Check out these websites for some great ideas and interesting facts.

www.globalstewards.org/reduce.htm

 www.nrc-recycle.org/theconversionator/shell.html

kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/SpaceScience/Green-tips/

Your next blogging assignment can be found under Teacher Assignments. 

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Tell me what you think.

Fighting should be banned in hockey.

Your next blogging assignment is to decide whether you agree or disagree with my statement.  You must explain why you agree or disagree with my statement.  Take time to research facts, data or statistics to back up your argument. 

I will give you class time next week to complete this blog.  Feel free to start researching your position this weekend.

My Random Acts of Kindness

1.  Hold the door open for someone.

2.  Send flowers to someone for no reason.

3.  Share a warm smile with everyone you pass in the mall.

4.  Shovel the sidewalk for a neighbour.

5.  Send flowers to the hospital for someone you don't know.

6.  Check out this site studentfriends.edublogs.org/2009/02/07/random-acts-of-kindness-week/

To be continued . . .

2009!  I can't believe it!  It seems like such a short time ago, but I can clearly remember coming into the year 2000!  Many of you were little tots and have no recollection of that New Year.  They say that time flies when you are having fun, so life must be great!  Instead of making a resolution this year (most years I don't make one anyways), I will continue to look for ways that I can make myself a better person.  I always get a special sense of joy when I'm able to do something to help someone out.  Sometimes when we are busy or tired, it's easy to forget about those little extras.  So my goal this year, is to put a little extra effort into doing something special for people around me that I know and even for people I don't know. 

As a class, we will be discussing Random Acts of Kindness.  Check under assignments for your first task. 

This took me a while to come up with.  Finally, here is my top 5 songs.

Black Horse and the Cherry Tree by K.T. Tunstall

I Don't Feel Like Dancing by Scissor Sisters

The Wedding Samba by Edmundo Ros & his Orchestra

Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison

Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations

Take a look under teacher assignments for your next blogging assignment. 

The task for each of you this week as part of your blogging is the following:

Write a 26-word story where every word begins with a different letter of the alphabet.

Here is an example:

Xavier Zepp noticed that his quiet, pet alligator died viciously under suspicious circumstances.  Everyone knew Mississippi gators were rarely found bobbing lifelessly in yummy orange juice.

Good luck and I look forward to reading your entries. Be sure to proofread before you submit your blogs.

Good Afternoon Students, I was checking out some other classroom blogs and came upon this assignment on the DragonBlog site.  Have a look at their blog.

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Are you a Rider fan? What did you think of the game on Saturday? How do you think the Riders will do this year? Any predictions for the next game?