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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
It's time to begin the 2010-11 school year! We are excited to be at Saline Middle School this year.
If you are in Mr. Foster's class, here is some valuable information for you:
New Room Location: R102
New Phone Number: 429.8000 x 5035
Existing Homework Hotline Number: 429-8000 ...
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Dear Students and Parents,
Thank you so much for a wonderful year. Each day has been a fun and educational one because of the great students that live in Saline.
Have a great summer and see you all in the fall!
-Mr. Foster
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Monday, June 14th, 2010
The Funky Monkeys are off to Saline Middle School next year. With the transition of the 6th grade to the Middle School, we're off too!
We are excited to welcome new students to Saline Middle School, and we are also excited to catch up with formers students as well.
-Mr. Foster
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
It's that time already!
On Wednesday, June 16th, we'll celebrate a fantastic year. Our sixth grade students will be leaving Heritage School to enter Saline Middle School next fall. At the celebration, we'll have pizza, games, sports, and even a DJ.
Great work, students! You deserve this fun day!
-Mr. Foster
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
The most memorable moment in the schoolyear so far is the Egg. It started as Mr. Foster had this Easter egg and acted like he was going to drop it onto one of us every once in a while. People started arguing if the egg was fake or real or ...
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
What a wild two days! Each year, the Toronto trip is an action-packed two day of fun and little sleep! This year, we had a great time seeing such sights as CN Tower, Niagara Falls, and the Ontario Legislative building.
I'll have the slideshow up soon!
-Mr. Foster
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Our team is proud to be part of the Heritage School 2:1 Laptop Program. It has been so neat to have laptops at our disposal at all times!
We have been able to complete many neat technology projects. Right now, my Reading class is using the website Animoto to make 30-second ...
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
We are under one month until our much anticipated Toronto Trip! Below is a link to the Funky Monkey Toronto Page. It includes a countdown, slideshows from previous years, and many exciting websites of locations we'll be visiting.
https://sites.google.com/a/saline.k12.mi.us/funkymonkeys/Home/toronto
-Mr. Foster
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Friday, April 23rd, 2010
The most memorable moment this year was when Mr. Foster threw an egg on the white board. Mr. Foster had an egg in the class room for a day or two. Everybody thought that it was fake because he kept throwing it up in the air. And then one day ...
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
One of my favorite thing from this year is when we had a limbo contest. I knew Lindsy would be in the last two but i never thought i would be too. Then i WON!!!!!!!!!! I never would have thought that i would win. One more thing that was fun from ...
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
The thing i am looking forward to the most is the CN tower. I am looking forward to this the most because is saw the video on the funky monkey website and it looks awsome! Also my parents went on the Toronto trip when they were in 6th grade and they ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
I am looking forward to the Toronto trip in Canada especially the Science Museum. Most of the details in this famous museum are highly interesting, for example, the electricity ball. The Science Museum can help us learn a little more about nature or what we are familiar with. Now that ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
The place that I am most excited to go in Toronto is the C.N. Tower. I have heard that the C.N tower is very tall, and has a fast elevator to get passengers and tourists to the top. The Tower is called the Canadian National tower, C.N tower for short. I ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
The thing I am most looking forward to on our Toronto trip is the CN Tower. I think the CN Tower is going to be a blast because the view. Another thing is that were going to be in a glass elevator. We will get a birds eye view of Toronto and ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
As most of the students know I came from another class room at the beginning of the school year. It couldn't have went any better, every one was supportive and very nice to me. Mr. Foster has been one of the best teachers ever. He has a lot of fun ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
While we are in Canada I am looking forward to visiting the Blue Jay's stadium. I am a huge baseball fan and have been playing for five years. My goal is to visit all MLB baseball stadiums. Also, my sister said this stadium is really fun.
