Photos from Washington DC/NYC June 2011

Chris with his finger on top of the Washington Monument!
Loved the Bull at Wall Street in NYC

Robert and Mrs. D at the Jefferson Monument in DC.

The next President and First Lady?

Chris caught a firefly in Arlington! Most of the kids had never SEEN one before!

Chris and Jeff posing with a really old tombstone!

The HomeLink girls with Washington State's monument in the Nation's Capitol!

Ghost stories in Arlington!

The King Center in Atlanta.

Mr. Julio got fired and walked through Trump's Door!

The Homelink girls riding the ferris wheel at NYC's Toys R Us in Times Square!

Stephen, Austin and Robert take a spin in the Fire Truck!

Shannon, Zack, Heather and Megan are all M and M's!

Yep! Chris teaches piano to Katelyn and Kayla at FAO Schwartz!

Jeff with Lady Liberty!

Robert and some of the girls took a spin on the NYC Police Motorcycle...

ok well they really just sat on it!

Imagining Peace at Strawberry Fields in Central Park!

Future Supreme Court Justices!

Megan, Mr. Julio, Shannon and Heather at George Washington's house in Mount Vernon.

A group photo at Mount Vernon!

Yep...they went O.G...Original George!

F.D.R's memorial fountain (one of 4) in DC

Soup kitchen line up!

Found the Mushroom Cloud in the Smithsonian!

Exhausted but still having fun!

Chaperones going bonkers at the Lincoln Memorial!

Loved the White House!
What a fantastic trip!

And we are walking!

Oregon Trail Picture Website

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/two/

November-American Heritage Assignment helps...

Here are the links to the assignments you will need to do this month!

November 5th: Video link for Veteran's Day Username: jodavis Password: Learn360
Link: http://www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?SearchText=Veteran's+Day&GradeLevel=3360056&ID=316504

November 9-10: National Tea Party Website http://www.teapartypatriots.org/

November 12: www.thisnation.com/congress-facts.html and www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/obamacabinetmap/index.html Be sure to look at his advisors too!

November 19: National Women's Hall of Fame http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php

November 30: National Debt information Tax Freedom Day Article http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/jborowski/celebrate-tax-freedom-day-on-april-10th

October

First of all my apologies! My parents celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary so I have not updated my blog in a few weeks!

The students should all have their calendars and are on their way to success!

Washington State History:
Students this month are focusing on Indians and will soon move on to explorers. We are going to have CReHST Museum coming in with a presentation this month on Lewis and Clark!
Students have their reading assignments for the month and rather than having them turn in ONE project they will have weekly assignments.

American History
Students are finishing up their study on the branches of government and will not we will be looking at the roles of the President as well as Supreme Court cases.
The final two weeks we will be looking at the Washington State Senatorial race as well as initiatives that voters will be voting on in November.

Week of October 18th

American Heritage: http://www.tvw.org/elections/2010videovotersguide.cfm?CFID=8285893&CFTOKEN=82710098&bhcp=1

Reading Selections for High School-High School

Students should be selecting for October a Mystery or Science Fiction novel! This is key for them to earn a Language Arts credit! Please have them bring them to class every day we meet. They will have 3 seperate writing assignments and in order to earn those points (25) they need to have the book with them. On October 7th they need to have their book selected and bring to class for their first 25 points.

Reading suggestions for Middle School-October

This month the students should be selecting books that deal with Native Indians or the Pioneers. Here are some that I found while searching...I have NOT read these so please check them out prior to your student reading them. This should at least give you some idea of books to select from.


Alexie, Sherman (2007) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. NY: Little Brown.

Broker, Ignatia. (1983) Night Flying Woman. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society.

Bruchac, Joseph. (1998). Children of the Longhouse. Puffin.

Deloria, Ella. (1988) Waterlily. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

Ehrdrich, Louise. (2002) The Birchbark House. Hyperion.

Harjo, Joy. (1996) Woman Who Fell From the Sky. W. W. Norton & Company

Linda Hogan, Power. 1998.

Hungry Wolf, Beverly. (1980). The Ways of My Grandmothers. New York: Quill.

King, Thomas. (2003). The Truth about Stories. Minneapolis: U of Minn Press.

Rockwood, Joyce. (1976) To Spoil the Sun. New York: Henry Holt

Silko, Leslie Marmon. Gardens in the Dunes. 1999.

Wallis, Velma. (1993) Two Old Women. New York: HarperPerennial