7 Line Country Poems

Students,

Please use the following websites to help you find information about two countries you would like to research further.  (Please refer to page 21 in your SS Journal for research categories.)

http://kids.yahoo.com/reference/world-factbook
http://www.factmonster.com
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/
http://www.countryfacts.com/
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Fall Intersession Postponed to November 14th

Our Fall Intersession has been postponed from October 26th to November 14th due to the winter storm.  All of the details remain the same.  Here we come Fiske Planeterium!

Land & Water Features PowerPoint

EarthBuzz Students,

Please use the following resources to help you find definitions for land and water features of Earth.

http://dictionary.factmonster.com

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/glossary/

http://dictionary.com

Fall Intersession #1

 Field trip to the University of Colorado’s Fiske Planetarium

“Cosmic Collisions”

Interaction laser and light laboratory included!

University of Colorado Campus

Wednesday October 26^th, 2011

9:00 – 1:30

http://fiske.colorado.edu/

*Students will need to return their permission slip to Ms. Donahue by October 14th

* Students have received a hard copy of information regarding this Intersession!

Twitter Account: EarthBuzzMorey

If any students or parents have twitter accounts, you can also follow classroom happenings on Twitter.

http://twitter.com/#!/EarthBuzzMorey

Here you will work that should be reviewed at home and/or a listing of homework assignments for the week.  Also, I will post current event articles for the students to browse and make connections with!  

Shifting Gears To Social Studies: KidBlog.Com

EarthBuzz students have begun their first transition from Earth Science into Social Studies.  Last week kicked off our new course looking at current events on Earth with a lens for any of the following type of news stories; local, national, or international.  The students self-selected articles based on personal interest using the "Helpful Links" section on the right hand side of the blog.  There was excitement in the computer lab on Thursday and Friday as students were sharing their findings with each other!  The next step involved digesting the news article using a new format for note-taking technique, inotes.  After completing their inotes, students used the notes to write a summary which was uploaded to KidBlog.com!  Take a look at some of these summaries and we will use this track our paragraph writing this year!  On the right hand side of the this screen scroll down under the "Helpful Links" section to find "KidBlog."  (See Image) Take a minute to see what EarthBuzz students find news worthy!