Feel free to add your typed grographical features to the blog text for comments/suggestions. Tomorrow, I will be putting somebody's work on the blog as a mentor text for others to see. Will it be yours?
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." Maya Angelou
Showing posts with label State Report. Show all posts
Showing posts with label State Report. Show all posts
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Geographical Features
Feel free to add your typed grographical features to the blog text for comments/suggestions. 
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Geographical Features Mentor Text
What lessons can you learn for the mentor text on geogrpahcal features below written by Robert fuller last year? What techniques can you extract from his writing and apply to your own?
The flapping wings of the brown pelican, Louisiana’s state bird, fill the air as it soars over the ravishing, earthy scented marshland looking for a place to land. Imagine a boot-shaped fertile land of damp, breath-taking marshes, and the ground is partly underwater. The state of Louisiana is truly that place. Louisiana’s unique setting causes a number of this beautiful, marshy wonderland’s terrain features. Because Louisiana sits in one of the closest areas to the equator, it receives ample sunlight. The three states that border Louisiana are Alabama, Texas, and Mississippi. Additionally, this spectacular haven is located in the Southeast region and in the East South Central sub-region. Louisiana overlooks the Gulf of Mexico, so this paradise receives an abundance of dreadful storms during hurricane season. One simply could not speak of Louisiana without mentioning its bustling cities. Not only is Louisiana home to numerous thriving metropolises, but nearly 75% of Louisiana’s population lives in urban or suburban areas. New Orleans, the most densely populated city in this beautiful state, is the 38th largest town in the United States. Baton Rouge, the second most populous boomtown in Louisiana, has reigned as the state capital since 1882. The third significant city is Shreveport; furthermore, it is the cultural center of the Ark-La-Tex, the area where Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana meet.
Because of all its marshes, lakes, and rivers, the state of Louisiana is often thought of as sodden wetland. In fact, Louisiana is one-third water. The rustling Mississippi River depositing into the Gulf of Mexico impacts both the geography and industries of Louisiana. The mouth of the river has changed the shape of the land in the south of Louisiana and improved the fishing industry. For example, New Orleans sits on land created by silt that the Mississippi carries. This beautiful state has countless lakes, including the rippling, 600 square mile Lake Pontchartain. The Louisiana coastline stretches 397 miles along the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of Mexico ranks as planet Earth’s 5th largest body of water.
Louisiana cannot boast of the lofty mountains of Alaska, but soggy textured bayous, a common feature in Louisiana, are unique in the nation. A bayou is a slow moving body of water connected to a river, ocean, or lake. Either saltwater, freshwater, or brackish water, a mixture between the earlier two, can be found in a typical bayou. Historian Harnett Kane described bayous as, “A place that seems often unable to make up its mind whether to be earth or water, and so it compromises.”¹ Few people live in bayous, but they remain a beautiful part of the state.
The low land is another factor that renders Louisiana’s geography unique. Although Driskill Mountain, the highest elevation in Louisiana, is just a hill at 935 feet above sea level, the peak stands as sky scraping to Louisiana as Mt. Everest is to Nepal. Additionally, Louisiana’s low point, New Orleans, is actually nine feet below sea level. This statistic explains why hurricane waves are a quandary in the city. Sadly, citizens are forced to make levees, walls made to regulate a body of water. The average elevation in the Pelican State is a lowly 90 feet. Wetland to the south, flat plains in the middle and a few lush forests to the north combine to give Louisiana very little altitude. The brown pelican flies down into a bayou, and lands on a bald cypress, Louisiana’s state tree. The only noise is the buzz of a honeybee, the state insect.
¹Louisiana by Suzanne LeVert
Now - How good will your geographical features component be?
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
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 geographical features and commerce and industry)
6. http://www.usworldbook.com/
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_carolina#Geography
You will need to type in YOUR STATE NAME
6. http://www.usworldbook.com/
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_carolina#Geography
You will need to type in YOUR STATE NAME
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Zooburst - Finished Products
Don't forget to practice the online exercises on your subjects and predicates for tomorrow's test. Some of you still seem shaky on this topic
Enjoy some zooburst from today's presentations:
Enjoy some zooburst from today's presentations:
Monday, February 15, 2010
State Report - The Finish Line
State Reports - Written components are due ...THIS FRIDAY -19th
(Whether you are finished or not, you must hand in your report Friday.)
