Friday in class we took time to review for our upcoming genetics unit test on Monday. Review days for us are a little bit different than you typical review day. We used a up-tempo activity to acquire information and prepare ourselves for our test. Sharing the Work Load We first divide into five groups and…
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Students, I have embed a copy of a completed study guide for our genetics test on Monday. Please review the information and be prepared for the test. Mr. McClung
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Today marks our monthly club day at Woodland Junior High. In an effort to produce a learning communities in which every student has a sense of belonging, we have created a club day. Students were given nearly 30 clubs to choose from and signed up for what they were most interested in. These clubs include…
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Lección Uno: The Truth Will Set You Free! In last week’s lessons learned I told a story of a student that had written on the back of an assignment, “This sucks I’m not doing it at all”. This happened on Thursday and I spent most of that evening thinking about how I would address my…
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Students, I have already received a few blog post from you so far. While there has been some good work sumbitted so far I want to offer some suggestions while revising you post. Appealing Title Your title should reflect the information in your blog post, but should be short and catchy. Bad Example: “Talking About…
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I’m a horse! Continuing with genetics discussions in my science classes, today we focused on selective breeding. Selective breeding is the process by which two organisms are cross-breed because they have desired traits that are wanted to pass on to the next generation. In order to demonstrate how this works, today we performed a lab…
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Today we will be starting our first graded blog post assignment in social studies. Students, please read through the guidelines I have provided for you below and incorporate these tips into your writing. In addition, I have posted the instructions for the assignment below the tips. 1. Make your opinion known People like blogs, they…
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Students, below are all the terms that we will be covering this week in science class. Karyotype – Picture of all chromosomes in a cell. Pedigrees – “Family tree” that tracks which member carries a particular trait. Selective Breeding – Selecting organisms with desired traits to pass on to next generation. Inbreeding – Crossing two…
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I think it is safe to say that social networking is not a fade. Tools such as Facebook and other social networking tools have now been around for over 5 years now. Students and parents alike check their Facebook page continually throughout the day. With this in mind, I decided to launch a Facebook page…
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Your band of the week is Modest Mouse Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in the Seattle suburb of Issaquah, Washington by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. Since their 1996 debut album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About, their…
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