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This photo is from the SOHO spacecraft. To see more images of the sun, check out the official SOHO Gallery. Neat stuff.

Anyone like roaches? Last week, Bell 1, aka the Ocean, and Bell 6, aka Polar Climates, did a little reseach about these amazing creatures. Everyone did a post on their Class Blogs summarizing facts they found about roaches from Yucky.com. By the way, our Student Weblogs have been coming along very well. I’m amazed at how the students have taken to their in-class blogging. My students are growing as writers this year, and it’s obvious to anyone who takes a look at any of the Student Weblogs.

In case anyone missed our various grammar songs we’ve recorded this year, here they are:
Direct Objects mp3
Subject Pronouns mp3
Adverbs

You can also hear them on our Podcast Page. This is where I put all the audio we do in class. Thanks for checking in, and please take a moment to read through our Student Weblogs. And while you’re at it, check out our Class Book Wiki, and our Online Magazine. We have had over 10,000 hits to our various weblogs since I set them all up. Most of those hits are from teachers, parents, administrators, and the students themselves. With our class blogs, everyone gets a chance to be a published writer.

Our work has been recognized in a Swedish magazine, The Philadelphia Enquirer, Edutopia.org, and Weblogg-ed.com, just to name a few. Many school districts and universities across the country link to our sites as a positive example of how to safely use blogs in the classroom.

It’s great to work for a district like VBCPS that allows teachers to use the newest technology to promote student learning. This has been a great year. My students continue to amaze me with their writing. It has been a lot of fun for me, and hopefully for them. We are creating a true community of writers through our weblogs, and showing students firsthand how to use this new technology in an appropriate way.

See everyone Tuesday! Mr. Mayo