Callen is Going to College...Are You???

Callen loved celebrating College Week with Room 40!!!

 

Cap and Gown!  Mommy loves PHS and daddy loves NMHS...mommy's green won because she dressed me!

 

 

Crazy Hair Day!

Hat Day!

College Shirt Day!!  I will support him wherever he chooses to go, but I have to push my alma mater...TEXAS!!!!


Galloway Shirt Day....He chose an MISD shirt, instead!

Sometimes daddy gets a say...Go Texas State!!!

Green and White Day!!

 

Career Day...Callen wants to be like his daddy, Officer Tyndall!!

Use the links below to learn more about college.
http://www.25tipstoaffordcollege.com

http://www.50states.com/college/#.UTTIUKX3V5w

http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/state/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Texas

http://www.window.state.tx.us/scholars/schools/

Videos of the FUN!

This student is sharing about the inventor of the hair brush.

This student is sharing information about George Washington Carver.

This student is sharing about George Crum the inventor of potato chips.

We are investigating the bones we found in our owl pellets and inferring about their origins.

February in Room 40 is FUN!

Our CBA scores came in and these students were invited to a party to celebrate their success! Congrats!!

On February 22nd, we celebrated African American History Month by presenting biographies in the museum.  These students did a great job of reading informational text then writing it in first person format.

Thank you for participating!!!

On Friday, we learned about the food chain and food web by dissecting the pellets of a carnivore.  

We were scientists studying the food chain and investigating the remains.

Earth Science Review with IPADS

Postcard App projects

Learning with the IPADS!!

Today, we used Postcard App and Sock Puppet App to review for our Earth Science CBA on Friday.

School shirts

Check out our school shirt...Gators Rock!!!

Ipad Learning

Today, we taught each other science concepts through the use of the app Sock Puppets.  Check out one example below:

African American History Museum websites

African American inventors and scientists for the African American History Museum on February 22nd.  We honor all cultures year round, but February brings national attention to African American contributions specifically.

http://african-americaninventors.org/

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmscientists1.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/

http://www.scienceupdate.com/spotlights/african-american-scientists/

http://inventors.about.com/od/blackinventors/a/black_inventors.htm

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/bhmscientists1.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/bios/invent.shtml

http://www.black-inventor.com/

http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/Around-the-World/Countries/United-States/Cultures-and-Traditions/African-American/Biographies/Scientists

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/photos/black-inventors-and-pioneers-of-science/

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/famous-african-american-scientists.html

African American History Month information:

http://www.timeforkids.com/minisite/black-history-month

http://www.history.com/videos/origins-of-black-history-month#origins-of-black-history-month

http://www.biography.com/tv/classroom/about-black-history-month