Saturday, May 20, 2006

Guest Expert: Seargeant First Class Kevin S. King

Sergeant First Class Kevin S. King is a 1st Platoon Sergeant/ Crew Chief currently stationed in Iraq. Besides flying missions, his day to day activites include making sure that flights scheduled make it off on time. He usually issues the special equipment needed on each flight and makes sure that equipment is properly accounted for once the helicopters return. Once the flights leave for the flight line he monitors the radio in case something is needed or left behind. Since flying is the safest way to move around the country, SFC King is kept busy flying VIPS and soldiers around from Forward Operating Base (FOB) to FOB.


Sergeant King came to our class and gave a very interesting talk about Iraq and the job that he has. Here is a place for you to ask him additional school appropriate questions about Iraq, the military, and his job. To see pictures of his presentation, please visit our class pictures page.

Friday, May 12, 2006

Time Capsule! Celebrating 10 Years of Pride!

As part of SLES's 10th birthday, each class is being asked to secure one item that is meaningful to the class to place in a time capsule which will be buried before the end of this school year and dug up during the 2015-2016 school year.

The item we pick to represent our class should be something that is unique and specific to our classroom. It should represent what life was like here at SLES in 2006.

So.... what should we pick to represent our class? Let the brainstorming begin! Make sure that you give convincing reasons why we should include this item to represent our classroom. Use O.R.E.O!

Thursday, May 11, 2006

National Geographic's Forces of Nature

Explore hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, and volcanoes at National Geographic's Forces of Nature website. Your job is to:

1. Pick a natural catastrophe to learn about.
2. Explore this catastrophe by exploring the catastrophe at your own pace. Do NOT just skip to the simulation at the end!! (If I see this happening, you will lose computer priviledges.)
3. Once you have read & explored the information of the catastrophe of your choice, write a well developed paragraph about your catastrophe. Then write a second paragraph about the new facts that you learned. This should be done on loose leaf paper.
4. Proofread your paragraph for spelling & grammar errors. (Reading/Language students should pay close attention to this.)
4. Post your paragraphs to this blog.

All homeroom and reading students are responsible for this assignment.
Due date: May 23.

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Calendar Math: May!

Wow! I can't believe that it's nearly the end of the school year! Sorry for the delay in getting May's Calendar Math spot up and running on the blog.

Besides the observations, predictions, and confirmed outcomes of yours regarding Calendar Math, here are some other questions to think/write about this month:
Calendar Questions
1. What polygons appear in the Calendar pattern this month?
2. Why is a square a rhombus?
3. Why isn't a circle a polygon?
Daily Depositor
1. How much money will we have by the end of May?
2. How much more do we need to reach $2,000,000?
How much is a million?
1. An elephant eats about 300 pounds of food every day. How long will it take that elephant to eat one million pounds of food?
2. How many ten-dollar bills would it take to equal $1,000,000?
3. The distance from Los Angeles, California to Atlanta, Georgia is about 2,000 miles. How many times would you have to make this trip to equal 1,000,000?

Please make sure you specify in your post if you are talking about the Daily Depositor, Calendar, Coin Counter, Counting Tape, or Graph. Also, if you are working on a bonus questions, make sure you tell which question you are answering. Enjoy!

Class Participation Reminder: As always, everyone should post at least once during the course of the month. Earn end of the year extra credit by posting more than one thoughtful, well organized post.