about 4 months ago - No comments
We had a great time listening to the speeches made by our “book characters” on Friday! I loved how much thought the kids put in to becoming their character. Some even dressed like their puppet! Take a look at our awesome class: We can be a little goofy too: addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.egusd.net%2Fmrsmccartney%2F2011%2F09%2F26%2Faward-winning-puppets%2F’; addthis_title = More >
about 10 months ago - No comments
Today we were looking at atlases and almanacs. I am looking for an almanac to share with the students, so if you have one, please send it in so we can take a peek! Otherwise, we looked at the online Farmer’s Almanac. You can visit the online site at: http://www.almanac.com There is also a kid’s More >
about 1 year ago - No comments
Only 4 more weeks left before we go off track! Here is what is coming up: Math: Tomorrow we take our Chapter 9 (Multiplication of Larger Numbers) test. We will also begin Chapter 10 (Dividing Larger Numbers). Long division, with remainders. Many classmates may need extra support at night on their homework, as this can More >
about 1 year ago - No comments
Only 4 weeks left until vacation! This school year is flying by. We have been hard at work! Here is what we are currently working on in class. Math: We are moving rapidly through chapter 5. We are learning our multiplication facts from 6 – 10, and will be learning about multiplication expressions, equations and More >
about 1 year ago - No comments
Some thing we are working on in class: Science We have been learning about the Sun, Earth, and Moon. This week we are studying the phases of the moon. Students were asking questions about time zones, and thinking back to the last two week’s study of the seasons (Earth’s orbit around the sun) and the Earth’s More >
about 1 year ago - No comments
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about 3 years ago - 51 comments
We are two weeks into our theme called “From Mystery to Medicine.” Do you think you would like to have a career in medicine? Why or why not? As you type, keep in mind that your audience is your teacher and your classmates. Use school appropriate language and be sure to remember your COPS (Capitalization, More >
about 2 years ago
Why are plants medicine for people.
about 2 years ago
I heard that medicine helps you a lot.
about 2 years ago
How do they get medicine?
about 2 years ago
Why are most medicine come from plants
about 2 years ago
I think its good to teach about medican so that the kids can learn more about how not to get sick and stay clean so they dont get any sickness
about 2 years ago
I wonder why you would have to go to the forest if your sick.
about 2 years ago
I haver been to edheads.org before, my sister Elyssa told me about it and I started to play every day after school when I am done with my homework.
about 2 years ago
I hate medicine because it tastes nasty sometimes but it helps your body. I learned that in the past, they tested medicine on people to see if it worked. They are safer now with their testing.
about 2 years ago
I think it’s a good thing that we are learnig about this stuff and if there was a emergency.
about 2 years ago
The thing that suprises me about medicine is how they make them. I did not know that people use plants to make medicine. How do they discover the plants to make different types of medicines?
about 2 years ago
How is medicine made into pills? Why do they use pills instead of liquid?
about 2 years ago
I have learned that back then there was no medicine and many people died cause of diseases.Millions of people died of the Black Plage,it is one of the diseases.
about 2 years ago
I learned a lot about the book. I also learned that a lot of people died because they didn’t have any medicine to cure their disease. I learned that they used cowpox antibodies to fight off smallpox.
about 2 years ago
What suprised we was that people had to go to the forest to get their medicine.
about 2 years ago
I think it’s pretty nasty but it helps us get better. If you don’t do it then it will be bad and you will be like that forever.
about 2 years ago
Did you know before they had drug stores they got there own medicine.
about 2 years ago
i leaned that theres no cure to smallpoxs, and that chikenpoxs itch when you get it.
about 2 years ago
It’s a long selection about medicine’s history which I like a lot. I like the ways people discover them. I’ve learned that not all medicine comes from doctors, it’s from trees.