I also can't wait for visiting the ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
The most memorable thing in Mr. Foster's classroom this year for me was the "egg toss". Mr. Foster was playing with us, toying with eggs for a couple of days. Everybody was argueing whether it was hard-boiled, or real. Then one day we finally got to find out. Mr. Foster asked if we ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
What i am looking most forward to on the Toronto trip is going to the Ontario Science Center. I Have seen a lot of cool pictures. It is also going to be our first stop on the trip. This is also cool because the first place we go to is ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
What i'm most looking forward to on the Toronto trip is Niagra Falls. This is because i've never been there and I think it would be a great experince. Also if you don't know i like almost anything that has to do with water. It's a very breath taking land ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Mr. Foster's classroom is always having something crazy going on. My most memorable moment of all those crazy moments is when Mr. Foster threw an egg at the whiteboard. Mr. Foster had been torturing us for days about this egg he decorated with sharpie marker. The real debate in the ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
My favorite memory about 6th grade is his hair cut which I helped with. As you all know Mr.Foster made a bet that if we get more than 1,000 cans the person who gets the most cans gets to shave Mr.Fosters head. That was me, I brought in 301 cans. ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
The thing I'm looking forward to in Toronto is the Science Centre. The reason is because the slides Mr. Foster showed us were really cool. The electric ball looks cool too. The presentations he showed us look cool. I told my mom and she sounded excited. That's why ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
The thing I'm looking forward to the most about the Toronto trip, is going to Niagara Falls. I want to go because I've heard they're really beautiful. My sisters have both gone and said its really fun. I also have cousins in Ontario that say we'll love it. I love ...
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Monday, April 19th, 2010
My most memorable moment of 6th grade was when baby Madelyn was born. When we gave Mr. Foster the baby shower, it was definitely one of the highlights of this year! Though I missed Mr. Foster during his time off, it was great for him to come back and tell all ...
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Monday, April 19th, 2010
There are many things I am looking forward to with the subject of "Going to Toronto". First of all, I belive that the bus ride is going to be very entertaining and that we will come off that bus with many fun memories. The second thing i am looking forward ...
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Monday, April 19th, 2010
My most memorable moment of sixth grade would definitely be when Mr.Foster ate a bug. He found a bug at a pond and put it in a jar. Then he brought it in to the class to show everyone. We all were wondering why the bugs were floating up and ...
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Sunday, April 18th, 2010
What I am most looking forward to on the Toronto trip is the science center because it is all hands on. Some of the exhibits I would like to see are the static electricity display and the room where there are trees growing. And also all of the really awesome stuff I will be able to see ...
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Sunday, April 18th, 2010
The thing I look forward to themost on the toronto trip is the science centre. At first it didn't sound so great. But after Mr. Foster explained it, it sounded much better. One thing that looks great is the ball of electrity. It looks funny the way it makes your hair ...
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Sunday, April 18th, 2010
What I am most looking forward to on our Toronto trip is the Science Centre. Mr. Foster has recently shown us pictures of this wonderful building, and I am really looking forward to it. An exhibit I cannot wait to see is the ball of electricity. I don't think my ...
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Sunday, April 18th, 2010
My most memorable moment in sixth grade is when Mr.Foster threw an egg at the wall. The days before, Mr.Foster was tossing the egg around, and everyone thought it was hard boiled. I guess Mr.Foster wanted to prove us wrong, because right before the bell rang, he threw it at ...
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Sunday, April 18th, 2010
I am most looking forward to going to the Science Centre in Toronto. I'm looking forward to that because everything is hands-on. Also it looks like it is very interesting to do and to learn about. Therefore, everything is well done and makes it look interesting! The other part that ...
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Saturday, April 17th, 2010
My most memorable moment of the sixth grade is when Mr. Foster had is head shaved by some of our class. Mr. Foster made a bet with the class saying that we could not get over a certain number of cans for the food drive. Unfortunate for Mr. Foster, our ...
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Friday, April 16th, 2010
The most memorable moment this year is when Mr.Foster threw an egg at the white board. Mr.Foster brought in an egg for two days and he kept asking us is the egg raw, plastic, or hard boiled. On the second day near the end of school he took a survey. Who ...
