3. Every person in your group needs to contribute to the post. If someone is sitting quietly, ask him or her what he or she would like to add to the group's reply.
4. Do not include your first and last names. You can give your group a name or just use first names.
For your first blog post, you are going to work together in groups to write a response to this blog post. Make sure you read the entire post before you start writing.
For your first blog post, we would like you to write a response to these questions:
1. What makes a good student?
2. What makes a good teacher?
3. What is "quality work"?
4. What are your goals for the school year?
5. Share a memorable moment from school (an activity, lesson, or project that was special or important to you).
A couple of tips to help you get started:
1. If you need to write it on paper first, please do. Some people need to "see" their ideas so writing your ideas on paper might help you think about what you want to say.
2. You might want to type your group's response in a Word document before you paste it into the blog. This way you can check all of your spelling, capitalization, and punctuation and make any corrections easily.
3. Every person in your group needs to contribute to the post. If someone is sitting quietly, ask him or her what he or she would like to add to the group's reply.
4. Do not include your first and last names. You can give your group a name or just use first names.
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