something to think about...

watch this video.

think about the message.

we'll discuss it after the break.

This week in Core: Dec 15th & 16th

wow!!

So much going on, so little time to blog it all!

I'll make it short and sweet:

We'll have one period of work time Thursday and then it will be collected.

another snowflake!

more fun winter treats!

another build your own snow site: http://petehawkes.com/snowflake/

Create your own snowflake. Then spin, rotate, melt or explode it. http://dinosaurdesign.com/SnowflakeFactory.htm

Today in Core: December 14th

Only one week left before a nice, and wonderful 2 week holiday break of awesomeness!

Before we can relax, we have a lot of work to get through this week.  Each assignment challenging and important.  We shall not rest until Friday at 2:20pm.

Social Studies:

• Create a Culture rough draft should be DONE when you walk through the door on Tuesday
• Many students began work on the Create a Culture final draft which is due THURSDAY.

Language Arts

• New spelling words: exposed, chimney, suspend, together, maroon, believe, brilliant, wonder, dappled, grazing, blizzard, surname, numb, rotund, adorn, receipt, gluttonous, benevolent, congregate, memento, embellish, ornate, dismantle, emerald, voracious, crimson
• Complete activity number one: creating a winter scene (due Wednesday for AM, and Tuesday for PM)

Coming tomorrow:

• New Moon and A Christmas Carol movie trip!
• Create a Culture final draft work time
• Spelling activity number 2

Snow is falling...on the blog

Have you made a snowflake yet? If you send it to me I'll post it here on the blog!!

Here is Sarah's (PM Core)

Build a Snowman

Build a virtual snowman: http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/games/snowman_v4.html

Create your Own Snowflake!

more winter fun...

Click the picture below to create your own snowflake!

Create your own Gingerbread Person!

Today in Core: December 7th & 8th

December 7th & 8th 
Social Studies

• Geography Bee

Language Arts

• How to Packet: editing on your own (read 5 times using whisper phone, check spelling etc)
• How to Packet: editing with a friend (switch papers, make corrections, read aloud)
• How to Packet: type final draft in liblab (due Wednesday)

Trimester 2!

Welcome to trimester 2!!

A few reminders...

1. Bathroom pass: blue stickers can ask to go at any time (though may not be granted permission to leave the room numerous times in one class period, or during certain parts of the period)...use bathroom privileges responsibly.  All other students must have teacher sign planner on page 19 and are limited to 3 passes per trimester...this includes retrieving items from your locker.
2. Reading Logs: as a holiday present, students have the next 4 weeks (2 week of school, 2 weeks of break) free of reading log responsibilities...however, science fiction/fantasy books need to be completed by December 16th which will require that you read the book at home.
3. Lunch: 4th period students now have 2nd lunch!

Today in Core: December 3rd

GO BEAVS!

Did you wear your ORANGE and BLACK today? I hope so!

Language Arts

How to Packet- through step 5

Social Studies

Cultural studies

Game time 6:01pm look for me in the sea of duck fans.

Today in Core: Wed Dec 2

Language Arts

Hos to packet steps 3 and 4

Social Studies

Culture: Similarities and Differences Video and notes

Today in Core: December 1, 2009

Wow! December!

Social Studies:

What is Culture?

Language Arts:

Check out the doc camera video that I made in about 9 minutes, as a test for future blog entries...please view the video as it takes you step by step through the first three pages of the How to Packet...I don't know that I will continue to use video in this way, but it was fun to try it (not knowing at all what I was doing...as you can see from the "roughness" of the video, which is not edited)

Today in Core: November 30th

Welcome to the final week of Trimester numero uno. EEK!

I hope that each of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend, filled with family, friends, food and fun.

Today's Class:

Language Arts

• Final novel project presentations (for those that used homework coupons, were absent or have turned it in via MDF)
• 10 Minute free-write (AM only)
• Planner check

Social Studies

• Finish political systems chart
• Political systems slide notes 

Today in Core: Nov 25th

Language Arts

• Finish novel project presentations
• Turkey writing: What are you thankful for?

