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Who Do You Look Up To?
Article posted November 16, 2009 at 10:50 PM GMT0 •
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Role models are people who have the qualities or characteristics that we would like to have.
Role models are people who have affected us in a way that makes us want to be better people, and we “look up” to them. Who do you consider to be your role model? You may list 1 or 2. Remember to look within your family for some great people as well!
Why did you choose this person? In what way or ways would you like to be like this person? What can you do to accomplish this?
You may also add any other information that you would like.
Also, you can comment on blog entries of other students in our classroom or in classrooms that we are sharing with.
Make sure that you TRIPLE check your blog and your comments for proper capitalization, grammar, punctuation and spelling!
***Remember that a blog is NOT a journal. What you write can and will be viewed by other people, so DO NOT put any sensitive or personal information!***
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Article posted November 16, 2009 at 10:50 PM GMT0 •
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Where In The World Does Irene Want To Go?
Article posted November 9, 2009 at 10:41 PM GMT0 •
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The idea for this week’s blog assignment comes from another student in our class. We have been exploring the world through maps and globes, and now we are concentrating our focus on our great state of New York.
Irene wants to know where in the world our class would like to visit if given the chance. How long have you wanted to go to this place? Tell us what makes it so very special or interesting to you that you would choose it over every other place in the world. Irene thinks that our class would enjoy it because we could see all of the places that our class wants to go. Does the geography of that place or its location in the world have a part in what kind of place it is? Do its waterways or landforms help it or hurt it for you to visit? Is there one geographic feature that you would really like to see there in person?
I like it too, and I thank Irene for the idea!
You may also add any other information that you would like.
Make sure that you TRIPLE check your blog and your comments for proper capitalization, grammar, punctuation and spelling!
***Remember that a blog is NOT a journal. What you write can and will be viewed by other people, so DO NOT put any sensitive or personal information!***
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Article posted November 9, 2009 at 10:41 PM GMT0 •
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Sophia's Choice
Article posted November 2, 2009 at 06:34 PM GMT0 •
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The idea for this week’s blog assignment comes from a student in our class. We are reading The War With Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith. We are also reading another of his books Bobby Baseball together as a fun read.
In this book the main character, Peter, has had to give up one of the most precious things; his room. He decides to go to “war” to get it back. Think how you would handle Peter’s situation in your own life. The student that created this blog assignment thinks that this will help us relate the book to our own life and give us a chance to act like the character.
Also, which of his two books have you enjoyed the most so far? After reading these books and learning about him as a writer, would you like to read another one of his books? Why or why not? What have you learned from Robert Kimmel Smith about being a writer?
You may also add any other information that you would like.
Make sure that you TRIPLE check your blog and your comments for proper capitalization, grammar, punctuation and spelling!
***Remember that a blog is NOT a journal. What you write can and will be viewed by other people, so DO NOT put any sensitive or personal information!***
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Article posted November 2, 2009 at 06:34 PM GMT0 •
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WANTED: BLOGS
Article posted October 26, 2009 at 09:29 PM GMT0 •
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I am so glad that our class is using technology is such a great way. We have been able to discuss with each other our hopes, our feelings and literature that we are exploring.
1) If you could create a blog assignment for the class to do, what would you assign? Be specific!
2) Why did you choose this assignment? Why do you think that the class would enjoy it?
Make sure that you TRIPLE check your blog and your comments for proper capitalization, grammar, punctuation and spelling!
***Remember that a blog is NOT a journal. What you write can and will be viewed by other people, so DO NOT put any sensitive or personal information!***
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Article posted October 26, 2009 at 09:29 PM GMT0 •
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Digital Bookworms
Article posted October 19, 2009 at 10:00 PM GMT0 •
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I am so proud of the great job that our class is doing with our blogs. The articles and comments are so awesome! This week’s blog is about literature. A big part of fourth grade is getting to know ourselves as readers and exploring the things that good readers do.
Here are the questions I want you to think about this week:
1) What has been your favorite book to read so far this year? This can be one that we have explored as a class or you have read by yourself.
2) What makes that book so much better than all the rest?
3) In what way or ways would you like to grow as a reader this year?
***Remember that a blog is NOT a journal. What you write can and will be viewed by other people, so DO NOT put any sensitive or personal information!***
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Article posted October 19, 2009 at 10:00 PM GMT0 •
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Welcome Class of 0910!!!