Use this week to do your very best work. You are not being graded on what you did a month ago. You are being graded on your finished product. Don't rush through components this week just to get it finished. Make sure you are giving your very best effort over these last few days and truly thinking about how to make EVERY sentence the best possible. People who finish ahead of time may want to take a second look at their cover pages. The most important stage of the Report is the proof reading and editing. Make sure one component smoothly transitions to the next. You will probably have to add a few additional sentences at the start of your second and third components to achieve this. DO NOT inset pictures until the work is completely edited and corrected. This will avoid wasting ink. You have all worked very hard on this project. Make sure your final copy is something that you are truly proud to submit.
Coming Tuesday - Living Wax Museum Guidelines
Congratulations on the '50 States and Capitals' Test- A record number of 100% were recorded this year.
(Whether you are finished or not, you must hand in your report Friday.)
Coming Tuesday - Living Wax Museum Guidelines
Congratulations on the '50 States and Capitals' Test- A record number of 100% were recorded this year.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Due Dates
Prioritize your work so you are focusing on what needs to be done first.
50 States and Capitals Test- Thu 11th Feb
(both classes)
State Report - Written Component (e.g. intro/three components/conclusion/fun facts/work cited)
Fri Feb 19th
3D Model and State Report Living Wax Museum Speech
Feb 25th (Bux. class) Feb 26th (Gra. class)
You will be give additional guidelines on what to do for the Living Wax Museum speech once you finish the written component of the State Report or on Feb. 16th (whichever happens first)- DO NOT BRING YOUR 3D Model into school before this date. THERE IS NOWHERE TO STORE 50 MODELS
BBC Theatre Presentations
Dates still to be decided
Friday, January 29, 2010
Mentor Text - Geographical Features
Enjoy this example of A+ writing. Look at the variety of advanced sentences technqiues used and the succint way the hook is linked to the topic sentence. Count the number of proper nouns in the text as an example of how to integrate precise facts. Can you apply these elements into your own writing?
The flapping wings of the brown pelican, Louisiana’s state bird, fill the air as it soars over the ravishing, earthy scented marshland looking for a place to land. Imagine a boot-shaped fertile land of damp, breath-taking marshes, and the ground is partly underwater. The state of Louisiana is truly that place. Louisiana’s unique setting causes a number of this beautiful, marshy wonderland’s terrain features. Because Louisiana sits in one of the closest areas to the equator, it receives ample sunlight. The three states that border Louisiana are Alabama, Texas, and Mississippi. Additionally, this spectacular haven is located in the Southeast region and in the East South Central sub-region. Louisiana overlooks the Gulf of Mexico, so this paradise receives an abundance of dreadful storms during hurricane season.
One simply could not speak of Louisiana without mentioning its bustling cities. Not only is Louisiana home to numerous thriving metropolises, but nearly 75% of Louisiana’s population lives in urban or suburban areas. New Orleans, the most densely populated city in this beautiful state, is the 38th largest town in the United States. Baton Rouge, the second most populous boomtown in Louisiana, has reigned as the state capital since 1882. The third significant city is Shreveport; furthermore, it is the cultural center of the Ark-La-Tex, the area where Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana meet.
Because of all its marshes, lakes, and rivers, the state of Louisiana is often thought of as sodden wetland. In fact, Louisiana is one-third water. The rustling Mississippi River depositing into the Gulf of Mexico impacts both the geography and industries of Louisiana. The mouth of the river has changed the shape of the land in the south of Louisiana and improved the fishing industry. For example, New Orleans sits on land created by silt that the Mississippi carries. This beautiful state has countless lakes, including the rippling, 600 square mile Lake Pontchartain. The Louisiana coastline stretches 397 miles along the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of Mexico ranks as planet Earth’s 5th largest body of water.
