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August 28, 2008
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A Test Blog
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This blog is a test
it is only a test
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Article posted # December 7, 2006 at 11:06 AM •
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We're Going Strong!
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We're one month in and the students in Computer Applications have already learned how to create a personal letterhead, how to design a great advertising flyer and have recently explored web page creation.
Some assignments have been added to the links on the left side of the blog page.
More to come . . .
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Article posted # October 12, 2005 at 08:17 AM •
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Term Four
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Well ... it is term four already. This term children in Learners Unlimited are going to be extremely busy (as usual) with stacks of great action learning.
We are going to be learning some more about longfinned eels and native fish which will lead us into the water cycle. The water cycle is important as these very special creature rely on the quality of water being preserved for their future survival.
In our writing we will be focussing on poetry in many forms.
The first two weeks of term we are rpoblem solving for maths and praying the Rosary everyday with Launching Pad children.
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Article posted # October 11, 2005 at 10:15 PM •
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Spelling Lists for test October 10, 2005
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I thought this might be helpful for studying at home:
Grade 5 has two lists. Each child will study and test over only one list.
Grade 5: Grade 5: Grade 6:
master apple remark
ahead attic wearing
build banner resource
front batter words
meant buffet scarce
bread belly startling
ready better hoarse
busy bidding average
quit bitten absurd
mother bitter worst
above buggy fourteen
does butter charms
advantage carrot beware
business carry fortune
sweater cellar southern
plastic chatter modern
balance coffee worry
limit collect rumor
among connect memory
dozen cottage embark
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Article posted # October 4, 2005 at 11:41 AM •
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September 21, 2005
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Here we go! 09/21
My name is Stephanie Greer. I have just completed my 9th day as one of the two new teachers in Class 5 Red at the Bronx Charter School for the Arts, in Hunts Point, Bronx, NY.
I am so excited about my new fifth grade class. So far, we have already created and displayed beautiful silhouettes in the school hallway. BioPoems that each student has written, typed, edited and published on the computer will soon accompany them. The students have also created a series of wonderful posters for our walls describing a few unwanted classroom pests we are watching out for. [Be especially on the lookout for the Crimson Mouth... we seem to be having trouble getting rid of that one. ;-) ]
In math, students have been developing their language of the discipline, and have begun to aptly use the same words of true mathematicians. Words like: factor, factor pairs, multiples, squares, square root and prime cover our walls and slip from the lips of the students. We even have a little chant we used today to remember multiples: To find the multiples... you gotta' multiply!
During reading workshop, students have already begun to dive into some great books. Students have also been doing an excellent job self monitoring their independent reading using the class rubric:
3:
• I did not talk to anyone
• I was absolutely quiet
• I stuck with my book
• I stayed in my seat
2:
• I mostly did not talk to anyone
• I was mostly quiet
• I mostly stuck with my book
• I stayed in my seat
I won't bother to include the 1, since I haven't had a student need it yet! Today, we even began to log our steps for the Scholastic 100 Book Challenge. Our goal is one hundred 15-minute steps per school quarter. That's a total of... well... you can do the math... hours per quarter! If I know these students, they'll meet that challenge in a matter of weeks.
Yesterday, in writing workshop, my team teacher, DeShan Lett, introduced the students to their Writer's Notebooks. She presented a wonderful chart full of ideas that students can refer to when writing in their notebooks. Already, the pages have begun to disappear beneath their ideas and thoughts. I also can't wait to hear about some of the storytelling objects they bring to class to inspire their realistic fiction pieces tomorrow.
The last classroom news item I'll mention is the students new Bronx Arts Visa Card they are working on obtaining. By building up good behavior credits, within a few short weeks, students will be able to have optional seating during reading and writing workshops! Some students are already on their way. They are working on establishing these three classroom norms:
WE ARE RESPECTFUL!
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE!
WE ARE MOTIVATED!
There is so much happening in the class, it would take hours to try and fill you all in. Instead, I'll leave it up to my students from here on out. Keep checking in to read about all the exciting learning that is taking place in Class 5 Red.
Over and out.
Ms. G
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Article posted # September 26, 2005 at 03:46 PM •
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