Mrs. Lawrence's Blog Exploration » School http://rlawrence5.edublogs.org Exploring uses of a blog Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:54:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Picturing America http://rlawrence5.edublogs.org/2009/04/08/picturing-america/ http://rlawrence5.edublogs.org/2009/04/08/picturing-america/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:26:31 +0000 rlawrence5 http://rlawrence5.edublogs.org/?p=17 Along the wall by my office is a set of pictures showing the history of the United States. Select one and read about it on the card, then research it here. Find the image of the poster you found interesting, click on it to read about it, then select Resources to find out additional information. Share what you learned with your classmates by commenting on this post. Picturing America banner
We landed up not blogging about this information, but you can check out their podcasts here.

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After reading about the explorers, tell a bit about one who sticks out in your mind more than the others. Why does he stand out? What are some attributes that you believe are needed to be an explorer?

]]> http://rlawrence5.edublogs.org/2009/01/09/early-explorers/feed/ 17 2009 – A new year http://rlawrence5.edublogs.org/2009/01/02/2009-a-new-year/ http://rlawrence5.edublogs.org/2009/01/02/2009-a-new-year/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:58:43 +0000 rlawrence5 http://rlawrence5.edublogs.org/?p=6 As a teacher, this is really mid-year…well, kind of. =D We’re about a third of the way through the school as it starts in August and ends in August for us “year-rounders”. It’s a new calendar year, though, and time for those annual resolutions. I guess my professional goal is to get a blog started with one to two groups of students before January is over with. I’m emailing a couple of teachers right now (yeah I’m either multi-tasking or allowing myself to run off on another tangent….might get distracted by my email…LOL)

My personal goal this year will be to get back to hiking and hopefully (notice I’m not 100% positive here!!! =D) go back to rock climbing in the gym. My plan is to take the dogs and hike on both Sat. and Sun. and “right” after work, at least three times a week – Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. I may even wear my hiking boots to work on those days and set up my backpack the night before to make sure I am ready.

So…what’s your resolution or a goal for 2009 and how are you planning to get there?

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