Louisiana cannot boast of the lofty mountains of Alaska, but soggy textured bayous, a common feature in Louisiana, are unique in the nation. A bayou is a slow moving body of water connected to a river, ocean, or lake. Either saltwater, freshwater, or brackish water, a mixture between the earlier two, can be found in a typical bayou. Historian Harnett Kane described bayous as, “A place that seems often unable to make up its mind whether to be earth or water, and so it compromises.”¹ Few people live in bayous, but they remain a beautiful part of the state.
The low land is another factor that renders Louisiana’s geography unique. Although Driskill Mountain, the highest elevation in Louisiana, is just a hill at 935 feet above sea level, the peak stands as sky scraping to Louisiana as Mt. Everest is to Nepal. Additionally, Louisiana’s low point, New Orleans, is actually nine feet below sea level. This statistic explains why hurricane waves are a quandary in the city. Sadly, citizens are forced to make levees, walls made to regulate a body of water. The average elevation in the Pelican State is a lowly 90 feet. Wetland to the south, flat plains in the middle and a few lush forests to the north combine to give Louisiana very little altitude. The brown pelican flies down into a bayou, and lands on a bald cypress, Louisiana’s state tree. The only noise is the buzz of a honeybee, the state insect.
¹Louisiana by Suzanne LeVert
by Robert
The flapping wings of the brown pelican, Louisiana’s state bird, fill the air as it soars over the ravishing, earthy scented marshland looking for a place to land. Imagine a boot-shaped fertile land of damp, breath-taking marshes, and the ground is partly underwater. The state of Louisiana is truly that place. Louisiana’s unique setting causes a number of this beautiful, marshy wonderland’s terrain features. Because Louisiana sits in one of the closest areas to the equator, it receives ample sunlight. The three states that border Louisiana are Alabama, Texas, and Mississippi. Additionally, this spectacular haven is located in the Southeast region and in the East South Central sub-region. Louisiana overlooks the Gulf of Mexico, so this paradise receives an abundance of dreadful storms during hurricane season.
One simply could not speak of Louisiana without mentioning its bustling cities. Not only is Louisiana home to numerous thriving metropolises, but nearly 75% of Louisiana’s population lives in urban or suburban areas. New Orleans, the most densely populated city in this beautiful state, is the 38th largest town in the United States. Baton Rouge, the second most populous boomtown in Louisiana, has reigned as the state capital since 1882. The third significant city is Shreveport; furthermore, it is the cultural center of the Ark-La-Tex, the area where Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana meet.
Because of all its marshes, lakes, and rivers, the state of Louisiana is often thought of as sodden wetland. In fact, Louisiana is one-third water. The rustling Mississippi River depositing into the Gulf of Mexico impacts both the geography and industries of Louisiana. The mouth of the river has changed the shape of the land in the south of Louisiana and improved the fishing industry. For example, New Orleans sits on land created by silt that the Mississippi carries. This beautiful state has countless lakes, including the rippling, 600 square mile Lake Pontchartain. The Louisiana coastline stretches 397 miles along the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of Mexico ranks as planet Earth’s 5th largest body of water.
Louisiana cannot boast of the lofty mountains of Alaska, but soggy textured bayous, a common feature in Louisiana, are unique in the nation. A bayou is a slow moving body of water connected to a river, ocean, or lake. Either saltwater, freshwater, or brackish water, a mixture between the earlier two, can be found in a typical bayou. Historian Harnett Kane described bayous as, “A place that seems often unable to make up its mind whether to be earth or water, and so it compromises.”¹ Few people live in bayous, but they remain a beautiful part of the state.
The low land is another factor that renders Louisiana’s geography unique. Although Driskill Mountain, the highest elevation in Louisiana, is just a hill at 935 feet above sea level, the peak stands as sky scraping to Louisiana as Mt. Everest is to Nepal. Additionally, Louisiana’s low point, New Orleans, is actually nine feet below sea level. This statistic explains why hurricane waves are a quandary in the city. Sadly, citizens are forced to make levees, walls made to regulate a body of water. The average elevation in the Pelican State is a lowly 90 feet. Wetland to the south, flat plains in the middle and a few lush forests to the north combine to give Louisiana very little altitude. The brown pelican flies down into a bayou, and lands on a bald cypress, Louisiana’s state tree. The only noise is the buzz of a honeybee, the state insect.
