2010.03.05(Fri)

K Frankel: Worked on picture of student and a friend do an activity together.

K Ainsworth: Worked on Leprechaun pictures.

1 Golden: Practiced math skills with Math Whiz program

1 Goltzer: Initial exploration of mammals on National Geographics Kids

1 Gavin: Finished Continents pictures (labeled the 7 continents and 4 oceans). A printer glitch on the server side prevented printing.

2010.03.04(Thurs)

5 Drummond: Worked whole class on students' Persuasive Arguments

5 Padian: Worked 45 minutes on the stock market game and 15 minutes on a discussion on the future of books. Viewed a video on book publishing giant Penguin's vision for the upcoming Apple iPad. Watch the video: Penguin's books on the Apple iPad

5 McCann: Worked 45 minutes on stock market game and 15 minutes on the discussion of the future of books.

2010.03.03(Wed)

3 Chenette: Continued work on Animals unit. Moved into paragraph writing. Started with a lecture on the elements of a paragraph. Susan Torres gave a mini-lecture on paragraph writing about why the sea turtle cries. Invited students to revisit their research in order to write more focused paragraphs. 10 unconnected facts don't necessarily make a good paragraph. Also likened a topic sentence to a box or container that informs the reader about the contents of the box which are the facts. If the topic sentence is too small, the facts won't all fit in the box. The closing sentence is like a bow that wraps around the package.

3 Pappas: Continued work on Animals unit.

4 Lois: Diigo unit: Lists, Section Headers, and Notes

4 Giacomazzi: Diigo & Goldrush research

4 Medvitz: Diigo unit: Lists, Section Headers, and Notes