History Project

I am excited to announce that we are going to have a new teacher Tommaso Grimaldi. He will be working with me for our 6th grade history projects. Tom has extensive knowledge with project based learning. I am pleased to be working with him on this current project, “How does ancient civilization connect to my life?” Posted below are the computer links that we will be researching to answer questions that we come up with. This project will be very student centered and driven.
Ancient Civilization PBL Links:
( Please note that some links will require you to “join.” I have done so with respect to all of the free sites, but thought to include the “pay” memberships just in case anyone wanted that option) Some of the 28 links are direct source links to information while others are indirect.

Here’s to “Pubble” Power…”P.B.L.” that is. J : t.g.

http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsnpr/

http://www.netc.org/classrooms@work/references/howto.html

http://www.pblnet.org/

http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/index.html

http://www.jason.org/gated/

http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsnpr/index.cfm

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/stepzero.html

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/index_MVT.html

http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/pbl.html

http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/

http://ztomy.com/

http://innovationsacademy.org/teachers.php

http://www.google.com/educators/index.html

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ericwebportal/

http://www.crystalinks.com/sumergods.html

http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/kushan/kushan.html

http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/uck/index.html

http://www.kushan.org/contents.htm
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/

http://rome.mrdonn.org/

http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/earlydynastic.htm

http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Ancient_Civilizations/Ancient_Middle_East/Mesopotamia/index.htm

http://www.kidsdiscover.com/default.aspx

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudPage.html

http://www.google.com/search?q=babylonian+talmud&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

http://www.google.com/search?q=babylonian+mathematics&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

http://www.google.com/search?q=babylonian+art&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

This week we will be having our student led parent conferences. Today we will be sending home a parent survey to be completed and signed. I would like to hear from you some honest feedback. I am very pleased with how this year is moving along. We are very busy with our History projects right now. Your child has a hand out on the requirements and details for this project. Please make sure to sign this paper and return it with your child to class. We are devoting many hours of class time to the completion of this project. This project will most likely require the students to complete some of the work at home.
In my language arts group we are beginning a story written by O. Henery. The Children seem to be rapidly progressing in language arts. I can’t believe that the students have come this far in only three months! The direct instruction is really working. It can be intense for the children at times but you can see that the children making tremendous growth in both comprehension and fluency. For the writing component we are focusing on the story details, character traits, sequencing, vocabulary, and inference. We are about to complete our third mastery test. Wow!
For my math class we are working on long division and multiplication facts. We are also constructing word problem families. We are also converting fractions to decimals. There might be additional work available to students who feel they need extra help on some of the math components. Practice after all does make perfect.
I am sure that you have heard what a wonderful time we are having at the skateboard park. I am so impressed with the ability of my students. I am going to take some pictures of them because I am very proud of them. I am especially amazed at the students who have never ridden a skateboard before. I wouldn’t have guessed that they were new to skateboarding.
See you soon!