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Entries from March 2009

Holy Smokes! Back to Work

March 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment

Yesterday I was so busy with other stuff I completely forgot to update!

We’re getting chapter 12 wrapped up mostly today by reading the last two sections in class and completing the reading notes for the chapter.

Reading notes for 12.9 are homework tonight if they were not completed in class. I will be checking them tomorrow.

Also, end of the chapter must mean that a test is coming soon. Perhaps Thursday?

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CSAP Continues

March 10th, 2009 · Comments Off

Day one is down. No problems so far. Onward to more testing!

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Today’s Assignment

March 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Noteworthy News today!

Article is about that space thing.

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Learning Styles!

March 5th, 2009 · Comments Off

Accommodating visual/aural learners, we’ve got a video demonstrating hurricane strength, and hitting those linguistic learners they’re writing the pertinent new facts that they discover.

No homework tonight. Noteworthy news is likely tomorrow.

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Games in School?

March 4th, 2009 · Comments Off

The plan for the day is to play the game “Stop Disasters!” from the United Nations and the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

We’ve learned how many communties take action prevent hurricane damage, now we’re going to put it into action.

Scholars, please carefully read ALL the instructions on the website and be clear that you know how to play before setting off. Further instructions will come from Mr. Swanson himself. Highest score in each class gets a prize. 

We will be playing the hurricane scenario of course, when the whole class is ready:

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