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Mr. Lamb's Blog

A semi-regular posting of class assignments and other important things.


Tuesday, January 31

Language Arts:  Today I began teaching students a technique for reading and responding to writing prompts.  My handout is below and is due tomorrow.

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Students should be working on blogs at home.  The spelling test is Thursday.

Mysteries of History: Today I gave notes on the Maya.  A copy of the notes is below.

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This Friday, February 3 will be our first All Day Integrated (ADI #1).  We will going to the Museo de las Americas for a class on the Aztec and see some art from Latin American artists.  Students have the opportunity to have lunch at a nearby Mexican restaurant, El Noa Noa.  The cost is $10 for an entree and drink. Students can share entrees or bring their own lunch.  The menu is below.

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Monday, January 30

Language Arts:  Weekly Word Study is due tomorrow.  Our spelling test will be on Thursday.

Students should complete 2 more blog posts and 3 more comments by the end of the week.  

Mysteries of History:  The mummification comic strip is due tomorrow.

 Today I gave notes on the earliest people and explorers in the Americas. See below for a copy of the notes.

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Tuesday, January 24

Language Arts:  Students are continuing to work on their blogs this week.  By the end of the week, each student should have completed 4 posts total.  In addition, students should post comments on at least 3 other blogs.  Students can access all of the blogs through this link:

Blogs from Mr. Lamb's Language Arts Class

Mysteries of HIstory:  We have been studying Ancient Egypt using the culture universals.  Today, we continued our study of Egpytian mummification by creating Sim-mummies.  The reflection sheet is due tomorrow.  A copy of it is below.

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Tomorrow, students will begin working on a mummification comic strip to demonstrate their knowledge of this process. A copy of my handout is below.

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Wednesday, January 18

Language Arts:  The spelling test is tomorrow.  Students should complete at least 2 blog posts by the end of class on Friday.

Mysteries of History: Today students examined artifacts from the other team and tried to determine what they mean.  Students will be applying their knowledge of culture universals to Ancient Egypt later this week.

Thursday, January 12

Language Arts:  We are in the process of signing up for blogs.  If anyone did not get a chance to sign up for an Edublogs account, please sign up at home for a free account at edublogs.org . We'll continue working on blogs in class tomorrow.

Mysteries of History:  We have been working on an artifact project.  Students have been divided into two teams. Each team has created a culture and will now create artifacts to give clues about the culture.  Please bring in any materials you might need to create your artifact tomorrow.

Monday, January 9

Language Arts: The Weekly Word Study is due tomorrow. 

Students should be thinking about subjects/topics for a blog they will be creating.

Mysteries of History:  Students should finish Assignment Sheet #1.

Co-op:  If you didn't send back the sheet with your preference for conference times, please contact me.

Thursday, January 5

Language Arts:  Final copies of portfolio reflections are due tomorrow.  We will have a little computer lab time if students need it.

Mysteries of History:  We analyzed the 5 mystery objects that students brought in today.

Co-op:  Please make sure you have sent back the sheet for your preferred conference time.  If you don't have the sheet, you can email me your top 3 choices.

 

Happy New Year!

Welcome back!  

Language Arts: The first portfolio requirement for language arts will be due this Friday.  Students should choose a polished piece of writing from language arts class this year and write a reflection. Reflection guidelines are on the right side of this blog under "CHOICE Documents".  Students will have time in the computer lab on Thursday to work on it.

Mysteries of History: 2nd semester Integrated classes began today.  Today students examined "mystery" objects and analyzed them. For tomorrow, students should bring in 5 personal objects.  These objects should be small enough to fit in a lunch bag that I will provide.  The objects should represent interests, hobbies, or other aspects of who you are.  There should be no names on any of the objects.  We'll try to guess who the objects belong to on Thursday.

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