Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Edublogs

From now on, I will be updating our class blog at Edublogs.org

You can visit our class blog here and also find links to each students' individual blogs as well.

Thanks for following us on here. There may be the option to come back to Blogger, but not at the moment.

Watch this space.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Make a Prediction

In the next section, Jamie's class from school comes to the museum for a visit. Predict whether Jamie will remain with Claudia or whether he will decide to join his class and return home.

From the Mixed-up Files...

How do you know that the unveiling of the small statue was an important event?

From the Mixed-up Files...

Why did Jamie choose to visit the Italian Renaissance? How did that change the children's focus?

From the Mixed Up Files...

If you were these children, would you be ready to go home by now? Why or why not? What, if anything, is not clear to you in the story?

Saturday, November 14, 2009

New Pictures from The Lightning Thief

This is news that was taken from Rick Riordan's Blog.



Disney/Hyperion Books, the publisher and distributor of the Percy Jackson series, will be releasing a deluxe limited edition the first book, The Lightning Thief, in hardcover. It comes in a fancy slipcover, you can see it above, and new artwork by John Rocco. If you want to pre-order this book from Amazon, click here. It will be available on December 22nd.

Here is one of those new artworks included in the book. Can you guess what scene of the book this is from? What story clues and schema are you using to make that judgement?

If you want a closer look, click on the image!

Monday, November 9, 2009

The 39 Clues: Agent Cards

Here is a list of agent card codes for our class. You can enter these in the "My Cards" section. The front side of the cards are custom-made by each agent and the back of each card describes their achievements in the 39 Clues.

Add these to your collection!

P244GM6WXP (Mr. A)
P23TWMWJXP (Ben)
P23PPP34XP (Bryce)
P23J32N9XP (Soraya)
P276t3GXXP (Jenna)

Dogo News

DOGO News is a new website that features news for kids - fun articles for kids on current events, science, sports, and more!

You can check it out here: http://www.dogonews.com/

Monday, November 2, 2009

The 39 Clues Web Chat Link

Here is a link to the 39 Clues live webchat for November 2, 2009.

Click Here.