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Read Alouds: Week of 2/23

February 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Kindergarten/First Grade

  • Wheeler. Jazz Baby.
  • Weinstein. When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat.

We also watched Louis Armstrong on YouTube. …..and everyone probably knows this example of scat singing from The Jungle Book.

Second Grade

  • Pennypacker. Clementine.

Third Grade

  • Johnson. Just Like Josh Gibson.
  • Nelson. We Are the Ship. The Story of Negro League Baseball.

 

 

 

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Read Alouds: Week of 2/16

February 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Kindergarten

  • Bynum. Otis.
  • Bynum. Pig Enough.

First Grade

  • Hatkoff. Owen & Mzee: the Language of Friendship. (599.63)

Second Grade

  • Pennypacker. Clementine.

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Read Alouds: Week of 2/9

February 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Kindergarten

  • Bonning. Snog the Frog.
  • Bunting. The Valentine Bears.

First Grade

  • Bonning. Snog the Frog.
  • Spinelli. Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch.

Second Grade

  • Pennypacker. Clementine.

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Evaluating Websites: Who? What? When? Where? Why? (3rd Grade)

February 5th, 2009 · No Comments

SCIENCE

 

 

SOCIAL STUDIES

  1.  America the Beautiful
    http://go.grolier.com/gol
  2.  ClassBrain.com State Reports
    http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/

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Evaluating Websites: Who? What? When? Where? Why? (4th Grade)

February 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Use the worksheet to evaluate the following websites:

  1. Michigan History Magazine
    http://www.michiganhistorymagazine.com/
  2. Michigan Wildflowers
    http://www.carsoncity.k12.mi.us/~hsstudent/wildflowers00/

  3. Jim Crow Museum
    http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/
  4. Michigan History WebQuest
    http://www.caledonia.k12.mi.us/k12resource/webquest2004/
    historicalMI/historicalMIWebquest.htm

  5. Arab American Museum
    http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org/
  6. Henry Ford Museum
    http://www.hfmgv.org/
  7. Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
    http://www.maah-detroit.org/
  8. Harriet Quimby Biographies
    http://www.onekama.k12.mi.us/ym2k/jgoins/harriet_bio.htm
  9. Motown Historical Museum
    http://www.motownmuseum.com/mtmpages/index.html
  10. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
    http://www.ford.utexas.edu/
  11. Grand Rapids Public Museum
    http://www.grmuseum.org/
  12. Gilmore Car Museum
    http://www.gilmorecarmuseum.org/
  13. R. E. OldsTransportation Museum
    http://reoldsmuseum.org/
  14. AirZoo
    http://www.airzoo.org/
  15. Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
    http://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/
  16. Michigan Maritime Museum
    http://michiganmaritimemuseum.org/
  17. Michigan A Land of Resources

  18. http://www.farmington.k12.mi.us/ken/michiganwebquest2.htm

  19. 8th Arkansas/22nd Michigan  Home Page

    http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/7600/

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Read Alouds: Week of 2/2

February 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Kindergarten

  • Cole. Prince Cinders.
  • Cole. Princess Smartypants.

First Grade

  • Joy. The Secret Olivia Told Me.
  • Keller. Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners.

Second Grade

  • Pennypacker. Clementine.

 

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