1/30/08 - 7th Grade Exploring Immigration

Click on the blue tab that says 'meet the new americans', on the independent lens site: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/newamericans.html. Choose one of the stories, and read the introduction and one of the episode articles.

How did reading the story affect you? What do you think would be the most difficult part of moving to a new country? How could the US help people who are coming to this country for the first time? And, what advice would you give to someone who was new to this country?

When you are finished, click on the red tab to explore the art, music, food, and language that immigrants carry with them, and click on the yellow tab to take the immigration quiz.

Information Literacy

Start on this page: http://education.nmsu.edu/faculty/ci/milevy/medialiteracy.html. We are going to read through the "What is media literacy?" section together, then choose a topic to research for the period.

1-16-08 8th Grade Immigration/Refugee Assignment

Immigration:
Please look at the following site:http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/index.html
Choose one of the "new Americans" stories, and read the introduction, and one of the three episode summaries.
Write 1 paragraph about how reading the story affected you, and what you think the most difficult part about being an immigrant in a foreign country would be.
When you are done, feel free to explore the cultural riches section (about the Art, Music, Food, and Language that immigrants bring to the US), or take the quiz.

Refugees:
Please look at the following site:http://www.isabelperez.com/webquest/taller/l2/word/inmigration.htm
Research a group of Refugees by following one or more of the links.
Write 1 paragraph about how reading about this group affected you, and what you think the most difficult part about being a refugee in a foreign country would be.
When you are done, feel free to explore the rest of the site, or take a quiz.

5th Grade Martin Luther King Jr. Websearch

Scavenger hunt
http://tstrong.com/Martin.htm

webquest
http://w4.nkcsd.k12.mo.us/~kcofer/MLK_webquest/process.html

explore
http://www.cumbavac.org/martin_luther_king.htm

audio/video
http://www.mlkonline.net/

1/8/09 - 8th Grade Harlem Renaissance

Go to the Harlem Renaissance webquest: http://www.primarysourcelearning.org/teach/lq/012/index.htm. Read the introduction, and then click on the investigation tab. Follow the links to take a tour of Harlem, listen to some of the music that was made during the Harlem Renaissance, or learn more about the literature that came out of the Harlem Renaissance. And answer the questions about the topic you chose, that are shown on the graphic organizer.

12/12/08 7th Grade - Fractions!

Check out these sites:
Visualize a Fraction:

http://www.webmath.com/k8if.html

Identifying Fractions:
http://www.visualfractions.com/EnterCircle.html

Comparing Fractions:
Explanation:
http://www.visualfractions.com/Investigate/Compare/Compareframes.htm

Exercises:
http://www.visualfractions.com/CompCircle.html

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_105_g_2_t_1.html

Reducing Fractions:
http://www.visualfractions.com/LowestCircle.html

Equivalent Fractions:
http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/ff/index.asp

12/8/08 4th grade Powerpoint

Today, Ms. McKinney let me know that she wanted to show her kids how to use Microsoft PowerPoint to create presentations. Her class is studying animal diversity, and will be making presentations to show what they have learned. We started a new PowerPoint presentation, and went through the steps of making a title slide, adding additional slides, typing information and resizing the text boxes, adding photos from the internet, and saving the presentation. Our sample presentation was about foxes. Each step was displayed on the projector at the front of the room, and students followed along on their computers. They found fox information on a National Geographic site, conducted a web search of public domain photos, and selected a fox photo for their presentation. Students looked for copyright information and cited the photographer who took the picture they chose. It was a good basic introduction to PowerPoint. With some guidance, students should be able to build upon their new skills when they start their presentations next week.