¹Louisiana by Suzanne LeVert
by Robert
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
State Report - Geographical Features
2010 Mentor Texts coming soon...
Will yours be published as an example to your classmates?
Sunday, January 24, 2010
State Report - This Week
Focus: Geographical FeaturesHow is your note taking going?
Target Stickers by EOD Fri: Between 3-5 stickers
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)
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)
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Sentence Fluency
This week we will begin our first grammar unit titled, 'Sentence Fluency'.
What does it mean to have a piece of writing that shows fluency?
Win +points for adding your comments
Friday, February 6, 2009
State Report - Conclusions
Congratulations Emily and Addie. I really enjoyed your application of the 'metaphor' approach in your work today. Bravo!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
State Report - 3D Model / Grammar Questions
The deadline for the 3D model and paragraph is Thursday Feb 19th. ONLY bring the model to school on this day. Do not bring it to school beforehand as there is no where to store the model in the classroom. You need to make sure you read the directions carefully on the State Report Guidelines booklet on how to complete your model.
You are NOT required to do any H/W at all over the Winter Break, so do not leave this model until the last minute.
Grammar- Are youy prepared for Friday?
Hint- What is the first step to creating a correct time shift sentence?
Hint- Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
Hint- Why is this a comma splice, what did I do wrong?
Hint- Which is possessive and which is plural? 1)Pennys 2)Pennies 3)Penny's
Hint- What is the grammar mistake in the last question?
If you know the answers to all those questions you are almost ready.
You are NOT required to do any H/W at all over the Winter Break, so do not leave this model until the last minute.
Grammar- Are youy prepared for Friday?
Hint- What is the first step to creating a correct time shift sentence?
Hint- Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
Hint- Why is this a comma splice, what did I do wrong?
Hint- Which is possessive and which is plural? 1)Pennys 2)Pennies 3)Penny's
Hint- What is the grammar mistake in the last question?
If you know the answers to all those questions you are almost ready.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
State Report - Poem Component
Use this link to find rhyming words for your poetry.
http://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=think&typeofrhyme=perfect&org1=syl&org2=l
Pass on your thanks to Hunter Willis for finding this.
http://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=think&typeofrhyme=perfect&org1=syl&org2=l
Pass on your thanks to Hunter Willis for finding this.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
State Report - 13 School Days to Go
Your target for this week is to finish 3 components.
Well done to Brady Whitnmore. The only student to achieve 3 stickers by the end of las t week. The target for this week is 5 Stickers. Will 'you' be recognized next week?
Remember - Packed lunch for Tue. We ill watch the Presidential
Inauguration in class from 11.30-12.30pm.
End of trimester Grammar Review Test. You select the topics. Let me know which grammar topics that we have already covered you would like to see on the end of trimester test e.g. Rules for making nouns plural.
Well done to Brady Whitnmore. The only student to achieve 3 stickers by the end of las t week. The target for this week is 5 Stickers. Will 'you' be recognized next week?
Remember - Packed lunch for Tue. We ill watch the Presidential
Inauguration in class from 11.30-12.30pm.
End of trimester Grammar Review Test. You select the topics. Let me know which grammar topics that we have already covered you would like to see on the end of trimester test e.g. Rules for making nouns plural.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
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. Biography.com: http://www.biography.com/search/ Type the person’s name in the search box or click the letter the name begins with to see a list of names. This site may be helpful if you are doing a character sketch.
(Advice: Good for links to famous people for the character sketch+Historical
Narrative)
6. http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/us.htm.
(Advice – Good for geographical features and commerce and industry)
Fifty States Test Practice
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
This website has made interactive games that you can use to test your 'Fifty States' Knowledge.
This website has made interactive games that you can use to test your 'Fifty States' Knowledge.
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