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Friday, April 16th, 2010
My most memorable moment of sixth grade was when Mr. Foster threw an egg at the whiteboard and the egg exploded all over the whiteboard. All week long he kept tossing an egg around. Some kids thought it was fake and some kids thought it was real. Then on Friday he ...
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010
My most memorable moment of 6th grade is probably when my teacher, Mr. Foster threw a egg at our whiteboard. Yes a real egg. You see for two days Mr. Foster had been torching us by bringing in a egg to school and having us take a vote each day ...
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Hello Parents,
Implementing technology into the classroom has been something that all students have enjoyed this year. In the final trimester, we plan on taking things to an even higher level. Your student has been or will be directly involved in many activities and projects that involve technology.
Below is an update ...
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Friday, March 26th, 2010
MSU had a good football season last year, but Spartan fans want a better one. We would all love to see MSU beat Uof M this year. With the game at the Big House that gives Uof M the home advantage. But hopefully MSU's new freshman can shine some light on ...
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Friday, March 26th, 2010
Last evening was the conclusion of The Parade of Latin American Countries. It's been a couple of fun months, all concluding with some great presentations by our students.
Our students have created Keynote quizzes, research papers, travel brochures, persuasive letters, maps, and many other worthwhile projects through this process. It's been ...
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Friday, March 26th, 2010
For the past few weeks in Literature, we have been doing Reader's Theater. The kids have had a great time learning their lines with their teams and then performing. Next week, we are going to making book commercials using Animoto.com.
Visit our Language Arts website for a video made with Animoto ...
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
First I just wanted to say that I know that my friends and I are very shocked at Kansas' loss. My team though is having issues also. With Truck Bryant out for the season with a broken foot, the coach, Bob Huggins, has a few decisions to make; use the ...
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Go Xavier! Xavier is so going to win this tournament. All the other teams will be all like," oops, I lost the ball." Then Xavier going to be all like," shoot, and score!" Kansas State doesn't even have a chance against Xavier in the next round! Xavier is going all ...
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Thursday, March 25th isn't too far away!
The students are busy preparing for what is sure to be an exciting night of Latin American education. As you can see below, the posterboards are about ready!
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Saturday, March 6th, 2010
Our students have been working very hard on a difficult technology project in Social Studies. For the past few weeks, all students have been creating Country Quizzes using the Mac program Keynote. For those not familiar, Keynote is very similar to Microsoft's PowerPoint.
About two months ago, every student ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
My favorite subject is science because, all of the students and I get to create activities and have fun doing them. Science is when we learn about our envirement and the specific things that occur in our lives that we need to know about. I appreciate the events that we do ...
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Check it out!
http://www.annarbor.com/news/saline-sixth-grader-matthew-palmerton-eyes-white-house/
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
My favorite subject this year is spelling. Spelling is my favorite subject because it's pretty easy. The homework is pretty easy once you learn how to do the skill. The hardest part is the test which isn't hard at all.
-Mike M.
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
My favorite subject in school is math. It is my favorite subject because I'm really good at math and fractions. Our latest math subject is on fractions which I am a master at. That is is why math is my favorite subject.
Ross D.
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
My favorite subject is math i like it because its challenging and fun. I especialy like it because i like to work with numbers. I also like Mrs. dandrea because she is a good teacher. This is why i like math so much.
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
My favorite subject is literature. This is because I really like how Mr Foster gives the students a choice on what they read for book groups. My last year's teacher assigned us a book and that's what we were going to read, but Mr. Foster lets us have a say ...
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
Reading is my favorite subject. I enjoy reading because it can make me feel like I am a part of the book. I like to predict what is going to happen next, and see if I am right or wrong. Reading lets me visualize what is happening in the book. ...
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
My favorite subject is math. I like math because you can solve problems, where in other subjects you have to memorize things. I have always liked math and it comes naturally to me. Math is, and will always be, my favorite subject.
-Adam N.