Social Studies

• Political Systems Chart:
  
• Absolute Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Oligarchy

Have a wonderful 4 day holiday weekend!!! I am thankful for having each and every one of you in my class!

Turkey

happening today!!!

Today in Core: November 24th

 Social Studies

Begin political systems chart...complete ONLY the following:

• Direct Democracy
• Tribal Rule
  
• Absolute  Monarchy

Language Arts

• Novel project DUE!
• Begin turkey writing
  

Random Fact of the Day

Today (Nov 23) is National Eat-A-Cranberry Day

Some cranberry facts:

• Cranberries are native to North America
• There are 350-400 cranberries in a pound
• Cranberries do not grow in water, but float, so marshes are flooded during harvest time
• Native Americans used the cranberry as a symbol of peace
• 2008's cranberry crop in Oregon was valued at over $36.6 million
• Oregon is ranked 4th int he United States for cranberry production
 

photo from Wikipedia

facts from Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom http://AITC.oregonstate.edu

Quiz Your Noodle: Thanksgiving

How much do you know about Thanksgiving? Click HERE to "quiz your noodle"

Today in Core: November 23rd

Social Studies

We've spent a lot of time discussing the economy and today we look at borrowing, saving and investing money.  Check out the three videos we watched in class today during our discussion.

You can see the investing video in Friday's post.

Language Arts
Final day for Novel Project work time...NOVEL PROJECT DUE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009 (THAT IS TOMORROW)!!!!!!!!! 

Percy Jackson

Check out the new Percy Jackson trailer HERE

Today in Core: November 20th

Language Arts

• Spelling Practice Sheet: DUE
• Spelling Sort-it: DUE
• Reading Log: DUE (AM only...PM to turn in on Monday)
• Spelling Test: word cards
• Novel Project work time (due Nov 24th)
  
• DOL (there are 15 errors in the paragraph below, record and correct the paragraph on your DOL sheet)

Social Studies

• Economic Systems Review Videos

**Novel Project is due on NOV. 24th**

from today's lesson

Virtual Music

3 great virtual instruments for you to play around with:

Click here for the virtual keyboard

Click here for the virtual piano

Click here for the virtual drums

Enjoy!

Today in Core: November 19th

AM Core

• Novel project work time (due Tuesday, November 24th)
• Spelling Sort-It 
• Private Ownership/Government Ownership/Mixed Ownership REVIEW

*Spelling practice sheet due Friday!
**Spelling test on Friday

PM Core

• Novel project work time (due Tuesday, November 24th)
• Spelling sort-it DUE
  

*Spelling practice sheet due Friday!
**Spelling test on Friday

Today in Core: November 18th

AM Core:

• What is Capitalism? (movie clip and discussion)
• What is Communism? (movie clip and discussion)

PM Core:

• Spelling sort-it
• Silent Reading
• What is Capitalism? (reading and discussion)
• What is Communism? (reading and discussion)

Today in Core: Nove 17th

AM Core

1st period

• New spelling words (see below)
• Spelling practice sheet due Friday
• What is Capitalism?
• What is Communism?

3rd period

• Novel project work time (due Nov 24)

PM Core

4th period:

• Novel project work time (due Nov 24)

Turkey Anagrams

Click HERE to play the turkey anagram game!! Each anagram is about turkeys! To play an anagram game players rearrange the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase.  It's fun and educational. Here is a picture of the game:

Today in Core: November 16th

We're back to testing in Reading this week, which means that our Core schedule is a little tight. 

Language Arts

1. Students went to the library to get a science fiction or fantasy book (needs to be read by Dec 16th)
   
2. New spelling words: 

• delicious
• squash
• stuffing
• Tofurky
• vegetables
• thankful
• yams
• turkey
• pilgrim
• potatoes
• cranberries
• pumpkin
• casserole
• cornucopia
• Plymouth
• dessert
• Thanksgiving
• harvest

**Spelling practice sheet due Friday, November 20th
***Spelling Test on Friday, November 20th

Today in Core: November 13th

This is our blog's 200th blog entry!!

