FMS Book Bugs

Sharing what you have learned….

mrsbecksvoort — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:39:01 +0000

UA Day one sections A & B
Please answer the following questions. Use complete sentences.

1. What was your topic? (example of an answer: My topic was learning to fly.)

2. What was your Essential Question? (example of an answer: My Essential Question was: What does it take for me to learn how to fly?

3. Please tell us what makes this an Essential Question? (example of an answer: This is an Essential Question since it asks me to find out what steps I would go through in learning to fly. Then I could decide if this was something I really want to do.)

4. Tell us one, or more, new facts that you uncovered in your research.

5. List what books were useful? (example: Learning to Fly for Young People, by Wing Walker)

6. What websites were useful? (example: URL – http://www.whyfly.org)

What else did you uncover?

Oh, good work!

Trimester two!

mrsbecksvoort — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:09:41 +0000

You have been reading and learning about a subject that interests you

What is your topic?

What are the titles of the books you found?
What websites did you find?

What questions were you able to answer?

Write your answers here.

DIGITAL PHOTO

mrsbecksvoort — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:09:13 +0000

Please respond to this statement:

Describe or list at least five different rules that you think should be included in a Code of Conduct for digital photography students.

Please use positive terms, such as: photos will be respectful, not: do not take photos that are mean.

RESULTS!

mrsbecksvoort — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:55:24 +0000

Congratulations! You have learned how to define your topic of interest; you understand what you know and wonder about; you have thought about where to find your answers; you have located your answers; when you blogged, you reflected on what you have done; and now you have presented your new learning.

Many teachers call this the Big6© method.

Finally! You have answered the Explorations questions and you have finished your research. Now you may tell us what new things you have discovered through your research. Take your finished word document and copy and paste it into the comment space below. Take pride in your best work and in your accomplishment.

EXPLORATIONS!

mrsbecksvoort — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:43:48 +0000

Read my post very carefully and follow the directions.

Through the end of the trimester you have been focusing on a topic that interests you. This blog entry will look at part of the research process. The first part was to choose a topic that you like. Think about your topic. What problems did you have? Problems I had with my topic were……..

–an example: I chose Ice Hockey for my topic. The problem I had with this topic were that I already know everything about ice hockey so I couldn’t think of any questions.

You have filled out a K-W chart. Looking at your chart, please write about some part of your topic that you wanted to know more about. I wanted to know more about…….

–an example: I like Ice Hockey. I looked at my K-W chart and saw that I don’t know much about women’s ice hockey. I wonder if there will ever be a woman on an NHL team.

After deciding on two questions to research, you were asked to look in books and online to find answers. What kinds of resources were most helpful to you? The kinds of resources that were most helpful to me were…

Protected: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK?

mrsbecksvoort — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:46:22 +0000

Research process response

mrsbecksvoort — Fri, 11 May 2007 17:37:37 +0000

All of you have finished an independent research project. In these projects there were several pieces that I expected to see: essential questions, original thinking, use of and citation of resources outside of prior knowledge.

What was the easiest part and what was the most difficult? If you could change one thing, what would you change? Please use complete sentences.

America’s Cup

mrsbecksvoort — Mon, 07 May 2007 12:26:16 +0000

The design and technology needed to create the winning boats has evolved over the years; what are the most important improvements and what do you think the future will bring for technology and the America’s Cup?

Wordless Picture Books

mrsbecksvoort — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:59:58 +0000

Hi Class,

We have just looked at a few wordless picture books by David Wiesner. I like his ability to imagine strange and fantastic situations. What is the purpose of a wordless picture book?

Picture Books! Not just for small children!

mrsbecksvoort — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:19:31 +0000

I liked reading and hearing your stories that you all wrote to go with the wordless picture books. It was exciting to see how creative you could be with just a few pictures or even with a longer book. I like to see how well the artist and the author combine their talents to create a story. The picture can make the story even better.

What kind of picture books do you like? Did your parents read picture books to you when you were little? Which ones were your favorites then? What is the best part of a picture book?