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
My favorite subject is English, it is my favorite subject because i get to learn about different kinds of sentences everyday! its like there is a million kinds of sentences! i also like english because Mr.Foster makes it fun! We get to write the answers to the questions that are ...
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
My favorite subject is English/Writing. I like this subject because I love spicing up sentences with adjectives and other descriptive words. Although the editing takes a long time, the end result is always worth it. I also like reading and when I read the different style of an author's writing ...
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
My favorite subject is social studies, one of the reasons that its my favorite subject is that I like to learn history so thats perfect. The other reason is that we do big projects that are really a challenge, like the parade of latin american countries the one we are working ...
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
The most challenging subject this year for me has been science. Science can be very confusing to me and hard to keep on task. I feel that they give us a lot of homework in science, most of the time it is very hard to talk to the text and finish a whole packet in ...
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
My favorite subject in 6th grade is Social Studies. I like Social Studies because we get to learn about other countries and regions. Social Studies is a lot of fun in our class because, usually, we get to work with a group or partner. I like how we learn about the ...
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
I would have to say my favorite subject would be literature. I like it because we get introduced to new books, and talk about them in book groups. (It's fun to talk to people about the book you're reading.) I also like Literature because when Mr.Foster reads to the class, ...
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
My favorite subject is Social Studies. I like Social Studies because we get to learn about other countries. It is fun to learn about their cultures. It is interesting to learn about what they eat ,drink and where they go to school. I am excited to do my class project on Chile.
David S.
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
My favorite subject in school is reading. When you read its like you're somewhere else where no one can reach you. Its like taking an adventure but not having to move. I like this feeling beacause it can take you away from whats happening around you. Things can happen in ...
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
Art is my favorite subject because I love drawing, sculpting, and coloring. I like drawing my thoughts on paper. I can't wait until we go back to Art class. This year in Art we made gargoyles out of clay, I thought it was a interesting and a fun project. I ...
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Spelling is my favorite subject because I've been a good speller all my life and know all the tricks words throw at you. Another reason I like spelling because I get good grades in spelling. Who doesn't like good grades. Even though I don't do ...
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
My favorite subject in school is definitely writing. Writing is my favorite subject because I enjoy being able to get my words out on paper. Someday I think it might even be fun to be an author. I also like how there isn't only one way to write there are many different ...
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
My favorite subject in 6th grade is social studies. I like this subject because in this unit we are doing the parade of Latin America and are presenting our Latin American countries, my country is the Dominican Republic. I enjoy studying this country because it's interesting to see the types ...
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Pre-algebra
The most challenging subject for me is pre-algebra. It's really hard because we change alot. We went from fractions to geometry then solving equations and inequalities. Its' been very hard to keep up.
Carl T.
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
My favorite subject is Social Studies because Mr. Foster gives us lots of fun things to do in class. For example, we are in the process of studying our own Latin American country for the Parade of Latin American countries. We have been researching our country, working on maps of our country, and starting our Keynote presentation. I think Keynote has ...
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
My favorite subject in school is math because it is sometimes challenging to me. Before this year, math was easy for me. However, I am now in pre-algebra and it harder. I like Mrs. D'Andrea as a teacher because she explains things very well and makes math easier to learn. I really like using different variables ...
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
My favorite subject is Lititure. ILOVE to write, books, articals, enithing that has to do with writing( exept spelling :( ) It like i'm some were else. I wish I could write all day loge even though I would get tired.
Annie F.
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
My favorite thing that I learned in 6th grade so far was doing a gargoil in art. I liked doing gargoils because we could make them anything we wanted and we would use clay and alot of neat stuff. My favorite subject in 6th grade is probably spelling. I like ...
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
My favorite subject is social studies because we get to do alot of fun projects. One of my favorites was a culture portfolio. Once we were done completing the culture portfolios we had to take a test. It was an interesting test because it was an interview. Our table partner was the ...
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Math is my favorite subject in school because we get to do fun things with fractions, decimals, and story problems. Its cool because I have already started using what I have learned in what I do at home. I use math at home when I help my dad build things. ...