Language Arts

• Novel Project Work time
• Spelling Test
• Spelling Sort-It DUE
• Spelling Practice Sheet DUE
• Reading Log DUE

Social Studies

• Economics: Producers and Consumers
• Click THIS link and complete interactive activity #1 and #2 

Dates to Remember:

• Novel Project Due: November 24th
• No School: November 26th & 27th
• Last day to turn in late work/make up work/extra credit for Core: December 1

Have a FABULOUS weekend!!!

GO BEAVS!

Today in Core: November 12th

Language Arts

• Introduced the 100 point novel project: Due November 24th. 
• Spelling Sort It: sort words 4 times, see words on last week's posting

Social Studies

• Introduction to Economics: click HERE for the lesson (we will finish this lesson tomorrow)
  
• What are producers?
• What are consumers?
  

Today in Core: November 5th

Language Arts 

The following reflects assignments turned in ONLY...not everything that we did in class today

• View THIS verb presentation.  As you view the presentation, follow the directions/take notes on a piece of notebook paper.
• Review your spelling words (test on Friday Nov 13th)
• READ! Mystery/Adventure book is due November 12th

Today in Core: November 5th

Guy Fawkes Day.

Last day of OAKS testing for a couple of weeks!

Back to our regular schedule tomorrow!

Language Arts

• Verb charades...praciced our verb skills by playing verb charades
• Just a Minute...worked on our speaking skills by playing Just a Minute
• HOMEWORK: Reading log due FRIDAY
• HOMEWORK: Spelling Test due Friday, Nov 13th
• HOMEWORK: Mystery/Adventure book read by Nov 12th

Social Studies

• AM- did not have SS today
• PM- talked about population and the census

5 day weekend on the horizon.

Today in Core: November 4

Language Arts: AM please see yesterday's PM LA post for video assignment.

• Watched "Pendamonium" verb video
• Recorded the verbs that we saw and heard in the video
• Discussed what verbs are, what our favorite verbs are and why verbs are important.

Social Studies

• Finished Population & Planning packet.
• Turned packet in before leaving class

Hope you had a great day!

Today in Core: November 3

Due to OAKS testing, one period of CORE has been compromised for Reading each day...please pay close attention to the "am" and "pm" labels.

Language Arts
AM- did not meet for Language Arts today.
PM- Verb Review

• Read "If I were a Verb"
• Listened to song about verbs (on your paper, record as many of the verbs as you can)...I can't find the exact song, but this video can be a substitute.

Social Studies
Finished the Population and Urbanization packet, reading and slideshow.

Today in Core: November 2

Hello!

The blog is going to be changing this week.  Instead of giving you everything on Monday, I am going to do my best to recap each day as it happens in hopes to help those students that are home sick to stay up to date on what they missed.

Language Arts:
New Spelling words today. Please record the following words onto your spelling practice sheet.  Words will be sorted on Thursday and the spelling test will take place on Friday.  These words tie in to our unit on Population and the Census that we are working on in Social Studies. Click HERE for a copy of the spelling practice sheet.

1. population
2. census
3. demography
4. density
   
5. birthrate
6. urbanization
7. rural
8. urban
9. privacy
10. allocate
11. enumerator
12. tabulate
13. mean
14. median
15. range
16. household
17. campaign

Social Studies
Students received a population and planning reading packet.  Today we read pages 60-63 in the purple SS book and answered the corresponding questions in the reading packet. 

Punctuation Campground

practice your punctuation!!

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/punctuation/

Where is Miss Bryant?!?!?!

Ahoy mateys.

Hopefully I will be back at school on Tuesday.  Despite my best efforts to sanitize and disinfect every inch of the world that I come in contact with, I have managed to pick up the bug that is going around our school. I have been home and in bed sick since Thursday.  Today I'm feeling a bit better, and hopefully I'll be well enough to join you tomorrow!! Remember that conferences are Wednesday evening 4-8pm and Thursday from 12-8pm.

We'll be goal setting all day Wednesday for our conferences.

See you soon!!!

