As we prepare for our debate (that has been moved to tomorrow morning), today we begin to finalize our thoughts about our arguments. In preparation today, students were asked to practice their arguments for tomorrow, below are a couple of short videos from my students. This will give you a little bit of a taste…
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A couple of months ago we set the stage for today’s lesson. Today we will be looking at our mini-pods that we created all the way back in January. The students were given their mini-pods and asked to go on a “safari” to see what different types of organisms were alive in their pods. Students…
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Thank you to everyone that took part in my little impromptu poll questions about our class debate. One poll question was a success and the other question prompted no sufficient results. First off, “Do you think it is a good idea to have a school dress code”, we had 46 people vote in this poll…
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Realizing that the topic of a school dress code or school uniforms is such a hot topic, I decided that I would post a couple of quick and dirty poll questions. Below are a couple of polls involving school dress codes in school, take a minute and let your voice be heard….by me at least….
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As we continue forth with our persuasive unit in communication arts, yesterday we prepared to read a short story called “Dressed for Success”. This is a article from Time for Kids Magazine and in this story it poses an argument for school uniforms. Almost immediately the room was divided when it came to pros and…
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Students and visitors place feel free to vote! Cherry Bombs Snap, Crackle, BOOM! 10-Up Juice Boost Juice Mr. McClung
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Below are the radio commercials, please vote by posting a comment with the groups name of who you think did the best job. Good luck everyone! Boost Juice Cherry Bombs Snap, Crackle, BOOM! 10-Up Juice Mr. McClung
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Right this way! Come one, Come all…. Cheesy I know….for the past two weeks our sixth graders have been developing their own products and working on how to sell them. This whole thing started with our studies of emotional appeal. We have been studying how commercials use different types of emotional appeal (better of well…
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Last night marked the end of our sixth graders Medieval unit in social studies. To help culminate this event we held a sixth grade parent’s night. Students displayed their Medieval projects and also displayed their poster boards from science fair. Also there was a small award ceremony to recognize the 6th grade science fair participates….
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Its been a while, but we are back with another Tie Tuesday post! I wanted to recognize a student as a new member to the Tie Tuesday Hall of Fame (TTHF). Courtney has been a Tie Tuesday regular since last semester. Not only has she displayed her professionalism on a regular basis, but has also…
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