http://cobblearning.net/afenton The Red Carpet Rollout Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:32:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today, students viewed a sneak preview of Asia.  We discussed everything from location, to current events.  After our sneak preview, we focused on India.  This will remain our focus for the next few days.  We discussed the geography of India; cities, landforms, and location.  This was interesting for th students ... http://cobblearning.net/afenton/2010/03/18/sneak-preview-asia-style/ Here is the power point that we discussed in class yesterday (Tuesday 3/16).  It will give you all of the information about the Ganges River that you may need to complete your poster.  Feel free to take a look :) Lecture_The Ganges http://cobblearning.net/afenton/2010/03/17/information-for-your-advocacy-poster/   HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!!  The City of Light, or Varanasi, India was our focus today.  We began the day reading aloud from "The Birth of Ganga", to re-visit what we learned yesterday about Mother Ganga.  Remember it is pronounced "Goon-Ga".  Students also listened to an article about the Ganges River.  ... http://cobblearning.net/afenton/2010/03/17/ganges-river/ Mother Ganga was our focus today!  We had a visitor, Ms. Gage who presented a FUN and interesting lesson on the Ganges River.  We learned that M0ther Ganges is the creator of the Ganges River.  An issue that is currently affecting India today is the polution in the Ganges River.  ... http://cobblearning.net/afenton/2010/03/16/mother-ganga/ We concluded our Asia Overview Centers today.  Although it was a quick preview, students should now have an idea about our adventure through Asia for the last nine weeks of school.  If you did not finish your center work please remember that you MUST come in during homeroom tomorrow to ... http://cobblearning.net/afenton/2010/03/15/our-final-day-of-centers/  Students completed day two of our Asia Overview Centers.  A few classes finished their country extension presentations, which officially ended our study of Africa.  Students will continue working in the centers until Monday. News and Notes: If you have visited the Economics Center and have not completed the reflection part, please ... http://cobblearning.net/afenton/2010/03/12/centers-day-2/ We have finally arrived to our LAST unit of study...ASIA!  Today students participated in Asia Overview centers.  They visited two of the six centers.  By Monday, they will visit all six centers.  The point of these centers is so that students will gain a understanding of each aspect of Asia ... http://cobblearning.net/afenton/2010/03/11/asia-here-we-come/ With the exception of a couple of classes, students completed the presentations of their country extension projects today.  It was a nice relaxing day after our Africa Unit Test yesterday.  Tomorrow, we will  begin our study of Asia...get ready it is going to be ALOT of fun :) News and ... http://cobblearning.net/afenton/2010/03/10/country-extension-presentations/ Today students took their Africa Unit Test.  Remember if you have not presented your country extension project you will do so tomorrow!  Have a relaxing afternoon! http://cobblearning.net/afenton/2010/03/09/test-day-woohoo/ Today was our last day in Africa :( Students completed their World Hunger packets and saw many heartbreaking pictures that depict the reality of world hunger in Africa today.  We moved our focus to AIDS when students looked at the Grim Statistics and saw the  numbers of people who have ... http://cobblearning.net/afenton/2010/03/08/aids-the-grim-statistics-2/