Your band of the week is The Decemberist. The Decemberists are an indie folk rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States, fronted by singer/songwriter Colin Meloy. The other members of the band are Chris Funk (guitar, multi-instrumentalist), Jenny Conlee (hammond organ, accordion, melodica, piano, keyboards), Nate Query (bass guitar, string bass), and John Moen (drums,…
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In class today, we took sometime to discuss why we are proud to be from Arkansas. Coleman and Aria take a minute to explain why they are proud of Arkansas. For me I personally take pride in the fact that Arkansas is one of the best kept secrets in the United States. Especially here in…
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Lesson One – Teaching is Exhausting For the past 5 weeks I have been fortunate enough to work with Ms. Simonek…Ms. Simonek is my intern and has essentially taken my class over the past few weeks. This means I spend a lot of time hanging out in various rooms throughout the school working on my…
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Students, today with Ms. Simonek being out for a meeting…which means I will be teaching class today, assuming I still remember how to teach after my long lay-off. Today we will primarily talk about a few topics that are relevant in today’s news. Protest in Libya Union protest in Wisconsin The Iowa wrestler that forfeited…
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Unit 2 study guide, pt 1 Unit 2 study guide pt 2Students, seen above is a copy of the study guide for your test tomorrow. Remember your test covers chapters 5 & 6, which includes early explorers and Arkansas Post. Mr. McClung
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A few weeks back, my students began an Arkansas city project using Glogster. Students were asked to research a selected city within Arkansas and record their findings using Glogster…sorta like using an online poster board. Students recently finished their project and submitted them for review. Glogster provides a great service for teachers who want to…
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Josie explains the three tribes project that my social studies students recently finished. Recently in social studies, Ms. Simonek has been leading her students through the history of historic Arkansans. This study of Arkansas history has covered the prehistoric Indians of Arkansas to the more current tribes and cultures. The three tribes my students have…
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Your band of the week is Weezer. Weezer is an American alternative rock band. The band currently consists of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, guitar), Patrick Wilson (drums, guitar, backing vocals), Brian Bell (guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), and Scott Shriner (bass, backing vocals, keyboards). The band has changed lineups three times since its formation in 1992….
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It’s that time of the year, it’s time for students to start selecting what activities they are going to participate in next school year. More important that means that it’s time for cross country tryouts. Tryouts will be held March 1-4 from 3:45 – 4:30 A informational parent meeting will be held February 24th at…
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Lesson One – The Return For the first time in three weeks, Lessons Learned has awoke from it’s winter slumber. Due to the large amounts of snow we have received in the month of February, we have only been at school 3 days in previous two weeks. Finally we have received some great this week…
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