This week in Core

This week in Core we have 3 main objectives:

1. finish and present Create a Country
2. Learn, use, love and enjoy our Autumn vocabulary words.
3. Turn our reading log in on time (FRIDAY) 

May the force be with you!

Don't forget to dress WACKY TACKY on Friday!!! woo-hoo!!

-Miss Bryant

pumpkin carving

carve your own pumpkin

from time to time I run across some pretty cool links...from now on, I'm going to start posting them here on the classroom blog. Check 'em out!

Strange Maps:
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/

This Week in Core: October 12 - October 16

Language Arts: 

• New spelling words for the week: evidence, agent, mission, continent, headquarters, produce, broken, exercise, employer, resigning, sundae, treacherous
• Spelling sort it will be done on Thursday, and the Spelling test will be on Friday
• Detective profiles were due this week
• Reading log is due on Friday
• 8 Sentence paragraph writing practice will take place on Wednesday & Thursday

Social Studies:

• Create a Country checklist was assigned and due on Monday
• Create a Country rough draft is due on Thursday
• Create a Country final draft work time begins on Thursday, continues Friday, and into next week.
• Create a Country is due on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 

Have a great week! 

Greetings!

I apologize for not updating last week.

Here is what we've been up to in core:

1. Spelling: first spelling list and test of the year happened last week. Remember that in order to be a "super speller" and earn that cat cash that students need to spell the required words and the challenge words correctly!

2. Landforms: this week we focused on landforms in Social Studies.  Students took landform notes, played a landform match game, and landform bingo.  Today in class students took the landform quiz. **Remember that quizzes can be taken a second time for additional credit by appointment only.

3. Homophones: Also this week, students completed many homophone activities. We also watched THIS VIDEO which while cheesy, is a student favorite!

4. B.A.R.F. (Book Analysis and Reflection Form) is due on October 15th!

5. Students visited the library today to check out a mystery or adventure book.  This book must be at their level, at least 150 pages and finished by November 12th.

6. Reading Log: this week's reading log will be collected on MONDAY OCTOBER 12th

7. Detectives! This week students discussed adjectives and created detectives who will work for the Darth Tater Agency all year.

Wash those hands!

Wash those hands VIDEO

Neon Day

I see neon people! Haven't seen this much neon since 1989. Glad to see so much school spirit, way to go wildcats!

This Week in CORE

Hi All.

This week...

Language Arts:
1. Our top priority is to finish our writing assessment: Design Star. This will be due on Friday
2. Remember that READING LOGS are due ON FRIDAY!!

Social Studies:
This week we will earn how to read and understand maps and globes. We'll also look at hemispheres and oceans, as well as the 7 continents.

Reading:
AM students will have their first day of reading on Friday, September 25th 2nd period
PM students will have their first day of reading on Thursday, September 24th 5th period

Have a GREAT week and as always GO BEAVS!

Swine Flu

This week in CORE 9/14 - 9/18

Whew, the first week is behind us and we are well on our way to an AWESOME school year!

This week in core students will be assessed in reading and writing (so that we can accurately place them in the proper reading class). In addition to these assessments, we will become acquainted with the world of mapping, reading log bookmarks AND on Friday we will talk like pirates!

Have a great week!

-Miss B

The week in review

What a great first week we've had!!

We began on Tuesday with locker practice, tours and getting to know you activities. On Wednesday all students read the school handbook and received a copy to keep in their binder. Thursday we played with magical words and worked in our writing notebooks for the first time and on Friday we toured the library and began our reading assessments.

Next week things will begin to pick up so relax, renew and enjoy the lovely sunny weekend!!

Welcome 6th graders 2009-2010!

Ahoy new 6th graders!

It was nice to meet so many of you and your parents this evening, and I look forward to our first day of school together next Tuesday!

The website is still going through changes but check the blog often for updates. Right now you can see our calendar for the first week of CORE. Follow THIS link to the main page and then click "calendar and assignments"

Harry Potter! Percy Jackson!