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Hi My name is Michael M and My favorite subject in school is spelling. Because it is really easy for me to learn. And it only takes a few days to get all of the spelling words right. And it is really fun.
Michael M.
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
My favorite subject in school is social studies because it is alot of fun and it is really cool to learn about new countries and their traditions in those countries and there are lots of fun things that we do in social studies.
-Emma R.
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
My favorite subject is spelling. I like spelling because it's an easy subject, and because I'm kind of good at it. In my class we had a spelling bee to see who would represent our team at the school bee. i was one one of the last four. We could ...
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
Mr. Laatsch, our new Curriculum Director, paid a visit to our classroom this week to experience our Social Studies interviews. He has created a blog entry about his visit. Click here to read the article!
-Mr. Foster
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
On Wednesday, December 9th, our students had the opportunity to visit Houghton School to read their created seasonal stories. It was the culmination of weeks of hard work for our sixth graders. It was a process that included brainstorming tasks, prewriting activities, revising and editing, typing using Microsoft Word, and ...
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
On November 27th, at 8:10am, Madelyn Elizabeth Foster was born! She weighed 6lbs. 7 oz. and was 18 inches long. She has been a bundle of joy!
As you can see below, she's all set and ready for the holiday season!
-Mr. Foster
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
For our seasonal stories we had to think of six ideas about wintertime then pick one idea that you liked the best. Then we had to write a rough draft and get it fixed by six people and your parents. After that we typed the story. Finally, we started and finished ...
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
We have been doing a fun project in writting the last 3-4 weeks. We have been making our winter stories. All of them are very different, from strories about santa, to real life traditions, we all have a different story to share. For example my story is about Santa losing a ski on his ...
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
One of my students, Kaylee, opened the doors to participating in Operation Christmas Child on this very blog a few weeks ago. She really inspired me and our entire classroom help those in need.
Operation Christmas Child is a program operated through Samaritan's Purse, an organization that provides international relief. Within ...
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
In Social Studies lately, we have been learning about the early civilizations in Latin America. These civilizations include the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas. Throughout our studies, the students actually become a member of one of these three civilizations.
Once a member, they were one of ten total students also in that ...
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Hey guys,
There is this great book series that I want to reccomend to all those mystery/fantasy lovers. It's called the Sisters Grimm. These 2 girls have to solve mysteries about fairytale creatures in order to save their family. Go check out all 7 books
Jordan G.
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
Normally for thanksgiving i go to my Grandma Cheryl or Grandma Wilkie's house. It switch's every year. When we go, my uncle, aunts and cousins on that side of the family go there and we have a big feast. My family on both side love stuffing so we get so ...
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Wow! I can not wait for the holidays! Every Thanksgiving my whole family from both sides of the family come over to our house for an AMAZING turkey dinner. We try to buy the bigest turkey we can.... last year i think it was 23 pounds, but then again there's Christmas. ...
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
It is such a tragic ending in Freak the Mighty. I'm so disappointed that Freak had to die. But then again if he didn't there would be no point to the story. I really love the story and am ashamed that something similar to that happened to that in ...
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Last week was red ribbon week, On monday we all got our ribbons,tuesday we had to wear jeans.And for the rest of the week we did some fun things. - Emily L
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Its going to be a race to the finish. florida , alambama and texas are all in it. but only 2 can make it, I think that texas and alambama are going to the bcs bowl. Then florida and iwoa are going to make it to the rosebowl. with mich ...
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
madden better step aside because it is time for europes football game to take the stage. The smash hit Fifa serius is back and better than ever. now with the ability to make your own player. Play as your favorite team and score. If you like soccer than pick ...
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Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Hello everyone!
We are all really enjoying our blog so far this year. Everyone has had an opportunity to blog about their favorite book, and now the students are going to be doing many different kinds of posts.
Next week is Red Ribbon Week here at Heritage School. Teachers were asked to ...
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Wisconsin is a very beautiful when it comes to that big river with a speed boat and a huge waterfall! I was in Wisconsin and I was on a 2 hour speed tour and at the end of the tour the guy who wasn't thinking almost made all of us ...
