Ben Franklin, Inventor Homework due 3/21/12

Ben Franklin, Inventor Go to this page and read about Ben Franklin's inventions. Ben Franklin, Inventor Post a comment or write in your copybook to answer these questions: What are 3 inventions of Ben's that are still used today? What job did Ben have that led him to invent a way to measure distances? Which of Ben's inventions do you think is most useful and important?

Our Weather Reports

Congratulations to all of the students on a job well done!  The Weather Report presentations were entertaining and informative.  All of the meteorologists were knowledgeable and well prepared to tell us how to prepare for severe weather.  Your creativity in preparing the posters, demonstrations, and powerpoints made the presentations fun for all of us!

Tour DeSmet South Dakota

Here is the link to a map of DeSmet.  Click on the red to find out more about places in the town where the Ingalls lived during the long winter.  What did you find interesting?
Map of DeSmet

Learning about the Saints

This site has biographies of many saints for kids.  http://www.loyolapress.com/saints-stories-for-kids.htm?cId=402682
Post a comment with an interesting fact you found about your saint, or about your patron saint, or about the saint whose feast is on your birthday.

November 8, 2011 Homework

Today you chose an animal that is native to Pennsylvania to learn and write about.  Go to http://www.portaportal.com/ and log in to morris209 as a guest.  Read about your animal and post a comment here with an interesting fact about the animal.  Remember to tell what the animal is.

What's a Glog?

A Glog is like an online poster.  I made a Glog to help us review Pennsylvania's Climate and Animals.  You will learn to make glogs too - it's creative and fun and it's a paperless way to share what we know.  Check it out!
Mrs. Morris's Glog

2011 - a Mathematically Interesting Year

Try this with your family:

Take the last 2 digits of the year you were born.
 Add the age you are or will be on your birthday in 2011.
What was the result?  Post your results here.