Hope you are enjoying your summer break! Harry Potter 6 (Half Blood Prince) arrived in theaters today and I've already seen it twice! Have you seen it yet? Did you like it? The movie was great. In addition to the awesome movie I got an extra treat because the preview for the Lightening Thief (based on the 1st book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series) was played. check it out below.

http://www.percyjacksonthemovie.com/

Happy News

Wanted to let to let readers know that I WILL be working in Newberg next year! This is very happy news and I can't wait to see you in the fall!

Have a wonderful 4th!

Field Day 2009: Team Bee Dawg in our AWEOSME capes

Outline Example

Example Outline

I. Are you bored with your life? Are you looking for a little excitement? Maybe you’re looking to get away from it all. Well, Canada is the place for you. In Canada we have a comfortable climate, beautiful cities and a wonderful landscape.

II. Comfortable Climate

- Moderate Summer

- Cool spring and fall

-Cold yet comfortable winter

III. Beautiful Cities

- Victoria

- Vancouver

- Toronto

IV. Wonderful Landscape

- Rocky Mountains

- Ocean Playground (Nova Scotia)

- Bread Basket

V. Whether you’re looking for an adventure of a great escape, Canada’s comfortable climate, beautiful cities and wonderful landscape are for you. Don’t put off today the vacation that could change your life.

End of the Year Schedule!

wow, the end is near (only 8.5 school days left!)...

we have A LOT coming our way over the next eight and a half days, here is the schedule:

Tuesday, June 2nd
DIBELS testing 3rd period only
Library to type outlines (3rd period & 4th period)
Postcard work time (2nd & 6th periods)
Research sheets, postcard rough drafts, postcard final drafts DUE!

Wednesday, June 3rd
DIBELS testing 5th and 6th periods
Speech practice and eveluation (1st & 5th periods)
Begin speeches (2nd & 6th periods)

Thursday, June 4th
Beginning band pullout 3rd period
Locker clean-out
Speeches

Friday, June 5th
Bowling and Mall trip

Monday, June 8th
Beginning band pullout 4th period
Speeches

Tuesday, June 9th
Band/Choir/Strings Assembly
Market Day with Rau and Willing (2nd & 6th period)
Speeches 1st & 5th period

Wednesday, June 10th
Poetry Slam/MV Idol Prep and Practice
3rd annual Miss Bryant Bee Bowl

Thursday, June 11th
Yearbook distribution @lunch
MV Idol 1st & 6th periods
3rd annual Miss Bee Rant Award Show and Celebration

Friday, June 12th
Last day of School
Field Day activities

Have a fabulous time over the next 8.5 days: cherish EVERY SINGLE MOMENT!

1st Period Reading Assignment: May 22nd

Figurative Language Scavenger Hunt

Go to each website to answer the following questions, and then write your answer on your OWN paper

Activity 1:
Write the definition and the example provided for each of the following terms:
http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm

1. Alliteration:



2. Simile:



3. Metaphor:



4. Personification:



5. Onomatopoeia:



Activity 2:
Search the following websites for poems that contain the literary devices you just learned about. Record the name of the poem, the website it was found at, and the line or lines from the poem that contain the literary device.

http://www.poetry4kids.com/poems
http://www.emule.com/poetry/?page=top_poems
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymes.html
http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/stevenson/collections/childs_garden_of_verses.html
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
http://www.sunniebunniezz.com/poetry/poetpage.htm


1. Alliteration
Poem:
Author:
Website:
Lines with alliteration:


2. Simile
Poem:
Author:
Website:
Lines with alliteration:


3. Metaphor
Poem:
Author:
Website:
Lines with alliteration:



4. Personification
Poem:
Author:
Website:
Lines with alliteration:


5. Onomatopoeia
Poem:
Author:
Website:
Lines with alliteration:
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Activity 3:
Take the online quiz on the following website and record your final score.
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/wp1.htm