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Operation Christmas Child is a project that sends shoe boxes to needy children throughout the world. Last year over 8 million shoe boxes were delivered to kids in over 160 countries. My church participates in this project every year. Last year we packed over 230 shoe boxes. This year we are going ...
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Freak is a smart kid with a disabilaty. Freak has a cripped leg. Max is big and strong . He lives with his grandparents, he calls them gram and grim. Max has LD. His mother died and his dad (killer kane) is in jail.Max's dad came to get him on ...
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
My favorite book series is the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. It's about a boy called Harry Potter who the most dark wizard of all time tries to kill when he was one year old and failed and lost all his power in the process. But it turns out ...
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
my favorite bo0k is diary of a wimpy kid dog days. The reason this is my favorite book is that it is funny and could really happen. Even the first line is good (for me, summer vaction has been a three-month guilt trip).Also the book is by my favorite author ...
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
My favorite book is "Where the Red Fern Grows". I read it in 5th grade. I liked many things about the story. I liked all the adventures and how much the boy loved his two dogs. The ending was sad, but the book was so interesting that I never wanted to ...
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
My favorite book is Stormbreaker. It is about a boy named Alex who works with spys or M16 and gets himself in a lot of trouble.
It takes place in England and has a lot action. Alex goes a lot of places to get the Stormbreaker. It is a very good book and ...
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
my favorite book is Marley and Me the main person is a guy named John Grogen and his dog Marley its all about how much crazy adventures they get into.John says that Marley is the worlds worst dog he gets into so much trouble but he brings a smile to ...
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Hello everyone! We have been having lots of fun with our blog. Our students have been sharing their favorite books with all of you, and I hope you've learned some good titles to check out. We are on our last round of blogging about books, and then ...
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
My favorite book is Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Last Straw. So far I have read the entire series and the first and the second book twice. I like it because it is a very funny book and it is short and easy to read. In The Last ...
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
my favorite book is Diary of a Wimpy Kid two Rodrick Rules. main character is Greg Heffly. The story takes place on his summer vacation. He has a mean brother and a tatlletale little brother. He is always geting in trouble and is always after girls. He is super good ...
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Sunday, October 4th, 2009
My favorite book of all time is "The Princess Bride". The author is S. Morgenstern, and I read the " good parts" version abridged by William Goldman. It isn't your everyday fairytale, and it's filled with love, passion, action, suspense, and life lessons. It is a book that really teaches you to believe in the ...
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Chase is my favorite book because of all the action it has in it. It is a book about a kid named Phil and he is acused of murder so he is on the run from the sleepers. The sleepers are a team of people who are trying to catch ...
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
My favorite book is Captain Underpants. I stopped at book four because it go to the point where you just wanna throw up, the fourth book's name was Captain Underpants and The Parilous Plot of Porfessor Poopypants. I thought that was the most disgusting book I've read in the whole ...
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
My favorite book is Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1. It’s about Greg and his friend Rowley who get in all sorts of messes from safety Patrol to the cheese touch. This book is funny and a short read with lots of fun, so if you want to find out ...
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
My favorite book series is Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kenney. I mostly like it because of its comedy. Right now I'm reading The Last Straw. I hope to get the fourth book, Dog Days, and go to the release party. The main character in the book is ...
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
My favorite book series is Dairy of a Wimpy Kid. I mosty like it because of it's comdey. Right now I'm reading The Last Straw. I hope soon to get the 4th book "Dog Days" and go to the party.
-Ross D.
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
My favorite book series would have to be Percy Jackson and the Olympians! It is about a boy who is twelve years old, and learns he is a demigod. A demigod is half-mortal and half-god. So he starts attending Camp Half-Blood (a camp for all demigods.) There he must train ...
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
My favorite book series is the Sisters Grimm.It is full of excitement. It takes place in Fairy Port Landing, a fairy tale town and of course they have most of the fairytale characters. For example, Little Red Riding Hood, the Big Bad Wolf, Robin Hood and the Little Mermaid. ...
