Archive for February, 2010

Using iPod Touches

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Using technology in the classroom is something that I'm very passionate about.  Sure, there are kinks that always need to be worked out, but exposing students to different kinds of technology within learning can be very rewarding. We have been given a great opportunity by the technology department.  They have purchased ...

Ski trip

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Last weekend I went skiing at Shanty Creek. It was a blast, we were there for three days but we only skiied for two days. Me and my sister both invited  a friend so we had to take two cars. The first day we went on the easy hills but the second day ...

College basketball

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

As the final four is right around the corner its been a great year for college basketball. The standings have been tight and there has been a lot of upsets. Even the big ten has a team in the the top 5 which is not MSU,  it's Prude. Prude has been ...

Parade of Latin American Countries

Friday, February 19th, 2010

In Mr. Foster and Mrs. Stevenson's class we have been doing a very interesting social studies unit. We are studying Latin America but we each were assigned our own country. We have been studying our countries for awhile now and have made a hand-drawn map, an outline of research, a ...

Boyne mountain

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

When go up north we aways  go to Boyne mountain. We have a cabin up there. Most of the time go in the summer but, so times we go in the winter. We  aways have a ton of fun when we go to Boyne mountain and we spend alot of time up there. ~  Noah ...

Super Bowl 44

Monday, February 15th, 2010

On February 7th, the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts took charge for the Lombardi Trophy. For the first half the teams pretty much has had back to back touchdowns. Then, when the second half came along Peyton Manning threw an interception. This was what ruined ...

The Mi Zarape Trip

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

There are so many ways that I could say this! Mi Zarape was the best restaurant I've had ever been to. My class was in Social Studies (S.S) when Mr. Foster announced that soon our whole entire class would be going on a trip. All of us were RED in ...

Popular Author Gary Paulsen Coming to Ann Arbor!

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Award-winning young adult author Gary Paulsen is coming to Nicola's Books in Ann Arbor!  Paulson, the author of such books as Hatchet and Woodsong, will be visiting with customers and signing books on April 12th at 7:00pm. Visit the Nicola's Books website for more information: Nicola's Books -Mr. Foster

Dream Big Dreams!

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Friday, February 5th was a magical day in our classroom.  As you may have already heard, one of my students, Matthew P., is running for President.  It's a huge dream, but Matthew is receiving much press for his efforts. Mr. Kerr made an appearance in our classroom on this day to ...