Your score__________________

Country Assignments

AM
Alex - St. Lucia
Amanda - Cuba
Aryonna - Jamaica
Becca - Panama
Brendan - Brazil
Camiron - Antigua & Barbuda
Cari - Hondurus
Casey - Barbados
David - Belize
Eric - Ecuador
Fernando - Colombia
Gisell - Dominican Republic
Haley - Dominica
Jake - Bahamas
Justin - Haiti
Kaity- Chile
Kayla - Costa Rica
Malina - Peru
Matthew - Guatemala
Sahalie- St. Kitts & Nevis
Samantha - Argentina
Wylee - Paraguay
Zach - Puerto Rico

PM
AJ- Haiti
Brandon -Cuba
Brooke - Antigua & Barbuda
Brooklyne - Argentina
Crystal - Barbados
Delanie - Bolivia
DJ - Jamaica
Dylan - Peru
Elyana - Guatemala
Emily - Chile
Heather - Colombia
Henry - Saint Lucia
Jake - Brazil
Jessica - Ecuador
Kyle - Puerto Rico
Nick - Bahamas
Shane - Panama
Tressa - Paraguay
Zach - Costa Rica

Tater Travel Day 1

Good Morning/Good Afternoon students,

You are in the library today to begin your Tater Travel research. I apologize for not being at school with you today. I am home sick. If I don't have a fever tomorrow then I will be at school. If not, please check the blog for your day 2 tater assignment.

Here is what you need to do for day one:

Message from Darth Tater:
Good Morning Agents (travel agents that is),

All the info you need to succeed is HERE.

-----

Have a great day!

-Miss Bryant

This Week in Core: May 11th - May15th

Hey all,

My computer is back up and running at 100% for the time being so I'm back to blogging about our fabulous class.

We have a lot going on this week, here is the rundown:

Social Studies:
Monday: Caribbean Culture
Tuesday: South American culture reading and notes
Wednesday: South American culture activity
Thursday: Intro to Tater Travel project
Friday: Tater Travel research day 1

Language Arts:
Monday: Creature Feature: finish drawing, discuss rhyme and rhyme scheme as well as rhythm
Tuesday: Creature Feature: finish poem, begin editing
Wednesday: Creature Feature: edit and practice final poem
Thursday: Creature Feature: dress rehearsal
Friday: Creature Feature: Presentations with Mrs. Rau's class.

Things to think about:
Days left of school (not counting weekends/holidays): 24
Days left of school (counting weekends/holidays): 1 month and 1 day
Days until the new Harry Potter 6 movie debuts: 50 days
Days until the 1st home Beaver game of the season (against Cincinnati): 3 months, 25 days
Days until the first day of of the 09-10 school year: 3 months, 28 days

Hope that you have a fabulous week!

Countdown to Beaver Football

4 months and 4 days.

view this Beaver Football video from last year.

pause at about 26 seconds...recognize anyone?

IFCC 2009: Meeting Challenges

Get all the info at the above link.

Hey all.

Wanted to let parents and students know that my computer has decided to fry itself internally and that currently, my gradebook and all documents cannot be reached. I apologize for he inconvenience that this may be causing, but please know that as soon as I get my computer back up and running, you will see a grade post update.

Thanks for the patience.

-Miss B

This Week in Core: April 6 - April 10

Ahoy friends,

I survived jury duty yesterday and now that I am back we are ready to begin our study of Latin America!!

We'll begin today by looking at the three sections of Latin America (Middle America, Caribbean, and South America). We'll also be discussing the important waterways and landforms that make up these regions. Later this week, we'll be focused on the climate, vegetation and natural resources of Latin America before moving to the ancient cultures of the region next week!

In LA, we are finishing our book box presentations (they've been AWESOME thus far). We're also reviewing basic grammar, working on DOL and continuing to read 150 minutes per week at home! Currently all students in my core class should have a general fiction book checkout out from the library and be reading it at home. This book must be completed by April 2oth.

Reminders:
1. Parent-teacher conferences are this week (Wed, April 8) as well as next week (Wed, April 15) from 3:45-7:30pm in teacher classrooms
2. Read, read, read! Just because we aren't turning in reading logs, does not mean that the reading has stopped!!!
3. Next week is Doernbecher week here at school. Please make arrangements to come to the Doernbecher dance on Friday, April 17th here at school from 7-9pm. Proceeds will benefit Doernbecher!
4. The Laser Tag trip is this Wednesday, April 8th for 6th graders.

