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Halloween

Published by on October 31, 2012 | 39 Responses

Halloween is celebrated by many in the United States. However, there are many people who do not celebrate Halloween. In this essay, we will talk about the reasons why people do and do not celebrate Halloween. Some people like to celebrate Halloween for many reasons. Children like to go Trick-or-Treating. This is where children wear […]

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My Cool Class

My Cool Class

Published by on October 4, 2012 | 22 Responses

Today while working on our Google Apps (Gmail), the students discovered (Kristalyn to be specific) they could have a group chat. So using our Google Chromebooks we had a giant group chat. This then turned into a vocabulary game. I joined in the discussion and began asking them questions. What a great impromptu learning opportunity!  

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Idioms

Idioms

Published by on October 4, 2012 | 15 Responses

We have been working with idioms this week. Each student took an idiom of their choice, illustrated it, and told its actual meaning. To do this we used Drawings in our Google features. Here is a great example by Dennis.

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Chromebooks

Chromebooks

Published by on October 2, 2012 | 6 Responses

We have had our Chromebooks – a class set — for a little over a week now! It has been very exciting. The students are becoming proficient in Docs and Drawings. Today we were using Drawings to illustrate some of our favorite idioms. Here is an example: As you can see, they are having a […]

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