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
My favorite book of all time is The Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes. This story is about a young girl named Paris, her brother Malcom and what they experiance being foster childern. At first Paris and Malcom have pretty hard lives living with the Lincolns. The lincons beat them, ...
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
My favorite book is the Westing Game. I like this book beacuse I like how the main characters have to look for the murderer, based on the clues they get. I also like how there's a suprise ending that I did not see coming. It was so intresting, that I read ...
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
My favorite book of all time is Eggs. Eggs is my favorite book because it is suspenseful and at the same time funny. The main character's names are Primrose and David. They're both un-describably weird. The story takes place in a little town sum what near ...
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Saturday, September 26th, 2009
My favorite book series is Harry Potter. ( by J.K Rowling ) Harry Potter takes place at a witchcraft and wizardry school called Hogwarts. Harry is the main character, with his two best friends Hermione, and Ron. It is a Fantasy book. I really recommend this series to anyone who ...
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
My favorite book is the sisters grimm book #1 it a great book because its packed full of action,and its a book that leaves you hanging at the end of each book witch i LOVE because then i just have to read more even if i don't have time to ...
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
My favorite book is diary of a wimpy kid! I like diary of a wimpy kid because its very funny. Just when he thinks his life is bad at school it gets worse at home with his brother Rodrick. Or sometimes he'll make his younger brother Manny ...
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
My favorite book was Camp Confidential Natalies Secret. The book was about a girl [ Natalie ] who gets forced to going to camp far away from home.Once she gets there she starts off not liking it and then she learns to like it. She makes alot of friends and learns to like camp ...
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
My favorite book is Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. it is about a boy named billy who lives in the Ozark Mountains with his family and His raccoon-hunting dog. when the dog dies, billy buries it by a big tree. in it's place Grows a Red Fern, giving ...
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
My favorite books are in the Inkheart series. There are three books in this series. This series is fantasy. I'm not really fond of fantasy, but these books really sweep you into their world of printed pages, thats what I like the most. The main character is Meggie Folchart. She is ...
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
My favorite book of all time is "Flipped". The main people in this story are Juliana and Bryce, the main problem is that she likes hime and he doesn't like her. This starts when he moves in across the street from her. Will he ever stop this weird girl ...
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
My favorite book is Diary of a Wimpy kid. Diary of a Wimpy Kid is about a boy named Greg who's life is a drag. He has two brothers and a mom and a dad. This is my favorit book because its funny.
-Michael M.
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
My favorite book of all times is The Road To Paris. The characters in this book are Paris, her step brothers, and her step mom,this story takes place all over the world because Paris the orphan girl gets adopted so many times and finally one night eating dinner with a ...
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
My favorite book is The Kid Who Became President by Dan Gutman. In the book Judson Moon a former 7th grader becomes president. He and his former first lady Chelsea move into the White House with their families. Along with Vice Pres. and Chief of Staff.He has so many ...
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
My favorit book series is the Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate. It involvs five kids and a Andalite which is like a centar with sky blue fur and a scorpions tail. All six kids are trying to stop these other ailens called yeerks from takeing over the world. The other ...
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
During the next few weeks, we will all be blogging about our favorite books. I thought I would take the opportunity to do the same.
My favorite book is Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. It is a story about a young boy trying to do the right ...
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Most of our permission forms are in and we're excited to begin the blogging process. On Friday, we will be covering the expectations one more time and possibly completing a practice blog entry. Look for student blogs soon!
-Mr. Foster
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
We had a great time today in the Media Center learning how to use this blog. My students seem very excited to dive in. I am looking for great, professional things from this blog! My students are watching me post this right now!
-Mr. Foster
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Sunday, August 30th, 2009
Thank you for visiting our classroom blog. We will be blogging about books that we read, technology that we use, and other experiences we have during the school day. Visit often, feel free to comment on student or teacher posts, and enjoy!
-Mr. Foster
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