Recycling simulation

After going through this recycling simulation game, what are your comments about the suggestions in this activity? What did you learn that you were surprised to find out?

http://www.naturebridge.org/garbology.php

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Chapter 4 Discussion questions:

Choose one of the following questions and write a minimum of 3 sentence as a comment to this post:

1. Why was Cassie upset?

2. What did Mama do when she found out that the children had been at Wallaces' store?

3. Why did Mama try to convince Mr. Turner to stop shopping at the Wallaces' store?

Earth Week 2011

What can we do to protect the environment (land, sky, air) around our school, in this neighborhood?

Response to Cyberbullying ABC news story

Watch the news story on cyberbullying at http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/cyber-bullying-familys-online-nightmare-11224685

Comment on how it made you feel,
what you would do or how you would react if it happen to you or something similar,
has a similar cyberbullying incident happened to you or someone you know?

Internet Safety & Cyberbullying

Watch all the Public Service announcements on http://www.ikeepsafe.org/ click on the link "Video ads on Internet Safety".

Class of 2010

What are you going to do next year? What are your fondest memories at West park Academy?

Racism in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Let's discuss the racism in our novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor. Discuss at least 3 instances of racism in the book.