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Assignment List and Spelling Words

14, Dec 2008

This Week’s Assignment Checklist: Assignment Checklist for the Week of December 15  Spelling Words for the Week of December 15: <1. snore 2. tornado 3. spare 4. appear 5. career 6. square 7. report 8. prepare 9. pioneer 10. chair 11. beware 12. smear 13. repair 14. sword 15. ignore 16. order 17. engineer 18. [...]

Election Project…We’re Not Done Yet!

6, Nov 2008

Wow! We’ve been having some wonderfully unpredictable weather, haven’t we? Pouring rain yesterday followed by a chilly morning and a beautifully sunny afternoon today. Ah, life in Southern Oregon is nothing if not surprising! Last evening, I had a very productive online meeting with the other teachers around the country who have been participating in [...]

Election Project Reflection

2, Nov 2008

As we finish the first quarter of this school year, I have asked the students to write a short reflective essay which considers what they have done and learned as part of our Election Project. I was pleased and impressed by the overall quality of the essays and the thoughtfulness they displayed. Below are excerpts [...]

Calendar and Project Update

30, Oct 2008

This is just a quick post to let you know that I have added some important dates to our classroom calendar. View it by clicking on this link: Class Calendar Also, students have been working on a short (at least three paragraphs) summary of their experience (so far) with the Election Project. I had writing conferences [...]

Wednesday Update-a-palooza!

22, Oct 2008

Okay, the heat is on! We have just one more day to complete our Election Project research essays so that we can update our class wiki and upload to the project wiki. That means a lot of last minute scrambling to make sure that research teams have the data they need and are presenting their [...]

I’m proud of this class…

17, Oct 2008

Reading today’s article about our Election Project field trip has sent me on some highs and lows emotionally. It is so exciting to see our students’ hard work and curiosity celebrated and in the spotlight. I appreciate that Mr. Mann took the time to visit with students and get a sense of their concerns and [...]

Election Project Field Trip = Success!

16, Oct 2008

We went, we learned, we survived! Here is a link to the story about our trip in Friday’s Mail Tribune! Our visit to the Mail Tribune newspaper office – where we met with journalist Damian Mann – was a great way to start today’s field trip. Mr. Mann, as well as a photographer from the paper, [...]

Election/Survey Results

14, Oct 2008

We did our first sample mock election in class today. Students were asked the following question: “Who would you vote for today if you were able to help choose our next president?” 57% of the students voted for Barak Obama. 43% of the students voted for John McCain. Students were also asked to choose the [...]


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