Article posted October 6, 2009 at 10:47 PM GMT0 •
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Greetings and salutations to my new fourth grade class of 0910. Welcome to our class blog. What is a blog? A blog is short for "web" and "log". It is our place on the Internet where we can communicate with others and express ourselves safely and have some fun too!
This week, we customized our blog pages and added avatars that are our digital selves. We really did a GREAT job with them!
Here are the questions I want you to think about for this first blog:
1) What do you think will be your biggest challenge this year in fourth grade?
2) If you could anything you want in fourth grade using technology, what would you want to do?
3) Why is it so important to not be a troll? What can we do to prevent Internet trolls?
Make sure that you double check your blog for proper capitalization, grammar, punctuation and spelling!
***Remember that a blog is NOT a journal. What you write can and will be viewed by other people, so DO NOT put any sensitive or personal information!***
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Article posted October 6, 2009 at 10:47 PM GMT0 •
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What a Great Summer!
Article posted August 16, 2009 at 10:01 PM GMT0 •
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To last year's class: I don't know how many of you still check in on our class blog, but a few of you have blogged or commented over this summer.
To my new class coming in: Welcome! I am looking forward to meeting you.
I thought it would be fun to see what we have been up to this summer. I went to Florida to visit Mickey and Goofy. I explored taking photographs of nature. I rode my motorcycle and bicycle around seeing the island through new perspective. All in all, I am having a great summer spending time with family and friends.
What did YOU do? What was your favorite summer moment? Is there anything that you would like to do or experience before school starts again?
Remember that it is NOT over yet! :)
And as usual, eemember that a blog is NOT a journal. What you write can and will be viewed by other people, so DO NOT put any sensitive or personal information!
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Article posted August 16, 2009 at 10:01 PM GMT0 •
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The Final Blog
Article posted June 22, 2009 at 12:30 PM GMT0 •
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Wow. I can’t believe that it is June already. Sometimes it feels as if the school year just started. Our class has explored so much together and worked so hard. We have collaborated together on many projects, and we have done it respectfully and with great excitement. I am so proud of the work that you have done and how you have each grown over the past 10 months.
I hope that as you move on up to fifth grade, you carry the same excitement and thirst for learning that you have demonstrated in our classroom. This is your opportunity to say farewell to fourth grade. You can reflect on anything that we did this year, or say whatever you want. I will miss you all, and I look forward to seeing you again in September. Have a great summer!
Also, you can comment on blog entries of other students in our classroom or in classrooms that we are sharing with.
Make sure that you TRIPLE check your blog and your comments for proper capitalization, grammar, punctuation and spelling!
***Remember that a blog is NOT a journal. What you write can and will be viewed by other people, so DO NOT put any sensitive or personal information!***
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Article posted June 22, 2009 at 12:30 PM GMT0 •
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Poetic June
Article posted June 2, 2009 at 07:25 PM GMT0 •
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Poetry is a creative and rhythmic way of expressing one’s self. We are exploring various types of poetry, enjoying it as a reader and we will be creating our own!
Choose a form of poetry that we are exploring and think of the following question. It was suggested by one of our students!
Think about the end of the school year and how you are going to feel on the last day of school. What do you want to do before then? How do you feel about soon being a fifth grader? You can use poetic elements like similes, metaphor, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, etc. Have fun!
Also, you can comment on blog entries of other students in our classroom or in classrooms that we are sharing with.
Make sure that you TRIPLE check your blog and your comments for proper capitalization, grammar, punctuation and spelling!
***Remember that a blog is NOT a journal. What you write can and will be viewed by other people, so DO NOT put any sensitive or personal information!***
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Article posted June 2, 2009 at 07:25 PM GMT0 •
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My History Space!
Article posted May 28, 2009 at 12:51 PM GMT0 •
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Our “My History Space” has been a huge success! We are creating a wonderful social network full of historical figures. We have blogged as them, created talking avatars, researched information on our wiki and created autobiographies. We have befriended each other and we have created a community dedicated to the age of exploration. We are now creating, scripting, and filming commercials using multimedia applications.
What’s next? Is there anything else that you would like to accomplish? What should we do with this project after it is done? What was your favorite part of the project? What was the most challenging part of the project? Is there any other information that you would like to add?
Also, you can comment on blog entries of other students in our classroom or in classrooms that we are sharing with.
Make sure that you TRIPLE check your blog and your comments for proper capitalization, grammar, punctuation and spelling!
***Remember that a blog is NOT a journal. What you write can and will be viewed by other people, so DO NOT put any sensitive or personal information!***
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Article posted May 28, 2009 at 12:51 PM GMT0 •
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