Have a great week! Enjoy the sunshine and the heat today because tomorrow we'll get a reality check.

-Miss B

This Week in Core: 3/30 - 4/3

Well kiddos, we're on the downward slope to the end of the year (that's right, just 2 months and 13 days until Summer break)!

This week in core, we are finishing our Canada PowerPoint presentations. These are due on Tuesday, March 31st! Presentations will begin on March 31st. Maps are also due on March 31st.

On Wednesday, April 1st we'll begin our study of Latin America with a mapping activity.

On Friday, book boxes/book bags are due! Presentations will be 3-5 minutes long and all objects must be school appropriate.

Hope that you had a fabulous spring break. Have a grand week! Aztec, Inca and Maya are coming our way soon, and I can't wait!

-Miss B

This week: say goodbye to Trimester #2!

Wow-ee-wow-wow! Can you believe that 2nd trimester is almost over! That means we have only 13 weeks of school remaining (counting this week of course)! But wait! We have so many things left to teach each other before we bid adieu on June 13th.

For our last week of the trimester, we will focus on our Canada projects. This week will be maps, and research with next week focused on putting it all together in one neat convenient computer presentation package.

In addition to our Canada presentations, we'll be writing trimester 2 reflections, having grammar day activities on Wednesday and of course a couple more Canada map quizzes!

Tuesday, March 10th is the last day for late work, missing work, make-up work and extra credit so get those papers in in in!!

No school on Friday!! :)

Have a great week!

Remember! Only 8 days of class until SPRING BREAK (not counting today of course, because the school day is over already)!

Canada Projects

For your internet research follow these guidelines:

1. Start with Wikipedia.
2. Once you have found your Province or Territory, use the info on Wikipedia to answer your questions
3. When you are done with Wikipedia, use the links from Wikipedia to the official sites of your province or territory.

DO NOT PRINT

If you have questions, ask Miss B!

Check it Out!

I'm excited to see THIS.

This week in Core we are discovering the awesome world of the Vikings!

Click HERE to play a fun Viking game
Click HERE to get a fun Viking name
Hey, that rhymes!

In LA land, we've been booted from the computer lab once again due to testing which means that legend final drafts are being either hand written in class or typed at home. If you type the legend at home you must bring it with you to class on Friday when it is due (printer and computer problems are not excuses for extra days). On Friday we will share our legends and turn them in along with legend book jackets.

Have a great week!

-Miss B

This week in Core: Feb 9 - Feb 13th

In LA we continue our legend editing and will begin our Legend Book Jacket (due Friday). We will sail to the library next week to type legends and then end next week with a campfire activity where we will share our legends with the class.

In SS we are heading to our neighbor to the North: CANADA. We begin the week with some intro questions and then begin our mapping assignment (due Friday). On Friday (the day before Valentine's Day and Oregon's 150 birthday) we will write valentines to our lovely state.

Have a great week,
I'm still trying to kick this nasty cold, I apologize for the late post.

-Miss B

Try this AWESOME game: Auditorium

http://playauditorium.com/

This Week in Core: Feb 3 - Feb 6

Whew! Our writing assessment days are FINALLY behind us!!

This week we are focusing on Native Americans in both Social Studies and Language Arts:

In Language Arts, students are writing their very own Native American myth/legend that explains how or why something came to be. Students need to focus their legend in one of the 8 geographical regions that we have studied, and all legends must include four aspects of Native American culture. Legend rough draft work time will be Wednesday and Thursday in class with the rough draft due Friday. On Friday we will spend some time revising and editing.

In Social Studies, the research team project is due on Thursday! Students will have Tuesday and Wednesday to finish posters and practice presentations. Presentations will take place Thursday and Friday and our quiz-ito will occur on Monday.

Have a great week!

Write a Twilight Valentine and get not only a chance at a Twilight prize, but also some extra credit in LA...see earlier posts for all the details!

-Miss B

My eyes are on Punxsutawney Phil

Happy Groundhog Day!

