What I Learned This Year

Taken from one of my Arkansas History student’s end of the year survey. Adapt This year held many first for me. It was my first year to teach jr. high students, it was my first time to teach social studies and history, it was my first time to work in a large school district, and…

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Edublogs Feature

This past week our classblog was featured by a familiar website on a weekly newsletter and on their Facebook page. Edublogs.org was kind enough to feature on blog on their Facebook page that highlighted our use of header and then they made us their featured blog of the week on their newsletter. This feature meant…

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Saying Goodbye…For Now

My first hour students helping me take down my bulletin boards. This is it, today is officially our last day of school here at Woodland Jr. High for the 09-10 school year…and of course I have a few things to say before I start to set sail for the summer break. First of all I…

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Year In Review – If These Walls Could Talk

Before (August ’09) and after (June ’10) shots of our blog wall. As we begin to say our goodbyes for the year, I felt it would be appropriate to highlight a view features of our classroom that have grown as we have progressed throughout the school year. First up is our blog wall…this wall was…

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The McClungs Revisited

Above is one of the videos from the acceptance speeches that were given after The McClungs Ceremony last Friday. Here is Mason sharing his “fond memory” after he won the award for “Most Time Spent Hating on Mr. McClung Award”. Enjoy. Mr. McClung

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Grass Competition Conclusion

As the school year starts to slowly wind down, so does our grass competition in science. A few weeks back my students started a class competition to see who could produce the best soil to support growth of grass. Students were given the option to use top soil, humus, sand, and gravel to complete their…

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Celebrating Excellence in Education

This past Friday marked the first annual McClungs Ceremony. The McClungs is an award ceremony unlike any other because of the fact that they are not given out to the students with the best GPA or academic record in my class…but rather they are given out to students for the other “stuff” that is commonly…

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Coldplay

Your welcome Taha… Coldplay are an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1997, the group comprises Chris Martin (lead vocals, keyboards, guitar), Jonny Buckland (lead guitar), Guy Berryman (bass guitar), and Will Champion (drums, backing vocals, other instruments). Coldplay’s early material was compared to acts such as Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, U2, and Travis….

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