For sale: baby shoes, never worn. Ernest Hemingway TAKE THE CHALLENGE! Students around the globe and across all ages have been writing 6 word memoirs for years. This memoir is an autobiographical challenge. The six-word limitation forces us to pinpoint who we are and what matters most — at least in the moment. The Read More…
Designing Landscapes to Protect our Homesites from Erosion
Designing A Homesite: Protecting homes from Erosion Making a Plan: Where will your homesite be? How will you protect it using everything you have learned from this unit? What features will you use? Valleys Mountains Rocks Plants Dams Rocks Hills Cliffs Creeks rivers Where will these be placed to direct the flow of water? Read More…
Gardening Photos: Corn Husk Dolls
Biography Projects: Google Slides
Google Slides: Chapters to Include: Introduction Early Life Call to Action Impact of Action on the World Why Was This Person Important to Me? Additional Slides: Title Page, Table of Contents, Glossary
STARGIRL
4/25/2018 What struggles or social issues do you anticipate that characters may have in this novel? Which characters do you think are going to struggle?
Social Issues Book Clubs
Remember to utilize this chart from class when distinguishing Social Issues from Problems. Padlets: Bystander Donuthead The One and Only Ivan Bud, Not Buddy Loser Eggs
Mystery Book Club Padlet Links
Book Club 1: Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man Book Club 2: Nick and Stella Book Club 3: Spencer, Lilly and Jett Book 4: Danny, Connor, Meera and Sabrina Book 5: Manu, Max G and Sam Book 6: Rebecca, Sophia, PJ and Phoebe
HW 2/5/18
Passion Project “DO” Math Workbook – check over pages 148-154. Circle any you do not understand and we will go over them tomorrow. Read 45 minutes
Passion Project weeks 2 and 3: The “DO” portion
For the “Do” part of this project you will each need to “do” something related to your topic. During this “DO” portion the point is to take the knowledge they have and do something with it. This process will need to be recorded with photos, sketches, journal entries, videos etc… Some of the students will be cooking, building Read More…
Tips for Conducting Online Research
Create search terms rather than asking long questions example Rather than: Is there a direct correlation between kindness and sustainability? Try: Kindness Leader, MLK and nature, Ghandi and nature Put your terms in quotes to get a more focused search example “kindness leader” This will narrow down your search by eliminating MANY sources Wikipedia is Read More…