Did Phil see his shadow this morning? YES!
What does that mean? 6 more weeks of WINTER!

Write a Twilight Valentine...win a Twilight prize!

Hey Twilighters! The Twilight Lexicon is hosting a Valentine writing contest! Check it out:

"In order to celebrate Valentines Day we thought we’d do a bit of a character love letter contest. Here’s how to enter:

1. Write a love letter from one Twilight Saga character to another.
2. You can write from either the male or female perspective in the following pairings:
   • Edward and Bella
   • Carlisle and Esme
   • Jasper and Alice
   • Emmett and Rosalie
3. There is no minimum length, but the maximum length is 200 words.
4. Each entry must be written letter style with a greeting and closing. The greeting (Dear Whoever) and the closing (Love Whoever) don’t count as part of the 200 words.
5. The love letter may take place in any time period past, present, or future.
6. The winner in each pairing (in other words 4 winners) will receive the item of their choice from the Twilight Lexicon Cafepress Shop.
7. Send your entries to twilightlexiconcontest@gmail.com
8. The subject of the email must have the pairing listed
9. Any questions, post them on this entry because chances are someone else has they same question and the info could help them.
10. Entries are due by 11:59 pm EST February 10, 2009."

Viking Name

What is your Viking name?

Mine is Heather Fairhair.

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This Week in Core: Jan 26 - Jan 30

Good Morning!

Glad that most of you made it to school today... with the calendar change I wasn't sure everyone would remember to be here today, and gone next Monday, February 2nd.

This week we're working on 2 major things in CORE.

In Language Arts, we will work on the district writing assessment and in Social Studies we will finish our Native American research projects. Native American presentations will begin on February 3rd!!

Have a great week! Remember to wear your PJ's on FRIDAY!

- Miss B

This week in Core: Jan 20th - Jan 24th

I hope that you enjoyed your 3 day weekend! It was nice to have 3 days of sunshine (even if it was cold sunshine)!

Here is a look at what is coming your way this week in CORE:

Language Arts:
Next week we will begin our district writing assessment...which means that this week is filled with tips, tricks, and practice. Every day will be grammar day this week!
Tuesday: new spelling words, DOL
Wednesday: DOL, writing practice
Thursday: DOL, spelling sort it
Friday: DOL, spelling test, fun write

Social Studies:
Last week students took did a pre-assessment on their knowledge of Native Americans. Based on the results of this pre-assessment, the Native American unit will be taught as scheduled and will begin on Wednesday.
Tuesday: final time line
Wednesday: Intro to Native Americans
Thursday: Native American slides
Friday: finish slides, begin Native American research project.

Have a great week!

Remember: January 26th is now a school day! February 2nd is now a day off!

Timeline Maker

Please use the following website when making your timelines:

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/

Timeline is due at the end of the period TODAY: January 20th

This Week in Core: Jan 12 - 16

Social Studies

Monday: What is a timeline?
Tuesday: Using timelines effectively
Wednesday: Making a personal timeline
Thursday: events that rocked the world
Friday: Putting it all together: where do I fit in?

Language Arts

Monday: New Spelling words
Tuesday: Resource writing
Wednesday: Grammar Day: focus on character traits
Thursday: Spelling sort-it
Friday: Spelling test

Important Dates to Remember:

Jan 16th: Afternoon mini-incentive
Jan 19th: No School
Jan 26th: Previously a day off, now a day at school
Jan 30th: Comfy Cozy Day (wear your PJ's!!!)
Feb 2nd: previously a school day, now a day off: NO SCHOOL

Have a great week!

Miss B.

Welcome Back, Welcome Back, Welcome Baaaaaaaaaack!

I was waiting for movie trip confirmation to post this.

Lots of due dates coming your way in the next 2 days.

Thursday: 100 point novel project is due!

Thursday: Reading log (for this week and Dec 18) are due!

Thursday: OAKS Celebration 1st/6th periods

Friday: Resolutions project due!

Friday: Chapter 5 TEST

Monday: Movie Trip!!

Have a great week, and get those assignments completed!!