May 11-15, 2009

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Hi, Students,
READING will be our main focus on this week and until we leave for summer break. So much is happening in the news, and we'll learn to examine these things objectively.
Some students will be retaking the CRCT soon, and I know that you all will do your best. Keep your heads up!! All of you have improved your reading levels this year, and we are so proud of you!! :)
Ms. Holden

Language Arts

Eighth grade students will receive instruction in reading, writing, and listening, speaking, and viewing. By the end of the 8th grade, students will be able to:

* Use oral and written language, media, and technology for expressive, informational, argumentative, critical, and literary purposes
* Extend appreciation of written and spoke language beyond the school setting
* Produce quality essays and narratives, as well as a writing drawn form research
* Use strong verbs, adjectives, and adverbs as they continue to develop personal writing styles
* Proof their own writing and edit to conform to basic conventions of Standard English
* Convey, both orally and in writing, a developing interest in discussing and debating social issues
* Apply specific guidelines to evaluate content and strategies in media

Current Events:
How Viruses are Spread:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/news/history-archaeology-news/swine-flu-overview-vin.html

Swine Flu Myths:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090427-swine-flu-facts.html

White Deer:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/generic.html?s=inwi10s22a3q81f


HOW MANY PRESIDENTS CAN YOU FIND IN THIS PIC....

This is a photo from the 2009 Inauguration, in which you can see IN FOCUS the face of each individual in the crowd!

You can scan, double click and zoom to any section of the crowd. . . wait a few seconds. . . and the focus adjusts.

The picture was taken with an FBI robotic camera at 1,474 megapixel (295 times the standard 5 megapixel camera)

Pretty amazing!

http://gigapan.orgviewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c

FUN SITES:
All Subjects:
http://www.nettrekker.com/
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/welcome/
www.quia.com
www.funbrain.com
http://www.rong-chang.com/game.htm
www.classzone.com
http://www.thinkfinity.org/
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
www.studyisland.com
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
www.teachertube.com
www.youtube.com
http://www.cleanjoke.com/
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
http://www.spanishdict.com/
http://www.pinkmonkey.com/
www.sparknotes.com
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.thecolumbuslibrary.org/
www.starfall.com
http://www.storylineonline.net/
http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/index.jsp?state=ga&audience=_p&go.x=36&go.y=21&go=About+submit+buttons
http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/fast/teachers/submit/Chemlab/Web/Chem4kids/WW49.html

Math
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html
www.coolmath.com
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
www.purplemath.com
www.classzone.com
http://www.math.com/
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/math.htm
http://www.aaaknow.com/grade8.htm
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dailymath/resources.html

English
www.breakingnewsenglish.com
www.onestopenglish.com
www.chompchomp.com
http://www.rong-chang.com/game.htm
http://www.eslcafe.com/
http://www.englishpage.com/
http://www.teflgames.com/games.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/grammar_challenge/
http://www.grammarbook.com/
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-practice-vocabulary.htm
http://www.aaaspell.com/index.htm
http://www.aaaspell.com/vocabulary.htm#eight
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/index.cfm
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
http://www.english4today.com/usr/video/ytv/
www.readwritethink.org
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/tools/english-ms.html
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_8th_lang.htm

Science, Social Studies, and Current Events
http://davidelder.blogspot.com
http://www.physics4kids.com/
http://www.biology4kids.com/
http://www.chem4kids.com/
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
http://education.jlab.org/
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/
http://www.geography4kids.com/
http://www.kidsgeo.com/index.php

http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories
http://gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm
http://www.biography.com/bio4kids/index.jsp
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
www.mystatehistory.com
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Home.jsp
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/publications/gsb/students.php
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids
http://www.americangirl.com/agcn/index.html

Online CRCT practice:
http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/uge/crct.htm
http://www.rabun.k12.ga.us/staff/rhenson/CRCTPractice.html
http://www.nwle.com/crct_printable_practice/printable_crct_practice.html
http://www.monroeelementary.org/crct.htm
http://murdock10.typepad.com/greenwald/2009/03/great-crct-practice-sites-try-them.html
http://www.crctlessons.com/
http://www.dougherty.k12.ga.us/magnolia_elem/crct_games.htm

Job/Career Information
http://www.gcic.peachnet.edu/
http://jobs.utah.gov/opencms/wi/pubs/employmentcounselors/holland.pdf
http://www.bls.gov/oco/
http://online.onetcenter.org/
http://www.occupationalinfo.org/index.html
http://www.dol.state.ga.us/
http://www.dol.state.ga.us/js/organize_skills.htm

Typing Skills
http://www.freetypinggame.net/
http://www.powertyping.com/
http://www.typing-lessons.org/preliminaries_1.html


Interested in seeing GA??
http://www.georgia.org/
http://www.escapetothesoutheast.com/georgia.asp
http://geology.com/state-map/georgia.shtml
http://www.netstate.com/states/maps/ga_maps.htm
http://www.gastateparks.org/
http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/tourism.htm
http://www.thekingcenter.org/

Other fun learning experiences:
WEBQUESTS
http://www.teacherweb.com/GA/ValleyPointMiddleSchool/PeteHendley/links3.stm
http://catpages.nwmissouri.edu/m/prism/work_samples/gjackson/index.htm
http://imet.csus.edu/imet3/yee/portfolio/cell_phone_webquest/

Internet Scavenger Hunts
http://faculty.usiouxfalls.edu/arpeterson/scavenger_hunts.htm
http://www.thinkfinity.org/StudentHome.aspx

Virtual Field Trips (Places in present and past)
http://www.uen.org/tours/fieldtrips2.shtml
http://www.geocities.com/mrs_frank_99/virtual_field_trips.html
http://pathways.thinkport.org/flash_home.cfm
http://www.thinkfinity.org/feature_list.aspx?feature=BHM

Digital Story Telling
http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories
http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/listdigitalpe.html#cat3
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/news/history-archaeology-news/mlk-day-vin.html

RESOURCES:

By TOPIC:
http://www.colorincolorado.org/web_resources/by_topic
http://www.ciclt.net/sn/resa/relib_main.aspx?ClientCode=garesa
http://www.ciclt.net/sn/resa/relib_main.aspx?ClientCode=nwgaresa
http://www.cfresa.org/index1.htm
http://www.ciclt.net/sn/resa/relib_main.aspx?ClientCode=mresa
http://www.eslflow.com/grammarlessonplans.html
http://www.edhelper.com
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/label/spanish.shtml

CREATE GAMES
http://www.jc-schools.net/tutorials/vocab/TN.html

Graphic Organizers
http://www.readingquest.org/strat/

Rubrics
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php