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Thursday, January 21, 2010

State Report Websites

State Report Websites


Use 'only' these sites below to do your State Report online research. If you find a site on your own that you think is better, share it with me first, and I might add it to the list. There is advice under each website to save you a little time.

State Report Websites

1. Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition: http://school.eb.com/elementary [ID=latin, PASSWORD=hawks]  You may copy a picture or map from this site. Type the name of your state in the Search box and click Go.

2. NETSTATE.com
http://www.netstate.com/states/index.html  Click on your state.

Advice: (Only good for basic facts about the states)

3. IPL Kidspace: Stately Knowledge: http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/  provides basic facts and links to other sources about each state

Advice: (Use the links at the bottom of each state page for detailed information on specific topics)

4. Infoplease: The Fifty States: http://www.infoplease.com/states.html  Choose state from the list below the map.

(Advice: Good for links to famous people for the character sketch)

5. http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/us.htm.

(Advice – Good for geographical features and commerce and industry)

50 comments:

Sarah N. said...

So our free choice poem is due Friday right?

What other homework do we have other than the tall tale thing?

Unknown said...

none

CarolineMackey said...

Mr Buxton,

Your last poem at the party was amazing!!!!! :)

Also I am confused on the Tall Tales thing...

JACKSONH said...

Mr. Buxton,

How do you do the title page for the state report???????????????????????????????????????

JaCkSoN HuFfMaN

Mary Grace Parker said...

Mr. Buxton (or anyone else or knows)

are there any rules/guidelines (WILF) we need to have in our poem?

tarheelblue100 said...

mary grace,it just has to be something yoi care aboiut

JACKSONH said...

Can my tall tale have 400 words or maybe more?

JaCkSoN HuFfMaN

Mary Grace Parker said...

I would think that would be fine

Unknown said...

How many pics do we have to have?

Unknown said...

on poetry.

JACKSONH said...

WhAt ArE PiCkS?

JacksoN HuFFman

JACKSONH said...

pics with no k before the S

JACKSONH said...

Hopefully because I already have 440 words and i will be dun with maybe 50 more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.!!

J H

Anonymous said...

If I have room on my newspaper can i put a picture of my favorite animal that says editors favorite animal? I kinda need to know ASAP.
Abigail

Juliana said...

I think that would be fine Abbie because it makes it more unique.

~Juliana

JACKSONH said...

Maybe, Can you use this much words?

Juliana said...

Like Jackson is it okay if mine is like over 400 words.

~Juliana

Sarah N. said...

Guys i'm sure you can..

Nike (just do it)

also for the poetry party i have a poem that i want to do but it is in a book and like someone is saying a poem to some one else and then they say there reply can i do that in one go????

Mary Grace Parker said...

I don't know, but I kinda have the same question. (kinda)

I wrote TWO poems that I like, can I perform both?

Juliana said...

MG, it depends on how fast you guys get through your poems.

~Juliana

Juliana said...

Mr. B, now my tall tale is about 630 words is that okay?

~Juliana

Sarah N. said...

"Erin"

I'm almost positive thats ok and thanks...

Sarah N. said...

How fast?

_Sarah Ne_

Sarah N. said...

Hey guys how do you spell grahm?

Sarah N. said...

never mind about all that

Anonymous said...

So are only homework is Science and tall tale right?
ASAP
Abigail

Sarah N. said...

Was the buxton's poetry party fun???///././//////???????????

((((SARAH NEELY 101 ROX AWSOME!!))))

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Sarah N. said...

Yes abbie

Anonymous said...

ok thanks. It will be a suprise!!
Abigail

®¥@₦ $. said...
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®¥@₦ $. said...

we can type our first dRaFt FoR tHe TaLl TaLe RiGhT

WoW SaRaH!!!!!!!!! NiCe

Mary Grace Parker said...

a moon jellyfish IS an invertebrate, right?

®¥@₦ $. said...

YeAh I tHiNk

®¥@₦ $. said...

please AnSwEr

Anonymous said...

yes that is homework
Abigail

®¥@₦ $. said...

So YoU CaN TyPe It

Sarah N. said...

What do you mean nice???

MG why did you ask that question about the moon jellies???

Do we have any science home work???? :-o

®¥@₦ $. said...

i mEnT NiCe for the ((((SARAH NEELY 101 ROX AWSOME!!))))

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®¥@₦ $. said...

and no we dont except for the species project thing

Mary Grace Parker said...

i like moon jellies and they are my invertebrate for the science newspaper

Mary Grace Parker said...

on the newspaper, it says type in fake volume. ?? what should I do for that? It also says type in fake table of contents with page numbers

please respond ASAP FAP TPR

Unknown said...

guys for the wilf on the tall tell it says 200 to 250 words but since its a ruff draft i think its ok to have more

Juliana said...

YeS!

~JuLiAnA vOrHoFf

(((mR. bUxToN's TwO cLaSsEs ArE aWeSoMe)))

®¥@₦ $. said...

mg- a fake volume means like volume 3 article 14
and fake table of contents means like Movies- A3
Business- B2
Sports- C7
But look in your newspaper for ideas

Mary Grace Parker said...

Thanks

Maddie Weber said...

our vocab test is tomorrow, right??

Maddie

Maddie Weber said...

for the final touches on the newspaper article 4 science, does anyone know how to remove the lines so that it looks like a real newspaper??!

Thnx

Maddie

tarheelblue100 said...

on the state report cover sheet,do we do the nick name AND the phrase or the nick name OR the phrase?

Unknown said...
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Unknown said...

nickname or the phrase robert


Kate

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